Cookies for troops drive was successful
The Yellow Ribbon Support Group coordinated Operation Cookie Drop 2008 from Jan. 1 to April 30. During this time Girl Scout troops from northwest Cook County and southern Lake County donated more than 6,200 boxes of cookies to be sent to the U.S. troops serving in harm's way.
These Brownies and Girl Scouts went door to door as well as solicited shoppers at various local grocery stores in the bitter cold this past winter in support of Operation Cookie Drop. These cookies are included in each box prepared by the Yellow Ribbon Support Group and sent to the freedom fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These GSA cookies bring a touch of home to the brave men and women serving overseas, as most of them grew up enjoying Girl Scout cookies in their homes each spring.
The support group, www.yellowribbonSG.org, wants to thank the councils, leaders and Girl Scouts from both Cook and Lake counties, who put so much effort into the sale and donation these cookies. You have brought smiles to the faces of these troops serving overseas, as well as providing them with a memorable treat.
God bless America and her defenders.
Mac and Pat McCoy
Palatine