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June 11, 2012

Girl Scouts from the Hudson Valley send cookies to women and men serving in the armed forces overseas.

In 2002 Ardsley Girl Scouts organized "Operation Cookie Drop," an event that collected Girl Scout cookies from village residents to send to men and women serving in the armed forces overseas.Approximately 3,000 boxes of cookies were collected that year.

Now in it's 11th year, more than 800 Girl Scouts from Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess and Ulster counties descended on the Westchester County Police Academy in Valhalla, dropping off thousands of boxes of donated cookies.

Assisted by members of the U.S. Navy, the more than 50,000 boxes of cookies will be transported to Kuwait and then distributed throughout Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other areas where members of the armed forces are currently serving.

To view photos of the Girl Scouts in action, click here.