What is Operation Cookie Drop?

Started in 2002, Operation Cookie Drop is GSHH's council-wide volunteer-led effort to send donated cookies to our troops overseas, in hospitals, and in veterans’ homes.

This year, 70,000 boxes were donated and delivered to soldiers around the world and around our council!

In 2019 Operation Cookie Drop reached its goal of A Million for the Military, and in 2023, reached 1.5 million donations.

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Operation Cookie Drop: Getting Cookies Around the World

States

New York - cookies were handed out in all 62 counties across the state at veteran support programs.
46 states across the United States - including Hawaii and Alaska have received Operation Cookie Drop cookies.
- Only North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho have not yet received cookies at a base, VFW, or American Legion Post.

Countries

American Samoa
Angola
Arab Emirates
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China - cookies traveled with a private citizen and were given to veterans
Columbia
Congo
Cote D Ivor
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Czechia
Denmark
Diego Garcia - Naval Support - British Indian Ocean
Djibouti
Egypt
England
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guyana
Herzegovina
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan - 5 bases
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Keflavik, Iceland
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Laos
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marianas Islands
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Micronesia
Modavia
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
NATO Peace Keeping Forces
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea - DMZ
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Phillippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Senegal
Seychelles
Siberia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South China Seas
South Korea
South Pole
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Toga
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Camps

Camp Behring
Camp McCool - Afghanistan
Camp Patriot
Camp Pendleton
Camp Phoenix - Iraq
Camp Smith
Camp Virginia

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Al Assad, Iraq
Bagram AFB - Afghanistan
Ballad, Iraq
Kallus, Iraq
Rust Amiyah, Iraq

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Anderson AFB
Andrews AFB
Cannon AFB
Elmendorf AFB
MacDill AFB
McGuire AFB
Ramstein AFB
Stewart AFB
Stratton AFB
Westover AFB

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Cookies delivered for cadets during lockdown during COVID
Cookies for cadets visiting Walter Reed Medical Center
Cookies for children of military staff as handouts after they received COVID vaccine
Cookies for family events for families in special needs programs
Cookies for students at the West Point Prep program
Cookies for West Point Blood Drive handouts
Cookies were delivered for handouts to soldiers training at Camp Natural Bridge
Cookies were delivered for holiday care package packing events
Cookies/gift bags for West Point Keller Hospital nursing staff - 4 years
Keller Community Hospital at West Point
Warrior Games
West Point Band

Forts

Fort Belvoir
Fort Bragg
Fort Campbell
Fort Detrick
Fort Drum
Fort Hamilton
Fort Jackson
Fort Meade
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Schuyler
Fort Sill
Fort Wadsworth
Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Charleston
Joint Base Dix
Naval Weapons Station Earle

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Bronx
Schenectady
Saratoga Springs

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USCG Campbell
USCG Eagle
USCG Hamilton
USCG Richard Snyder
USCG Sturgeon Bay
USCS Glace Bay - heading for Hudson Bay
USS Abraham Lincoln
USS Arlington
USS Basilone
USS Bataan
USS Boxer
USS Carl Vinson
USS Coast Guard Station in Peekskill
USS Eisenhower
USS Forest Sherman
USS George Bush
USS Gerald Ford
USS Higgins
USS John P. Murtha
USS Kearsarge
USS Missouri
USS New York
USS Oak Hill
USS Reagan
USS Rickover
USS Rushmore
USS San Antonio
USS Shoop
USS Stennis
USS Truman
USS Truston
USS Wasp

USO

Afghanistan - Pat Tillman
Albany
Ariana
Baghdad
Brooklyn - Fort Hamilton
Camp Behring
Camp Patriot
Camp Virginia, Kuwait
Chicago, II
DC
Florida
Fort Drum
Georgia
Iraq
Kabul
Kandahar
Kuwait
Liberty Airport - NJ
Metrpoltan NY
Sharan
Shindan
Westover, Massachusetts
Camp Arifjan

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Albany
Bronx
Brooklyn
Castle Point
Danbury
East Orange, NJ
Florida - Tampa
Kabul
Landstuhl
Long Beach, California
Lyons, NJ
Manhattan
Montrose
New Haven
Paramus, NJ
Queens
Texas
Walter Reed Medical Center
Bath, NY

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Fisher House - Tamp VA
Fisher House 1,2 - Bronx VA
Fisher House 1, 2 - Walter Reed Medical Center

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Metro DC
NY Metro Area
Yellow Ribbon event for NY National Guard deploying

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Binghampton
Buffalo
Camp Smith - Peekskill
DC Guard
Farmingdale
Fort Hamilton
Latham
Maryland Guard
New Windsor
Niagra Falls
NJ Guard
NY Guard
Orangeburg
Pennsylvania Guard
Rochester
Rockville
Saratoga Springs
Saugerties
Syracuse
Troy

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Yonkers
Cortlandt
Middletown

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Albany VA
American Legion Post/ALA/Sons 1038 - Valhalla
American Legion Posts all over the state
Angel Veteran Hand out of food in Rockland County for holidays
Barbara Giordano Foundation
Bath VA
Blue Star Mothers
Boxes for Soldiers Care package drive for 4 years
Bronx VA
- Bronx VA - infusion wing - 50 patients
- Bronx VA - nursing home unit - 65 patients
- Bronx VA -spinal cord injury unit - 50 patients
Brooklyn VA
Castle Point VA
CATS - Cookies Across NY State with the Dept of Veteran Services
Chemo Infusion Wing at Bronx VA
Community Living Center at Bronx/Brooklyn/Montrose/Queens-VA
Cookies for Paws for a Cause
Cups of Comfort - Women Veteran Safe House - care to share
Danbury VA
Disabled American Veterans - Greenburgh
Dutchess County Veteran Service Agency
Everleigh House - shelter for families in Ballston Spa
Foreverly House - women/family shelter housing - Ballston Spa/Saratoga Springs
Gold Star Mothers Event in Yonkers
Greenburgh - hand out of food/Feeding Westchester -veterans
Guardian House - women shelter housing - Ballston Spa/Saratoga Springs
Guardian Revival Homes for Heroes in Rockland County
Homes for the Brave - Bridgeport, Ct
Hudson River Housing
Hudson Valley Veteran Reintegration
Jan Peek Emergency Shelter, Peekskill
Joint Base Dix - back packs for military children
Kelleher Military Hospital - West Point
Manhattan VA
Marine Corp League of Rockland - Battle of lwo Jima Commemorations
Marine Corp League of Rockland 250th Birthday
Marist College, Hostos Community College
Maryknoll Priests/Monks who are veterans
Meals on Wheels - for veterans in Town of Greenburgh
Meals on Wheels for veterans in Town of Cortlandt
Manor Mended Swords - Orange County
Mental Health Support Groups at VA hospitals
Military Working Dog Unit in Egypt
Military Working Dog Unit in Texas
Military Working Dog unit in Utica
Montrose VA - Tennis program
Montrose VA hospital - 500 boxes handed out with Covid shots in 2021
Montrose VA hospital Food Pantry for 10 years
Mt Pleasant - Hawthorne, Thornwood
Mt Vernon Service Agency - Krysten's Closet/Food Pantry My Brother Vinny - 1400 Food Bags made up with 1-2 boxes of GS cookies in them for homeless veterans
National Association of Black Military Women
National Wheelchair Games Neurological/brain injury unit at Bronx VA
NY State Labor Dept - Veteran Division Off Grid Veteran Holiday Shoe Box project for 400+ veterans
Operation Gratitude Orange County food bag program - 7 years+ for 250 veterans every other week
Orange County food support hand out program
Orange/Sullivan County Hospice program honoring veterans
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America - Delaware - 40 women
Paralyzed Veterans of America -LA - 50 women
Paralyzed Veterans of America - Pittsburgh - 18 women/200 men
Pegasus Veteran program
Pine Grove Estates - women veteran safe house - Montgomery County - housing/shelt
Play for your Freedom Poughkeepsie VFW - food program
Pro Vets - legal programs to support veterans
Purple Heart Patriot Mission - 3 years
Putnam County Veteran Service Agency
Regency Hotel, Yonkers - for veterans in their program
Rockland County Veteran Service Agency
Rockland County Veteran Service Office
Rockland Vet2Vet
Save a Suit - new suits for veterans returning to civilian life
Sempre Fi Families
Shoeboxes for homeless veterans: Middletown, Newburgh, Ardsley, Mt Pleasant, Yorktown
Special Forces reunion
Student Support for Veterans at Fordham University
Student Support for Veterans at Hostos Community College
Student Support for Veterans at Marist College
Student Support for Veterans at Mount St Mary's College
Student Support for Veterans at Rockland Community College
Student Support Service for Vets at Manhattan College
Student Support Service for Vets at Westchester Community College
Submarine reunions
Sullivan County Food hand out programs
Thanksgiving hand out for 1200 - Rockland County
Town of Greenburgh Meals on Wheels program - cookies for the veterans getting meals
Town of Greenburgh Veteran Tennis program 5 years
United for the Troops - 10 years+ probably 10,000 boxes have gone out in care packa
USTA tennis for Veterans
Vet Zero Rides
Veteran Action Team
Veteran and Community Housing Coalition - Ballston Spa/Saratoga Springs
Veteran Appreciation Day - Westchester
Veteran Appreciation Day -Orange, Rockland, Putnam, Ulster
Veteran Center
Veteran Chow Down - Putnam County
Veteran Court - Middletown
Veteran Court - Westchester
Veteran Hospice care - Orange/Sullivan County
Veteran Miracle Center Albany
Victory Hill Equine
Veteran Program
Westchester County Mobile Mental Health programs for veterans
Westchester County Veteran Commissioner's Office
Women Veteran Group retreat - Western NY heroes program
Women Veteran Health Center program - Bronx VA, Montrose VA
Women Veteran programs in Putnam
Women Veteran Safe House in Schoharie County, NY
Women Veteran Salute in Albany
Women Veteran shelters in Troy, NY
Women Veterans Day program for Bronx VA
Wreaths Across America - Town of Cortlandt Manor
Yonkers: backpacks for veteran children
Yonkers Veteran Day Luncheon
Yorktown Salute to Veterans concert - 5 years

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Hudson Valley Honor Flight Stewart Airport
Hudson Valley Honor Flight - Westchester County Airport
Big Apple Honor Flight - NYC
Albany based Honor Flight

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Atria Senior Living - Ardsley
Bristol in White Plains
Cabrini Nursing Home - Dobbs Ferry
Chelsea Senior Living - White Plains
Cortlandt Healthcare
Emerald Peek
Kendall Senior Living, Ossining
Monarch Coopers Corner New Rochelle
The Sentinel
Westchester Restorative
Yorktown Rehabilitation

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Bronx VA food support for veterans
Castlepoint VA food support for veterans
Dutchess County food support for veterans program
Feeding Westchester - Thanksgiving food handout for veterans
Fort Wadsworth food support program for families of active duty
Joint Base Dix - food support for families of active duty
Montrose VA food support for veterans
Orange County food handout programs for home-bound veterans
Rockland County Vet2Vet food support for veterans
Sullivan County food support for veterans programs
Ulster County food handout for veterans
Westchester Community College - veteran food pantry

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Ardsley
Armonk
Briarcliff
Chappaqua
Cortlandt Manor
Croton-on-Hudson
Dobbs Ferry
Edgemont
Irvington
Katonah/Lewisboro/Goldens Bridge, Vista, North Salem
Larchmont
Mamaroneck
Pelham
Pleasantville
Port Chester
Scarsdale
Somers
Suffern
Valhalla

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