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DHL, Operation Cookie and a Commitment to Community

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Girl Scouts of Nassau County Salutes Our Community Partners GSNC has hundreds of community partners, including every public school district, most private and religious schools, local colleges and universities, other not-for-profit organizations, as well as government and corporate supporters and many small businesses. This is the second in a series of articles that will focus on some of our partner organizations.   DHL, Operation Cookie and a Commitment to Community For more than a decade, DHL has partnered with the Girl Scouts of Nassau County to ship 600,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies—that adds up to literally ten million cookies!— to service men and women across the world through Operation Cookie. A worldwide leader in shipping and logistics, DHL has made social responsibility a key piece of its strategy. By leveraging its core competency—international shipping—DHL makes an impact across the globe by connecting people and coordinating the smooth delivery of innumer...

2013 Operation Cookie Send-off

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Girl Scouts Are Proud to Take Part in Girl Scouts of Nassau County's 2013 Operation Cookie Send-off Event, Where Tens of Thousands of Boxes of Cookies Begin Shipment to Military Personnel Serving Overseas . By Cassie R, Guest Writer Over the past 8 years, Girl Scouts of Nassau County(GSNC) with the help from DHL has shipped over 300,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies ® to our servicemen and women in Bahrain, Afghanistan and surrounding areas.  These Girl Scout Cookies® come from community members who purchase cookies for our Troops rather than for themselves through our program, Operation Cookie. Last Thursday, March 28, 2013, Girl Scouts of Nassau County, in partnership with DHL, hosted their annual Operation Cookie Send-off, where GSNC and local media, police and government officials waved good-bye and wished safe travels to the first major shipment of Girl Scout Cookies® which would be transported to military bases overseas.  These cookies were donated with the inten...