Sweet Delivery! Exchange Ships 216,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to Troops Overseas
The Exchange and Girl Scout troops at installations overseas start working together in October to prepare for the January-March selling season.
From one kind of troop to another—the Exchange is helping service members overseas satisfy their craving for Girl Scout cookies.
The Exchange shipped more than 216,000 boxes of the famed cookies to its distribution centers in Europe and the Pacific regions.
From there, Girl Scout troops at 31 installations received the cookies to sell to their military communities at local Exchange stores.
“It’s important to the Exchange not only to help our service members enjoy a taste of home, but also to help military children who are in Girl Scouts participate in the fun of selling cookies and raising funds for their troops,” said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes, the Exchange’s senior enlisted advisor.
The Exchange has facilitated special shipments of the cookies overseas for more than 20 years.
The Exchange and Girl Scout troops at installations overseas start working together in October to prepare for the January-March selling season.
“It’s a treat for us to be a part of this process,” said Nick DeVincenzo, manager of the Exchange’s Pacific distribution center, which received the cookies before delivering to 13 installations in Japan and Korea. “The Girl Scouts here, as well as the military community, are so excited and grateful to be able to participate in this special American tradition.”
