Operation Thin Mint News Today

Girl Scouts San Diego helped kick off National Military Appreciation Month with the Operation Thin Mint Sendoff and Family Festival Saturday aboard the USS Midway Museum. More than 1,500 people were in attendance to help mark 23 years of Operation Thin Mint, a service project that started here in San Diego.

Girl Scout cookie season kicked off on January 29th and runs through March 12th.

The nation’s largest firefighters union is taking legal action to get so-called “forever chemicals” out of firefighting gear. In other news, we have details on museum month in San Diego. Plus, San Diego’s new poet laureate talks about his new role.

It was twenty years ago that then Girl Scout San Diego CEO Jo Dee Jacob started the Operation Thin Mint program. It has been two decades of sending “a taste of home and a note to show we care” from Girl Scout troops to deployed U.S. military troops. To date San Diegans have donated 3.25M+ packages of OTM cookies since 2002. The Girl Scouts are still trying to reach this years goal of sending 200,000 packages of OTM cookies to troops. Cookie sales end April 18th. The @sdgirlscouts are cele...

Print To ensure the safety of Girl Scouts and cookie buyers alike, troops are following the county health guidelines established to help reduce COVID-19 transmissions. They are approaching the cookie program a bit differently this year, combining time-honored sales techniques with innovative approaches in a socially-distanced manner. New this year is the E2B (Entrepreneur-to-Business) program that helps girls hone their presentation skills and work toward their cookie goals. Corporate, civic, a...

Kind of person would do this? the girls said the robber was actually laughing as he ran away with the money. >> you would have to think theres surveillance tape theyre looking for right now. >> a petty crime but its -- >> its petty but it strikes a nerve, doesnt it? >> absolutely. the girls went ahead with plans and set up another location to collect money and they called it "operation thin mint". >> i hope they get that guy. >> i hope so, too. >> i think hell be on the front cover of some newsp...