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Photos: Apple Valley Girl Scouts, Seniors Partner to Send Cookies to Soldiers in Afghanistan

Westview Elementary scouts asked customers for donations during their 2012 sales season.

Girl Scout Brownie troop 53739 recently partnered with the to donate Girl Scout cookies and assemble care packages for U.S. service men and women serving in Afghanistan.   

Twelve girls, who are all third graders at in Apple Valley, helped with the project throughout the process. They asked customers to donate cookies for U.S. military troops throughout their 2012 cookie season to fill the packages.

They ended up with 85 boxes of cookies, enough to fill 17 care packages. They also included cards and letters for the recipients.

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