AfghanistanPlatoonwithGSCookies5.16From somewhere in Afghanistan, members of an American mortar platoon in the Tenth Mountain Division reported in an email dated May 16 that they have received the boxes of Girl Scout Cookies contributed by the Girl Scout Service Unit 230 of Central New York and sent by Michele Ryan of Oneida Public Library last month.

“We thank you and the staff at Oneida Library for the kind gesture,” the message said. “We greatly appreciate it, and it is our privilege and honor in serving and protecting the United States of America.”

They sent the accompanying photograph as a token of their thanks.

For more information about donations for U.S.military serving in combat areas, stop by the OPL, 220 Broad St., or call 315-363-3050 and ask for Michele Ryan.

By martha

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