Operation Thin Mint Family Festival

Saturday, May 16, 2026
6-9 p.m.
USS Midway Museum
910 N. Harbor Drive, downtown San Diego
Cost: $7

Registration coming soon!

Everyone (family, friends, troops, and more!) is invited aboard the USS Midway Museum for an exciting evening on the flight deck, featuring music, interactive booths, and a live stage program honoring the Operation Thin Mint℠ (OTM) Program, our troops, and Elite Cookie Entrepreneurs.

Salute our military as we celebrate shipping over 4.3+ million packages of Girl Scout Cookies to deployed troops and veterans! Enjoy food from the concession stand, shop at the onsite Girl Scouts San Diego retail store, visit community partner booths, and explore the Midway Museum after hours!

Since 2002, Girl Scouts have participated in collecting cookie packages for Operation Thin Mint℠ (OTM), a local Girl Scout service project that originated in San Diego. Our Girl Scout troops and their generous cookie customers have sent over 4.3 million packages of America's favorite cookies and countless notes of support to deployed troops serving around the world. At the end of each cookie season, Girl Scouts come together to celebrate shipping the donated cookie packages to our military service members.

Interested in repping OTM merch at the event? Retail items coming soon!

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Important information: Registration

A small admission fee to the OTM Sendoff and Family Festival is new this year. The $7 fee per person helps Girl Scouts San Diego produce a fabulous event featuring…

Admission to the USS Midway Museum (a $20 value)
"Life of a Naval Aviator" tour
An OTM Celebration and DJ dance party
Fun activities with community partners

Financial aid is available for Girl Scout members, and anyone 3 years old and younger is free.

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Transportation

We recommend carpooling or public transportation
Plan your trip Midway Museum information
Get directions and parking information for the Midway Museum

Guests may bring these items

Small blankets to use while on the flight deck
Strollers and wheelchairs, if occupied by an individual

Items not permitted

Outside food and beverage
Alcohol
Glass containers
Wagons
Unoccupied strollers or wheelchairs

Entry Policies

All bags are subject to be checked prior to boarding.

2025 Sponsors

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Carole J. Larson

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2025 OTM Family Festival Recap

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the OTM Family Festival on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Girl Scouts San Diego was thrilled to welcome more than 1,200 attendees aboard one of San Diego’s most popular visitor attractions, the USS Midway!

With an exciting program led by Allie Wagner from KUSI-TV and our very own CEO Carol Dedrich, we honored 47 Elite Entrepreneur Girl Scouts (those who sold 2,025+ packages) and our Top 10 OTM Entrepreneurs. These 10 Girl Scouts received the highest numbers of donations for Operation Thin Mint in 2025, collectively reaching 5,223 packages. This year's cookie customers donated 130,700 packages of cookies to deployed US military troops and veterans.

Special shout out to Troop 5912, who held a color guard presentation.

Attendees personally thanked military troops for their service by writing messages of support to accompany the cookies at our “Notes From Home” booth. All guests had an opportunity to shop the Girl Scouts Pop-up Store and participate in hands-on activities, hosted by our community partners and event sponsors.

An epic sendoff party requires some time to boogie! Girl Scouts and their families ended the night with a dance party led by DJ Dre Motion, who kept the party rockin’!

Check out photos from this year’s event.

We hope to see you aboard the USS Midway to celebrate 25 years of OTM this year!

Inquiries:

General event questions? Contact customercare@sdgirlscouts.org.

Interested in OTM Family Festival sponsorships? Contact Betsy Paige.