Girl Scout cookie season has officially begun for local Girl Scout Troops, with additional contactless options to purchase cookies this year. Scout leader Jennifer Sedlock tells KNIA News some troops will be offering drive through cookie booths payable with cash or card, as well as booths set up at local stores such as the Indianola HyVee or Theisens. Sedlock also said each individual girl scout also has the capability of sending out a personal ordering link via email or social media so customers can choose to order online, which will then be delivered via porch/door drop off or direct shipping. Girl Scout cookie season runs through March 28th, and serves as the largest fundraiser of the year for troops to fund their summer activities. Each box costs $5. For more information, look below.
Girl Scouts adapt techniques for annual cookie sales
Out of all the things 2020 took from us, Girl Scout cookies won’t be one.
Uniform-wearing girls have been setting up shop around Gaston and Cleveland counties for the annual fundraiser – teaching budgeting and salesmanship while offering customers the sweet treats that only pop up each winter.
“Even as we continue to face these challenging times, our girls are committed to bringing the public their favorite cookies,” said Lane Cook, CEO of Girl Scouts Peaks to Piedmont Council.
Traditionally, scouts approached friends, family and neighbors to take orders. Once the mounds of boxes arrived, they would also set up booths in front of big box stores in shifts to sell additional cookies.
The Gaston Gazette
Out of all the things 2020 took from us, Girl Scout cookies won’t be one.
Uniform-wearing girls have been setting up shop around Gaston and Cleveland counties for the annual fundraiser – teaching budgeting and salesmanship while offering customers the sweet treats that only pop up each winter.
“Even as we continue to face these challenging times, our girls are committed to bringing the public their favorite cookies,” said Lane Cook, CEO of Girl Scouts Peaks to Piedmont Council.
Traditionally, scouts approached friends, family and neighbors to take orders. Once the mounds of boxes arrived, they would also set up booths in front of big box stores in shifts to sell additional cookies.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts(GSEMA) kicks off its Cookies for a Cause Girl Scout Cookie donation program with a donation of over 400 packages of Girl Scout cookies to Boston Children’s Hospital healthcare workers and staff. This Girl Scout Cookie drop celebrates the first of several Cookies for a Cause donations, and is made possible by contributions from Girl Scouts and customers across eastern Massachusetts.
Through March 14, customers purchase Girl Scout cookies from a Girl Scout troop online or in person to donate to first responders and health care professionals, the military and veterans services organizations, local food pantries, or other local charities. By the end of the cookie program last year, Girl Scouts in eastern Massachusetts collected more than 30,000 packages of Girl Scout cookies for donation.