Need to justify your cookie cravings? Girl Scouts explain how your purchases fund local community projects The Girl Scouts USA is in their final week of cookie sales following a year of change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. and last updated 2021-02-20 17:55:18-05 PHOENIX â Girl Scout Cookie Season is quickly coming to a close. The Arizona Cactus-Pine Council is wrapping up on February 28. To justify any cravings out there for the famous cookies, ABC15 Arizona asked Heather Thornton and Hope Bellefeuille to discuss where the money goes after buying a box. Thornton explained 100% of their sales stay local. "We support our summer camps and programming for all girls. We provide financial assistance to make girl scouting possible and then something that the girls do, their funding all of their different skill-building experiences and their service projects," Thornton said.