Big Walnut Girl Scout Cookie sales underway locally

Girl Scout Cook­ies sales opened Jan­u­ary 13 with Big Wal­nut Girl Scouts kick­ing off their sales locally with a Cookie Rally at the Galena United Methodist Church. Orga­nized by Troop 2596, the event included a cookie sales cheer and a cookie tast­ing sta­tion. Girls also painted their nails in the col­ors of cookie boxes, made cookie theme bracelets, and dec­o­rated 3D glasses to watch a Girl Scouts 3D show online. They cre­ated signs to send with their cookie orders to their par­ents’ work­places and prac­ticed answer­ing ques­tions they might get from cus­tomers. And, they enjoyed an activ­ity about stick­ing to their cookie goals.

This year’s cookie sales theme, “What Can a Girl Do?” reminds girls that they have the power to do any­thing! We all know the Girl Scout Cookie pro­gram, the biggest girl-led busi­ness in the world, is about so much more than exchang­ing a box of tasty treats for money. When a Girl Scout sells you a pack­age of cook­ies, she’s doing much more. She’s cre­at­ing a plan, inter­act­ing with cus­tomers, and work­ing as part of a team, she’s also build­ing a life­time of skills and con­fi­dence. Sell­ing cook­ies teaches her goal set­ting, deci­sion mak­ing, money man­age­ment, peo­ple skills and busi­ness ethics—aspects essen­tial to lead­er­ship, suc­cess and life.

Girls will take cookie orders through Jan­u­ary 30. More than 150 girls from 20 troops in the Big Wal­nut Ser­vice Unit will hit the streets to sell to friends,

fam­ily, and neighbors.

Every box you buy can make a dif­fer­ence since Girl Scouts earn per­sonal prizes and cash for their troops, raise money to ben­e­fit the Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heart­land Coun­cil, and build their busi­ness and finan­cial savvy. Pro­ceeds pro­vide the finan­cial assis­tance needed to make Girl Scout­ing avail­able for all girls, to fund spe­cial events, keep pro­gram fees low, main­tain camp­sites and train volunteers.

You may also pur­chase cook­ies to donate to the Gift of Car­ing, the Girl Scout com­mu­nity ser­vice project. Indi­vid­ual troops decide where to donate extra boxes such as to local nurs­ing home res­i­dents or armed ser­vices units.

Cook­ies offered this year include:

• SAVANNAH SMILES: Crispy, zesty, lemon cookies;

• DULCE DE LECHE: Latin inspired caramel;

• TREFOILS: Tra­di­tional short­bread cookies;

• THANK U BERRY MUNCH: with grat­i­tude and pre­mium cranberries;

• DO-SI-DOS: Peanut But­ter sand­wich cookies;

• TAGALONGS: Peanut But­ter patties;

• SAMOAS: Chewy and rich, crisp cook­ies with coconut and caramel; and

• THIN MINTS: Thin and minty!

Cook­ies sell for $3.50 per box and con­tain no trans fats, high fruc­tose corn syrup or hydro­genated oils.

You can learn more about how the cook­ies are made and nutri­tional facts at < http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/video-girl-scout-cookie-tour/ <. A vari­ety of recipes to make with Girl Scout cook­ies are avail­able at < http://littlebrowniebakers.com/cookies/mmmmm-try-girl-scout-cookies-in-recipes/ >.

If you do not know a Girl Scout and would like to pur­chase cook­ies, email Kim in the Big Wal­nut area at < BWGirlScouts@gmail.com >. Sup­port Girl Scouts and do a world of good!

Posted by Gary Henery on Jan 23 2013. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.