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Jenniffer Jamison (left), Girl Scout troop leader and cookie manager, and Connie Lewis, troop leader for Girl Scout Troop 615, gather cases of cookies sold by Lewis’ troop. The cookies were delivered to the National Guard Armory on Thursday, and they will be distributed by area scouts in the coming days. (Bulletin photo by Mike Wray) |
Friday, February 12, 2010
By ELIZA WINSTON - Bulletin Staff Writer
The area got a sweet delivery on Thursday — nearly 27,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
According to scout leader and cookie manager Jenniffer Jamison, 2,248 cases of Girl Scout cookies were delivered to the National Guard Armory on Thursday, with 12 boxes of cookies in each case. That means a total of 26,976 boxes of Girl Scout cookies will be distributed throughout the area in the coming weeks.
Cookies sell for $3.50 a box, said Jamison, which means local scouts sold a total of $94,416 worth of cookies. She was unsure exactly how much money the local troops would receive because some of the profit must go to the cookie manufacturer as well as state and national Girl Scout programs.
While all of the flavor varieties are tasty, Jamison said Thin Mints and Caramel Delights were the most popular this year. Next came peanut butter sandwiches and peanut butter patties, she said.
“Some people like the sandwiches because they love peanut butter, but others prefer the patties because they are dipped in chocolate,” Jamison said.
She said that on Thursday, troop leaders picked up the cases their troops had ordered, took them home and divided the boxes of cookies into piles for each scout according to the orders each had placed. After that, parents will go to the troop leader’s home to pick up their daughters’ boxes of cookies.
“Then the girls will get to distribute their boxes to people who ordered cookies from them,” Jamison said. “It might be a couple days before everyone receives the boxes they ordered.”
If anyone did not get a chance to order cookies, local Girl Scouts will be selling them until March. Jamison said scouts will be setting up tables outside local stores soon to sell individual boxes.
Proceeds from the cookie sales will be used for camping trips and community service projects, and some proceeds will be sent to national and state Girl Scout programs. In addition to raising money for the troops, cookie sales also help increase the girls’ self-esteem, said Jamison.
“Some girls really open up when they are selling cookies at tables,” she said. “Girls who are normally shy begin to take orders, ask questions and learn valuable business skills.”
They also can earn badges on running a business through activities such as counting change and taking money during the cookie sales, she said. Girl Scouts also raise money by selling nuts and candy in the fall, but Jamison said cookie sales are definitely the largest fundraiser.
Community service activities made possible by cookie funds range from taking Build-A-Bear teddy bears for the Rainbow House shelter to making a donation of food and money to Grace Network, Jamison said. Also, she said that extra cookies boxes are donated to Grace Network, and some are sent to troops overseas.
To order Girl Scout cookies, call Jamison at 632-4885. |
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