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Issue: 1118 Date: 1/26/2012
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It's that time again - Girl Scout Cookies to be sold beginning January 21
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January 21, 2011 - Exactly why are Girl Scout Cookies America's favorite treats? The world may never know - but what we do know is that you can never eat just one.
Luckily for cookie aficionados, these tasty treats are back again. On Jan.21, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri kicks off cookie season, taking orders and raising money to benefit Girl Scouts. The cookies will come in the same seven delicious flavors as last year: Thanks-A-Lot, Lemonades, Shout Out!, Peanut Butter Sandwich and Peanut Butter Patties, as well as perennial favorites Thin Mints, Caramel deLites.
There are many opportunities to buy your cookies this year. Girl Scouts from troops across eastern Missouri, from St. Louis to north in Putnam Country to south in Ste. Genevieve, will go door-to-door taking initial orders from Saturday, Jan. 21 until Sunday, Feb. 5. Additional orders will be taken up until Mar. 18. Cookies will be delivered beginning on Feb. 29,and for those who don't place orders, cookie booths will be set up in various locations around eastern Missouri from Feb. 29 until Mar. 18.
All cookies are sold at $3.50 per package. Proceeds from cookie sales stay within the community to benefit local girls. Troops use the money for everything from field trips to community service projects; with these funds, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri can also deliver programs for girls, provide training for adult volunteers, and maintain our three local Girl Scout camps.
Through the Girl Scout Cookie program, girls develop five essential life skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. It is the largest girl-led business in the world and generates immeasurable benefits for girls and their communities. Girl Scouts have been selling cookies for over 80 years. |
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