Girl Scout Cookie Selling Begins!

Girl Scout cookie season has always been a favorite of mine, ever since I was a child in the Girl Scouts.  I was always triving to sell the most cookies to earn my patch, but now the cookie enterprise is about much than just earning a patch; Girl Scouts are going to great lengths to help those in their community and overseas.

My favorite back then, and still, are the Tagalongs, the rich peanut butter patties are always just heavenly. But there are  others that can’t forgotten, such as Thin Mints,  Samoas, Do-si-Dos, Trefoils, Lemon Chalet Cremes, bite-size Dulce De Leche and a favorite from last year, Thank U Berry Munch, which feature real premium cranberries and sweet, creamy white fudge chips. 

This week, my editor received a press release announcing that Girl Scout Cookie Season begins Jan. 7. Girl Scouts throughout Connecticut will be gearing up for the start of season and will begin taking orders. With the press release he received a large box containing all of the varieties of cookies that will be for sale this cookie season. (They didn’t last long in the office.)

According to the release from Girl Scouts of Connecticut, girls participating in this year’s cookie program will be “Cookie Entrapreneurs” and will launch their very own cookie enterprise to help them reach their goals.  

In reading the release, I reflected that Girl Scouts have come a long way since my days of cookie selling. The girls will learn firsthand the ins and outs of running their own cookie business, from setting goals to managing money, learning business ethics and connecting with people in their communities. 

They are teaching young girls how to be independent, and how to connect with people locally and overseas.

The popular Cookies for Heroes program is back this year, with a goal of sending 100,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to our service heroes around the world. The service project allows customers to purchase Girl Scout Cookies from their local Girl Scout and the Girl Scouts of Connecticut Council, and with the help of community partners, they will be shipped to service men and women overseas and at home. 

Many of Connecticut’s Girl Scouts will be celebrating at five different Cookie Rallies across the state. At the beginning of the program, girls ask themselves “What can we do for fun and learning with our cookie proceeds?” and “What can we do with our cookie proceeds to help others?”

Connecticut Girl Scouts have used some of their cookie proceeds to cook dinner for a local homeless shelter, adopt military troops overseas, plant a community garden and donate cookies to local veterans hospital. 

For more information about the Girl Scout cookie program, visit the Web site at www.gsofct.org.