Girl Scout Cookie sales begin Friday

Friday is the start of Girl Scout Cookie sales. “We have quite a few troops this year who have set high goals for themselves since they want to travel to Washington, D.C.; Savannah, Ga.; and elsewhere to attend Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary events being planned,” said Alisha Moore, Girl Scouts Louisiana East director of sales. [...]

Girl Scout Cookies: Investment in Community

Local Girl Scouts are ringing doorbells across central and eastern North Carolina. “When you answer your door, remember that it’s more than a box of cookies, it’s a lasting investment in your community,” says Rusine Mitchell Sinclair, CEO of Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines. Girl Scout cookies offer that great familiar taste – [...]

Girl Scouts accepts transgender kid, provokes cookie boycott

(CNN) — The Girl Scout cookie can’t seem to catch a break. Under fire in years past for including trans fats, high fructose corn syrup and palm oil in its cookies, the Girl Scouts’ current cookie selling season is under fire because of policies that have nothing to do with the actual composition of the [...]

Girl Scout cookie program kicks off January 14

Girl Scout cookie program kicks off January 14 It’s Girl Scout cookie time and Girl Scouts everywhere are asking, “What can a cookie do?” Troops in Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council will find out as they begin selling eight varieties of delicious Girl Scout cookies, including the newest addition to the cookie line up [...]

Girl Scout cookie program promotes financial literacy

Every year, thousands of girls across Indiana gain valuable knowledge while providing the community with a special treat — Girl Scout cookies. This year will be no exception as the Girl Scout cookie program began across central Indiana on Saturday. Since 1917, the Girl Scout cookie activity has become a famous annual event that has [...]

Customers welcome return of Girl Scout cookies

Related By Drew BrooksStaff writer It’s almost cruel. Less than a week removed from the holidays, and as many people continue to hit the gyms in support of New Year’s resolutions, thousands of girls are going door to door in eastern North Carolina hawking cookies. Saturday marked the start of the Girl Scout cookie sale [...]

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time!

Been craving Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs? It’s time for Girl Scout cookie sales. The 42,000 girls of the 3,500 troops of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta will begin taking cookie orders today. Order your boxes for $3.50 each in time for delivery Feb. 11-17. Girl Scout cookie booths will open on Feb. 17 and [...]

New Girl Scout cookie hitting the market in 2012

This year’s Girl Scout cookie sales will be highlighted by a new flavor on the menu. Savannah Smiles™ is a lemon wedge cookie with powdered sugar and lemon chips. It’s named after Savannah, Georgia, where Girl Scout founder Juliette Low began the Girl Scout Movement in 1912. Girl Scout cookie sales start on January 2, [...]

Girl Scouts’ centennial cookie sale embraces new technology

Trefoils are one of the many popular Girl Scout Cookies for sale by area scouts. Photo Special to the Times Published: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 11:47 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 12:54 p.m. Tradition meets technology as the Girl Scouts of the USA organization celebrates its 100th anniversary. The group was [...]

Girl Scout Cookies & Cabernet…hmmmm!

Tucson chefs will be turning your favorite Girl Scout cookies into amazing desserts to serve with wines in the inaugural Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona’s Cookies & Cabernet event this Friday, January 6, beginning at 6pm at Medicine Man Gallery, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. The event will feature hors d’oeuvres, fine art, outstanding wines, [...]