Boxes upon boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas, Lemon-Ups and more mouth-watering Girl Scouts cookies are just sitting in storage because of a surplus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.These cookies translate into money for the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma. If they're not being sold, it hurts their troops."Girl Scouts serves thousands of girls each year to make sure that we're building girls of courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place," said Shannon Evers, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma.The Girl Scouts wants to team up with local businesses to sell more cookies. It has already partnered with Home Creations."They purchased a carload of cookies, and they're going to be giving them away to all their customers who purchase homes this summer," Evers said. "So, as they buy a new home, they'll actually enter their house with a pantry full of cookies."Creativity is one of the many things girl scouts are learning about, especially during the pandemic. Instead of booths, some girls created digital cookie businesses.Still, they are short on sales."So, we were about $1 million shy of our goal, which has a profound effect on our ability to offer programming and scholarships for girls who need it most to do fun things like camp," Evers said. "When we have businesses that are able to buy cookies in bulk to do creative things it really helps us make sure that we're able to maintain that level of programming that our girls need.""Buy more Girl Scouts cookies so girls like me can go to camps like this, and they're super fun," girl scout Presley Johnson said.Authorities say 100% of the proceeds stay local to invest in the girls and their communities.
Boxes upon boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas, Lemon-Ups and more mouth-watering Girl Scouts cookies are just sitting in storage because of a surplus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
These cookies translate into money for the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma. If they're not being sold, it hurts their troops.
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"Girl Scouts serves thousands of girls each year to make sure that we're building girls of courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place," said Shannon Evers, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma.
The Girl Scouts wants to team up with local businesses to sell more cookies. It has already partnered with Home Creations.
"They purchased a carload of cookies, and they're going to be giving them away to all their customers who purchase homes this summer," Evers said. "So, as they buy a new home, they'll actually enter their house with a pantry full of cookies."
Creativity is one of the many things girl scouts are learning about, especially during the pandemic. Instead of booths, some girls created digital cookie businesses.
Still, they are short on sales.
"So, we were about $1 million shy of our goal, which has a profound effect on our ability to offer programming and scholarships for girls who need it most to do fun things like camp," Evers said. "When we have businesses that are able to buy cookies in bulk to do creative things it really helps us make sure that we're able to maintain that level of programming that our girls need."
"Buy more Girl Scouts cookies so girls like me can go to camps like this, and they're super fun," girl scout Presley Johnson said.
Authorities say 100% of the proceeds stay local to invest in the girls and their communities.
June 20, 2021 at 02:17AM
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