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Cookies coming: Girl Scout booth sales begin Saturday

From Staff Reports

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Published: February 5, 2010

Hickory - Girl Scout cookies arrive by the truckload Saturday, with booth sales continuing until March 9.

Every year, the public anticipates the few weeks of the year when their cravings for Thin Mints or Caramel deLites are fulfilled, but to thousands of local girls, cookies provide an opportunity to attend summer camp, explore science and math, travel to various destinations and learn about future careers.

The cookie program is the largest girl-led business in the country and is designed to help Girl Scouts learn key economic literacy skills such as goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. The girls take active roles in all parts of the program, and proceeds from cookie sales benefit girls in the community.

This year, the varieties include Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties, Shortbread, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Lemonades, Thanks-ALot and the Daisy Go Rounds, a cookie packaged in 100-calorie packs.

The price per box is $3.50, and all proceeds generated from the Girl Scout cookie program stay within the girls' local area.

To purchase a box of cookies, contact a Girl Scout or search the council Web site at www.girlscoutsp2p.org to find the closest cookie booth.

This year, the Girl Scouts are promoting the following: • Buy 5 promotion — for every five boxes that a customer purchases, his/her name will be entered in a drawing to win a year's supply (52 boxes) of free Girl Scout cookies from Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont. A winner from each of the four council service centers will be selected.

• Operation Sweet Treat — Girl Scouts are also participating in a councilwide service project to collect 24,000 boxes of cookies and 1,000 letters of encouragement to place in care packages that will be shipped to U.S. military personnel serving in the United States and abroad. Customers can support the project by purchasing a box at a local cookie booth and pay $3.50 a box as they would for any other order. Or, cookies may be purchased by the box or by the case (12 boxes) by calling (800) 672-2148 to purchase with a credit or debit card.

For more information, call the Hickory Service Center, 530 Fourth St., SW, at 328-2444.