Good news, San Diegans: No more waiting for your Thin Mints and Samoas! For the 2010 Girl Scouts Cookie Program, 16,000 local Girl Scouts are pulling “cookie mobiles” (carts and wagons filled with cases of cookies) through their neighborhoods. This new, one-step Cookies Now! system allows customers to purchase and enjoy their treats immediately, rather than pre-ordering and waiting several weeks for delivery.
For 93 years, America’s premier business and financial literacy program for girls has been helping Girl Scouts develop confidence and learn valuable life skills like goal setting, decision making, time and money management, people skills and business ethics.
Every penny earned through the Girl Scout Cookie Program stays in San Diego keep Girl Scouting available and affordable for nearly 44,000 girl and adult members, regardless of their financial circumstances. Cookie proceeds fund troop service projects, field trips, travel and other activities, as well as the local council’s programs, camps and volunteer training.
Berry Munch – a crunchy new cookie filled with cranberries and white fudge chips – joins the 2010 line-up of Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Trefoils, Dulce de Leche and Lemon Chalet Cremes. Girl Scout Cookies are kosher, preservative-free, contain 0 grams trans fat per serving, and—for the seventh year—sell for $4 per box.
During cookie season, San Diegans can send deployed U.S. military troops “a taste of home and a note to show we care” through Operation Thin Mint. Since Girl Scouts, San Diego-Imperial Council developed this service project in 2002, the local community has sent nearly 1.5 million boxes of cookies and countless handwritten notes of support to service members far from home. APL provides free shipping, so 100% of donations are used to purchase cookies. Operation Thin Mint donations are tax-deductable.
Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt stores will give $1 off a small (or any larger size) yogurt with topping to customers who bring in a Girl Scout Cookie box bottom between now and March 14, the last day of cookie season. (One discount per customer per day; cannot be combined with any other offer). The stores will also feature crumbled Girl Scout Cookie toppings during February 18-28.