It’s that time of year again. For many, Girl Scout Cookies are a much-anticipated winter treat. They are also a way to help Girl Scouts pay for all the events and programs they do throughout the year. Cookie sales started Monday, and Marcia Haglund says there were 667 cases unloaded, and now it’s up to area residents to snatch them up while they are available. “I’ve got a lot of cookies out there for the girls to get in their hands,” says Haglund. “This is all the Dakota Horizon, so you’ve got from East Grand Forks, Grand Forks, Fargo/Moorhead, anywhere in the Red River Valley if they are in Girls Scouts.”
If your favorite happens to be the Smore Cookie, you better act quickly. “You have probably been hearing on the news that the Smore Cookie is going bye-bye,” says Haglund. “Yes, this is the last year for the Smore, so if you are interested in that, make sure you get them ordered.” Haglund says that something that is a little different this year is that each box of cookies, no matter what kind, is $6.
The cookie sales are much more than making money for the girls. They help them work on their math skills, learn how to take inventory, and also set goals for themselves. “The girls set goals to reach for what they want to do,” says Haglund. “Each girl makes so much money for the troop. If I remember right, it’s seventy-five cents a box, and that goes into their troop account to do activities.”
Haglund says that the juniors and cadets from the troop of Crookston have plans in mind for some of the funds they will be raising by selling cookies. “They have chosen to do a spa day,” says Haglund. “They want to learn good care for your body.” Now, besides what the troops will do with the funds raised from the cookie sales, the sale itself has some rewards. “Besides the money going into their troops to do activities and stuff, they earn prizes,” says Haglund. “They have choices, too, when it comes to prizes. There are always patches that go on the back of their uniforms to show what they did throughout the year, and then there is the actual stuff.” This year’s theme for prizes is Pandas. The girls will have all kinds of things to choose from, from headbands to lunchboxes, cups, duffle bags, and so much more.
Now that you know how you can help make a difference for the girls, let’s get to the business of finding out how you can get your hands on some Girl Scout Cookies. “Obviously the girls will have them, some go door to door, and some don’t,” says Haglund. “We do what’s called Cookie Booths. In the community we will have places set up where we sell cookies. In the past years, we have done Hugo’s, Mave’s Hardware, The Golden Link, I’ve done the Ice Show in the past, and other gas stations, so they are kind of all over.” Haglund says she will let KROX know once she has the Cookie Booth schedule ready.
Cookie sales started on Monday, February 10, and will continue through Monday, March 24. The cookies will be sold at the Golden Link on February 14 and 21 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
