Did Main Street smell sweeter Monday morning, February 22, 2021? Morrison, IL, took receipt of nearly 4000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies! Owner Sidonna Mahaffey offered her business, Moms On Main, 121 E. Main Street, as the 10:00 a.m. delivery site. Girl Scout Leader Hillary Blevins verified the order with the driver, who unloaded and grouped the town’s cookies into eight flavor towers. Each case contains a dozen tasty boxes.
Experienced Girl Scout cookie purchasers recognize their favorites by the color of the box–and the delivery cases.
There are 28 Girl Scouts in Girl Scout Troop #1504, from grades Kindergarten through seven. Online and in person, 25 girls sold a record 3900 boxes. This was made more remarkable, considering limitations of personal sales contact, during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Many customers also donated boxes of cookies to front-line, health care workers or overseas Military troops.
Blevins, several parent volunteers, and two girls took on the sorting process. One girl at a time, they gathered specific amounts of cases and loose boxes, which matched each cookie order form. They made 25 piles across the floor and atop tables; each girl’s order form was placed on her pile. Parents picked up the boxes; a third sorting began at home; preparation was made for individual customer orders and delivery.
To order Girl Scout cookies visit https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/all-about-cookies/How-to-Buy.html. The price is $5 per package. Cookies can be delivered directly to the customer. Eight varieties include
- refreshing (vegan) Thin Mints (the #1 selling cookie in the United State during the Girl Scout cookie sale period)
- caramel-y Samoas
- peanut butter-stuffed Tagalongs
- crunchy Do-si-dos
- buttery Trefoils
- sweet S’mores
- tart Lemon-Ups
- toffee-chipped (gluten free) Toffee-tastics.
Troop monies earned will be enjoyed by the troop. They have a camping event planned. In the summer, the girls will choose a celebratory activity.
When you purchase a box of Girl Scout Cookies, you are investing in a girl’s future.
- Girl Scout Cookies is the largest girl-run business in the world.
- Girl Scout troops who participate in sales raise money to fund their own Girl Scout adventures.
- Members choose how to use troop proceeds, whether for travel, financing community projects, attending camp, donating to a worthy cause, or a combination.
- Girl Scouts is completely girl-led.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches girls five essential life skills: goal setting; decision making; money management; people skills; business ethics. One hundred percent of the net revenue raised through the Girl Scout Cookie program in northern Illinois stays with Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois and its local troops.
Fifty-seven percent of Girl Scout alumnae in business say the program was beneficial to skills they possess today, such as money management, goal-setting, and public speaking. So, customers who purchase Girl Scout Cookies are not only getting a delicious treat–they are also making an important investment in the individual girls living in their communities.