Girl Scout Cookie fans can rejoice that the wait for their favorite annual treat is nearly over: National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is February 27–March 1, and marks the first weekend of Girl Scout cookie booth sales in southeast Louisiana.
“Girl Scouts have begun delivering to customers who pre-ordered cookies, and will be out en masse at booth sales this weekend,” said Alisha Moore, Vice President of Sales for the Girl Scouts Louisiana East council.
There’s even a newly enhanced official “Cookie Finder” app to help customers find booth sales near them using their smart phones. In addition to new tablet versions, the app’s latest features for 2015 include cookie sale searches using selectable start dates, driving directions to nearby booths, an Instagram option for sharing, links to Girl Scout Cookie recipes, and the ability for users to vote on their favorite Girl Scout Cookie.
According to Moore, the 2015 Cookie Weekend will mark the 98th year of Girl Scouts selling cookies and will celebrate girls across the country who use their cookie revenue to fund projects that impact their communities in amazing ways. It will also celebrate the essential “5 Skills” each #cookieboss learns through the cookie program: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
Girl Scouts are also making the purchase process even easier, with credit card readers at booth sales.
“Girl Scouts are really embracing technology as an effective way to market and sell Girl Scout cookies,” said Moore. “This year we will have more troops than ever using credit card readers with their smart phones.”
And if you notice a little extra “bling” to the cookie booth, it’s because the troops are participating in a Bling Your Booth contest, to entice customers to buy from them, as well as have fun with the sale and earn a free weekend at camp.
Cookies are $4 a box, except for the gluten-free Toffee-tastics cookie, which at $5 a box, is available in limited quantities.
The Cookie Program ends March 15, and for more information, customers make visit www.girlscoutcookies.org or the council’s own website at www.gsle.org. All proceeds remain locally to support troops’ activities, special events and field trips, community service projects, and to help the council maintain camp properties, train and recruit volunteers, and provide the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.