Cookie season has finally arrived! Being a Girl Scout is a lot more than just having a badge and uniform. When cookie season comes around the scouts sell to help support their troop or other causes. The money goes towards sponsor events, opportunities for girls to earn badges, or trips as a troop. The season officially runs January through April nationwide, but began Jan. 12 and will run until Feb. 25 in South Florida. Girl Scouts is a youth organization that helps girls gain confidence, learn important skills such as teamwork as well as independence, communication, and how to handle challenges. Girl Scout Cookie Finder is their official website and their cookies are typically sold in local booths, online, and often in front of Publix (one of their popular partnerships).
Girl scouts participate in different sales every year to help support their troops, “Girl Scouts sell a bunch of things throughout the year. In the fall, we have our Fall Product sale where we sell a variety of things like packs of chocolates, nuts and candy,” senior Emma Solsona said. Cookie season is the most known among students, and the most exciting with so many flavors available. While the classic cookies like Thin Mints and Samoas are always popular, “This year [they] have a new one called Exploremores, which are rocky road flavored,” Solsona said.
Even though cookie season can be fun, it does come with challenges. “The hardest part about cookie season is the stress of trying to sell all of the cookies in time before it ends,” Freshman Chloe Solsona said. Despite the pressure that goes along with girl scouts, they continue to work hard and support one another, learning new things every season.
Selling cookies helps Girl Scouts develop many skills giving the Girls’ real-life experience that helps on an everyday basis. Junior Lilyana Scire shared that she’s, “learned how to better communicate with customers, which [has led her] to [have] better customer service skills.” Scire explained that handling orders and payments has also improved her responsibility. “I also learned how to manage money and be responsible,” Scire said. These goals and circumstances help the Girls’ build confidence and prepare them for situations and responsibilities they may eventually face in the future.
