Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Donates
Cookies to Area Nonprofits
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Girl Scouts of Silver Sage cookie manager Clint Kofoed and Idaho Foodbank driver Terry Kindall load 250 cases of donated cookies. |
The Girl Scout Cookie season wrapped up in May and now the Silver Sage
Council is busy delivering remaining cookies to area churches, schools, and
nonprofit organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club of Ada County and of
Nampa, Ronald McDonald House, Interfaith Sanctuary, Life’s Kitchen, and The
Arc. Altogether, 1,023 cases (12,276 boxes) will be donated to 20 organizations
by the end of this week.
The Idaho Foodbank and American Red Cross will receive 250 cases and
200 cases respectively. The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage also partnered with the
American Red Cross during the spring cookie season to offer “Cookies from the
Heart.” Through the program, Girl Scout cookie buyers can donate cookies they
purchase to the American Red Cross of Boise and Treasure Valley. These
donations benefit disaster victims, military members and their families, blood
donors, and domestic disaster relief efforts.
Each year, the Silver Sage Council orders about 700,000 boxes of
cookies from Little Brownie Bakers. Girls and troops take orders from friends
and family in February, then fulfill those orders in March. In April, troops
blanket the community to sell cookies to the general public. They set up
education and sales booths outside high traffic stores, such as Albertsons,
Walgreens, Paul’s Market, Walmart and Fred Meyer.
The annual Girl Scout Cookie season usually lasts only three months,
but was extended through May this year due to poor weather in April. Most years
end with some excess inventory, and these delicious boxes of Thin Mints,
Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils and Savannah Smiles are donated to local
organizations that help families and communities in need.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is designed to help girls grow into
leaders of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better
place. The five skills the girls learn
through cookies sales – goal setting, decision making, money management, people
skills, business ethics - are a key ingredient in the Girl Scout Leadership
Experience.
