Thanks for buying Girl Scout Cookies!

[djmom]

I have been a Girl Scout leader for 6 years now. The girls are mostly in 6th grade, so they have been together since first grade.

In North Carolina and I am sure in other areas, girls are going door to door or are out at stores selling cookies.

I just wanted to say thank you to any of you who have bought Girl Scout cookies anywhere for supporting our organization. It goes to a great cause.

Our troop is working on earning $ for an overnight Kayak trip to one of the North Carolina barrier islands. Last year we went to Williamsburg. As the leader, I do not allow the parents to write "blank checks" to pay the way for the girls. If the girls want to do something, they have to earn the vast majority of the money.

(When they are old enough, I have promised to take them to St John. )

Anyways, the amount of kindness that strangers show at our cookie booths every year is amazing. Even just buying one box, or commending girls for good manners is greatly appreciated.

So if anyone has been kind to a Girl Scout this year....THANK YOU!

[loria]

are you selling cookies????????? my daughter is no longer a scout and I NEED my THIN MINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

[djmom]

I didn't mean for this to be interpreted as a sales pitch...really. I am embarrassed. We just had some experiences with people over the last few years which have almost brought me to tears. The kind things people have done for my girls at the booths (buying a box and turning around and giving it to them, stuff like that). It just really lifts you up when you think the world has "soured".

Loria, I do have cookies, but I don't know how much it costs to ship.... I am not sure if it will be worth it to you or not. That is very kind of you. PM me if you want...I would be happy to sell them but there may be some local kids at the stores?

[loria]

Oh, I KNOW you weren't trying to sell--but if you have cookies........


hmmm, i wonder how much it would be to ship them....i can look into that!

[djmom]

I can help with the shipping...the girls just make 50 cents per box though...I would be happy to help you with your "fix"!!!

Susan

[loria]

Oh NO i pay shipping--if you seriously would consider it, i'd buy 4 boxes of thin mints

[djmom]

loria, I just PM'd you.

[bevm]

And I for one would like to thank the Girl Scouts for making my butt bigger!!!

[sea-nile]

Without talking to each other in our family, I bought some, my husband also did and my daughter did too!
And the peanut butter ones are safe in case you were wondering.

[djmom]

yes, thanks for bringing that up regarding the peanut butter! different supplier alltogether.

And thanks for supporting Scouts!

our girls had 15 hours of booths this weekend, I was pleasantly surprised that the econonmy didn't negatively affect the sales (at least not too much).

When I have time later I will post about a few of those great things I mentioned that sometimes happen. It really makes you feel like everything is going to be ok and this world isn't as bad as the news would lead you to think.

[Chet]

I have a problem...10 boxes of Thin Mints.
Serving Size = 1 sleeve
Servings Per Box = 2

[Jan&MikeVa]

How does this happen???? EVERY YEAR I miss the Girl Scout Cookie sale..........ARRRGGGHHHHHHH

HELP, how do I get my fix?? I shouldn't have done this but I mentioned it to Mike & he is ON THE FLOOR BEGGING (for cookies). OMG, if you knew how serious Mike was about food.

Can I get some shipped...????? HELP! PLEASE!!

NOT to mention I like to support the Girl Scouts. We don't have kids and there really aren't many young girls in the neighborhood. They don't sell them like they used to up at the market. I'll also pay to have them shipped!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

[djmom]

Mike, get off the floor, I just sent Jan a pm!

Susan

[Marcia (Mrs. Pete)]

The girl scouts don't do much "door to door" selling anymore (for obvious reasons). We got lucky and a neighbor girl scout did come by a couple of weeks ago. We are repeat customers though. She knows I'll buy a bunch and pay immediately.

If you really are interested in buying cookies, check with your local grocery stores; ask at the desk, when the girl scouts will be selling their cookies there.

Pete and I can't eat any of them because of the diet but, there are four other members of this family who will scarf down a box a piece in one sitting.

[djmom]

If you really are interested in buying cookies, check with your local grocery stores; ask at the desk, when the girl scouts will be selling their cookies there.

you can also check with your local council too.

Anyways, let me tell you about what happened during our booth-we were there for about 1/1 2 hours.

We were a Walmart. A guy comes out of Walmart, comes up to one of the moms at our booth and pulls a tiny box out of his bag. It has an engagement looking ring in it. He says, "if you got this ring, would it say 'I Love You?"

He was on his way home I guess to propose and he was so excited, he had to show it to someone, and we were the first people he saw!

I just thought that was so cool for the girls to see how much a man could love a woman and for them to see it from the guys perspective. Especially becuase this was a "cool-acting" guy and he was giddy in love.

Ok, it's a ring from Walmart-but to me a ring coming from a guy that much in love is priceless.

Then another lady comes and buys a case of cookies to ship to her husband in Iraq.

Finally, a young man comes out wheeling a shopping cart full of huge stuffed animals. He is wearing dirty clothes. I had to ask him what all those animals were for. After talking for a minute, he said that he had done some wrong things and had a lot of people to make up to. Then he takes out $11 and hands it to the girls and walks away. The girls are like "don't you want cookies" and he just says, "no, have a nice day" or something like that.

We almost fell over. It was an especially valuable lesson because the girls had "decided" they could tell who was or wasn't going to buy cookies. This guy completely broke the mold.

Anyways, just a small sample of the kind of things that happen out there. Lot sof great lessons for the kids and sometimes I think I get as much out of the cookie sale as they do...every year it restores my faith in people.