Girl Scout cookies are here!

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Posted 1/18/17

LOXLEY, Alabama — What’s your favorite type of Girl Scout cookie?Could it be Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties or Peanut Butter Sandwiches? Maybe it’s a Thin Mint, ThanksALot …

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Girl Scout cookies are here!

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LOXLEY, Alabama — What’s your favorite type of Girl Scout cookie?
Could it be Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties or Peanut Butter Sandwiches? Maybe it’s a Thin Mint, ThanksALot or Shortbread cookie.
After local Girl Scout troops in Baldwin County join those across the nation selling cookies at locations throughout the country this week, you might have a new favorite.
The new cookie will offer a s’mores-inspired crispy graham cookie double-dipped in a crème icing and enrobed in a chocolaty coating. This clever take on the time-honored campfire treat was developed in response to popular consumer trends. It is vegan, and free of artificial colors, preservatives, and partially hydrogenated oils. The last new Girl Scout Cookies, including the gluten-free Trios, were introduced in 2015.
”We cannot wait to introduce our loyal cookie customers to this new Girl Scout S’mores™ cookie,” Karlyn Edmonds, GSSA CEO, said. “The S’more has strong ties to our organization’s history, and this cookie brings a new and delicious way for consumers to support girls and the fun adventures that them help them develop leadership skills through Girl Scouts.”

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the nation’s largest girl-led business and the leading financial literacy program for girls. Designed for girls in grades K-12, it is a key element of the Girl Scout leadership experience.
When you buy cookies from a Girl Scout, you are investing in so much more than a box of treats—you are supporting a girl’s future, and the future leadership of our country. Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, girls learn five essential life skills: goal setting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program powers Take-Action Projects that benefit the local community, girl programs, which include science, technology, engineering, and math activities, educational trips that the troops go on together, and much more.
From Montgomery to Gulf Shores, delivery of Girl Scout cookies began locally Jan. 3 and delivery was made to the Loxley Cupboard at the Loxley United Methodist Church, which is the main center for cookie delivery in Baldwin County, on Jan. 12. Deliveries were also made Jan. 10 in Gulf Shores and Jan. 11 in Daphne.
“We wanted to make sure that all of our local Girl Scouts have cookies in their hands so they can begin fundraising,” said Allison Marlow, field executive with the Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama. “Last year we had a troop raise money for a trip to Disney World and another troop in Baldwin County is looking to raise enough money to go to Costa Rica next summer. Selling Girl Scout cookies is a serious business.”
Hundreds of cases of Girl Scout cookies were delivered directly to Girl Scout troops in Baldwin County, while more than 2,000 cases (that’s almost 25,000 boxes) were delivered to the Loxley Cupboard.
“When local Girl Scouts run out of cookies, this is where they come to replenish their supply,” Marlow said.
Girl Scout cookie booth sales begin Friday when troops will set up in front of local businesses and shopping centers across the area. A cookie booth locator app can be downloaded for the iPhone and Android devices. The sale ends March 5.
For more information or to locate a Girl Scout troop, visit girlscoutssa.org or call toll free 1-800-239-6636.

Submitted release by the Girl Scouts of South Alabama with additional reporting by Onlooker co-editor John Underwood.