Girl Scouts gearing up for cookie sales

Posted on February 12, 2015

A favorite yearly treat goes on sale Friday. (Photo courtesy of Girl Scouts of America)

By Haley Kosik

BLOOMINGTON – This Friday, Girl Scout cookies go on sale and Spokeswoman Jenny Ewan said this year Girl Scouts will be able to sell cookies online to family and friends.

Ewan explains that 75 percent of proceeds from cookie sales go right back to the funding of Girl Scout programs in Central Illinois.

"It goes right back to the local programming that we do," said Ewan. "A lot of it is our outreach programming which is all staff lead, so it's very expensive to run. So that's where 75 percent of the money from a 4 dollar box goes right back to Central Illinois and that other dollar will go back to the production and shipping cost, but 75 percent of it stays right here."

This year, the Girl Scouts will offer a gluten-free cookie after requests from consumers. Girl Scout cookies will also be delivered as soon as you pay.

"They want money right away because we are doing the direct sales, so they will have the cookies right in hand for you," said Ewan. "You don't have to wait that 3-4 weeks anymore. They can give you that case of thin mints right then and there."

Haley Kosik can be reached at [email protected].

 

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