Jan 15, 2004

Got cookies?

By Cadette Girl Scout troop #1395
Special to the Times

Here we come, Walking down the street, Get the happiest looks from, Everyone we meet! Hey, Hey, we’re the Girl Scouts! And we’ve got cookies for you. Time to get out your checkbooks, ‘Cause we’ll be knocking at your door!

Cadette Girl Scout troop #1395 is on the march! Get ready Almaden! Beginning Jan. 16, we, and 600 more girls scouts of Almaden Valley will be hitting the sidewalks in our community, knocking on doors, greeting you with smiles and a cookie order form. We’ll make phone calls to relatives and distant friends. Order forms will start showing up at the workplace, as our loyal parents take them to the office.

The Girl Scout Cookie Sale has been a part of the American culture for more than 80 years! There is no other way to get your beloved thin mints (the most popular cookie in America), as well as the seven other delicious varieties offered this year! When you place an order for a box of cookies, you are helping Girls Scouts of Santa Clara County and our own troops in Almaden Valley support numerous girl programs , events, and service projects throughout the year. At $3.50 a box, that’s quite a deal!

In addition to the money our troop earns by selling cookies, we girls earn credits that enable us to attend girl programs and summer camps. The cookie sale also gives us the opportunity to gain self confidence, learn goal setting, and increase our skills in project planning, management, budgeting and teamwork. Just think, at $3.50 a box, you’re making quite an investment in the future!

Alas, if you don’t have a friendly girl scout on your block, you don’t have to miss out! You can order your cookies by phone or e-mail and have them delivered by the troop nearest to you. Just call the Santa Clara County Girl Scout office at (408) 287-4170 to reach the 24-hour cookie hotline, or, e-mail your order to cookies@girlscoutsofscc.org.

Then, starting Feb. 27, look for Almaden Girl Scouts on weekends at cookie booths in front of your local grocery and video stores. Our uniforms may all be different colors, but the Brownie, Junior, Cadette (that’s us!), and Senior Troops of Service Unit #42- Almaden Valley, all thank you for your continued support.