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Have a hankering for Girl Scout cookies?
Booths return this
year for Scout
cookie sales
By Jennifer Colton
Go! Magazine
H
ERMISTON — Thin Mints,
Samoas, Tagalongs and Do-
Si-Dos — after a year hiatus, Girl
Scout Cookie booths are back.
Dubbed “the largest girl-led
entrepreneurial program in the
world,” the Girl Scout Cookie
Program has been teaching girls
business skills for more than 100
years, but it has only had to deal
with one pandemic.
In the 2021 cookie season,
the local council, Girl Scouts of
Oregon and Southwest Wash-
ington, opted not to have in-
person booths because of risks
associated with the spread of
COVID-19. Although Girl Scouts
could sell cookies, they only had
two options: directly to people
they knew or online through
Digital Cookie.
This year, though, those
booths stocked with brightly
colored boxes will be in front of
stores around Eastern Oregon
during cookie season. In Uma-
tilla County, crews of volunteers
unloaded and sorted more
than 11,000 boxes of cookies
last week — and that’s just the
initial order.
The return is, however, not
without its challenges as Girl
Scouts are facing shipping
delays and delivery challenges.
Although the cookie season
could last until March 20, troop
leaders said that will depend
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Girl Scouts will again be selling cookies at booths around Eastern Oregon. To
fi nd a location, go to girlscoutcookies.org and enter your ZIP code.
on availability of some of the
popular cookies, including
Samoas and Adventurefuls,
a caramel-brownie cookie
debuting in 2022.
No matter how long the sea-
son lasts this year, Girl Scouts
across Eastern Oregon are
learning about goal setting and
money management as young
as kindergarten. Elementary-age
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ers and making business deci-
sions while high school students
practice making a resume and
portfolio to show off cookie
business accomplishments. The
girls also choose where to spend
the money they earn, including
attending camp and giving back
to the community.
In Hermiston, troop leader
Jamie Wiseman has been work-
ing with cookie booths for eight
years because she sees the
value for the girls.
“Girl Scout cookies booths
teach the girls valuable skills,
preparing them for the job mar-
ket,” she said.
“Local Girl Scouts do incred-
ible things with their cookie
earnings,” Girl Scouts of Oregon
and Southwest Washington
CEO Karen Hill said in a press
release. “Whether earning their
way to camp or funding a service
project, they’re setting goals and
serving as leaders in their own
lives and in their communities.”
This year, Girl Scouts is again
off ering an option to donate
cookies to Meals on Wheels.
For 2022, cookie season
began Feb. 18. To fi nd a local
troop or booth location, visit
the Girl Scout Cookie Finder at
girlscoutcookies.org and enter
your ZIP code.
Find more information about
the Girl Scout Cookie Program
at girlscoutcookies.org or more
about joining or volunteer-
ing with Girl Scouts of Oregon
and Southwest Washington at
girlscoutsosw.org.