Girl Scout cookie sales resumed this week, and at the Mayfaire Town Center on Monday, young Daisy and Brownie scouts from Troop 4902 serenaded passersby with a song about one of the most popular cookies.
Buy thin mints, buy thin mints,
Buy a box today.
They’re only here once a year,
Then they go away.
Troop 4902 is operating a stand in front of the Buckle, where a handful of scouts are selling a full assortment of Girl Scout cookies. The stand is one of many that will be found throughout the Wilmington area during the next two months. New Hanover County will have 90 troops participating in
Buy thin mints, buy thin mints!
Other flavors too.
We have them all here today,
So buy some, why don’t you?
Kiera Hewitt, age 8, a Girl Scout Brownie, says her favorite cookie is the Thin Mint and that she delights in singing with her fellow Girl Scouts.
“My favorite part is singing the Thin Mint song,” Hewitt said.
Cooper Shaw, age 6, a Girl Scout Daisy, enjoys talking to new people while selling the cookies.
“My favorite part is asking people to buy our Girl Scout cookies,” Shaw said.
Cooper’s answer is a big reason why the Girl Scouts offers so many benefits, and especially cookie sales, said her mother Debbie Shaw.
“Cookie sales teach many important things,” Shaw said. “Money management, responsibility, public speaking, confidence.”
The girls from Troop 4902 used the funds raised from last year’s Girl Scout cookies sales to fund an adventures to one of the scouts’ regional campaigning sites.
“I got to roast marshmallows,” Hewitt said.
This year, Girl Scouts in New Hanover County ordered 7,000 cases of cookies, totalling 84,000 boxes. More may be needed, as last year New Hanover County Girl Scouts sold 12,000 cases. Cookies were distributed last Saturday, Jan. 16 and the troops will begin with booth sales at most major stores and shopping centers beginning on Jan. 23. Girl Scout cookie sales will continue through March 6.
All Girl Scout cookies are $4 and include the well-known flavors like shortbread, Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Sandwiches, Caramel deLites, Lemonades, Thanks-A-Lot and Cranberry Citrus Crisp.
A little more than half of all money raised by Girl Scout cookie sales goes towards programs, camps and training, with one-fourth going to the cost of cookies and distributes and 18 percent funding troops proceeds.
There are different ways to find Girl Scout cookies in New Hanover County. One way is to simply answer your door, as troops will be making “walkabout” visits to neighborhoods, doing door-to-door sales.
If Girl Scouts cookies don’t just walk up to your door, the next option is to visit a local Girl Scout cookie booth, which fans of the cookie can now find by checking a comprehensive website that gives locations for cookie booths throughout the region.
The booths will be set up at several locations throughout the next two months. Locations will include: Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park, 5320 Oleander Drive; Sam’s Club, 412 S. College Road; Casey`s Buffet, 5559 Oleander Drive; Eastwood Barber Shop, 132 Racine Drive #9; Capt’n Bill’s Backyard Grill, 4240 Market St.; 7419 Market St.; Lowe’s Home Improvement, 191 Porters Neck Road, 6932 Market St. and Mayfaire Town Center locations.
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