Posted 10:04 pm Sunday, January 13, 2013
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Girl Scouts build life skills through cookie sales program
By DANNY MOGLE
dmogle@tylerpaper.com
It’s Girl Scout cookie time. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love Girl Scout cookies and I love how the program builds confidence in young girls.
dmogle@tylerpaper.com
It’s Girl Scout cookie time. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love Girl Scout cookies and I love how the program builds confidence in young girls.
Individual sales began last week and booth sales will begin on Feb. 22. This year Girl Scouts have created a new Cookie Locator App that helps you find the nearest cookie sales booth in your location. The app is available on an iPhone or And-roid by dialing **GSCOOKIES from your phone.
Cookie flavors are Tagalongs, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, Dulce de Leche, Thank U Berry Munch, Savannah Smiles and my favorites, Thin Mints (I am limiting myself to two boxes).
Each box sells for $3.50.
The sales program helps girls develop five crucial skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
These skills equipment girls “with important leadership skills that will provide a lifelong foundation for success,” says Colleen Walker, chief executive officer for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, in information sent to the paper.
Project Troop to Troop is also back. It encourages people to buy Girl Scout cookies that are then donated to the U.S. Armed Forces. Last year, Project Troop to Troop in Northeast Texas donated more than 166,000 packages of Girl Scout cookies that were sent to military personnel at home and abroad, veterans’ organizations and wounded soldiers.
You can learn more about the Cookie Program by going to the website, www.texascookietime.com, or by scanning the QR code found on the cookies redesigned packing.
Join Danny Mogle on the “In Touch With East Texas” radio show at 6:30 a.m. Saturday on The Ranch KKUS 104.1 FM and KYKX 105.7 FM and 6:30 a.m. Sunday on Sunny 106.5 FM.
Each box sells for $3.50.
The sales program helps girls develop five crucial skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
These skills equipment girls “with important leadership skills that will provide a lifelong foundation for success,” says Colleen Walker, chief executive officer for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, in information sent to the paper.
Project Troop to Troop is also back. It encourages people to buy Girl Scout cookies that are then donated to the U.S. Armed Forces. Last year, Project Troop to Troop in Northeast Texas donated more than 166,000 packages of Girl Scout cookies that were sent to military personnel at home and abroad, veterans’ organizations and wounded soldiers.
You can learn more about the Cookie Program by going to the website, www.texascookietime.com, or by scanning the QR code found on the cookies redesigned packing.
Join Danny Mogle on the “In Touch With East Texas” radio show at 6:30 a.m. Saturday on The Ranch KKUS 104.1 FM and KYKX 105.7 FM and 6:30 a.m. Sunday on Sunny 106.5 FM.
