The Cookies are Coming!

     Oakland Park, FL --- The Girl Scouts of Broward County, Inc. (GSBC) is proud to launch its 2002 Cookie Product Sale Activity, Thursday, January 17, 2002 – Tuesday, February 5, 2002.
     
     The eight Girl Scout Cookie varieties include: Thin Mints (wafer cookies made with natural peppermint and covered with a chocolaty coating), Do-Si-Dos (oatmeal peanut butter crèmes), Samoas® (vanilla cookies covered with caramel, rolled in coconut and striped with a rich chocolaty coating), Tagalongs® (peanut butter patties), Trefoils (shortbread cookies), Aloha Chips™ (crunchy macadamia nuts and creamy white fudge chips)…and our two new cookies debuting in 2002… Ole Ole – the Girl Scout’s second ethic offering – a reduced-fat, bite-sized vanilla cookie with pecan chips, coconut and covered in powered sugar and the All Abouts a shortbread cookie with a series of Girl Scout messages embossed on the top, commemorating the organizations’ 90th anniversary (which is in 2002) with a rich fudge coating on the bottom.
     
     The Broward County Cookie Product Sale Activity is a valuable Girl Scout program, one that teaches many important life skills. The experience Girl Scouts gain by participating helps them develop self-esteem, and empowers them to be responsible adults who are resourceful, productive and strong. Program skills include: teamwork, planning and goal setting, decision-making, financial management, and positive communication skills.
     
     Girl Scout Cookies sell for $3.00 per box. Proceeds from the Cookie Product Sale Activity stay within the Broward community, helping to provide ongoing troop/group funding, programs, council-sponsored activities, camping, and support for training our adult volunteers.
     
     Girl Scouts of Broward County, Inc. serves more than 9,000 girls and 4,500 adult volunteers. For more information about GSBC, the 2002 Cookie Product Sale Activity, or how/where to purchase Girl Scout Cookies, please contact Lori Ebinger Sullivan, 954/739-7660; # 219.