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NEWS
for immediate Release
february 11, 2010
The Time Has Come. The Girl Scout Cookies are HERE!
Raleigh, NC - It’s official… America’s favorite treats have at long last arrived! If you have placed an initial order with a Girl Scout in January, your cookies are on their way. If you did not have a chance to buy Girl Scout cookies, or if you would like to buy more cookies, do fret! Girl Scouts will continue selling cookies throughout the 41-county area of the Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines (GS-NCCP) council this Saturday, February 13th until March 14th.
To find a cookie booth located near you, Click here.
The 2010 GS-NCCP Girl Scout Cookie Sale offers the following: Thin Mints, Caramel deLites®, Shortbread, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Thanks-A-Lot™, Lemonades™, Daisy Go Rounds™ and Peanut Butter Patties®. The price per box is $3.50, and all of the proceeds generated from the Cookie Sale Program stay within the girls’ local area and our 41-county council.
“We are very pleased with troops’ initial cookie orders and the sales reported from this past weekends’ Super Bowl cookie booths -- despite the brisk weather!” states Valerie McDevitt, GS-NCCP director of product sales. “Right now we’re right on track to meet our sales goals -- as long as the weather cooperates. Be sure to visit www.nccoastalpines.org to find cookie booths in your neighborhood. We will have thousands of booths set up through March 14th!”
In 2009, GS-NCCP troops earned more than $1.3 million in proceeds. That’s an average of just over $1,000 per troop! Girl Scouts in central and eastern North Carolina hope to sell 2.6 million boxes of cookies in 2010, and we need your help to achieve that goal!
• Back by popular demand is the BUY 5 promotion. Customers who purchase five or more boxes of Girl Scout cookies in a single purchase can enter their name in a drawing to win a year's supply of free Girl Scout cookies from Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines! Six winners will be selected and will be announced in May 2010.
• For the sixth consecutive year we’ll be participating in Operation Cookie Drop! Customers can make donations at any cookie booth location. Those donations will be used to purchase cookies to ship overseas to military personnel serving from Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, Seymour Johnson AFB, and the North Carolina branch of Give2TheTroops based in Greenville, NC. Since the program first started more than 221,000 boxes have been shipped to our troops.
For almost 100 years the Girl Scout Cookie Program has helped girls develop skills they will use throughout their lives. Through this annual activity, Girl Scouts ages 5-17 learn time and money management, how to set and achieve goals, the value of teamwork, how to build communication skills and customer service. These skills can even be listed on job and school applications and on resumes.
 
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