![]() ![]() Keebler Coconut Dreams are $2.50 for a 8.5-ounce box, or $4.71/pound. Girl Scout Samoas / Caramel deLites are $4.00 for a 7.5-ounce box, or $8.53/pound. (Today I also found a version of Do-Si-Dos / Peanut Butter Sandwich, but we’d already done the taste test.) I thought we’d do a blind taste test and see if we could tell them apart, and which we liked better.įirst, a cost comparison. Keebler has cookies that look similar to Samoas / Caramel deLites (they’re called different things regionally for some reason) (and why the lowercase D and uppercase L in deLites?) and also cookies that look similar to Thin Mints (called the same thing everywhere). One thing I wanted to try this year is a taste test. I’m also planning to bring some as my appetizer contribution the next time I get together with the wine-and-appetizer friend group. It’s a poor idea to have a cookie fundraiser the first two weeks of January, right when people are most committed to their resolutions.) If I let the kids have two cookies every day after school, we go through them surprisingly fast. I hate selling things, so basically what I do is buy a whole bunch of boxes ourselves and consider that good enough. "You'll win with Quinn.Elizabeth is a Brownie Scout, so she has to sell Girl Scout cookies. I can see it now … Quinn for president in 2040. "Girl Scouts is an organization that says to girls, 'You are the most important resource we have,' and says to our community, 'This is an investment in our future leaders.'" "Girl Scouts are important because girls are important," Perles said. When I graduate, I'll have been a Girl Scout for 12 years. "It shows you really want to work toward something," she said. Her involvement in Girl Scouts shows dedication. Toland made a good point about what Girls Scouts has done for her resume. "And now I just really don't care, because Girl Scouts puts you out there," she said.Ĭontrary to the popular belief that all Girl Scouts do is sell cookies, go camping and make arts and crafts, the program has allowed me to volunteer throughout the community, travel and work on life skills, such as managing finances. Hope Toland, a Girl Scout and senior at West High School, says she used to be super shy. The program helps with our confidence and sense of self. Girl Scouts is one of the few things I would highly recommend all girls go through. Since then I've volunteered at Girl Scout camps during the summer, working with younger campers. Both of these trips expanded my leadership skills and allowed me to reach out and meet new people. My troop went to Anaheim, Calif., and Orlando, Fla., to attend Disney Youth Education Programs. Some of my favorite stories stem from the adventures I've gone on with my troop. Girl Scouts is one of the most interesting and exciting aspects of my life. But looking at the cases of cookies we need to sell and knowing all the good we can do with the funds we raise, I'll take it. While I was doing a booth sale, a woman came up to talk about how she always buys cookies from older girls because she understands. From my experience, most people would rather support a younger girl. ![]() My friends and I call this "The Puppy Effect." Everybody loves puppies, but once they get older, they get less attention. Well, I would rather buy my cookies from a younger girl. Although that type of program is not available here, it can be found in other countries. She says she'd even like to see the program extended to age 21. The Girl Scouts of Alaska CEO, Sue Perles, highly recommends doing that. Once we hit 18, we can become adult volunteers. That's when they become known as "Juliettes," named after the Girl Scouts' founder, Juliette Low. Troops become smaller and some girls continue on their own. This is a popular time for girls to quit because of all of the new activities that come up, such as sports, academics and social lives. In middle school, many in my troop dropped out. I'm not a fifth-grade girl wearing her sash as expected I'm a sophomore wearing my troop hoodie, but I'm still a Girl Scout and I can be until I'm 18. There have been times I've gone with my troop to an official Girl Scouts event and been surrounded by a sea of second graders. Nope! Though I see where people get this idea. Things Ive heard as a teenage Girl Scout As I get older, the questions and comments get a bit harder than when I was a little kid selling Thin Mints. As much as I love what I do, circumstances like this make my job difficult.Ī high percentage of Alaska's 6,000ish Girl Scouts are under 13, but not me. Put the fake ones in a Samoa box and I don't know if I could tell the difference. What was worse, they appeared and tasted the exact same as the real deal. My friend and I walk over to Carrs Aurora Village to get some snacks. It's lunchtime at West Anchorage High School. ![]()
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