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Crystal Peterkin, Troop Cookie Manager for Troop 1395 How do you get your troop excited for the Cookie Season? I get my troop excited for Girl Scout Cookie Season by brainstorming new ways we can get out to meet the public, whether it be the locations they would like to do a booth sale at, plan mini groups of door-to-door sales, and how they can host home booth set ups at their home. How does the troop set their goals for the season? We talk as a group about realistic goals, knowing the girls outside commitments with school and family life, we talk truth and abilities.  We even talk about sharing sales towards the end depending on how close a Girl Scout is to making a reward goal. How did your troop use Cookie proceeds from last year? Our troop used cookie sales last year to stand out in unity with new troop attire (Troop hoodies and tee shirts), designed chosen by our girls, we also picked an indoor amusement park to attend (Urban Air) Our troop give back was not done this year be...

Will you be my cookie valentine? With Valentine’s Day only a few days away, you’re probably wondering what to get your valentine. Well, with it being Girl Scout Cookie Season, we’re thinking about Valentine’s Day from a different perspective…. one that involves that tasty treat. Here are four ways to incorporate Girl Scout Cookies into your Valentine’s Day gift: 1.        Give the gift of cookies. Simply purchase a box or two or more of your valentine’s favorite Girl Scout Cookies, tie them up with a pretty bow and add a Girl Scout Cookie themed Valentine’s Day cards to your gift. 2.        Go DIY. As Girl Scouts, we always enjoy a good craft… so let’s get crafty. Make your own Valentine’s Day cards utilizing used Girl Scout Cookie Boxes. We made ours with a Thin Mint box and wrote “We are ‘mint’ to be.” 3.        Make a donation to Operation Cookie in your Valentine’s name, ...

Girl Scouts of Nassau County Salutes Our Community Partners GSNC has hundreds of community partners, including every public school district, most private and religious schools, local colleges and universities, other not-for-profit organizations, as well as government and corporate supporters and many small businesses. This is the second in a series of articles that will focus on some of our partner organizations.   DHL, Operation Cookie and a Commitment to Community For more than a decade, DHL has partnered with the Girl Scouts of Nassau County to ship 600,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies—that adds up to literally ten million cookies!— to service men and women across the world through Operation Cookie. A worldwide leader in shipping and logistics, DHL has made social responsibility a key piece of its strategy. By leveraging its core competency—international shipping—DHL makes an impact across the globe by connecting people and coordinating the smooth delivery of innumer...