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Media Releases
Helping Girls
Step It Up!
Girl Scout Cookie Program Starts
Jan. 6, 2007!
Media Contact:
Ann Marie van den Hurk, APR
302-456-7170
avandenhurk@cbgsc.org
Newark, DE,
December
14, 2006:
The Girl
Scout Cookie program encourages girls to step it up! The theme of
2007 Girl Scout Cookie program is Step It Up!. The program motivates
girls to lead healthy, active and balanced lifestyles inspiring
girls to action-oriented in everything they do.
The Girl Scout Cookie program is more
than just selling cookies, but is a fun way for girls to learn
valuable life skills such as money management, decision-making,
teamwork, and goal setting... skills they need for today and
tomorrow. The beneficial effects are evidenced by the fact that many
of todays businesswomen cite selling Girl Scout cookies as their
first step toward successful careers.
I learned how to manage money and
time from selling cookies. Said Cadette Girl Scout Megan, Troop 54,
Newark, Delaware. Megan has been participating in the Cookie Program
for the past eight years. Her troop is working towards a trip.
Girl Scouts will be out in your
community taking Girl Scout cookie orders starting on January 6,
2007. Cookies will be delivered by Girl Scouts between February 3rd
and 8th.
All the proceeds from this program
stay here in the communities the Girl Scouts come from, directly
benefiting all of the Girl Scouts in our community, including the
Girl Scout troop you buy Girl Scout cookies from. In 2006, over
8,000 Girl Scouts learned money management and marketing skills in
Cookie Program with over 1 million boxes sold to the community.
Approximately 19,000 girls participate in Girl Scouts on the
Delmarva Peninsula each year.
The Cookies All Girl Scout Cookies
have zero trans fats and one is sugar free.
All Abouts -- Shortbread cookies
with a series of Girl Scout messages embossed on top and a rich
fudge coating on the bottom.
Cafι Caramelized with brown sugar
and a hint of cinnamon spice.
Do-si-do oatmeal peanut butter
cremes.
Little Brownie New this year! A
sugar free treat.
Samoas a caramel and toasted
coconut cookie.
Tagalongs a layered cookie
featuring smooth peanut butter and chocolate.
Thin Mints our bestselling
chocolate-covered mint cookies.
Trefoil the original Girl Scout
cookie - shortbread.
Cookies are $3.50 per box.
To get Girl Scout Cookies, the
community can call: 1-800-YUM-YUM-2.
Operation Taste of Homesm
Since 2003, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council
Operation Taste of Homesm
has provided over 90,000 boxes of the Girl Scout cookies to
our Armed Forces overseas via the USO thanks to the
generosity of the community. The USO located at Dover Air Force Base
distributed the cookies all over the world. This project gave girls
the opportunity to make a positive difference for our women and men
in the armed forces overseas. Community members can purchase
Girl Scout Cookies directly at Cookie Booths in grocery stores, drug
stores, and churches throughout the Delmarva Peninsula starting on
February 9 or call 1-800-YUM-YUM2 or go to
www.cbgsc.org through March.
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2007 Cookie Program Fact Sheet
Radio PSA
Community Specific Releases:
State
of Delaware
Dover, DE
Newark, DE
New Castle County, DE
Kent County, DE
Sussex County, DE
Cecil County, MD
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