First Day of Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Today I went around the neighborhood and did some door to door selling.  I sold 25 boxes and 3.5 boxes also to Cookie Share (military cookie donations).

Pens for Kids Collection

Last Monday, January 13, I got 343 pens from the Huntington Beach Service Unit 2 meeting!  Of them, 60 new ones were from troop 896 and 30 were from troop 1243.

Yesterday, Thursday, January 17, I and fellow CJSF members collected 3601 pens from teachers.

In case you were wondering how many pens that was, here it is:

Thanks to everybody for your support!
With almost 4,000 pens, I have almost doubled the size of my goal of 2,000!

Pens for Kids Websites

Here are some websites on the Pens for Kids Organization:
http://www.pensforkids.co.uk/
http://pensforkids.dk/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pens-For-Kids-International-Inc/44729612471
http://pensforkids.pledgepage.org/
http://www.pensforkids.mono.net/9752/
http://www.pensforkids.ca/
Thank you for your donations!

Thanks so much!

I thank everyone for helping me this cookie season.  For being in the 1000+ club, I went to a dolphin tour yesterday, and the cookie dinner is on May 29th.  Don't be proud of me, thank yourself for helping!

Almost to 1000!

I'm almost at the 1000 cookie club, with 946 thanks to people like you!  I want to thank everyone so much.  My friend I've known since I was three come by to say hi, and she also bought 6 boxes; 2 to the military, a Thin Mint, a Caramel deLite, a Thanks-a-Lot, and a Mango Creme.

Fun fact of the day:  Sugar Cookies were the first GS cookie!  Another way Juilette Gordon Low made money for Girl Scouts was by selling her pearls.  I did a biography on her in 6th grade, so I know a lot about Juilette Gordon Low.

Fun facts from theweek.com!

1. The first Girl Scout cookies were sold in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1917, when troops baked cookies and sold them in high schools as a service project. These pioneers had no idea what they had just unleashed on the United States.

2. The ingredients for a Girl Scout cookie were very simple in 1922: Butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder. That's a far cry from today's exotic Mango Crèmes with Nutrifusion, which feature a food concentrate made with shitake mushrooms. (Anyone want to bet these won't make a return appearance in 2014?)

3. In 1933, you could get a box of 44 cookies for just 23 cents.

4. Life was rough in the early 1940s; not only was there a world war raging, but there were also no Girl Scout cookies to be found. Due to shortages of sugar, butter, and flour, the Scouts sold calendars instead.

5. Today, one-quarter of all Girl Scout cookie sales are Thin Mints. There's just something about the chocolate and mint combination that is unbeatable (that, and the fact that Thin Mints have the most cookies in a box).

6. Two licensed bakeries are in charge of Girl Scout cookies: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. That number has decreased dramatically over the years; in the 1940s there were 29 bakers, and in the 1960s, 14.

7. Depending on your local Girl Scout council (and which baker they purchased from), your cookies are either creatively named or literal: Tagalongs are also known as Peanut Butter Patties; Do-si-dos are Peanut Butter Sandwiches; and Trefoils are Shortbreads. Ever so slightly bucking the trend are Samoas/Caramel deLites.

8. If hearing the words "Girl Scout cookies" causes you to salivate, rejoice; you can download a Cookie Finder app to your iPhone or Android to pinpoint exactly where the Scouts are selling.

Booth Sales!

Booth sales started! I did 4 hours at the local Trader Joes on Sunday and 2 hours with my troop at Ralphs on Wednesday (pictured with my friend Karyn).  I am wearing a Caramel deLite costume and holding my cookie jar.