March 29, 2024

America’s Favorite—Girl Scout Cookies Have Arrived!

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Warwick, R.I. (January 23, 2017) – Over the weekend over 444,348 packages of delicious Girl Scout cookies were transported from the shelves of Paul Arpin Van Lines warehouses to customers in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts, and Pawcatuck, CT – officially kicking off the Girl Scout cookie sale season here in southeastern New England!
Thin Mints, the most popular Girl Scout cookie, will be sold along with Peanut Butter Patties, Lemonades, Thanks-A-Lots, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Shortbreads, and Cranberry Citrus Crisps for $4 per package. Once again the gluten free “Trios” will be available on a limited basis for $5 per package. And this year, Girl Scouts is celebrating one hundred years of Girl Scouts selling cookies! And what better way to welcome the excitement of this centennial than with the introduction of a brand new cookie – the S’mores™!
Proceeds from Girl Scout Cookie sales remain in the local area - Rhode Island, southeastern MA and Pawcatuck, CT - and provide support for recruitment and training of volunteer leaders, outdoor programs and troop camping, camp and property maintenance, and educational programs. Troops use their proceeds for trips, events, and have the option to donate a portion of their proceeds to a community service project.
The beneficiary of the 2017 Cookie Sale Service Project is Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI). The mission of OSDRI is to help our nation’s veterans secure stable housing and employment as well as other assistance. GSSNE has specifically designated the U.S. Marine CPT Holly Charette Home in Johnston to be the beneficiary of the 2017 Cookie Sale Community Service Project. The U.S. Marine CPT Holly Charette Home was opened in July 2010 and is Rhode Island’s only transitional housing option for homeless female veterans. The home is dedicated to Marine CPL Holly Charette who was killed on June 23, 2005 when her convoy was struck by a suicide bomber in the Anbar province of Fallujah, Iraq. Hailing from Cranston, RI, Marine CPL Charette is Rhode Island’s first female killed in Iraq. For more information visit: http://osdri.org/.

About the Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program
The $760 million Girl Scout Cookie Program is the country’s largest girl-led business. It helps girls develop financial, leadership and life skills, including goal setting, money management, people skills, business ethics, and decision making. In fact, many successful business women today say they got their start selling Girl Scout cookies! Along with sales to friends and family, local Girl Scouts will begin selling cookies at booth locations outside grocery stores and other retail locations. Booth sales generally take place through the end of March. Cookie lovers may find a nearby booth sale with ease by downloading the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder mobile app, available on iTunes or Google Play, or at www.gssne.org.

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