Girl Scout Cookie Booths Open for Business

On the hunt for some Girl Scout cookies? Here is a list of cookie booths in the area.

Sweet Caramel deLites, Girl Scout Cookies are back again. While cookie season never seems long enough, the Girls Scouts officially kicked off sales of their famous cookies as of last Thursday and will continue until late February. With a new season brings a new look to Girl Scout cookies. Changing the classic packaging for the first time since 1999, Girl Scout Cookie boxes will now feature the five financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills. The goal of the Girl Scout Cookie Program is to teach girls essential skills, such as goal setting and money management. “Each year from our youngest Daisies to our experienced Ambassadors, our girls challenge themselves in new ways and develop skills that will help them for the rest of their lives…

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The Cookie Diaries

The inside scoop on the Girl Scout cookies that will hit the streets this week - and a taste of what's in store (and door to door) this year.

If you’ve managed to keep your “healthy eating/fitness/diet” resolution to this point, I’m predicting a major upheaval in your new year plans this week. In fact, I’ll go all Mayan on you and give you an actual date when your resolve will be tempted—Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Yep, this Thursday is when cute little girls with wagons full of cookies hit the street—and eating plans go out the window. On Thursday, the Girl Scouts in our area officially kick off this year’s cookie sale. And before you start moaning about how you’ll be giving in to the lure of Caramel Delights or Thin Mints before the week is through, consider this: I have had eight and a half cases of those tempting little buggers in my house since Friday, when we picked them up …

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For a Good Cause

From talking mattresses to candy bars, fundraising efforts abound this fall.

My car was accosted by a walking mattress on the corner of Red Bank and Crown Point this Saturday. Yeah, there’s one sentence I never thought I’d type. Then again, I never thought a tall, lanky mattress with arms and legs would run upto my silver Beetle and try to convince me to check out the sale going on at WDHS. After approaching my car, this particular mattress identified himself as Jack Baldwin, a senior baritone player for the award-winning West Deptford High School marching band. He and his bandmates—who skipped the box spring costumes but were waving hand-made posters—attempted to urge oncoming traffic to make a pit stop at the high school cafeteria, where the mattress sale was taking place. Unfortunately, my budget doesn’t allow …

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Got Cookies?

Girl Scout cookies go on sale Thursday. Time to stock up!

It’s time to sell the cookies. Well, almost. Actually, if I sold the cookies to you today, I’d have my hands slapped. Or something like that. Anyway, I know it’s against the rules. But, as of Thursday, selling begins full force. Girl Scout cookies are back! Beginning January 19, Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes and Seniors in our area will be out in force, ringing doorbells and selling the Thin Mints, Samoas and Shortbread cookies they’re famous for. Take note—that does include my daughter, Libby. And yes, we deliver. For those who aren’t home often, there will be Cookie Booths set up all over the area, including outside area grocery stores, restaurants and even inside the Deptford Mall. Let’s face it—when it comes to the temptation of…

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