Girl Scouts is proud to announce that National Girl Scout Cookie
Weekend, which has become a national holiday for Girl Scout Cookie fans, will
take place February 27–March 1, 2015. Girls across the country will sell
cookies at booths, door to door, and through Digital Cookie, the first national
digital platform that enables girls to learn 21st-century skills while selling
cookies through their own personalized cookie websites or face-to-face using a
mobile transaction app. The 2015 Cookie Weekend will mark the 98th year of Girl
Scouts selling cookies and learning the basic skills and acumen they need to be
leaders in business and sales, manage their personal and family finances, and
gain self-sufficiency and confidence handling money.
One
hundred percent of the net revenue raised through Girl Scout Cookie sales stays
with local councils, and girls decide how their troop cookie money is spent.
This year's National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend will celebrate girls across the
country who use their cookie revenue to fund projects that impact their
communities in amazing ways. It will also celebrate the essential "5
Skills" each #cookieboss learns through the cookie program: goal setting,
decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
Girl
Scouts will also debut three new cookie varieties this cookie season. For the
first time in Girl Scout history, gluten-free cookies will be available
nationwide from most Girl Scout councils. The two new gluten-free offerings
include: Toffee-tastic, buttery cookies with toffee bits, and Trios, made with
real peanut butter, chocolate chips, and whole grain oats. The third new
cookie, Rah-Rah Raisins, is an oatmeal raisin cookie with whole grain oats,
plump, juicy raisins, and Greek yogurt–flavored chunks. The newcomers will join
legendary classics like Thin Mints and Samoas/Caramel deLites. Not all
varieties are available in every market, so contact your local council to
inquire about the cookies they will carry this season.
To
learn more about the new cookie varieties and find Girl Scouts selling cookies
near you, look here or use the newly enhanced official
Girl Scout Cookie Finder app, free for your iOS or Android phone or mobile
device. In addition to new tablet versions, the app's latest features for 2015
include cookie sale searches using selectable start dates, driving directions
to nearby booths, an Instagram option for sharing, links to Girl Scout Cookie
recipes, and the ability for users to vote on their favorite Girl Scout Cookie.