Press Release: Girl Scout Cookie Season
MEDIA CONTACT:
Alora Jones, Public Relations Manager
Girl Scouts River Valleys
alora.jones@girlscoutsrv.org
800-845-0787
February 15, 2024
Girl Scout Cookies Have Landed
Cookie Program Runs from February 16 – March 24
ST. PAUL, MN – Sweet tooths rejoice! Girl Scout Cookies have landed in the Twin Cities metro and surrounding areas, with more than 3 million packages now in the hands of local Girl Scout entrepreneurs and stocked in local cookie cupboards.
Beginning Friday, February 16, more than 11,000 cookie sellers across the Girl Scouts River Valleys council will be staffing cookie booths, going door-to-door, and selling online to hungry customers.
As the largest girl-led entrepreneurship program in the world, the Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches youth five essential skills: business ethics, people skills, money management, decision-making, and goal setting. It also funds meaningful experiences throughout the year, including leadership development, civic education, and community service work.
With less than 2% of overall philanthropic funding going toward organizations focused on girls and women, programs like the Girl Scout Cookie Program can level the playing field, providing opportunities for girls and gender-expansive youth to realize their potential and change the world. Of the purchase price of each box of cookies, 79% stays with the Girl Scout, their troop, and is reinvested in the regional council to provide financial assistance and fund high-quality leadership development programs.
Those looking to buy cookies can simply text COOKIES to 59618 or visit GirlScoutsRV.org/Cookies to use the Girl Scout Cookie Finder. Cookie booths will be held at many locations—including local Cub stores—across the Twin Cities metro area, southern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin from Friday, February 16 through Sunday, March 24.
In 2023, more than 11,400 Girl Scouts participated in the cookie program, selling 3.7 million boxes of cookies and generating $3.4 million in troop proceeds. Girl Scouts River Valleys consistently ranks among the top ten Girl Scout councils nationwide for cookie sales despite—in a typical year—facing some of the country’s harshest winter weather conditions.
About Girl Scouts River Valleys
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys’ work is supported by 6,300 volunteers who deliver the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to nearly 17,200 girls in southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and one county in Iowa. Girl Scouts River Valleys is one of 111 Girl Scout councils that make up the national Girl Scout Movement, sharing the mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
