Girl Scout Troop 60110

Pictured: (L-R) Riley, Rachel, Saria, Mia and Victoria

It is Girl Scout cookie season. When you buy Girl Scout cookies, you're helping Girls to have amazing experiences and are also helping the community. All cookie proceeds remain in Connecticut. On the council level, proceeds support girl programming and volunteer development. Girl Scout cookies are local troop's main fundraiser during the year. Cookie money proceeds provide the Girls with all the supplies they need for their meetings, allow the Girls to go on trips and events and also Take Action projects that benefit the Connecticut community. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the leading entrepreneurial program for Girls. Selling Girl Scout cookies helps the Girls to learn how to set a goal, work with a budget and gain confidence.

On the Girl Scout cookie order form, their is an option to donate cookies. Cookies automatically get donated to the Cookies for Heroes program, unless a troop opts for their own local charity. The cookies are donated to women and men serving in the military and veterans. Last year, Connecticut donated over 100,000 boxes.

Cadette trop 60110 decided to use some of their proceeds to purchase individually wrapped snacks and drinks for the Columbus House warming shelter in Hamden. The Girls budgeted and shopped at the local Aldi as a troop. The donations were dropped off to the Keefe Community center.

The Girls also volunteer at the Benchmark Assisted Living Facility in their memory loss unit every other month. This month we worked with the residents to make Valentines that the residents will deliver to the YNHH Children's hospital.

Hamden troops will be holding cookie booths all over town in March. If you are interested of becoming a Girl Scout or finding out where you can purchase cookies, please visit www.gsofct.org.