Hamden Girl Scouts

Pictured L-R: Daniella, Lily, Savannah and Lucy from Troop 60444. The Girls dropped off donated Girl Scout cookies to the Keefe Community Center April 2018.

Girl Scout cookie season has started. 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.

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.

Last cookie season,Daisy Troop 60444 donated 98 boxes of Cookie to Make a Wish and the Keefe Community center. The Girls also went grocery shopping to the local Aldi and donated over $75 to the center. The Girls dropped off their donations to the facilty, received and tour and was able to talk to a staff member about the community center. The Girls were in Kindergarten and the First grade.

Troop 60195, which is all sophomores and juniors in high school cooked dinner Friday, January 4,2019 and served it at Martha's Place in New Haven. Martha's Place is a shelter and a recovery program for women overcoming addiction and are homeless. After serving dinner, the Girls were able to sit down, converse with the women and have a meal together. The Girl Scouts went shopping for the meal with their cookie funds.

Thank you for supporting Girl Scouts and the Community. Not only are the cookies are tasty treat, they are helping the community and the Girls.

If you are interested of becoming a Girl Scout or finding out where you can purchase cookies, please visit www.gsofct.org.