Elgin Area Chamber Of Commerce: Last Chance For Girl Scout Cookies!

Press release from the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce:

March 10, 2021

Northern Illinois – Local Girl Scout cookie booths close for the season on March 21, 2021! There is still time to support the world’s strongest and youngest female entrepreneurs as they host Girl Scout Cookie booths in innovative ways during a worldwide pandemic. For cookie customers who prefer contactless sales and delivery, girls and troops are marketing virtual cookie booths where customers order cookies directly through a girl’s cookie business website and have cookies shipped to their homes. If girls want to remain local and still connect in-person with customers, families may be hosting pop-up cookie booths at the end of their driveway or block! New this year, Girl Scouts has partnered with Grubhub for Girl Scout Cookie booths!

Girls Scouts, in grades 4 through 12, will get hands-on experience in handling e-commerce while they fill orders and manage inventory. Grubhub cookie booths are available on Fridays from 4–6 p.m. and Saturdays/Sundays from 1–5 p.m. through March 21. Locations in Lake Zurich, Oswego, Rockford, and South Elgin also offer pick-up options! Spend $15+ on Girl Scout Cookies through Grubhub and get a package of Girl Scout Cookies free, once per day! Customers can order Girl Scout Cookies at https://www.grubhub.com/food/girl_scouts.

Girls are also participating in traditional, in-person cookie booths at community locations outside local businesses and stores. Interested customers can download the Cookie Finder App for Android and iOS systems on their device’s app store. Cookie Finder directs consumers to in-person cookie booths closest to them. Girl Scouts staffing in-person cookie booths will abide by COVID health guidelines, including wearing a mask and social distancing as appropriate. This year’s delicious cookie lineup features refreshing Thin Mints (vegan!), caramel-y Samoas, peanut butter-stuffed Tagalongs, crunchy Do-si-dos, buttery Trefoils, sweet S’mores, tart Lemon-Ups, and toffee-chipped Toffee-tastics (gluten free!).

All Girl Scout Cookies are on sale for only $5 per package! Don’t know a Girl Scout? Customers may visit www.girlscoutsni.org/buycookies to purchase cookies directly or be connected to a local Girl Scout entrepreneur looking for cookie customers! During Girl Scout Cookie season, each local Girl Scout sets out to sell delectable cookies while also building entrepreneurial and business skills imperative for leadership and future success. All the net revenue raised—100 percent of it—stays within our northern Illinois area. Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois uses cookie earnings to power amazing experiences for girls through their programming, while girls and their troops decide how to invest in impactful community projects, personal enrichment opportunities, and more. Skills girls learn in the cookie program also influence later success as data shows more than half (57 percent) of Girl Scout alumnae in business say the cookie program was beneficial to skills they possess today, such as money management, goal-setting, and public speaking.

Wondering Why Girl Scouts?At Girl Scouts, girls are our first and only priority. And they always will be. See how girls prepare for leadership, adventure, and success at why.girlscouts.org. This dynamic digital experience showcases Girl Scouts as a powerhouse where girls develop key skills for a lifetime. Learn more at why.girlscouts.org today! Girl Scouts don't just dream big; we take action. Are you ready to change the world with us? www.girlscouts.org/all We’re Girl Scouts of Northern IllinoisWe believe every girl can change the world. With us, Girl Scouts develop the independence and confidence to guide their own lives and build a better world.

We put girls in the driver’s seat and encourage them to customize their own experience. With programs focused on the outdoors, career and interest exploration, travel and global community, and practical life skills, in addition to community service projects, every girl can unlock her potential and be amazing! We serve 16 counties including parts or all of Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit www.girlscoutsni.org or call 844-GSNI-4-ME (844-476-4463).

This press release was produced by the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.