Dylan Troy, Cookie Seller Supreme

Dylan Troy, 6 and 3/4, is her Daisy troop's big cookie mover in a troop that's moved a LOT of cookies.  This Brooks School first grader is a member of Girl Scout Daisy Troop 71198, which has sold 1479 boxes of their eponymous cookies.  Dylan sold 130 of them.

Dylan is honest about her key to awesomeness:  "My grandparents helped me.  They have a lot of friends and they all bought a few boxes."  And the cookies themselves helped, since "there are a lot of kinds of cookies--mint, peanut butter, caramel, lemon.  They are yummy and people like them."

Dylan was originally motivated by earning a badge, but now's excited because her troop earned enough money to go to CoCo Key.  Her troop leader, Amy-Jayne McCabe, is impressed with her troop's hard work for a different reason.  With the money the cookie sales have raised, Troop 71198 will help the community by making blankets for the Linus Project and paying for cleaning help for a woman who is terminally ill.  Some of the cookies sold by the troop were donated directly to soldiers overseas, which McCabe coordinated.

Dylan enjoys scouting and its opportunities.  "I like being with my friends and making new friends.  The meetings are really fun.  We do crafts and go to fun places like City Hall (to decorate Christmas trees) and Victory Park (to meet a female soldier on Veteran's Day).  Mrs. McCabe talks about being a good friend to other girls and how to be a good member of Medford."  But her favorite things?  "We do a lot of fun things, but I like crafts best of all.  And the cookies--they are yummy!"