Cookie Queen: Long Branch Girl Scout Honored For Selling More Than 2,000 Boxes

Most everyone loves Girl Scout cookies. Shortbreads. Samoas. And don't forget those yummy Thin Mints.

In Monmouth and Ocean counties, we love Girl Scout cookies so much that we bought nearly 1.1 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year. That works out to be an average of more than 125 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies sold per participating Girl Scout, according to the Jersey Shore Council of Girl Scouts.

Apparently a Girl Scout from Long Branch had some very hungry customers: Alanna Lynch, a high school freshman, sold 2,140 boxes, the council said. She was among 19 Girl Scouts who sold more than 1,000 boxes apiece during this Girl Scout cookie selling season. The girls were honored at an the Jersey Shore Council's annual meeting earlier this month where they were presented a special certificate by the council’s CEO, Susan H. McClure.

"During Girl Scout Cookie season, each amazing young G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) is not only selling delicious cookies but also building essential life skills, such as goal setting, people skills, and business ethics — which are essential for 21st century leadership," the Jersey Shore council said in a news release.

"The more cookies girls sell, the more earnings they have to power impactful community projects and personal enrichment experiences, such as camping and traveling.Locally, many Girl Scouts also set a goal to participate in the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore’s Jersey Shore Cares program, donating Girl Scout Cookies to local charitable organizations including the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and the military."

Here are the Girl Scouts who sold 1,000 boxes or more of Girl Scout cookies this season:

1. Victoria Edelman, Toms River, 6th grade, 3,044 boxes sold
2. Christine Apostolico, Toms River, 12th grade, 3,034 boxes sold
3. Grace Toscano, Brick, 6th grade, 3,022 boxes sold
4. Isabella Lupi, Holmdel, 4th grade, 3,000 boxes sold
5. Alanna Lynch, Long Branch, 9th grade, 2,140 boxes sold
6. Valencia Torres, Port Monmouth, 2nd grade, 2,000 boxes sold
7. Isabella Schwank, Spring Lake, 6th grade, 2,000 boxes sold
8. Isabella Gadek, Hazlet, 1st grade, 1,571 boxes sold
9. Erin Foreman, Lacey, 10th grade, 1,546 boxes sold
10. Marisa Brandon, Howell, 9th grade, 1,381 boxes sold
11. Lilyana Echevarria, New Egypt, Kindergarten, 1,305 boxes sold
12. Isabella Baldino, Millstone, 1st grade, 1,300 boxes sold
13. Miranda Figueroa, Manalapan, 5th grade, 1,275 boxes sold
14. Emma Tierney, Bayville, 1st grade, 1,263 boxes sold
15. Addison Salais, Jackson, 3rd grade, 1,259 boxes sold
16. Deanna Eifert, Barnegat, 4th grade, 1,254 boxes sold
17. Emily Kipila, Manahawkin, 1st grade, 1,252 boxes sold
18. Saige Berkowitz, Matawan, 2nd grade, 1,057 boxes sold
19. Ariana Busico-Vasquez, Howell, 1st grade, 1,008 boxes sold

For more information about the impact Girl Scout Cookies make in the community, visit girlscoutcookies.org. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, visit www.jerseyshoregirlscouts.org.

These are some of the 19 Girl Scouts who sold more than 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, who were invited to participate in the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore’s annual business meeting. Top Row, from left to right: Christine Apostolico, Toms River; Alanna Lynch, Long Branch; Erin Foreman, Lacey; Isabella Schwank, Spring Lake, and Victoria Edelman, Toms River. Bottom Row, from left to right: Saige Berkowitz, Matawan; Addison Salais, Jackson; Grace Toscano, Brick, and Isabella Baldino, Millstone.