Wcac - Tv - You don't say - January 2014

Okay we are back. Of course with every new year comes new year's resolutions. Of course for me and lotsa people it's uh starting a diet but before you start that diet I want you to listen to Molly McGowan and Barb Fortier um with the Girl Scouts and they're gonna tell you a little bit about cookie creations. So, girls, you wanna come out here and tell me about it OK. I'm Barb Fortier, I'm the COO of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts and one of my areas of responsibility is the cookie sale. The Girl Scout cookie sale is the largest program that we offer girls to participate in. Our sale started on December 13 and will run through March 4th. Fun facts about cookies: there are eight types of cookies that sell for four dollars a package. We have our Thin Mints, Caramel Delites, a couple of peanut butter varieties, Shortbreads, Thanks-a-lot, Lemonades and our new cookie this year is a Cranberry Citrus Crisp. In addition we are fortunate to have been included in a pilot program with our baker for a gluten-free chocolate chip shortbread cookie-- I have a sample here. Last year the Girl Scouts in eastern Massachusetts sold 2.5 million boxes of cookies. The proceeds are used by the girls to go to summer camp--summer camp registration started last week-- uh they attend GSEM programs, they travel around the world and they go on local fun trips with their troops. The cookie sale provides valuable leadership lessons and training on financial literacy, teaching girls five essential skills: goal-setting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. In addition they learn the importance of giving back to their community through our Cookies for a Cause program. Molly McGowan, an Ambassador Girl Scout, is here with me today and she can share her learning experiences as a result of participating in the sale. Molly? So Girl Scouts has taught me financial literacy and how to manage money and working with other people while selling cookies, and the importance of keeping track of the money and what money can do for you and how you earn it so what the Girl Scout cookie sale has allowed me to go forth and travel to Quebec with the Girl Scout Travel Group. In the summer we'll also be traveling to Chicago, and we're able to do this through the cookie sales because the money that we earn through selling cookies give us the ability to travel in addition it teaches the younger girls how to interact with people, how to speak to elders, and appropriate street-smart social skills and a what a cookie can do. [Barb] Thanks Molly If cookies are not part of your diet you can purchase a box to send to a soldier overseas GSEM donated thirty thousand boxes to the troops last year and our goal is to top that this year. We have two of our biggest selling weekends coming up: Super Bowl Sunday on February 2nd and National Cookie Sales Weekend on February 7th and 8th, so be on the lookout for girls selling in your area. They make great snacks for Super Bowl or great gifts for Valentine's Day. To find out where you can buy Girl Scout cookies in your area, visit www.herGirlScouts.org click on the cookie locator button and put in your ZIP code and you'll find the sale that's closest to you. Another really fun way to enjoy cookies is to attend our Cookie Creations event. It's a contest featuring 14 local chefs who will use their culinary skills to create original creations using one of our cookies. The date is Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge. Tickets are $35 dollars each or two for $60. This is an adult fundraiser supporting leadership programs for Girl Scouts and will feature a silent auction. It's a really fun event. It provides wonderful networking opportunities as well as a chance to enjoy the chef's creations. I hope to see you there. Thank you for all you do to support the Girl Scouts in Waltham.