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Samoas? S'mores? Girl Scout Cookie Shortage in NH, Parts of Mass.
If you’re looking for Samoas, S’mores, Trefoils, or the Girl Scouts new Adventurefuls cookies in New Hampshire, or central or western Massachusetts, you’re most likely out of luck right now due to production issues with one of the companies that supplies most Girl Scout cookies. “We have advised at this point that they should stop collecting what we call...
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Girl Scout Cookies in Short Supply? It Depends Where You Live
If you’re looking for Samoas, S’mores, Trefoils, or the Girl Scouts new Adventurefuls cookies in NH or central or western Massachusetts, you’re most likely out of luck right now
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Girl Scout Cookie Season Is Here. Here's the Sweet Complete Lineup
This year, the Girl Scouts organization is teaming up with DoorDash to offer on-demand delivery in participating markets nationwide starting in February.
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Girl Scouts Adding New Brownie-Inspired Cookie for 2022 Season
The Girl Scouts just gave us yet another reason to get excited for their upcoming cookie season.
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School Bus Involved in Crash in Reading, Mass.
A school bus filled with kids was involved in a crash in Reading, Massachusetts, leaving a pair hurt, along with the driver of a car.
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School Bus Crash in Reading Leaves 3 Hurt, Including 2 Kids, But None Seriously
A school bus heading from a camp was involved in a crash in Reading, Massachusetts, on Friday, police said. Two children on board and the driver of another vehicle were hurt, but not badly. The injured children — who’d been coming from Camp Rice Moody, in a group of 18 girls ranging from 8 to 11 years old — were…
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Scout Groups See a Decline in Members From Before Pandemic
America’s most iconic youth organizations — the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA — have been jolted by unprecedented one-year drops in membership, due partly to the pandemic, and partly to social trends that have been shrinking their ranks for decades.
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Girl Scouts Have Millions of Unsold Cookies as Pandemic Takes a Bite Out of Sales
The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies
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Why $3 Million in Unsold Girl Scouts Cookies Are Just Sitting in an Atlanta Warehouse
Local troops had to get creative this year and switch to virtual sales and drive-through pop-up shops.
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Child Labor in Palm Oil Industry Tied to Girl Scout Cookies
An Associated Press investigation has found an army of children toiling beneath a canopy of towering palm oil trees in Indonesia and Malaysia, the main suppliers of the world’s most consumed vegetable oil.
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Child Labor in Palm Oil Industry Tied to Girl Scout Cookies
An Associated Press investigation has found an army of children toiling beneath a canopy of towering palm oil trees in Indonesia and Malaysia, the main suppliers of the world’s most consumed vegetable oil
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Girl Scouts Rebuke Boy Scouts in Escalating Recruitment War
Lawyers for the Girl Scouts say that the century-old organization is now directly competing with the Boy Scouts for female recruits and that it’s not a fair fight
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Girl Scouts Delete Social Media Congratulations to Barrett on Court Seat After Backlash
The Girls Scouts on Wednesday night deleted social media posts congratulating conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for her controversial appointment to the Supreme Court hours after the posts sparked a wave of angry comments — and some praise.
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Fashion Forward: Girl Scout Uniform Gets Modern Makeover
The Girl Scouts partnered with The Fashion Institute of Technology to release a new collection for the first time in decades. The new uniforms were designed to be comfortable, functional and even include a cell phone pocket for a more modern look.
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New Girl Scout Cookie Flavor Announced for 2021 Season
Girl Scout cookie sales may have hit a snag during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, but the troops are soldiering on to introduce a new cookie next year that tastes (and looks) like a crunchy version of a beloved breakfast staple.
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Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass Cancel Summer Camp
The Girl Scouts of eastern Massachusetts have canceled summer camp due to the coronavirus crisis, instead opting for online activities that involve delivering kits to campers each week with different themes.
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Girl Scouts Offer Help for Families at Home
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts has rolled out a new program to help parents looking for more educational resources.
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Wisconsin Man Who Drove Into Girl Scout Troop, Killing 4, Gets 54 Years
A 22-year-old man who plowed his pickup truck into a troop of Girl Scouts picking up trash on the side of a Wisconsin road, killing three girls and one woman, was sentenced Wednesday to 54 years in prison.
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98-Year-Old Girl Scout Has Been Selling Cookies Since 1932
Ronnie Backenstoe has been selling Girl Scout cookies since she was 10 years old. She started in 1932 and hasn’t missed a year since. The energetic 98-year-old recently put on her uniform and was joined by a few members from Troop 1814 at a cookie sales table they set up at Phoebe Berks, the retirement community in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, where Backenstoe lives….