The unsustainable choices of Girl Scout’s Cookie Program undermine the purpose of a beloved, long-standing American custom.
. As of this writing, the petition has garnered more than 29,800 signatures.
Other troops, some prompted by the AP article, are following suit. Last year, a troop in New Jersey issued a statement: scouts whose first exposure to marketing and public speaking was through the Cookie Program. Throughout my adolescence, Girl Scout excursions bolstered my confidence and my adventurousness. Perhaps this is best exhibited in this photo:I am still grinning after a chilly couple of hours manning a cookie booth with fellow-scout Caitlyn Eberspecher—cheeks pink from posing with our well-earned profit, hands pink from the numbing Pacific Northwest air.
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