Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) is hosting a safe and socially-distant drive-thru cookie event at the Marion Chester Read Service Center at 131 S. 69th Street, Milwaukee, on February 27, March 6, and March 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Customers can use this link (https://app.abcsmartcookies.com/#/virtual-booth-landing/a030aa72-2cce-47e1-8019-3b8e79728ea9) to pre-order their cookies and pay online, or they can drive up and purchase cookies when they arrive and pay via cash, check or credit card. All eight cookie options will be available as supplies last: Toast-Yay!, S’mores, Lemonades, Shortbread, Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Caramel deLites, and Peanut Butter Sandwich. Gluten-free options are also available.
The local 2021 Girl Scout Cookie season began February 1 and girls have adapted their sales methods to share the joy of Girl Scout Cookies during the COVID-19 pandemic in a safe, contact-free way. In addition to the cookie drive-thru events, consumers will notice cookie booths outside local stores starting February 26. Consumers can find a cookie booth near them use the Cookie Finder at gswise.org, text COOKIES to 59618, or use the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder app. Girl Scout Cookie season ends March 21.
All the ways customers can purchase Girl Scout Cookies this year include:
- If you know a registered Girl Scout, reach out to her to find out how she’s selling cookies in ways that meet local and state safety protocols.
- Beginning February 1 enter your zip code into the Girl Scout Cookie Finder at www.girlscoutcookies.org to purchase from a local Girl Scout troop online for shipment to your door or to donate cookies to first responders and local causes.
- Text COOKIES to 59618 (message and data rates may apply. Text STOPGS to STOP, HELPGS for help), or use the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder app for free on iOS or Android devices to find socially distant or contact-free cookie booths if they are available in your area.
- Consumers in the 53214 and 53140 zip codes can visit www.grubhub.com/food/girl_scouts to order via contact-free delivery from Grubhub in southeast Wisconsin the first 3 weekends in March: March 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21.
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Cookie Drive-thru Events
When:
- Saturday, February 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Marion Chester Read Service Center, 131 S. 69th Street, Milwaukee
Interviews & Visuals:
- Community members ordering and receiving their Girl Scout cookie orders
- Local Girl Scout troop members taking orders and delivering cookies to cars
- Interviews with Wendy Dahl, Director of Product Program, GSWISE, and Girl Scout troop members
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About Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
Girl Scouting began more than 100 years ago in southeastern Wisconsin and today Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) is more than 23,000 strong – serving 16,530 girls in grades K5-12 and 6,664 adults who believe in our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who take the lead in making the world a better place. Girl Scouts is a G.I.R.L. (go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader)™ community focused on practicing everyday leadership. Girl Scouts began over 107 years ago with one woman, Girl Scouts’ founder Juliette Gordon “Daisy” Low, who believed in the power of every girl. We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls and young women and GSWISE is currently in the top 5 out of 111 councils nationally in overall girl market share. With programs in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties, we give every girl in our council the chance to reach her full leadership potential. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit gswise.org, email [email protected], or call 800-565-4475.
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