Girl Scout cookie season is back, and it’s coming soon to Alexandria.
In-person cookie booth sales with Girl Scouts of Nation’s Capital return next week on Friday, Feb. 6. Shoppers will be able to snag the classics like Thin Mints and Trefoils, as well as a new rocky road ice cream-flavored cookie, Exploremores.
The sandwich cookie is layered with chocolate, marshmallow and toasted almond-flavored creme. Other cookies for sale this year include the coconut-covered Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos and gluten-free Toffe-tastics.
Booths are planned across the city at various grocery stores, retail shops, cafes and places of worship. Dates and locations can be found with Girl Scouts’ Cookie Finder tool.
The City of Alexandria is home to some 1,650 Girl Scouts, GSNC Marketing and Communications Director Amy Condra told ALXnow.
The regional council is one of the largest in the country, with 76,000 members, including adult volunteers and 43,500 Scouts.
Proceeds “stay local, supporting young people across D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia as they learn, grow, and thrive.”
“Each box helps fund troop adventures, summer camp, service projects, and STEM opportunities,” Condra said. “Troops receive funds directly to support their own goals.”
The cookie program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial and financial literacy program in the country, helping Scouts build five “essential skills,” Condra said: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
Cookie season ends March 15.
