It’s that time of year again – Girl Scout Cookie time begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday. And NC Coastal Pines Membership Director Teresa Wimbrow says there’s something for everyone in this year’s offering.
Vance County has about 100 girls who participate in the scouting program, but Wimbrow said she is always ready to welcome new scouts, from kindergarten through high school.
Scouts will have nine varieties of cookies for sale – the old reliables like Thin Mints, peanut butter sandwich and shortbreads – but there’s a new variety out this year called Adventurefuls, which is a brownie-inspired cookie, topped with caramel crème with a hint of sea salt.
“I was sold after one,” Wimbrow told John C. Rose on Thursday’s The Local Skinny! “But I tried a few more, just to be sure.”
Visit the nccoastalpines.org to find out just where the cookie booths will be located beginning on Jan. 22. There’s a Cookies+ tab that has lots of information, from local booth locations to descriptions of all the cookies.
“We are trying to be as COVID careful as we can,” Wimbrow said, so the scouts may not be fanning out across neighborhoods and knocking on doors as much this year.
There is the option of purchasing online as well, she said.
The cookies freeze well, Wimbrow said, so you don’t have to eat them all at once. The Buy 5 program enters your name into a drawing to win Girl Scout cookies for a whole year. And then there’s Operation Cookie Drop that sends cookies to U.S. troops.
Wimbrow oversees membership for four counties – Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren – and said “the organization builds girls of courage, confidence and character. We have so many opportunities for young girls in STEM, travel, building leaders, community service and outdoor activities.”
In addition to looking for new scouts, Wimbrow said she always welcomes new adult volunteers to join the cadre of 50 or so she already has. “I promise (it) will be the most rewarding job you’ve ever had, that‘s not really a job.”
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