Girl Scouts Gear Up For Cookie Sales This Week

From Girl Scouts Oregon and SW Washington: Girls Scouts in Oregon and Southwest Washington this week will help move more than 1.5 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies in preparation for their popular cookie sale period later this month.

Between Feb. 7 and Feb. 13, thousands of volunteers and Girl Scouts will help move 1.7 million boxes of Girl Scouts Cookies through warehouses in Eugene, Medford, Pendleton, Salem, Tualatin, and Vancouver, Washington, as well as numerous fairground locations in the Pacific Northwest.

More than half a million boxes will be moved in Tualatin alone from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Colloquially referred to as Depot Day, Girl Scouts who participate "gain exposure to these operations and hone business and entrepreneurial skills including communication, customer service, logistics, math, and group management," according to Girl Scout officials.

"Depot day is the day you really get to see what girls in our area are capable of," volunteer Katje Johnson Jacobs said in an official statement. "The sheer volume of cookies is amazing, and you see it stacked on pallets — it's a lot. You look back at the empty warehouse at the end of the day and you feel really good about it. We really appreciate all of the volunteer help, because it's hard work."

Beginning Feb. 16, those cookies will be available in front of big box businesses like Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertson's, and Walmart for $5 per box. (To find a Girl Scout Cookie booth near you, use the Cookie Finder at girlscoutsosw.org, or use the Girl Scout Cookie Finder app available for iPhone or Android.)

ABOUT THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE PROGRAM

A little more than a century ago, girls began participating in what would evolve into the largest entrepreneurial training program for girls in the world: the Girl Scout Cookie Program. To learn more about the history of the Girl Scout Cookie Program, please visit girlscoutcookies.org.

ABOUT GIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON

Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington serves 13,955 girls in 37 counties with the help of over 10,000 volunteers. The Girl Scout mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Every opportunity in Girl Scouting, including the Girl Scout Cookie Program, develops these essential skills in an all-girl, inclusive, safe environment.

For more information, please visit girlscoutsosw.org.

Photo courtesy of the Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington