Girl Scout Cookie Sales Coming Up Near Del Ray

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Girl Scout Cookie season is here, and you may be wondering how to get your hands on a box of Thin Mints, Samoas or other favorites.

Girl Scouts kicked off the 2021 cookie season with socially-distant and contact-free ways to purchase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Options include virtual cookie booths, drive-thru locations, shipping, and delivery orders through a new national collaboration with Grubhub.

Online cookie ordering launched nationwide on Feb. 1 so cookie lovers who don’t know a Girl Scout can still purchase cookies from a local troop with direct shipment to their homes. In Del Ray, residents can contact a local Girl Scout, find a local troop to order from or visit a booth on upcoming dates. Cookie booths open on Feb. 5 to March 14 for the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.

"We’re proud of the resourceful ways Girl Scouts are running their cookie businesses safely and using their earnings to make the world a better place," said Judith Batty, interim CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, in a statement. "This season, our girls will continue to exemplify what the cookie program taught them—how to think like entrepreneurs, use innovative sales tactics, and pivot to new ways of doing business when things don’t go according to plan."

If you know a Girl Scout selling cookies in Del Ray, let us know in the comments.

Girl Scout Cookie sales help fund programs, experiences, and learning for Girl Scouts and their troops throughout the year. Not only do these programs teach the Girl Scouts life skills, but the sales themselves teach them business skills.

Below are some of the upcoming Girl Scout Cookie booths near Del Ray. You can also find cookie sales by entering a ZIP code on the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital website.

• Saturday, Feb. 6, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Presto Valet of VA Inc., 1623 Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302
• Saturday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Robcyn's, 3660 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
• Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Whistle Stop and Hobbies, 1721 Centre Plaza, Alexandria, VA 22302
• Friday, Feb. 12, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Robcyn's, 3660 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
• Saturday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Robcyn's, 3660 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
• Saturday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Whistle Stop and Hobbies, 1721 Centre Plaza, Alexandria, VA 22302