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Girl Scout Cookie Sales Coming Up Around Old Town Alexandria

It's Girl Scout Cookie season, and Alexandria residents can buy them online from a local troop or at upcoming booths.

Girl Scout Cookies can be purchased online or at booths around Alexandria for the 2021 season.
Girl Scout Cookies can be purchased online or at booths around Alexandria for the 2021 season. (David Allen/Patch)

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 Old Town Alexandria, 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.

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"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 Old Town Alexandria, 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.

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Below are some of the upcoming Girl Scout Cookie booths in and around Old Town Alexandria. You can also find cookie sales by entering a ZIP code on the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital website.

  • Friday, Feb. 5, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m, Parcel Plus, 1602 Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307
  • Saturday, Feb. 6, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Alexandria Farmers Market, 301 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
  • Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Old Town Hardware, 809 S Wahington St, Alexandria, VA 22314
  • 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
  • Saturday, Feb. 6, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Parcel Plus, 1602 Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307
  • Thursday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Parcel Plus, 1602 Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307
  • Friday. Feb. 12, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Robcyn's, 3660 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302
  • Friday, Feb. 12, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Parcel Plus, 1602 Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307
  • Saturday, Feb. 13, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Alexandria Farmers Market, 301 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314
  • Saturday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ten Thousand Villages,915 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314
  • 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
  • Saturday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Parcel Plus, 1602 Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307

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