Medford Girl Scouts sold a record number of packages of cookies this year. 31 troops from Daisies to Ambassadors sold 43,776 packages, which is a 21% increase from last year!
This Year’s Top 5 Selling Troops are:
- Ambassador Troop 65007 – 4,660
- Junior Troop 69039 – 4,056
- Cadette Troop 65456 – 2,785
- Cadette Troop 68137 – 2,500
- Brownie Troop 62969 – 2,304
The Top Selling Girls:
- 3,010 – Marianne (Ambassador Troop 65007)
- 1,000 – Abby B (Ambassador Troop 65007)
- 784 – Aubrey (Cadette Troop 65456)
- 752 – Lorelai (Cadette Troop 65456)
- 558 – Victoria (Cadette Troop 65456)
- 558 – Dylan (Cadette Troop 65456)
Additional Girls Who Made it into the 500 Club:
- Alessandra (Brownie Troop 72096)
- Sophia (Junior Troop 69039)
- Mia (Junior Troop 69039)
- Ellie (Ambassador Troop 65007)
- Bethiah (Cadette Troop 68137)
Special thanks to all the businesses and locations that hosted Medford Girl Scout cookie booths this year:
- Burlington Mall
- All Eyes
- Dunkin’ (154 Main St)
- Medford Post Office (Forest St.)
- MBTA
- Stop and Shop (Wellington Plaza)
- Tufts University
- Xfinity Store (Assembly Square)
And extra special thanks to our Service Unit Cookie Mentor, Monique O’Connell, and our Cookie Booth Coordinator, Nancy Carbone!
This year, the girl who sold the most cookies in all of Eastern Massachusetts is from Medford! Marianne O’Connell sold 4,408 packages, which is more than most troops sell in total. Marianne and her Senior Troop 65007 are saving up for a Girl Scout trip to Europe and selling cookies is the cornerstone of their fundraising strategy. They were Medford’s top selling troop with a total of 6,608 packages. Congratulations to Marianne and the rest of the girls in Troop 65007!
In total there were 244 Medford girls selling cookies this year for a grand total of 35,490 packages sold, which is more than Medford sold in the past three years.
All girls in Eastern Massachusetts who sell at least 500 packages are in the 500 Club. This year, girls in the 500 Club will receive a free ticket to Canobie Lake Park for a special 500 Club event on May 20, 2018.
The Cookie Cupboards are closed, the Recognition Orders have been placed, and the Cookies-for-a-Cause have been delivered, all of which adds up to the end of another successful Girl Scout cookie season. We are proud to report that this year’s cookie sale far surpassed last year’s totals. This year, 23 Medford troops sold 33,852 packages of cookies, a 27% increase over last year’s total of 26,515 packages. Way to go girls, volunteers, and our supportive Girl Scout families! We look forward to seeing how the troops decide to spend their earnings to pay for dynamic troop activities and to help make the world a better place.
Medford Girl Scouts is proud to announce that we have recently purchased our own set of Girl Scout flags, which are available for troop and city-wide events. The money to purchase the flags came from the $300 bonus Medford Girl Scouts received from Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts when more than 50% of our girls re-registered before June 30 last year during the early bird Spring Renewal membership drive. Thanks to all the troop leaders and volunteers for helping their members re-register early.
We have three flags: a Medford Girl Scout flag, a World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts flag, and a flag of the United States of America. In addition, we also have flag stands and flag holders that the girls can wear while walking with the flags.
If your troop would like to learn how to do a flag ceremony, please check out the links below:
Cookie season has come to an end and, once again, Medford Girl Scouts did a stellar job. The funds raised will pay for troop activities and the girls may also decide to make the world a better place by supporting other charities with a portion of the money they have earned.
Congratulations to the girls and troops mentioned above, and to all Medford Girl Scouts, for a successful cookie season. Special thanks to Monique O’Connell for being our Medford Service Unit Cookie Manager and to Sammy Parris for being our Medford Cookie Booth Sale Coordinator. We couldn’t have done it without you!
To prepare for cookie season, Girl Scouts has specific badges for all ages that lead the girls through age-appropriate activities to help them prepare to sell cookies. Daisies can earn leaves, older girls earn badges, and all of these activities help the girls learn how to interact with customers, set goals, learn about money, as well as to think about how they want to use the money they earn to pay for troop activities and to support charities that make the world a better place.
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