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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Where to Get Your Girl Scout Cookie Fix

It's that time of year again—get out your wallets and get ready to snack on some of your favorite sweet treats, courtesy of the Girl Scouts of America.

It's time to stock up on your favorite Girl Scout cookies. Not sure where to buy them near Huntley? You can plug your zip code into the cookie finder on the Scouts' website to find out.  Can't remember which variety you like best? When in doubt, buy a bunch—or check out the Cookie Guide. And just in case you were wondering just where all that cookie money goes, we did our homework. According to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, all of the revenue earned from cookie activities stays with the local Girl Scout council that sponsors the sale. This includes the portion that goes directly to the group selling cookies. Councils use their cookie revenue to supply essential services to troops, groups and individual girls, such as …

Friday, April 15, 2011

Daisy Troop Gives Huntley Girl a Special Gift

Troop 244 used the money Daisies raised to purchase a walker for Teagan Haniszewski, a brain cancer survivor.

Breanna Westberg, a Girl Scout Daisy, likes to play outside and visit Huntley’s Diecke Park’s playground. But her new friend,  Teagan Haniszewski, can’t play like the girls their age. “She got a cancer,” six year old Breanna said. “She had to get stitches.” When Breanna and her fellow Daisies from Troop 244 learned that Teagan needed a special walker to help her play outside, the troop decided to donate $600 toward the purchase of the equipment. The Daisy troop, consisting of 12 girls between 5 and 6, sold 2,271 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this spring and raised about $1,800 to go toward activities, like going bowling or field trips, Janet Westberg, Breanna’s mom, said. Instead of spending the money on themselves, the troop bought Teagan …

Angie M

8:35 pm on Friday, April 15, 2011

This is the best article I have read in a long time! It is nice to know kindness, compassion, and caring for others is still being taught in America. The girls of Troop 244, their leaders and their parents should be very proud of their accomplishment. Look out world, here comes Teagan!   more ›

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