Cookies being delivered and direct sales underway

SIKESTON -- Girl Scout Cookie delivery has begun.

Those who didn't connect with a Girl Scout to place an order, or just want more, need not worry. From now until March 15, area Girl Scouts will continue to sell Girl Scout Cookies through direct sales, including door-to-door and at cookie booths outside area merchants.

Sikeston Scout troops began the direct sale component of the Girl Scout cookies this weekend and will continue for the next three weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Sikeston Walmart. In addition to Walmart, the public can purchase cookies at booths set up at Orscheln's and Dollar General on Main Street in Sikeston.

This Feb. 27 through March 1, Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland, along with its sister councils across the country, will participate in National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, a celebration of all the fun and excitement girls experience selling Girl Scout Cookies.

"The public loves Girl Scout Cookies and those cookies are so much more than a tasty treat. When a girl sells a box of cookies she is learning basic business skills and gaining life skills that are essential to successful leadership," said Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland CEO, Anne Soots.

The direct sale component of the Girl Scout Cookie Program runs through March 15, with eight cookie varieties available: Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Shortbread, Thanks-A-Lot, Lemonades, and Cranberry Citrus Crisps. Cookies are $4 per box, with all proceeds benefitting the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland.

For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log in to our electronic edition.