The Girl Scout Cookie Program has long taught girls how to run a business via cookie booths, door-to-door, and the Digital Cookie platform online. When the pandemic hit in the middle of the 2020 season, girls were faced with the same challenges as other small businesses. Girls in Alpine quickly pivoted their sales methods, from setting up drive-through locations, to facilitating orders that ship directly to customers’ doors. Girls as young as five years old continue to embrace their entrepreneurial spirits, stay connected to their communities, and have fun by participating in the cookie program. The proceeds from each and every purchase stay local with the troop and its council.

This year, Girl Scouts is also providing new materials as part of their cookie badge program to support girls as they run their cookie business online and via social media, helping them be best equipped to sell during these times.

Girl Scout cookie season is recognized in Alpine from Feb. 1-March 14. Consumers can support Girl Scouts by purchasing cookies in a few different ways. Visit girlscoutcookies. org, or text COOKIES to 59618; or download and use the free Girl Scout Cookie Finder app on iOS or Android devices to find socially distant or contact-free cookie booths if available.

Girl Scouts is open to any girl going into kindergarten through 12th grade. Girls are invited to join virtual troop meetings, program challenges, make new friends, and inspire others. Girls can join in the virtual fun for free, and join a troop in person at a later date.