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By Scott Nicholson
The cookies have landed.
Girl Scout cookies made their much-anticipated arrival on
Friday morning, with two truckloads delivered to the Boone United
Methodist Church for distribution. Girl Scout officials and
troop leaders began the process of breaking down 1,800 cases
of cookies to fill orders and distribute them for on-site sales.
A total of 22,428 boxes of cookies were shipped, but Watauga’s
cookie co-chairwoman Michelle Gipson said more would be arriving
for sales at cookie booths in local businesses. “We’ll
actually get more before the sale is over,” Gipson said.
There are 21 Girl Scout troops in the county, and in addition
to filling advance orders, they will be selling at the Boone
Mall, Lowe’s Foods, Lowe’s Hardware, Harris-Teeter,
Mast General Store and other locations in the coming weeks.
Nancy Blair, membership specialist with the Girl Scouts Council
of Catawba County, said despite concerns over contaminated peanut
butter, the Girl Scout cookies containing peanut butter don’t
come from the Peanut Corporation of America, which is being
investigated as a potential source for a salmonella outbreak.
Girl Scout peanuts come from Hampton Farms, which was inspected
and given a clean bill of health by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
on Jan. 12 and that records showed no connection between Hampton
Farms and the Peanut Corporation of America.
Or, as the Girl Scout Council proclaims, “Girl Scout
cookies are safe!”
The Girl Scouts are operating “Operation Sweet Treat,”
in which people can buy boxes of cookies that will be shipped
to active-duty troops overseas. People are welcome to submit
messages with the cookies, and there will also be posters for
people to sign to send along with the packages.
“It’s a way to give back,” Blair said.
For more information on cookie sale or local cookie booths,
visit www.cvgirlscouts.org.
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