B.C. Girl Guides resume door-to-door cookie sales
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Canadian Girl Guides were forced to suspend in-person cookie sales in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
Two years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, Girl Guides in British Columbia are returning to door-to-door sales of their iconic cookies.
Volunteers were hard at work loading cases of the popular chocolate and vanilla classic sandwich cookies on Saturday, as Guides and their families prepared to return to the traditional form of one of their most important fundraisers.
“When COVID first stuck in 2020 we had just had our cookies delivered in B.C. that week, so we had to quickly pivot to find a way to sell about $4 million in cookies in B.C. Luckily we had lots of retailers step up to help us stock them on store shelves,” said Diamond Isinger, B.C. provincial commissioner for Girl Guides Canada.
Along with placing the cookies on store shelves, Guides also shifted to online sales.
Isinger said sales of the $5 boxes of cookies are crucial for the organization.
The funds they raise go to a variety of programs and activities including trips, sports and art, while the sales process itself has an effect on girls’ developing confidence along with entrepreneurial and money management skills, she said.
“We really see the value in the girls leading our cookie sales,” she said.
“Our girls enjoy selling cookies, they gain really valuable skills and confidence. A lot of our community members like to support specific girls they know, so we’re excited to return back to that method of sales so that girls can achieve their own goals.”
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