Whitney the Girl Scout

Whitney has really enjoyed being a part of Girl Scouts this year. She us currently selling cookies and has a real knack at being a salesperson. We had to man two tabletops this week. One was at a Tom Thumb grocery store that received heavy traffic...well, most days it does...our particular day was bad because there was a gas leak in front of the store on the major roadway!!!! The roads were shut down pretty much. We had a lot of sympathy purchases and probably got high sniffing the fumes for three hours, but we made the best of it. Our second table top was as Wal-Mart. It was a very busy location. She enjoyed selling to crowds of people and we even had some people come JUST to buy cookies because I had put it on my Facebook page. While we were there, an elderly lady had to be taken by ambulance because she was having chest pains! It happened at the "Grocery" side, where our friends, The Heberts, were set up and selling cookies. During the chaos, their order form blew into the parking lot...CRAZY times! Whitney has now sold more than 225 boxes of cookies. Our sales time is coming to a close. It has been a lot more stressful than I anticipated!!! Her siblings have all used their own money to purchase cookies from her...sweet. And, we sent boxes to John's cousin, Chris, who is serving in Afghanistan. We do a program called Troop to Troop where people can purchase cookies and the GSA will be sending the boxes over to our military. Whitney was very concerned that (A) Chris' group might not get sent any packages and (B)That Chris would not get to PICK his cookies that he would receive, so we sent him a message, got his order from he and his fellow soldiers and now we are sending what he WANTS and more to share!!!!
Whitney, being in Girl Scouts, has brought back many memories of my scouting days with some of my dearest friends. It has been a good opportunity for her!