Photos: Girl Scout Cookie Drop
Girl Scout cookies arrived in Tucson Friday and go on sale tomorrow through March 1, 2015.
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
David Kirchoff straps down a full palette, 200 cases, of Girl Scout cookies to his truck during the Big Cookie Drop in the Tucson area Friday, January 16, 2015 at Casas Church, 10801 N. La Cholla Boulevard in Oro Valley, AZ. Kirchoff''s wife Sarah is Troop Leader for Troop 67. The 27 girl group, including the Kirchoff's two daughters, has set their sales goal at 6800 boxes. Cookie sales begin Saturday, Jan 17 and continue through Sunday, March 1, 2015.
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
Girls Scout staff and volunteers kept busy loading vehicles with supplies of cookies during the Big Cookie Drop. Volunteers and Girl Scout troop leaders stopped by to pick up cookies from noon to 6 p.m. More than 1 million boxes of cookies will be sold in southern Arizona this season.
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
Girl Scout staffer Christina Stucki catches the beginning of a spill as an order is stacked up for loading. “Through the Girl Scout Cookie program, girls learn money management, business ethics, people skills, goal setting and decision making,” said Debbie Rich, chief executive officer, Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
Girl Scout staffers Monica Friedl, left, Anel Cossio share a joke between loads at the Big Cookie Drop.
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
Line leader Paula Collins, right, counts out the order for Troop leader Bernice Ochoa. New this year, Girl Scouts will be selling cookies online through the Digital Cookie program, which allows Girl Scouts to create their own cookie-selling website. Find the cookie locator at www.girlscoutsoaz.org.
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
Maritza Rumsley, a volunteer through Kohl's Dept Store, grabs a case of Samoas to fill an order. The Super Six flavors of cookies are $4 a box and the new Gluten-Free Toffee-tastic is $5 a box.
Girl Scout Cookie Drop
T-shirts at the Girl Scout tent during the Big Cookie Drop. An anticipated 50,000 of those boxes of cookies are sent to deployed military men and women overseas through the Girl Scouts’ cookies for military program.