Attention those meeting fitness goals: Girl Scout cookies have arrived!

Carl Kieke
·3 min read

Girl Scouts in both our local councils have received their supply of Girl Scout cookies and will be selling them at various locations (perhaps even at your front door) for the next few weeks. This is your only opportunity to get your year’s supply of Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Shortbread and many other classics and new offerings.

How to find a cookie seller? There are at least four ways.

  • Contact any Girl Scout families you know and buy direct from them.

  • Find a group of Girl Scouts set up in various locations. You can use the “Cookie Finder” at each council’s website (more on that in a minute).

  • Contact one of the councils: Texas Oklahoma Plains (800-582-7272), headquartered in Fort Worth and covering counties along and north of Interstate 20, or Girl Scouts of Central Texas (800-733-0011), covering points south.

  • Use the “Cookie Finder” feature on the council website. Here’ how to find it.

For Texas Oklahoma Plains, go to gs-top.org and click “Events and activities,” then “Cookie finder.” Enter your ZIP code and check the results. There are already numerous returns.

Raspberry Rally is the new Girl Scouts cookie for 2023.
Raspberry Rally is the new Girl Scouts cookie for 2023.

For Central Texas, go to gscts.org click the “Cookies” tab, then on “About Girl Scout cookies.” Enter your ZIP code and check the result. As of early last week there were no returns, but keep checking.

There are opportunities for sending cookies to deployed military personnel. Through Texas Oklahoma Plains, you can order Raspberry Rally, described as “a thin, crispy cookie … dipped in the same delicious chocolaty coating as Thin Mints.”

Enjoy.

Girl Scouts and ACU basketball

Girl Scouts in Texas Oklahoma Plains are invited to attend the women’s basketball game at Abilene Christian University on Feb. 2. But you must register by Thursday at the council website (see “Deadlines” below).

Upcoming events

  • “Fireside Chat” for Texas Oklahoma Plains Council summer programs, 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday. Virtual event; register by Wednesday at gs-top.org under “Events and activities.” Heidi Vose, 817-869-0736 or hvose@gs-top.org.

  • New Leader Learning Path training for Girl Scout leaders, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 23 (virtual event). No fee, but must register by Thursday at gs-top.org under “Events” tab. 806-589-5950 or sspencer@gs-top.org.

  • National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, 102 Cedar St., Abilene, offers art activities each Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at no charge. 325-673-4586

Deadlines

  • Thursday for “She Can Be” women’s basketball game at Abilene Christian University on Feb. 2. For Girl Scouts of all ages in Texas Oklahoma Plains Council. Register at gs-top.org under “Upcoming Events” (about halfway down page). 817-735-5332 or mmcburnett@gs-top.org.

  • Jan. 27 to register for Scouts BSA Merit Badge Seminar at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Feb. 17-19. $45 per Scout, $35 per adult. Register at texastrailsbsa.com by clicking on the event at bottom left of page. morrow@tarleton.edu or mark.conrad@scouting.org.

Offices closed

  • Boy Scout office in Abilene closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day.

  • Girl Scout offices in Brownwood and Abilene closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day.

Watch the internet

There are many events (a lot of them virtual) you can join. Keep up at gs-top.org or gsctx.org for Girl Scouts; and at texastrailsbsa.com for Cub Scouts/Scouts BSA.

Contact Carl Kieke at 325-673-3552 (voice only); or kiekec@suddenlink.net. Deadline is Monday for publication the following Monday.

This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Attention those meeting fitness goals: Girl Scout cookies have arrived