It all starts with a tiny knock

Tap, tap, tap…you run to the door.  No UPS delivery is expected, but Valentine's Day is only a month away, and maybe your sweetie sent you something early?

You peer out your door your peephole, but the gentle rapping on the door is coming from someone a bit too short to meet your eye.  You say, "Who is it?" and get a whispered response.  Curious, you open the door further, forgetting that it is mid-January, and it could be no one other than your…

friendly neighborhood Brownie, Kelsey.  Still a bit shy about sales, her whispers test the hearing of the sharpest canine.  After our Brownie meeting Thursday night, the cookie sales have officially begun, and we hit the neighborhood running yesterday.  After visiting only 5 houses (with folks home), she has sold a whopping 35 boxes!  This does not quite have her to her goal of 1500 boxes* (to win the Apple iTouch), but it's a start.

I know, with everything going on in the world, who can think about cookies?  Sounds kind of selfish, right?  Not so much.  As you know, with every cookie box purchase, the troop receives a portion of the funds (very small, but it's something).  It has not been decided how the money will be spent, but while some will be used for a fun activity, the rest will go to a charity. 

We are hoping to have there will be some sort of activity similar to last year when the girls took their charitable funds, bought groceries, and then took them out to the food bank.  They dropped off the items and were given a tour by a very kind staffer.  The girls learned a lot about buying food (cost and savings) and food donations in general. They were so excited that it is definitely in the running to be this year's activity.

While it may seem there are other places for your money to go right now, the prices have not increased and remain a reasonable $4.00 per box.  There are two new types this year (not so fast, you have to get Kelsey's sales pitch to learn about them!), and don't forget, they freeze well.  Last, but not least, for every box, that small portion will go to a charity.  We are hoping the giving method will be similar to last year, so that the girls are as involved as possible as the money moves along the path of helping others.

Interested?  Just send a note anytime between now and 30 January.  Kelsey can call, write or Skype to confirm your order, and delivery will be on…oh, you can ask her!  

*Yes, it's an exaggeration.  Her personal goal is 50 boxes, so she is well on her way.  However, there is a prize of an iTouch for those selling 1500 boxes or more.  Personally, I think that is a bit much, but at least it was not an iPhone as Kelsey mistakenly thought at first!