Where can I buy Girl Scout cookies?
THE COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sales of Girl Scout cookies as local Girl Scout troops have canceled their spring sale routes across the country due to safety reasons. However, there are alternative ways you can get your favorite Thin Mints. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, Girl Scouts now provide contact-free cookie deliveries. Those with a craving for Girl Scout Cookies can get their cookies online at girlscoutcookies.org. Alternatively they can download the Girl Scout Cookie Finder app where they can enter their zip code and find their closest cookie booth. What they can also do is ask a Girl Scout to share a link to her virtual cookie booth or text COOKIES to 59618. Sadly, Girl Scouts all over the country have millions of unsold cookies, the Associated Press reports. With Covid-19 restrictions in place, many Girl Scout troops have canceled their routes. "This is unfortunate, but given this is a girl-driven program and the majority of cookies are sold in-person, it was to be expected," Kelly Parisi, a spokeswoman for Girl Scouts of the USA, told the AP. Additionally a drop in memberships has played a role in the low number of sales. Around 1.7million girls were enrolled in Girl Scouts in 2019, down almost 30 percent from 2009. Furthermore, child labor that is used for palm oil in the cookies also impacted the century-old company, the AP reported in December. Some local troops boycotted the sales this year because of the palm oil report. 2 There are millions of unsold cookies Credit: Getty Images - Getty  Most read in News TRAGIC LOSS Porn star's George Floyd mural pic resurfaces after she was 'found dead at 27' LAB CASH PROBE Feds investigating US health funding grants amid Wuhan 'lab-leak' scandal WAR FOOTING Fighter jets scrambled to face off with Russian war games ahead of Putin summit GRUESOME ATTACK Man, 49, 'killed mom, 80, and left her ORGANS on welcome mat in her home' PORN BEAST CAGED Porn producer sentenced to 20 years for tricking women to appear in vids DON THE FRONTLINE Trump announces surprise visit to 'decimated' Mexico border amid crisis  Environmentalists have likewise cited the spread of palm oil plantations in Asia as a key destroyer of habitats for endangered animals including orangutans. Without girls, there is no cookie program. Unfortunately, it took a global pandemic to bring all the problems to the surface, Agenia Clark, president and CEO of Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, told the AP  The Girl Scout council is currently encouraging people to buy boxes online through its Hometown Heroes program, which donates cookies to health care workers, firefighters, and other first responders.