Ingenious ways Girls Scouts in NJ have kept up cookie sales
Girl Scouts around New Jersey are coming up with creative ways to sell cookies during their annual sale despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Troops that are part of Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore are using new methods, including drive-thru booths, lemonade stands, personalized websites and walkabouts, according to CEO Eileen Higgins.
Get our free mobile app They re going around door-to-door not seeing anyone but leaving a door hanger that has some information including a QR code that would get you to their digital site so that you can order cookies, pay for them and they can leave them on your front porch so it s all contactless, Higgins told New Jersey 101.5.
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This competition is a great way to help support this amazing organization during the tough times the pandemic has created. There is a press conference today at Tim McLoone s Supper Club on the boardwalk in Asbury Park for the event.
Girl Scouts CEO Eileen Higgins and world-renowned Chef David Burke will be there, along with Lexi Terracciano, the top Girl Scout Cookie seller in 2020 for Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore to talk about the details.
We have some information for you about the contest and how you can help. The restaurants participating in this year s event are Cardinal in Asbury Park, Charlie’s of Bay Head, Marina Grille in Belmar and White Chapel Projects, Long Branch.