ROCKFORD Nationally, Girl Scouts cookie sales are down due to the pandemic. However, one local troop has found a way to still meet their goals.
Although last year they had to cut sales short because of COVID-19, this year things look more promising, said Holly Bartelt, chief revenue and brand officer at Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois. There has been a bigger push with online sales compared to the traditional door-to-door, and last Friday the organization kicked off a partnership with the food delivery service Grubhub.
Girl Scouts USA has partnered with the company. In Rockford, Grubhub will accept weekend orders through March 21. The organization also is working with troops in Oswego, Lake Zurich and South Elgin.
Pictured: Beaconsfield Coroner s Court A nurse who was found dead at her house took her own life after leaving letters for her children, an inquest heard this week. Yvonne Costin’s neighbours discovered she had died after they went to check on her at her home in Buckingham Gate, Medmenham, on September 12 last year, when she stopped responding to her husband Andrew’s messages. Two notes were found written to her children that contained “expressions of sorrow and intent”, as well as various packets of opened and unopened medication, the inquest was told. In a statement read out to Beaconsfield Coroner s Court on Wednesday, Mr Costin, who is in the RAF, said he was away for work and was informed by their neighbour that Mrs Costin, 47, had passed away.