My Brownie Troop was rattling ambitious alongside cookie sales this year. So ambitious that halfway through the sales menses nosotros {me} began to panic that we'd bitten off to a greater extent than than nosotros could chew (which nosotros did--but that's closed to other post service completely!) I reached out to folks inwards the community that I had relationships alongside together with my old employer, a bloom shop, agreed to create a permanent "booth" sale for us. This took the shape of shelf infinite displaying boxes of cookies. As customers came inwards to purchase flowers, they were asked if they were interested inwards buying Girl Scout cookies. Many customers added them to their bloom deliveries equally an extra gift, equally a become good detail or bought them for themselves. It was a win win. The community was able to purchase cookies inwards a consistent place together with the bloom store had a special, seasonal process to offering their bloom customers. It helps that the possessor is a Rotarian together with his married adult woman is a Soroptimist. They sympathise together with believe inwards organizations similar Girl Scouts!
The display stayed upwards until the halt of site sales. I'm happy to study the bloom store sold over 100 boxes of cookies! Next came fourth dimension to tell THANK YOU inwards a big way. So I arranged to accept a troop mom human activity equally lensman together with create a photograph shoot alongside the girls (we also took private portraits of the girls for my Bridging Scrapbook gifts--yet closed to other post!). We cutting the letters T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U-! out of 12X12 glitter scrapbook paper. Then each daughter held a missive of the alphabet (and 1 daughter held a silk Strelitzia aka Bird of Paradise) together with wammo a photograph give cheers y'all card. I purchased a mat together with had the girls sign it together with add together cookie stickers. Add a quick frame together with voila! H5N1 Thank You bill of fare is born! I wrapped it inwards kraft paper, added ribbon together with the Strelitzia.
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| For the privacy of the girls, kitty faces were added to mask their identities =^.^= |
