In this tough economic climate, even the Girls Scouts are feeling the pitch of Americans spending less money on non-essentials.
According to Mollie Palmer of the Girl Scouts in Little Rock, “Sales aren’t quite equal to last year at this point. From our final numbers of 2008, we stand about nine-percent down right now which is something I think everyone’s seeing.”
Because of scheduling conflicts with the mandatory meetings required to sell Girl Scout cookies, my girls were not eligible to participate in the sales this year. In the past, they have sold a few hundred boxes to loyal GS cookie fans that our family knows.
For us, there is always next year.
