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Girl Scouts Offer App, Card Payments

Girl Scout cookie orders have begun, and local cookie booths will open Feb. 17.

 

Been craving Thin Mints, Samoas or Tagalongs? There's an app for that!

The 42,000 girls of the 3,500 troops of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta began taking cookie orders this weekend, but this year they have new tools to push the cookies that fund their programs through what the organization describes as a hands-on financial literacy program.

So you won't miss an opportunity to buy Trefoils, Do-si-dos or the new Savannah Smiles, a tart lemon flavor cookie, the scouts have unveiled the Girl Scout Cookie locator app for iPhone and Android.

This year, the girls also will be armed with mobile credit card machines.

When cookie booths open Feb. 17, you can find Woodstock and other locations using your phone's GPS capabilities or searching by city or ZIP code. Additionally, you can map a route to a cookie booth and share the results with a friend.

Boxes go for $3.50 each and orders are set to be delivered Feb. 11 through 17. Cookie sales wrap up in April.

  • Which is your favorite Girl Scout cookie?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Thin Mints
        4 (57%)
    • Samoas
        0 (0%)
    • Tagalongs
        2 (28%)
    • Trefoil
        0 (0%)
    • Do-si-dos
        1 (14%)
    • It's another one. I'll tell you all about in the comments.
        0 (0%)
    Total votes: 7
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