With booth sales at local businesses beginning this Friday, March 5, excitement around all types of Girl Scout cookies is building. Mixed with that excitement however is news from other parts of the country that Little Brownie Bakers is taking back some boxes of Lemon Chalet Crème cookies because of an off smell and taste.

None of the cookies affected were sold by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore.

"Lemon Chalet Crème cookies sold here are safe to eat. There is no quality issue with any of the cookies we received," said Susan H. McClure, chief executive officer, Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore. "When members of the community begin opening their Girl Scout Cookie boxes this week, they can do so knowing the cookies in each box taste exactly the way they remember from years past."

For more information about Girl Scout Cookie sales in Ocean and Monmouth Counties and to find a booth sale location in your neighborhood, visit www.jerseyshoregirlscoutcookies.com

What does it take to sell like a Girl Scout? Elizabeth Anderson, a 16-year old from the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts has the answer; she's sold more than 4,000 boxes over the last four years. The Wooster Business Journal Online highlights her success tips.

http://www.wbjournal.com/news45800.html

Our cookie depots are about ready to open. Do you know where to go and when?

The cookie depots are located at each service center.

The cookie depot at the Monmouth Service Center is in the Infirmary Building at Camp Sacajawea. Pull into the council parking lot and continue down the hill to the big parking lot. The Infirmary building is the log cabin on your right.

The cookie depot at the Ocean Service Center: is in the garage on the right side of the Ocean Service Center building

Did you know this year you can book your booth sale locations online? It saves time, saves paper, and makes coordinating cookie sales that much easier. Everything is done through the eBudde system. During the video below, Kelly McGraw, director of volunteer development, walks you through the process step-by-step. Once you see how easy it is, you'll never want to fill out a paper form for a booth sale every again.

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