Have you been craving Girl Scout cookies for the past several months? Has your stash of Thin Mints finally run out? Your wait is finally over! The Girl Scouts’ of Louisiana – Pines to Gulf Council held the kickoff to this year’s Girl Scout Cookie Program with a ribbon cutting at the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce office Thursday, Feb 20.

Since 1917 when a Girl Scout Troop in Oklahoma baked and sold cookies in their high school cafeteria, generations of young women have raised funds for their Troop’s activities in what has become an iconic American tradition. Along the way, the young women learn the five goals of the Girl Scout Cookie Program: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics. Girl Scout cookies are more than a delicious snack. When you buy a box, you help young women grow and flourish.

Girl Scout Cookie season runs from Feb 20 to March 31.