Teen Sells 17,328 Boxes Of Girl Scout Cookies
How? OK - NO disrespect at all here but how the HELL did she do it?
Thats an awful lot of doors to knock on. Not to mention a LOT of time out in front of the grocery store.
I was always the kid who went out to every house and sold every candy bar I could.
I always thought in the back of my mind “Im the TOP seller!! Im gonna get that bike!!!”
Yeah, only to get back to school and find out I was beat out by a kid like this…
Even I have to say, great job!! Well done!
DETROIT - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group’s signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop’s old mark and probably setting a national record. Jennifer Sharpe, a 15- year-old from Dearborn, plans to travel to Europe with her troop with the proceeds from her feat.
“It’s always been one of those goals I wanted to accomplish,” Sharpe said Wednesday.
The two bakeries that make the cookies said Sharpe sold more than anyone this year, according to Dianne Thomas, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit.
Michelle Tompkins, spokeswoman for the New York-based national organization, called the figure “amazing” but said there’s no national record on the books.
“We’re thrilled for the girls who take it to such a great level, but so far, we don’t track it at the national level,” she said.
Sharpe sold cookies every day on a street corner with help from her mother and troop leader, Pam Sharpe.
“We were always there; we never closed,” Pam Sharpe said. “At one point, Jenny got really sick and we did shut down early, and we heard about it the next day.”
Jennifer Sharpe’s Troop 813 raised about $21,000 in cookie sales, paying for its 10-day trip to Europe this winter. Troops get only part of the proceeds from their members’ sales.
The cookie program has helped push Jennifer out of her shell, Pam Sharpe said.
“It’s made her really confident,” she said. “I remember when she first started selling, she was very shy and quiet and you had to push her out to talk to customers, but now she’s right out there, first to the door.”
One thing that hasn’t changed, despite selling thousands of boxes for the past few years, is Jennifer Sharpe’s feelings about the cookies.
“I love them,” she said.
(AP)
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I’ll take a shot at this…this little Capitalist, God bless her, has for the last year, been building an e-mail database similar to a chain letter, asking people she may or may not know if they’d like to buy cookies.
And she sure as heck didn’t contact me, dammit.
Thin Mints anyone?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pmBoy those muslims in dearbornistan really like those crusader girl scout cookies dont they?
May 14th, 2008 at 6:43 pmLOL
(a shot and a beer) 
May 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pmhah thats awesome. I can understand how she could do it but why would anyone buy those things. Girl scouts cookies are crap in my opinion!
May 14th, 2008 at 7:38 pmTHey’re not crap. I usually buy about 5-10 boxes of them each time…if I have money
May 14th, 2008 at 7:55 pmThin mints are awesome! but they are the only kind i like.
I think she linked up with the mafia and they went around strong-arming people
May 14th, 2008 at 7:56 pmI liked the old thin mints. The ones that had a layer of mint cream on top of the chocolate cookie then covered all over with a thin layer of chocolate. Then I could eat the mint separately! I don’t like the integrated mint cookie and, even though I’m a former girl scout, I no longer buy the cookies.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:44 pmThat goes a little beyond having your parents selling them to coworkers haha. Or someone was really hungry for cookies. The ones in the purple boxes are the best…thin mints close second
May 14th, 2008 at 9:16 pmGirl Scout Cookies….mmmmmmmm….Thin Mints and those damn carmel coconut ones…..
May 15th, 2008 at 7:01 amThin mints, keep them in the fridge, damn good. I like the peanut butter ones, too
May 15th, 2008 at 7:12 am