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Since 1948, the Girl Guides have participated i in their

>. annual cookie sales. Province-wide, 914,208: boxes of

--tookies were sold last year, equal to six and one-third’
+ @ookies for every British Columbian. Sweet- toothed Terrace
area residents kept up with the provincial average,

consuming 5,760 boxes for a total of 126,720 cookies.

ho Davies expects: local sales to increase this year.

- "We're trying something new, We did a corporate mail-

~ out of introductory letters with order forms," she says-

“>: -"Loeal businesses and employees-can pre-order their cookies

-: and have them delivered to, ‘the office, "We've had a really
"good response.” _
. _ Proceeds from cookie sales ate ‘divided between. local rs,

Get your taste. buds ‘ready, “they're at it: again. More’ ‘than 100 young ‘adles |
: epresentatives. will pound the. Terrace pavement, with cookies in hand: next week.
/* We're heading: into Girl-Guide Cookie Week, and Wednesday evening is the door-to-

. door sales blitz. "They: pretty much ‘sell themselves," says Kathy Davies, Tall Totem '

‘Division leader.

Kathy Daviea: They
pretty. “much pel
themselves. 2 -

‘units. and the provin-
cial council. All cookie .
money remains in B.C. "But the local units 3 get, the

money for the local level." The funds: ‘support
camps, program books and special project costs for
- 185 girls in eight local units...

Girl Guides of Canada is a non-profit organi-
zation which promotes life skills, community
service and leadership qualities for all girls aged
five to 18. :

The cookies, a Christie Brown: product, ‘are
- made from a special recipe used only for Girl Guide
cookies, and come in two flavours, chocolate and
vanilla. They sell for-$2.50 per box, and there’s no
GST. ; | |

distinctive taste. Last year, Doug Thomson of

- phone in and vote for their favourite Girl Guide
cookie flavour. Though it was close, vanilla brought
in the most calls. "I found it-hard to believe that
anyone would choose vanilla over chocolate," says
Thomson. His personal preference? "My favourite

Girl Guide cookies, and.part of the sales force.

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most," Davies notes. "This' is our chance to‘make

Girl Guide codkies are renowned for their

CFTK radio’s "Dawn Patrol" invited listeners to-

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