03/28/2024
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girl-scouts-logoRALEIGH, N.C.— Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines is pleased to announce that Hailey Bennett of Harrells is a top seller in Bladen County for the 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program. Bennett sold 1,265 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in the annual cookie sale that ended in March.

The overall top cookie seller was Charisma Parham of Leland, N.C., with 3,616 boxes of Girl Scout sold. Sierra Stefanelli of Aberdeen, N.C., placed second with 3,169 boxes sold and Xena Gray of Cary, N.C., placed third with 3,000 boxes sold.

“The Cookie program teaches Girl Scouts skills that will help them grown into leaders in their own life, leaders in business and leaders in the world,” said Lisa Jones, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines. “We are excited to honor and celebrate the leaders of this year’s cookie program.”

Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines sold over 3.1 million boxes of cookies with approximately 12,500 Girl Scouts participating in the 2015 Cookie Sale Program. Approximately 2,050 girls sold more than 400 boxes of cookies each. Additionally, 283 girls sold more than 1,000 boxes each. Council-wide the average number of boxes sold per girl was 248. Nationally the average number of boxes sold by Girl Scouts is 135.

The Girl Scout Cookie program helps to support girls in achieving the goals they set for program activities, community service projects and philanthropy, and ensure all girls are afforded access to the Girl Scout leadership program. For nearly 100 years, it has also helped girls develop essential skills they can use throughout their life.

“Not only are they having fun selling cookies, they are learning how to set and achieve goals, manage money, work as a team, make sound decisions and provide great customer service,” added Jones.

Joining Bennett as top sellers in Bladen County are Stephanie Maxey, who placed second with 1,102 boxes sold and Brooklyn Skinner, who placed third with 776 boxes sold.

The Girl Scouts organization works to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. In addition to supporting their individual troops, all girls know that they are also supporting Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines and its many programs for girls across it 41-county region in central and eastern North Carolina.

Media wishing to contact top cookie sellers in their area should contact Krista Park, Communications & Public Relations Director at 919-600-6327 or kpark@nccoastalpines.org.

About Girl Scouts
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 2.8 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouting is the leading authority on girls’ healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

In partnership with 10,000 adult volunteers, Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines serves more than 26,000 girl members in 41 central and eastern North Carolina counties. (Counties are: Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pender, Person, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson.) The council’s administrative headquarters is located in Raleigh, with additional program and service centers located in Fayetteville, Goldsboro, and Wilmington. For more information on membership or volunteer opportunities, call 800-284-4475 or visit www.nccoastalpines.org.

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