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Local Girl Scouts Piloting 'Cookie Locator' Smartphone App
Application and website let users find times, locations for cookie booths, which open Friday.
Haley Middendorf of Yorkville has already sold 115 boxes of Girl Scout cookies going door-to-door.
Samoas and Thin Mints seemed to be the most popular, she said. Her mom drove her to certain areas where she knew people, but she went to the door and made her sales pitch alone.
“You’re supposed to go to the homes you know so you don’t go to any strangers,” said Middendorf, of Troop 4571.
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If you missed her or any of the other Yorkville Girl Scouts, never fear: There’s an app for that.
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinoisis among 20 councils nationwide piloting a “Cookie Locator” application for iPhones and Androids that allows users to find nearby cookie booths, as well as the dates and times those booths will be open.
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Booth sales are the last phase of the cookie program, and girls will be selling all eight varieties of cookies at various locations from Friday to March 20, according to a news release. Cookies are $4 per box.
Just dial **GSCookies (**472665437) to download the Cookie Locator App for free. A cookie locator also in available online at www.girlscoutsni.org.
In Yorkville scouts will be selling cookies at , 1745 Marketview Drive, from 5-7 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the website.
The smartphone application uses GPS or ZIP codes to find nearby cookie booths, map the locations and provide sales information to the calendar, according to the news release. It also provides nutrition information about the cookies and allows users to share information on Facebook, Twitter and via e-mail.
The pilot Cookie Locator program includes Oswego, Montgomery, Geneva, Huntley, Batavia and St. Charles, according to council spokeswoman Ann-Marie Soderstrom.
Cookie proceeds support Girl Scouts programs, camp scholarships, volunteer training and outreach programs, according to the news release. Each troop also receives part of the proceeds to use as they please.
Middendorf’s troop plans to put their cookie proceeds toward a trip to White Pines Ranch, she said.
