Girls Scouts sell cookies. It’s just something they do. Well, this year, the Brownies of Girl Scout Troop 29 decided to turn the funds they had raised from their cookie sales into several thingsthat would benefit others in profound ways for years to come.
“The girls sold 4,800 boxes of cookies,” said troop leader Jennifer Giouzelis, whose crew is comprised of 14 girls. “With part of the money we received, the first project was to make Linus blankets for kids in the hospital.
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