Girl Scout Cookie Sellers Of Monmouth & Ocean Counties Honored

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Kimberly Bosco
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Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore CEO Eileen Higgins congratulates 10th grade Girl Scout Marissa Brandon from Howell May 20 at the Girl Scouts’ annual celebration honoring Monmouth and Ocean counties’ top Girl Scout Cookie Sellers held at iPlay America, Freehold. Brandon sold 5,021 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. (Photo courtesy Erick Rommel)

NEW JERSEY – This year’s top Girl Scouts Cookie sellers sold 157,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies combined. These top 220 girls were honored for their accomplishment on May 20 by the Girls Scouts of the Jersey Shore at iPlay America in Freehold.

The Girl Scouts’ top sellers sold 500 or more boxes of Girl Scout Cookies each, totaling a whopping 157,000 boxes. Top seller Marisa Brandon, a high school sophomore from Howell, sold 5,021 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. The top 10 sellers alone sold over 23,000 boxes.

The top 10 sellers were:

  • Marisa Brandon, 10th Grade, Howell : 5,021
  • Isabella Lupi, 5th Grade, Holmdel: 3,002
  • Grace Toscano, 7th Grade, Brick: 2,184
  • Alanna Lynch, 10th Grade, Long Branch: 2,076
  • Emma Tierney, 2nd Grade, Toms River: 2,049
  • Taylor Brennan, 3rd Grade, Howell: 2,001
  • Isabella Schwank, 7th Grade, Spring Lake: 2,000
  • Sage Berkowitz, 3rd Grade, Matawan: 1,657
  • Lilia Dietz, 3rd Grade,Holmdel: 1,614
  • Klaire Clifford, 11th Grade, Eatontown: 1,564

Not only did the girls sell everyone’s favorite cookies, but they also gave customers the option to buy Girl Scout Cookies for a donation to local food banks, the military and other worthy causes. As a result of this, the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore donated 11,543 points of Girl Scout Cookies to Fulfill, the former FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore CEO Eileen Higgins, center, joined David Offenberg, Fulfill Board of Trustees chairman, and Amy Jolin, Fulfill executive director, May 21 at Fulfill’s distribution center in Neptune. Fulfill works to alleviate hunger and build food security in Monmouth and Ocean counties. This year, the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore directly donated more than 157,000 pounds of Girl Scout Cookies to Fulfill in addition to donations made directly to Fulfill and other area food banks by Girl Scouts throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. (Photo courtesy Erick Rommel)

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world and all the revenue stays local with the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Funds raised through the program help to create new experiences for girls, build essential life skills and entrepreneurial expertise, and prepare them for a lifetime of leadership.

All Girl Scouts activities are designed to help girls grow into women of courage, confidence and character. Some skills that the girls learn through the Cookie Program are: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.

For more information about the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, call 800-785-2090, or email info@jerseyshoregirlscouts.org.

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