Girl Scout Cookies; Should They be Compared to Fruit?

The Center for Science in Public Interest questions the Girl Scouts' comparison of a cookie to a fruit.

The Girl Scouts of the USA caught quite a bit of heat over the past week after introducing its new Mango Creme, and suggesting that the cookie has the nutritional equivalent of fruit. "It's bad enough that the Girl Scouts of the USA sells cookies to raise money, but it shouldn't pretend that its new 'Mango Crèmes with NutriFusion' are nutritionally equivalent to fruit, wrote the Center for Science in the Public Interest in a recent press release. The Center said, "the cookies at issue are 98 percent white flour, sugar, palm oil, and dextrose (sugar made from corn). Yet marketing copy on the manufacturer's website claims that its filling has 'all the nutrient benefits of eating cranberries, pomegranates, oranges, grapes, and strawberries…

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Looking for Girl Scout Cookies?

The Westborough Girl Scouts have had booths set up around town during the weekends.

Motorists traveling through Westborough on the weekends are often picking up cookies along with their coffee and doughnuts. Westborough Girl Scouts are selling cookies at booths and tables around town. Westborough Patch spotted some on Route 30, near Sovereign Bank, on Saturday morning. The cookies are $4 per box, and eight varieties are available. The Scouts' schedule is found here.

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Girl Scout Cookie Season Is Coming to an End

How many boxes did you buy this year?

  Information courtesy of Westborough Girl Scouts.   The annual Girl Scout cookie sale is into its final days. The six week sale comes to an end on Sunday, March 4. For those interested in loading up one last time, here are some upcoming dates and places to find cookies: Over 22,000 of cookies have been sold by Westborough Girl Scouts. In addition, boxes have been donated to Meals on Wheels, the Westborough Food Pantry and military personnel. Together with the Westborough VFW, the Westborough Girl Scouts also mailed cookies to a paratrooper unit in Afghanistan. When the cookie sale is complete, the Westborough Girl Scouts will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scouting with a special day event.    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep…

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Letter to the Editor

Girls Scouts Thank Supporters

The cookie sale was a success.

To all of our Girl Scout cookie customers, The Westborough Girl Scouts would like to thank everyone who bought boxes of Girl Scout cookies, made a donation to our Gifts of Caring (boxes bought for the Meals on Wheels, military, elderly, food pantry),and allowed us to set up a booth sale at your business. The twenty seven troops of over 320 girls selling sold 29,829 boxes from January to mid March. Sale incentives will allow troops to plan activities, overnights, boating, donations, etc. It has allowed us to provide a roller skating party and weekend town encampment for all of the girls. It is through the generosity of local businesses that help our girls achieve their goals and plan for programs and trips. I would like to thank the …

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Whiz Kids

Westborough Girl Scouts Send Cookies to Our Troops

Several girls from Troops 30510, 30507, 30555, and 30635 worked together to package and label all the cookies.

Girl Scouts from Westborough Troops 30510, 30507, 30555, and 30635 sold over 500 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to be sent to servicemen and women overseas. Pictured here are some of the girls with Lt. Col. Brent French and his daughter Abigail, as they prepared to pack up the Girl Scout cookies to send to troops overseas. Last year, these Girl Scout troops sent cookies to Lt. Col. French while he was stationed in Afghanistan. 

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