Beginning Saturday, February 20, you can look forward to seeing Girl Scout Cookie Booths at local grocery and retail stores and inside local Simon Malls through the month of March.

Try this year’s new cookie, Thank U Berry Munch – a crispy rice cookie with REAL cranberries sweetened with white fudge chips and crispy rice that is sure to satisfy your taste buds! All 8 varieties of cookies have 0g trans fat and no hydrogenated oils, including the all new Thank U Berry Munch. Other cookies offered during the sale are Samoas, Trefoils, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Lemon Chalet Cremes, Dulce de Leche and the all time favorite, Thin Mints. Each box sells for $3.50.

In 2009, with 3.9 million boxes sold, more than $2.2 million in troop profits were re-invested in local community service projects. Proceeds from the Girl Scout Cookie Program not only provide rewards for individual Girl Scouts and their troops but also provide funding for programs and resource materials for more than 41,000 girls and 17,700 adult members who are part of Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta. During the months of February and March, visit the Cookie Finder on the Girls Scouts of Greater Atlanta’s web site (www.gsgatl.org) for a listing of the hundreds of Girl Scout Cookie Booth locations in the greater Atlanta region.

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the premier entrepreneurial program for girls and young women in the U.S. Selling Girl Scout cookies helps girls gain real life skills such as money management, decision-making, cooperative learning and goal setting. The beneficial effects are evidenced by the fact that many of today’s businesswomen cite selling Girl Scout cookies as their first step toward successful careers.