![]() The Girl Scout Cookie season was extended through April 28 to allow troops to sell as many cookies as they can, Slayden said. "With the pandemic now you can't send kids door to door and things like that so it was a great setup for them last weekend and I'm sad for these young girls." "I used to be a Cub Scout and I sold popcorn and candy and I used to hustle and knock on doors," Millen said. "I said 'absolutely,' so I was gonna start signing them all up," Millen said.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, Girl Scouts have had a hard time raising money. Other Girl Scouts started to reach out to the dispensary, asking if they could sell cookies outside the facility. and Southeastern Michigan were not aware of the sale, which is allowed, Jenkins said. Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan troops can set up booth sales on their own without approval.Īfter Millen and his team put the girls' success on social media, they started to gain some attention. The last group of troops that sold cookies outside the Walled Lake dispensary did not ask for permission, so the Girl Scouts of USA. Slayden said she was also told that it's not allowed because children aren't allowed to enter the store, when, in fact, they are.Ĭhildren with some form of "ailment" who have been prescribed a medical marijuana card can come with their parents to buy CBD products, Millen said. But plans were suspended, she said, when the troops from last weekend were "scolded after the fact." ![]() Jennifer Slayden, the mother of two junior Girl Scouts, had planned on setting up shop in front of the dispensary this weekend with her daughters, a few other Girl Scouts and their mothers. "Girl Scouts does not have a policy that prohibits troops from selling outside of or inside of legally operating businesses." "The troop leader was given incorrect information," Jenkins said. They were told by an employee who does not work for the product-sales department that it is not favored to sell the cookies at the dispensary - causing a lot of confusion, said Yavonkia Jenkins, chief marketing officer of Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan. ![]() The troops setting up shop this weekend contacted Girl Scouts of USA to ask for permission, which they are not required to do. but they were set up on a public corner, in wildlife." A Walled Lake marijuana dispensary seemed like an ideal place to sell Girl Scout cookies after some local troops set up shop outside the facility and sold 1000 boxes last weekend.Īt least that was the case until the Girl Scouts of the United States of America got wind and frowned upon the idea - setting off a storm on social media and leaving scout leaders scrambling to smooth over the hubbub, calling it a “misunderstanding.”Īfter arranging to go back this Friday and Saturday, local Girl Scout members and families were told not to sell cookies in a "facility where they're not allowed to shop," said Jerry Millen, the owner of Greenhouse of Walled Lake. ![]()
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