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• Girl Scouts to roll out new brownie-inspired cookie

  August 18, 2021 12:49 PM

  Girl Scouts are rolling out a new cookie that has the taste of a fudge brownie. According to a news release from the organization, the chocolatey cookies are called ' Adventurefuls ' and they're described as "an indulgent brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt."... more »

• Girl Scouts USA appoints first Black CEO

  August 19, 2020 11:20 AM

  For years, Girl Scouts USA has been working to be culturally inclusive so as to change a history of racial inequality in its ranks, and this month the organization appointed a new CEO to lead it in the right direction, Judith Batty. CNN reports that Batty is the first... more »

• Girl Scouts replace cookie sales with needle and thread, make masks for health care workers Play Video

  March 27, 2020 12:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE – In accord with virus suggestions set out by the World Health Organization and the CDC, Girl Scouts’ leaders have cancelled all group gatherings and public sales. But troop 10139 of Baton Rouge isn’t letting the pandemic get them down, instead they’re making the best of the... more »

• Local Girl Scouts awarded Girl Scout Gold Award

  August 9, 2017 12:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE— Local Girl Scouts Lacey Bowman of Prairieville and Abigail Vinson of Denham Springs were just two of seven young women who recently received the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award. The Girl Scouts received their awards at a pinning ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion on August 2. The... more »

• General Mills to sell Girl Scout cookie cereal

  October 27, 2016 1:23 PM

  General Mills plans to launch a limited-edition Girl Scout cookie cereal, the company announced this week. The cereal will come in two flavors, Thin Mints and Caramel Crunch. Thin Mints are one of the 12 famous Girl Scout cookie flavors, while Caramel Crunch is not. However, both cereals... more »

• Six California girls fighting to join Cub Scouts

  November 13, 2015 4:10 PM

  SANTA ROSA – They call themselves “the unicorns,” and they want to be Cub Scouts. Six California girls are fighting after they were told by the Boy Scouts of America that they can not join the local boy scout council in Santa Rosa because it is “inappropriate.” ... more »