Someone in Nanaimo bought a Girl Guide troop含羞草研究社檚 entire stock of cookies simply to donate them to charity.
The Cedar Sparks 含羞草研究社� the youngest level of Girl Guides 含羞草研究社� recently sold 240 boxes of mint cookies for $1,200 to a person who wished to remain anonymous.
Sarah Pachkowsky, a Sparks leader, was at a coffee shop selling cookies to someone she knew who mentioned they might know someone else who would be interested. That person decided on the spot to buy the unit含羞草研究社檚 20 remaining cases of cookies.
Pachkowsky has been a Girl Guide leader for seven years and has never made a sale of that magnitude.
含羞草研究社淲e含羞草研究社檝e had businesses that will take on a case or two and sell them within their business, but I don含羞草研究社檛 think our district, which serves Cedar, Harewood and Chase River, has ever seen anything like this before, because when I notified the board, they were taken aback and overwhelmed,含羞草研究社� she said.
The anonymous buyer didn含羞草研究社檛 want any of the cookies.
含羞草研究社淭hey said they prefer the vanilla cookies, which come out in spring,含羞草研究社� Pachkowsky said. 含羞草研究社淪o, hoping [to sell] more cases come spring.含羞草研究社�
The buyer also didn含羞草研究社檛 indicate a charity to support, so the troop chose Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank. The Cedar Sparks visited the Fry Street warehouse Monday night to drop off the donation and take a tour. Pachkowsky suggested it was a win-win-win in that the money helps the Cedar Sparks unit and the Girl Guides district, the cookies go to people who will eat them, and the girls get community service badges for learning about a charitable organization and helping deliver the donation.
Pachkowsky said she wanted to share the story to express thanks and show the community that good deeds don含羞草研究社檛 go unnoticed.
The Girl Guides含羞草研究社� fall cookie drive is now winding down, but the spring cookie drive is just a few months away, Pachkowsky noted.
含羞草研究社淧eople can preorder through units if they really want cookies, maybe, you know, 20 cases or so,含羞草研究社� she said.
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