Many drivers on Joslyn Road have already taken advantage of it. Others have just two weeks left to stop by.
Pine Tree Elementary students Amanda Geeck, 9, Brandy Geeck, 8, and Emily Aeillo, 9, from Girl Scout Troops 1554 and 1664 in Lake Orion, are hard at work selling those famous (and tasty) Girl Scout cookies from their booth every day after school.
The booth was put together by Roy Geeck, who promised his two daughters he’d make them a booth after they missed out on making a float for the Orion Lighted Holiday Parade because of a family vacation.
They won an award for their parade float two years ago, so Roy had some high expectations to live up to with the booth.
The three girls are hoping to sell 500 boxes a piece, but their booth is also offering a unique opportunity: A chance for cookie buyers to purchase a box for U.S. troops stationed abroad.
‘We figure we’re doing two causes at once,? said Troop Leader Kim Geeck.
Each year Troop 1554 purchases a case of the peanut butter sandwich cookies to send to the military.
Last year, they received a letter from a soldier who got a box while stationed on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
‘We send the peanut butter sandwiches because they don’t melt like the chocolate ones,? said Kim, who noted that the protein in the peanut butter is an added bonus.
The booth is averaging about 20 visitors a day, with sales picking up between 5-5:30 p.m. The girls are stationed at the booth from about 4:30 p.m. until dark,and on the weekends when weather permits.
They will be operating the booth until April 1.
Anyone who buys a box to send abroad is also invited to write a personalized message on the box.
Along with the boxes paid for by the public, the Girl Scouts will use their profits to buy their own boxes for the soldiers.
Sergeant Jonathan Gindlesperger is one of the many soldiers who was touched by the generosity of an area Girl Scout Troop.
‘I got Girl Scout cookies on my tour in northern Iraq,? he said. ‘Let me tell you, it was like for a brief moment there was a sense of normality in my life once again.?
The cookie booth is located at 607 Joslyn Road, on the east side of the street, about a half mile north of Clarkston Road.
In addition, the ‘Desert Angel? will be out across the area selling cookies in the coming weeks.
For more info about sending cookies abroad, to make monetary donations for postage or to place cookie orders, please call Kim Drayton at (248) 627-6070, or Louise at ‘Desert Angel? at (248) 736-6403.