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GROSSE POINTE NEWS, AUGUST 9, 2012
ENTERTAINMENT
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That's a lot of Girl Scout cookies
By Ann L. Fouty
Features Editor
Shontarra Wilkins, a
Defer Elementary fifth
grader, sold a multitude
of Girl Scout cookies during
the 2012 selling season.
Her sales of 3,000
boxes landed her in
fourth place in the southeastern
Michigan region.
That's a lot of cookies.
"I sold cookies to anybody
who wanted to buy
them — my mom's coworkers,
family, my
teacher, but mostly to
people I don't know," she
said in an e-mail.
She found her cookiebuying
customers everywhere.
Girl Scout history
"I set up cookie booths
at our church, banks, grocery
stores, my mom's
job, the Frank Murphy
Hall of Justice, the dog
show and wherever my
mom went she had cookies
in her car," Wilkins
said.
In her fourth year of
selling the perennial favorites,
Wilkins sur-
March 12,1912—Juliette Gordon Low gathered 18 girls to register
the first troop of American Girl Guides. The following year, the
name was changed to Girl Scouts.
June 10,1915—The organization was incorporated as Girl
Scouts, Inc., under the laws of the District of Columbia.
1930s—The Girl Scout program was divided into three groups
— Brownie, intermediate and Senior.
—The first sale of commercially baked Girl Scout cookies took
place.
1940s—Girls collected 1.5 million articles of clothing that were
shipped overseas to children and adult victims of the war.
1950s—The Girl Scouts of the USA were reincorporated under a
Congressional Charter.
1980s—A new Daisy Girl Scout age level for girls 5-years-old or
in kindergarten was introduced.
1990s—Girls Scouting experienced a renewed emphasis on
physical fitness with the inauguration of health and fitness national
service project in 1994 and the GirlSports initiative in 1996.
2000s—There are 30,717 girls in the Girl Scouts of Southeastern
Michigan district and 9,885 adults.
passed last year's sale by
1,000. Boxes sell for
$3.50.
During her first year of
being involved in the
scouting program out of
Greater Christ Baptist
Church in Detroit,
Wilkins sold more than
600 boxes. Following that
first successful year,
Wilkins said she set goals
for herself.
"The second year, I sold
over 1,000 boxes. Last
year over 2,000 boxes,"
she said. "My top selling
cookie this year was the
Samoas. I probably sold
close to 1,000 of them.
The second top seller was
Tag-A-Longs and I probably
sold about 700 of
them."
Wilkins said Tag-A-
Longs are her favorite,
which have a crunchy
cookie and dollop of
peanut butter encased in
milk chocolate.
"I like selling Girl Scout
cookies because I get to
spend more time with my
troop and all the cool
prizes we earn," she said.
"Shontarra is not a natural
sales girl," said
Wilkins' mother,
Trasonya Felton, who is
the troop's co-leader.
"She gets excited when
she sees something she
wants. For such a young
girl, she shows great
tenacity."
Director of Public
Relations for Girl Scouts
of
Michigan
Southeastern
Yavonkia
PHOTO COURTESY
TRASONYA FELTON
Shontarra Wilkins of
Grosse Pointe Park sold
3,000 boxes of Girl Scout
cookies, earning the
fourth spot as top cookie
seller in southeastern
Michigan and the
youngest among the top
five.
Jenkins said, Wilkins, like
other top sellers, earn
prize incentives such as
trips to a local water park
and electronics. Wilkins
also earned camp credit
to help her attend two
Girl Scout camps in
August. Money earned
from cookie sales provides
funds for troop activities.
The list of her prizes is
lengthy:
• peace sign wall deco-
Greenfield Village hosts
Girl Scout celebration
In recognition of Girl Scouting's 100th anniversary,
Greenfield Village hosts "A Journey through
Time: Girl Scouts Past, Present and Future," 9:30
a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 18.
Visitors can experience life similar to how Girl
Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low lived as a young
woman growing up in Savannah, Ga.
"We created a special immersive self-guided tour
itinerary for the centennial event that girls and
adults can use to explore historic buildings, artifacts
and stories in Greenfield Village that will contextually
connect to many important events in the life of
Juliette Gordon Low," said Paul Gangopadhyay
chief learning officer at the Henry Ford.
Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan hosts Girl
Scout events on the green including a sing-a-long
and rededication ceremony. Girls who complete the
tour and other activities receive a commemorative
patch.
ration,
• composition book
and shoe pen,
• giraffe print duffel
bag,
• two tickets to a local
water park,
• Glamour girl soccer
ball and sports bottle,
• fleece blanket with
carry wrap,
• four Michigan
Adventure Amusement
Park & Wild Waterpark
tickets and a $50 gift certificate,
• Nook eReader and a
$100 gift certificate,
• $400 camp credit and
• $40 cookie dough
(credit for Girl Scout merchandise).
The latter, Felton said,
was spent on preparing
for another year as a
Junior Girl Scout, purchasing
a book and scout
clothing.
Wilkins was edged out
by three boxes for the
third place among 23,612
girls who participated in
the campaign raising $8
million.
The top cookie-selling
Girl Scout was Kayla
Wright, 15, of Southfield,
who sold 5,419 boxes;
Alexandria Renaud, 14,
of Dearborn Heights sold
3,348 boxes and Gabrielle
Jarosz, 11, of Clinton
Township, sold 3,003
boxes.
A LA ANNIE
By Annie Rouleau-Scheriff
PHOTO BY VIRGINIA O. MCCOY
Nothing says summer—all year round — like homemade
jam.
Summer's blueberries
saved for winter
It's August and that
means fresh local
berries will be gone
soon. I grabbed
some blueberries after
I saw this easy, tasty
recipe for blueberry jam.
A snap to prepare, there's
just four ingredients. You
can freeze the jam in
small portions and enjoy
the taste of summer long
after the season is gone.
Summer Blueberry
Jam
(Louisiana
Cooking)
5 cups fresh blueberries,
rinsed and drained
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon
juice
1/4 teaspoon course salt
Combine berries with
sugar, lemon juice and
salt. Bring mixture to a
hearty simmer (low boil)
while mashing berries
with a potato masher.
Lower to a medium simmer
and cook and stir for
25 minutes or so, until
mixture has thickened.
Cool completely then
transfer to small containers
that are freezer safe.
Enjoy blueberry jam on
a toasted English muffin,
fresh from the griddle
pancakes or even over
vanilla ice cream. Yummy.
This delicious madefrom-your-kitchen
jam
will be good for 30 days in
die refrigerator or up to a
year in the freezer.
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