GIRL SCOUTS

The Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas honored 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, 10, with “one of the highest honors in Girl Scouting” following her death in the Uvalde shooting.

The honor was presented to Amerie Jo Garza's family. The organization additionally gave a presentation of colors at Amerie's funeral Tuesday, it said.

Youth from Fredericksburg and Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties visited five locations to learn the importance of the commandments and understand how various religious traditions observe them.

Can’t get enough of those delicious Girl Scout Cookies? As if they weren’t delicious enough on their own, you can enjoy them in a shake, latte, cheesecake — or even in your cocktail or beer.

Girl Scout Cookie season is officially upon us, which means many are looking forward to going out and finding a box of their favorite sweet treat. While Girl Scouts are well known for their annual cookie sales, there’s much more to them.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Thousands of area Girl Scouts are receiving cookies to distribute to customers in San Antonio and 20 surrounding counties.

It's Girl Scout Cookie season. Here's what's new, how to buy in the Corpus Christi area and how long cookies will be available.

A spokesperson with Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas said the local group has elected not to work with Doordash this season.

Children are returning to school after nearly a year and a half cloistered at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Entertainment acts are starting to perform again, at least in limited measure. Full recovery from our forced behavioral concessions to the viral disease will take a while, however, and some previous activities might never return to pre-pandemic popularity.

A Girl Scout troop in Iowa just shattered their goal for cookie sales – but Troop 64224 is unlike any other. The number of Girl Scouts in the troop varies depending on how many live at MICAH House. "I have a couple girls that will stop me in the hallway and say, 'When is the next Girl Scouts?' Like all Girl Scouts, this troop sells cookies each year. "Not unusual for a Girl Scout troop to have an event for people to come pick up their cookies.

SAN ANTONIO – Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people may be having a hard time getting their hands on a box of Girl Scout Cookies this year. Grubhub has partnered with local Girl Scouts and customers can now use the Grubhub website or app to order cookies for pickup or delivery. Just search “Girl Scout Cookies” in the search bar. Girl Scouts will track and fulfill orders and manage inventory using Grubhub’s back-end technology, according to a press release from the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Grubhub waived all fees for the Girl Scouts.

SAN ANTONIO – Girl Scout Cookie season is officially here, which means you may see some of your favorite local businesses dreaming up a cookie concoction for a limited time. Annually, the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas partners with local restaurants and venues to offer Girl Scout Cookie-themed treats with a twist. Burger Boy announced that the restaurant chain would be serving a Girl Scout Cookie inspired shake at all locations beginning Feb. 12. The bakery is located at 7824 Mainland Drive and will be serving up several Girl Scout Cookie creations for a limited time. AdRELATED: Pair your favorite Girl Scout cookie with one of these refreshing beverages

Girl Scout cookie season is here, which means it’s time to stock up on our favorite cookies (anyone else love themself a good Thin Mint?) and make them last long enough until they’re on sale again.

For the first time, the Girl Scouts will partner with food delivery service Grubhub to deliver its beloved cookies that its members sell annually to support youth programs and activities. The partnership will allow the Girl Scouts to safely sell cookies during the pandemic through contact-free pickup and delivery. The Girl Scouts sell roughly 200 million packages of cookies — nearly $800 million worth — during each cookie season. To find out if Grubhub will be delivering Girl Scout cookies in your area, you can enter your zip code on a special page of its website. To find contact-free cookie booths in your area visit www.girlscoutcookies.org or text COOKIES to 59618 (message and data rates may apply), or download the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder app.

Teen girl to become one of the first female Eagle ScoutsTeen girl to become one of the first female Eagle ScoutsThe Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are locked in a battle over recruiting, with the Girl Scouts accusing the Boy Scouts of poaching potential members. The girls organization says that the Boy Scouts of America, or BSA, have been unfairly recruiting girls to its ranks, essentially raiding its membership base, amid dwindling enrollment in both groups, according to a legal brief. "As a result of Boy Scouts' infringement, parents have mistakenly enrolled their daughters in Boy Scouts thinking it was Girl Scouts," lawyers for the Girl Scouts said, adding that this hadn't been an issue prior to 2018, when the change was first made. Last month, the Boy Scouts called the suit "utterly meritless" and asked a judge to toss it out. "The rampant confusion and damage to the girl scouts brand was the predicted, and intended, result."

A tweet by the Girl Scouts congratulating new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett drew such outrage from Barrett’s critics that the youth organization swiftly deleted it – only to draw a new backlash from Barrett’s supporters. As the online criticism mounted, the Girl Scouts deleted their original tweet and posted a new statement. Girl Scouts of the USA is a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. There was no immediate reply from the Girl Scouts' media spokeswoman to an Associated Press request for additional comment and for any details on whether Barrett had been in the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts, along with the Boy Scouts of America and other youth organizations, have experienced membership declines in recent years, for reasons ranging from busy family schedules to the lure of online games and social media.

click image Twitter / girlscoutsLeave it to the Girl Scouts to find a way to keep summer fun alive during a pandemic.To keep troop members safe and entertained during summer break, the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas is offering interactive online summer camps real s'mores included.Summer Camp in a Box is a five-week summer camp alternative for K-12 students that includes traditional camp activities such as online flag ceremonies, lunchtime table talks, virtual campfire sing-alongs and plenty of opportunities to earn those coveted badges. Each week, camp participants will receive a box with supplies for activities related to the week's theme.Activities revolve around STEM, DIY, outdoor skills and even dinosaurs.The camp schedule is as follows:Week 1: Virtual Water Otters June 15-19Week 2: Virtual Play, Make, Create June 22-26Week 3: Virtual Holiday Party June 29-July 3Week 4: Virtual Nature Unleashed July 6-10Week 5: Virtual Jurassic Park July 13-17The virtual summer camp experience is $50 per week and runs from June 15 to July 13. Registration is available online

The demand for summer programming is clear, Mock said. The Girl Scouts operate two camps in the area, a day camp and a weeklong sleep-away camp, located in Utopia. Nonresidential summer camps are included in Phase 2 of the teams reopening plan. We [need to know] that we can confidently and safely offer summer camp. While the organization hasnt made any concrete decisions on summer camps moving forward, officials are exploring how to offer virtual summer camps and share at-home activities for families to do together.

Mills lays out how to execute the plan: Stay home, wash you hands and uphold social distancing. The new schedule, which went into effect Monday, hopes to preserve bus service on 14 of its busiest routes, a news release states. VIA has been adding buses to routes when drivers notify dispatchers that a passenger limit of 16 has been reached. Updates on VIAs response to COVID-19 and related service alerts are posted regularly to VIAinfo.net/covid-19. It will be hosted by country singer Garrett T. Capps live from The Lonesome Rose from noon to midnight May 9.

If you cant seem to get enough Tagalongs and Thin Mints, theres good news: the upcoming Girl Scout Cookie Flavor Fest will bring them to a menu near you.From Feb. 24 to March 1, participating San Antonio restaurants and bars will highlight new dishes, drinks and pairings inspired by Girl Scout cookies. The contest runs from Feb. 24 to March 2 at 11:59 p.m.Winners for each social media platform will be announced at a later date. From local politics and culture to national news that hits close to home, San Antonio Current has been keeping San Antonio informed for years. Its never been more important to support local news sources. If quality journalism is important to you, please consider a donation to San Antonio Current.

Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas partnered with other local nonprofits to commemorate Day of the Girl.

Meals on Wheels and local Girl Scouts teamed up for a sweet surprise. The Girl Scouts donated 4,000 boxes of cookies to the nonprofit to give to seniors in an upcoming meal delivery. Copyright 2019 by KSAT - All rights reserved.

Meals on Wheels and local Girl Scouts teamed up for a sweet surprise. The Girl Scouts donated 4,000 boxes of cookies to the nonprofit to give to seniors in an upcoming meal delivery.

A group of Girl Scouts were rescued by boat Friday night after lightning struck their campsite near the Minnesota-Canada border, authorities said. The Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin posted on Facebook that all the girls were "back at the canoe base and have changed into dry clothes and were sipping on warm beverages." The Girl Scouts said no one was injured, and initial reports that scouts were struck by lightning turned out to be incorrect. We're happy to share that all nine members of the Girl Scouts are safe! Tim Walz called the rescue "Minnesota at its best."

The St. Louis County Rescue Squad confirmed early Saturday that crews had reached the scouts on a Knife Lake island and would bring the entire party out. The "patients and uninjured scouts" arrived at Moose Landing just before 4 a.m., according to an update from the squad.

Tom Hanks helps Girl Scouts sell cookies Tom Hanks went above and beyond to help some Girl Scouts in the Bay Area sell cookies. In addition to making an extra donation, the Oscar winner took pictures with fans -- as long as they bought cookies, too.

Girl Scouts fall victim to counterfeit cash A Girl Scout troop in California is a few dollars lighter after crooks used fake 50-dollar bills to purchase cookies. A pen used to detect counterfeit cash did not identify the bill as fake at the time of purchase, but the girls uncovered the scam when they attempted to break the bill with a cashier. KCAL-TV's Crystal Cruz reports.