Girl Scout booth cookies sales starting

LIMA — Girl Scout Cookie Booth sales are starting today at area businesses, including local stores, retail businesses and banks. Girl Scouts of Western Ohio have reached 85 percent of their sales goal and hope the community will continue to support local Girl Scouts.

To find a booth sale, customers can visit www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org and click on the “Cookie Locator” link.

Cookie lovers in northwest Ohio are able to use their smart phones to find the nearest Girl Scout Cookie Booths and a list of dates and times when those booths will be open. No more driving to the local grocery store only to find that the cookie booth is located at a different store on that day.

The cookie locator mobile app is available for iPhones and Android devices, and can be downloaded free by calling **GSCOOKIES (**472665437) from a mobile phone or by searching for “Cookie Locator” in the iPhone App Store or Android Market Place.

Girl Scout troops use unique sales strategies during booth sales to maximize success, including attractive table displays, displaying troop goal posters, wearing cookie costumes, providing bundles of cookie boxes tied with a ribbon to encourage multi-package purchases. This year, some Girl Scout troops will be participating in a “Bling Your Booth” contest in honor of Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary.