WS Chronicle

HICKORY – Girl Scout Cookie customers across the Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont (GSCP2P) council’s footprint are making the world a better place when they purchase their favorite cookies. This year, the iconic entrepreneurial program is giving back to both hometown heroes and children affected by poverty around the world.  

The 2025 Girl Scout Cookie Program marks the third year of GSCP2P’s council-wide Cookies for a Cause service project and gift of caring program. This initiative allows cookies sold as donations to be distributed to U.S. military personnel through N.C. Support our Troops, local food banks and local first responders.  

In 2024, GSCP2P’s Girl Scout Cookie supporters generously purchased 23,451 packages of cookies for Cookies for a Cause. In addition to the U.S. military, this year’s donations will also go to EMS workers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency room staff and others making an impact. The Girl Scout troop with the most donations to Cookies for a Cause in their service unit will earn 20 cases of Girl Scout Cookies to gift to first responders in their own communities.  

This year’s program also has a new philanthropic initiative, The Shoe that Grows, in partnership with Because International. Girl Scouts that sell 425 packages of cookies can provide footwear to children in need that is durable, easy to clean and uniquely designed to grow with the child, adjustable up to five siz