NEW AT 6 - WHILE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON MAY HAVE COME AND GONE... ONE GIRL SCOUT IN JESUP WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SELL THE FAMOUS COOKIES. WJCL 22 NEWS' LYDIA BLACKSTONE SPOKE WITH THE GIRL'S MOM ABOUT HER EFFORTS. AMANDA GRIFFIN IS THE MOM OF AN 11- YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, MADISON...AND LIKE MOST MOMS... "WITH HER BEING AN ONLY CHILD, OUR WORST FEAR IS THAT SHE WOULD HAVE SOCIAL ANXIETY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR ANY EXTRACURRICULARS WE COULD PUT HER IN" ...MADISON'S PARENTS DECIDED TO PUT HER IN GIRL SCOUTS. "SHE PUTS HER HEART INTO EVERYTHING SHE DOES, WEATHER ITS BAKING, GIRL SCOUTS, KARATE, OR ARCHERY, SHE JUST PUTS EVERYTHING SHES GOT INTO IT." AND WHEN COOKIES SEASON ROLLED AROUND...SHE DID JUST THAT. "MY DAUGHTER SOLD OVER 1200 COOKIES" "IT IS ALOT HAHAHA, YES MA'AM" SAVANNNAH IS UNIQUE TO HER GIRL SCOUT EXPERIENCE AS THE FOUNDER'S HOME IS LOCATED RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH. (DANIELLE CHRISTIAN, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, JULIETTE GORDON LOW BIRTHPLACE) "ALOT OF GIRLS WITH THEIR COOKIE MONEY COME AND SPEND IT HERE AT THE BIRTHPLACES, AND IT'S KIND OF A PILGRIMAGE FOR GIRL SCOUTS" AROUND 25,000 YOUNG GIRLS COME TOUR THE HOUSE EVERY YEAR...BUT WHAT GETS MANY OF THESE GIRLS HERE IS THE WORK THEY PUT IN DURING COOKIE SEASON. "THE COOKIE PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST GIRL RAN BUSINESS IN THE WORLD" AND AMANDA SAYS THIS IS THE SECRET TO HOW MADISON RUNS HER BUSINESS IS THIS. "IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL ASK WELL HOW MUCH IS A BOX AND SHE'LL SAY 5 DOLLARS BUT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND GET 4 BOXES I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE YOU CHANGE FOR THAT TWENTY., AND THAT WAS ALL HER!!...THOSE OLD MEN WOULD EAT THAT UP AND SA
Big seller: Georgia Girl Scout sells over 1,000 boxes of cookies
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Updated: 10:47 AM EDT May 24, 2023
Girl Scout cookie season may have come and gone, ending in April. However, one Girl Scout made this season special, selling over 1,200 boxes.Amanda Griffin is the proud mom of 11-year-old Madison, of Jesup, Georgia."She puts her heart into everything she does, whether it's baking, Girl Scouts, karate, or archery; she just puts everything she's got into it," Griffin said.Nearby Savannah, Georgia, is unique to her Girl Scout experience. That's because the home of the founder, Juliette Gordon Low, is located right in downtown Savannah.Danielle Christian works for the Juliette Gordon Law birthplace as the director of community relations. Christian sees around 25,000 young girls come to tour the house every year. "A lot of girls with their cookie money come and spend it here at the birthplaces, and it's kind of a pilgrimage for girl scouts," Christian said.The Girl Scout cookie program is the largest girl-run business in the world, and it's a business that Madison Griffin is a part of. Madison's mom Amanda said there is a secret to success for Madison."It's so funny because people will ask, 'Well, how much is a box?' and she'll say, '$5, but if you go ahead and get four boxes, I don't have to make you change for that 20,'" Griffin said. "That was all her! Those old men would eat that up and say 'baby you can just have all my money.'"
JESUP, Ga. — Girl Scout cookie season may have come and gone, ending in April. However, one Girl Scout made this season special, selling over 1,200 boxes.
Amanda Griffin is the proud mom of 11-year-old Madison, of Jesup, Georgia.
"She puts her heart into everything she does, whether it's baking, Girl Scouts, karate, or archery; she just puts everything she's got into it," Griffin said.
Nearby Savannah, Georgia, is unique to her Girl Scout experience. That's because the home of the founder, Juliette Gordon Low, is located right in downtown Savannah.
Danielle Christian works for the Juliette Gordon Law birthplace as the director of community relations. Christian sees around 25,000 young girls come to tour the house every year.
"A lot of girls with their cookie money come and spend it here at the birthplaces, and it's kind of a pilgrimage for girl scouts," Christian said.
The Girl Scout cookie program is the largest girl-run business in the world, and it's a business that Madison Griffin is a part of.
Madison's mom Amanda said there is a secret to success for Madison.
"It's so funny because people will ask, 'Well, how much is a box?' and she'll say, '$5, but if you go ahead and get four boxes, I don't have to make you change for that 20,'" Griffin said. "That was all her! Those old men would eat that up and say 'baby you can just have all my money.'"
