From Thin Mints to Samoas to Tagalongs, it’s hard to just pick one when it comes to ordering Girl Scout cookies. And it’s hard to find a better combination than cookies and milk. The cookie and milk inspiration pushed Girl Scouts of Western Washington and Darigold to team up over the past seven years, supporting councils across Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Wyoming to help inspire the leaders of tomorrow.
“The partnership is a natural -- milk and cookies,” Chris Arnold with Darigold says. “From the beginning, we have worked with area Girl Scouts councils to help support the annual Girl Scout Cookie season since milk and cookies are such a perfect pair.”
For every carton of milk sold at participating retailers across their region during the month of March, Darigold donated to local Girls Scouts. These efforts have helped raise more than $200,000 for Girl Scout programming and scholarships since the partnership began. The goal is to work together toward an equitable outcome where every Girl Scout feels they belong.
“We also appreciate Girl Scouts’ efforts to support and cultivate leadership among young women – one of the core values of our co-op,” Arnold says.
Some of the Girl Scouts from Washington toured a Washington dairy farm to learn more about dairy production.
LeAnn Krainick who owns and operates Krainick Dairy with her husband in Enumclaw, Wash., and are Darigold members, joined Girl Scouts when she was in third grade.
“What a great way to support girls to flourish and foster by creating this partnership with Girl Scouts throughout the Northwest,” she says. “I hope that Darigold funding this program will really help these young girls flourish and the young women that become more aware of their surroundings and have an open mind about not only their community but figuring out how to make their community better. And a lot of times that’s talking to everyone, whether they’re a different race than you, a different age, or a different socio-economic level. It’s all very important because we all have needs and we all are a very important part of our communities.”
Girl Scouts also painted their own ‘World Cow’ image that Arnold says supports the idea that ‘we are all spots on the same cow’ by depicting the world map as markings on a cow.
