Local sisters sing the
praises of Girl Scouts
By Dave Woods
dwoods@OfficialKidsMag.com
Mary and Sophia Hyatt enjoy the time they get to spend
together, and the time they spend with their friends in Girl
Scout Troop 5340.
"One of my friends introduced me to it," Mary, a 10-year-
old seventh grader said. "I stayed because it was fun. I got
to do outdoorsy things and good deeds with my friends."
Her sister, Sophia, agreed.
"It's like what my sister said," Sophia agreed. "It's fun and
I like going to places, having adventures and selling cookies."
While selling cookies isn't the only thing Girl Scouts do, it
is something at which the sisters have excelled. Last cookie
season the pair managed to sell more than 2,000 boxes of
Thin Mints, S'mors, Shortbreads and Tagalongs, and other
cookies. In fact, they sold 2,017 boxes of the sweet treats.
That's a lot of cookies and calories.
"You can earn a bike this year if you sell a lot," Mary said.
"You can earn badges and toys and some games, too."
Sophia said that selling cookies is exciting for the
competitive pair.
"The experience is fun because I like talking to people,"
Sophia said. "It's fun because I get to go around and do that.
We get to go to camp if we sell enough cookies. With all of
my cookie selling experience I've actually memorized the
speech I do and it does help me communicate better. I think
you just have to be really polite and take a 'NO' easily."
S'more
than just cookies
Mary
Hyatt,
Sophie
Hyatt
From Left: Mary Hyatt, Ana Quinney,
Lea Harrington, Makiah Bowin
From
Left:
Eva
Konomi,
Sophie
Hyatt,
Makiah
Bowin,
Makayla
Wolfe,
Elli
Konomi,
Morgan
Henderson,
Eleni
Konomi
For over 100 years, Girl
Scouts has been building girls
of courage, confidence and
character, who make the
world a better place.
46 • Off icial Kids Mag • MARCH & APRIL 2018
