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Girl Scout Cookies Now Available

Support your local Girl Scouts by purchasing cookies at area shopping centers.

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Girl Scouts of West Central Florida (GSWCF) has announced the start of Girl Scout Cookie Booths for the 2012 Girl Scout Cookie Program. Cookie booths can be found throughout the council’s eight-county jurisdiction of Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter counties.

Keep an eye out at your favorite businesses and stores and buy your favorite Girl Scout Cookie varieties, including Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Dulce de Leche and Thank You Berry Munch. New this year in celebration of Girl Scouts 100th anniversary are Savannah Smiles, a lemon-flavored cookie dusted in powdered sugar named after the city in which Juliette Gordon Low founded Girl Scouts in 1912, Savannah, Ga. Girl Scout Cookie Booth sales end Sunday, March 18.

It’s easy to find the cookie booths nearest you. A free cookie app can be downloaded by calling **GSCookies (**472665437) from a mobile phone, or by searching for “Cookie Locator” in the iPhone App Store or Android Market Place. Or, simply visit www.gswcf.org/findcookies and search using the Cookie Locator. Both the app and the Cookie Locator locate cookie booths based on zip codes.

Among the local locations for cookies sales are:

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Publix at 3461 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., March 1-18 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Chili's at 3422 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., March 2-4, 9-10, 14-15, 17 from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Beef O' Brady's, 4330 Bell Shoals Rd., Valrico, March 3-4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hess Express, 3353 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Valrico, March 3-4, 10, 12, 16-17 from noon to 4 p.m.

Walgreens, 3405 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Valrico, March 3 and 10 from noon to 4 p.m.

Beef O' Brady's, 16773 FishHawk Blvd., Lithia, March 2-3, 9-10, 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Outback Steakhouse, 16547 FishHawk Blvd., Lithia, March 2-3, 9-10, 17 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Park Square Pizza, 16132 Churchview Dr., Lithia, March 2-3, 9-10 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Publix, 5642 FishHawk Crossing Blvd., Lithia, March 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Ace Hardware, 10415 County Road 39, Lithia, March 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Rick's Custom Meats, 10252 County Road 39 S., Lithia, March 3 from 10 a.m. to noon and from 4 to 6 p.m., March 9 from 4 to 6 p.m., March 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and March 17 from noon to 4 p.m.

Formaggio's, 5622 Lithia-Pinecrest Rd., Lithia, March 9-10 from 4 to 7 p.m.

New York Pizza, 10433 County Road 39, Lithia, March 17 from 11 a.m, to 1 p.m.

Winn-Dixie, 179 E. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, March 17 from 1 to 7 p.m.

Publix, 11667 Boyette Rd., Riverview, March 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. and March 17 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Buffalo Wild Wings, 13416 Boyette Rd., Riverview, March 2, 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., March 3 from 4 to 10 p.m., March 10 from 2 to 6 p.m. and March 16 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Publix, 11109 Winthrop Market St., Riverview, March 2, 9, 16 from 4 to 9 p.m., March 3, 10, 17 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Walgreens, 10624 Gibsonton Dr., Riverview, March 2 from 4 to 6 p.m., March 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 9 from 6 to 9 p.m., March 10 from noon to 6 p.m., and March 17 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Winn-Dixie, 9822 U.S. 301, Riverview, March 2 from 4 to 9 p.m., March 3 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and March 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Girl Scout Cookies are $3.50 a box, and cash and checks are accepted at Girl Scout Cookie Booths; credit cards are not accepted.

Those who want to support Girl Scouting in their communities but don’t want to enjoy the cookies themselves may opt to contribute to the Cookies from Home Program. This unique program is a way for Girl Scouts to give back to their communities: donations of cookies through the Cookies from Home Program are sent directly to U.S. military troops serving in combat zones overseas through a partnership with Support Our Troops. Donations to the Cookies from Home Program may be made in person through a Girl Scout at a cookie booth through March 18.

For more information regarding purchasing Girl Scout Cookies and supporting Girl Scouting in your area, visitwww.gswcf.org/cookies, or call 800-881-4475, ext. 1838.


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