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Kingstowne Girl Scout Cookies Sales Begin This Weekend
Troops raise money for activities
Dying for some Thin Mints? Your wait is almost over. Starting this weekend, the troops in the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital will be selling their famous cookies in booths all around the region, including Clifton and Fairfax Station.
Booth sales will continue until March 28th, but your best chance of getting your favorite cookie is during the early selling period.
All cookies contain zero grams of transfats. Need a refresher on the cookies? Here they are (not all will necessarily be available at every sale):
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- Samoa: The Samoa cookie has a hole in the middle, is covered with caramel and toasted coconut and striped with chocolate. It's also celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.
- Do-Si-Do: Oatmeal sandwich cookie with peanut butter filling
- Tagalong: Peanut butter covered in chocolate
- Thin Mint: Mint covered in chocolate
- Trefoils: Shortbread
- Lemon Chalet Cremes: Lemon sandwich cookie
- Dulce de Leche
- Thank U Berry Munch
-Giant Food, 5370 Kingstowne Blvd. Friday, 4:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m. Saturday,9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, one hour break between noon and 1.
-Giant Food, 7558 Telegraph Rd. Friday, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., one hour break between noon and 1.
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-Metropolitan Fine Arts Studio, 6450 Landsdowne Center. Friday, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
-Kingstowne Library, 6500 Landsdowne Center. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
To find more sales, visit the Girl Scouts' Cookie Locator.
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