MENDOCINO Co., 2/22/23 — In case you’ve missed it, Girl Scout cookies have been on sale for a few weeks now. This year, 16,000 Girl Scouts of Northern California, which includes Mendocino County, will sell an estimated 4.3 million boxes of cookies. One hundred percent of cookie sales are used to fund Girl Scouts programs, camps, financial aid and support services that help scouts develop life and leadership skills.
One of those Girl Scouts is 12-year-old Brianna Sunseri of Potter Valley. A first year cadette, the title for scouts in grades 6-8, Sunseri has been a scout since 2019. For Sunseri, cookie sales are all about perfecting her entrepreneurial skills and “[learning] how to become a businesswoman,” she says. “I want to be a chef and open my own restaurant.” Selling cookies has also taught her how to be better at math and to grow her people skills, two important skills every budding entrepreneur needs.
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