Host Chris Rock brought out his own daughters at the 2016 Oscars who were part of a Girl Scout troop to sell those yummy boxes of goodness to some of the most famous faces in the world.
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With a variety of cookies on hand, the girls were there as the Academy Awards host told the audience that he wanted them to reach into their “millionaire pockets” because he wanted them to buy his daughter’s girl scout cookies. This year the Scouts launched a new digital platform for cookie sales.
Chris Rock probably didn’t realize Girl Scout fundraising could be so controversial.
These girl scouts are using online ordering forms and social media to sell the cookies people look forward to all year.
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles spokeswoman Sara Williams said Tuesday that the discrepancy was a bit of confusion.
As you buy your cookies and enjoy them, you may not realize all the deep, social good they are doing. A majority of the money raised through cookie sales goes to support local troops.
Hey, even Superman gets hungry during a long awards show. He then pled, on behalf of his sash-wearing daughters, that Hollywood help his daughters’ Girl Scout Troop sell the most cookies this year, and then his daughters’ troop actually started selling Girl Scout cookies right then and there.
It was one of the funniest schticks of Oscars night, but it wasn’t just for fun. It will be hard to obtain more after the supply runs out, she said. “It would mean so much to my little girl if we could beat Linda Dunn”.
“That was a personal throwdown”, she joked. Since 1912, Girl Scouting has inspired millions of girls and women to carry courage, confidence, and character into their everyday lives.
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It seems that selling cookies outside pot shops is a growing trend. “That was a wonderful thing that he did”.
