Gov. John E. Baldacci met with six Girl Scout Daisies on Jan. 8 to purchase the first box of Girl Scout cookies sold in the annual activity. This is the first year that the Daisies, the youngest Scouts, are selling cookies. The girls were selected to represent all Girl Scouts statewide.

Girl Scouts launch cookie sales

AUGUSTA – Six Girl Scout Daisies, representing all 9,681 Girl Scouts statewide, gathered at the state house on Jan. 8 to meet with Gov. John E. Baldacci to launch the 2009 Girl Scout cookie sale activity. For more than a decade the group has maintained the annual tradition of selling the first box of cookies to the governor.

Girls from two Girl Scout Daisy troops visited the governor: Katherine Hollis, Holly Eason and Madison Corgan of Troop 2909 in Winthrop, and Jillian Brown, Samantha Melland and Paige Rogers of Troop 2901 in Augusta.

The sale runs through April 18. Cost is $3.50 a box and proceeds from the sale remain in the area where the cookies are sold and benefit scouts in those local communities.

For more information, visit www.girlscoutsofmaine.org.