The Girl Scouts, Face Huge Excess, of Unsold Cookies.<br />ABC News reports the <br />Girl Scouts have approximately <br />15 million boxes of unsold cookies.<br />The organization reportedly said that the <br />coronavirus is responsible for the excess.<br />Many troops abandoned traditional <br />cookie booths for safety reasons.<br />Local councils and troops depend on <br />the sale of cookies to fund programming, <br />travel, camps and other activities.<br />The Girl Scouts normally sell around <br />200 million boxes of cookies per year, .<br />equalling about $800 million in sales.<br />Now, the Girl Scouts are hoping <br />to sell or donate the excess cookies ...<br />... to places like food banks and the military.<br />In addition to the pandemic, <br />the Girl Scouts face declining enrollment. .<br />About 1.7 million girls were<br />enrolled in Girl Scouts in 2019, .<br />down almost 30% from 2009
