By Nancy Zimmerman
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Top Six Cookie Sellers Win Big!
Central, New Jersey – (May 8, 2012) – Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey announces the top six cookie sellers for the 2012 Girl Scout cookie sale. These top earners have received high recognition for their skills in financial literacy and entrepreneurship which include their choice of either an iPod touch or a Kindle and two tickets to the BIG Celebration, featuring Joe Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers and Sara Bareilles, access to a special viewing area for the concert and a “meet and greet.”
These six Girl Scouts, individually, sold the most boxes of cookies in the Council by participating in the Girl Scout cookie program. The Girl Scout cookie program is the country’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls who learn goal setting, money management, business ethics, decision-making, and people skills as they participate in a major fundraiser for Girl Scout councils. Each Girl Scout troop receives approximately 17% percent of the cookie sale profits for unique programming at their troop’s local level.
The top sellers are as follows:
Junior Level Girl Scout: Donari Joy, Troop 12336, Jersey City, 2247 boxes
Junior Level Girl Scout: Sarah Kossor, Troop 40128, Kenilworth, 1825 boxes
Cadette Level Girl Scout: Brookelynn Sullivan, Troop 40262, Roselle Park, 1500 boxes
Brownie Level Girl Scout: Sumalee Francis, Troop 10299, West Hudson, 1332 boxes
Cadette Level Girl Scout: B’Nai Brandon, Troop 20676, Newark, 1103 boxes
Senior Level Girl Scout: My’Iesha Mells, Troop 20586, East Orange – Orange, 1057 boxes
About The BIG Celebration
The BIG Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2012, Liberty State Park, NJ 1:00-10:30pm and will feature performances by Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, Sara Bareilles, Grammy Nominee and celebrity judge on NBC’s “The Sing-Off” and Rachel Crow, X Factor finalist. The event will be a full day of fun, including interactive sports clinics, cooking demos, arts and crafts, rock climbing, fireworks spectacular and much, much more! Day time performances include: Bloom (a girl group), Manika, Ani Hesse, Savvy (AKA: The Wannabees) and Goodbye Friday. The event is open to children and adults of all ages. Tickets are $89.50 for members of Girl Scouts and $101.50 for non-members. The event is powered by Girl Scouts and all net proceeds to benefit the Girl Scout Councils of New Jersey as they celebrate their 100th anniversary. There are still plenty of tickets available for the BIG Concert, visit www.thebigconcertnj.com.
About Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey’s (GSHNJ) mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. GSHNJ provides leadership development for girls at all age levels through programs that include; science, technology, financial literacy, health, the arts, and outdoor and environmental awareness. We serve over 25,000 girls, ages 5-17 and 11,000 adult volunteers in the counties of Hudson, Essex, Union, Somerset, Hunterdon, southern Warren and parts of Middlesex. For more information, visit www.gshnj.org.

