Remember Girl Scout Cookies?

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I used to see tables set up outside of stores and girl scouts were setting selling their cookies. I haven't seen this in probably about ten years now. Have you? Here's some interesting facts I found out about them: * Juliette Gordon Low founded the organization with 18 girls in 1912. * In the 1920s Girl Scouts baked cookies in their own kitchens and sold them in the school cafeterias packaged in wax paper and sealed with a sticker. These sold for 25 to 35 cents. * In 1934 the Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia were the first troop to sell commercially baked cookies and within two years the national organization began licensing the cooking-making process to commercial bakeries. * During World War II due to the rationing of sugar and butter the Girl Scouts sold calendars for 25 cents. * In 1985 Elizabeth Brinton sold 11,200 boxes during rush hour at a local Virginia metro station. * Brinton went on to be dubbed "Cookie Queen" and between 1978 and 1990 she sold 100,000 boxes. * In 2021 girl scout Lilly Bumpus sold 32,484 cookies. Do you ever buy these? We used to occasionally but never see them being sold anywhere. I tried to find a place where we could get some on their website a few years ago and could not. I guess if they wanted to sell them, they would make it easier. I guess the selling season began today and goes on until April. Online it says you can go to a 'finder app' that can show you places in your area. I went there and they don't seem to have one set up in our area.