Do It Best sponsors 900 boxes of cookies from local Girl Scouts

The hardware corporation donates half of the cookies to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana.

Local girl scouts receive a surprise sponsorship to get them through the covid-19 pandemic that threw most of us for a loop.fox 55's mallory beard tells us how the sponsorship money is supporting the girl scout troops and local organizations as the state opens back up.

Covid 19 made this year difficult for the girl scouts of northern indiana michiana.

Sharon pohly//ceo of girl scouts northern indiana michiana"we had to cancel our summer camps because of the covid epidemic."pohly says their finances took a plunge too."and we had to shorten our cookie sale by two weeks."with governor holcomb's plan to re-open the state, local organizations will open their doors again.randy rusk//do it best communications director "we were looking for a way to welcome everybody back.

And we considered, 'oh do we just give them a candy bar?'

Or some kind of welcome back treat."do it best, a local hardware corporation sponsored 900 boxes of cookies from the girl scouts since they'd had a rough time with the pandemic.

Randy rusk//do it best communications director"we were looking to help kids, and we thought this was also a fun way to help pay that forward as well."450 boxes went to do it best employees and the other half went to big brothers big sisters as a donation from the company.

An effort the girl scouts appreciate since it's helped them get back on track.tammy oakes//chief officer marketing gsnim"this is what we use for programs and for financial aid and for uniforms and for all the things that our girls need."oakes says the pandemic might've put a pause on the girl scouts.

But it didn't end them.

Tammy oakes"we've done what we can to not cancel girl scouting.

Girl scouts is so important to our members.

Our girls count on girl scouts because it's their friends.

To make an impact on their community.

To do the good work that they do."oakes says the bottom line is:tammy oakes"we have more cookies."and with an overstock of cookies means a need for more sponsorships.

What oakes considers making the world a better place... tammy oakes"perhaps just one box at a time."in fort wayne i'm mallory beard fox 55 news.

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