“It bothered us that a chance for younger girls to go door-to-door was changed by dad and mom bringing cookie varieties to the workplace,” Colleen Shannon stated.
FOLSOM, Calif. — As many Woman Scouts have turned to social media to promote cookies, Shannon Household Automotive began a pattern within the Folsom neighborhood of shopping for ten packing containers of Woman Scout cookies from any Woman Scout who is available in and offers a gross sales pitch.
Colleen Shannon, the proprietor of Shannon Household Automotive, began this pattern 5 years in the past to offer Woman Scouts with a spot to step out of their consolation zone and safely speak to somebody they are not already acquainted with.
As Shannon Household Automotive has a mission of offering a protected ambiance in an business some individuals are afraid of, they needed to increase that mission into their Woman Scout shopping for program by offering the neighborhood with a protected, welcoming place to promote Woman Scout cookies.
“We realized that Woman Scouts hardly ever go door to door anymore and that the majority pitches come from dad and mom,” Shannon stated. “It bothered us that a chance for younger girls was changed by dad and mom bringing cookie varieties to the workplace.”
Shannon hopes this chance will get women off of social media and into actual life to make gross sales.
Through the years, Shannon has discovered that giving women the chance of a assured sale, offers them the arrogance to do their gross sales pitch.
“Any grownup is aware of it is simpler to promote one thing if you recognize the particular person will purchase,” Shannon stated.
Shannon has already purchased near 200 packing containers of cookies from Woman Scouts this 12 months.
The enterprise has determined to donate half of the cookies purchased to Blue Star Mothers, that is as a result of a member of the Shannon Household Automotive enterprise has household within the navy.
After Shannon Household Automotive began this pattern, many companies throughout the Folsom neighborhood and the U.S. adopted of their lead.
“We’re extremely humbled that different companies have adopted in our footsteps,” Shannon stated.
Evangeline Scott, with Reliance Dwelling Loans in Folsom, is a type of companies that determined to hitch in on this pattern.
“This was a chance I knew I needed to be part of as a result of supporting the Woman Scouts is supporting our future leaders,” Scott advised ABC10. “Speaking with adults helps these younger women to spice up their confidence.”
Scott hopes to purchase 400 packing containers of Woman Scout cookies this 12 months, roughly 150 greater than she did in 2020.
“One thing I do every year with the cookies I buy, is I donate them to law enforcement officials, firefighters, and teams equivalent to Blue Star Mothers,” Scott stated.
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