The time has come to stock up on your favorite Girl Scout Cookies.
Girl Scout, Veronica โRonnieโ Backenstoe, may just be the most excited Girl Scout to sell delicious Peanut Butter Patties, Caramel Delights, and Thin Mints and sheโs been selling them for 88 years now.
The 98 year old joined the Girl Scouts when she was just 10 years old in 1932, the same year the Great Depression was happening. Ronnie studied music when she was younger and knows how to play many instruments like the organ, piano, clarinet, and the trumpet. I became a Girl Scout in 1932," she told WFMZ. โI said. โWhen can I be a Girl Scout?โ My mom said, โWhen youโre 10,โ so when I was 10, I was ready to go!โ Her age hasnโt stopped her from wearing her green beret and Girl Scout uniform to sell her boxes.
When Ronnie first started selling Girl Scout cookies, there were only three types available and each box was only 15 cents. Ronnieโs journey with the Girl Scouts took her to Jamaica and Switzerland with her troop, a journey she describes as a way of life.
She may be older than her fellow Scouts, but her energy is unmatched and sheโs not stopping anytime soon. Her stamina, her energy, her mind, sheโs non-stop,โ Barbara Allen Perelli, the troop leader, told WFMZ.
While many of us would live differently at 98, Ronnie is the happiest when selling her Girl Scout cookies and is looking forward to many more years.ย
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