Meet Katie Francis, the new Girl Scout cookie selling champ. The sixth grader from Oklahoma City set a new national record by selling 18,107 boxes of those classic Thin Mints and DoSiDos — in just seven weeks! The previous record — a piddling 18,000 boxes sold by (former) “cookie queen” and Falls Church, Virginia scout Elizabeth Brinton — was set way back in the 1980s. And more good news for Katie, and the Girls Scout financial team, Oklahoma’s bitter winter prompted Katie’s troop to extend its cookie sales period through the end of this month, which puts Katie’s new goal of 20,000 boxes well within her grasp. Btw: Katie’s troop plans to donate a portion of her proceeds to a breast cancer research charity.So what's Katie's key to cookie-selling success. She told the BBC: "It takes lots of time, commitment and asking everybody I see.” And working 12 hour days every weekend and school nights until 9:30pm doesn't hurt. For those who aspire to beat Katie’s record, consider copying the San Franciscan Scout who set up shop outside a marijuana dispensary. — H.W.
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