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"  Grab your wallet because the Girl Scouts of America are about to arrive at your door with those irresistible Thin Mints, Samoas, and Tagalongs. Girl Scout cookie season has finally arrived along with the first-ever National Girl Scout Cookie Day. According to the New York Times Diner&amp;#039;s Journal, the Girl Scouts are getting even more serious about their cookies this year. They even created their own day to celebrate, which is today, February 8. That&amp;#039;s right, today has been officially dubbed National Girl Scout cookie day by the higher-ups in the land of cookie gold.  More From Delish: Food Obsessions: 12 Limited-Availability Eats with Fan Followings To celebrate, the Girl Scouts are rolling out a brand new social media campaign, new cookie boxes, and their very own Cookie Day truck. Fox News reports that the Girl Scouts will live tweet throughout the day with the hashtag #5skills to demonstrate the qualities that they each learn to become what the company has dubbed a &amp;quot;cookie professional.&amp;quot; The skills, which reflect the new up-to-date slogan, &amp;quot;this is what a girl can do,&amp;quot; are: goal setting, decision-making, money management, business ethics, and people skills. They will also be portrayed on the brand new cookie box designs, which mark the first change to the packaging since 1999. The plan to modernize cookie sales also involves a cookie truck, which will make its way around New York City giving away free samples and selling boxes in honor of National Girl Scout Cookie Day. Don&amp;#039;t worry if you&amp;#039;re not located in New York; the Girl Scouts have thought of everything this year. They are also re-launching a Cookie Finder app, which allows potential cookie customers to find their nearest local council sale as well as when future sales will take place. The new version of the app also incorporates videos reiterating the five special skills. More From Delish: Slam Dunk Cookies from Martha Stewart It&amp;#039;s no surprise that the Girl Scouts are updating their cookie methodology. The cookie program is worth a whopping $790 million, with an average of 200 million boxes sold per year. It is typically the only fundraising activity in which troops are involved. Will you buy a box of cookies to honor National Girl Scout Cookie Day? Do you like the modernization of cookie sales or do you prefer the door-to-door method? Find more great food content on Delish:  Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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