Girl Scouts Build “World’s Tallest Cookie Tower”
Event kicks off start of cookie booth
sales Girl Scouts from throughout the San Gabriel
Valley soared to new heights this week as they set the new Guinness World RecordsTM for the “World’s
Tallest Cookie Tower.”
The Guinness World RecordsTM attempt
was part of a special showcase event on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 that Girl Scouts – Mt. Wilson Vista Council, in partnership
with the California School of Culinary Arts Baking Club, Paseo Colorado (Learn about Paseo's Preferred Program and how you can receive VIP treatment!) and Southern California Edison, hosted to kick off the start of Girl Scout Cookie
booth sales in Southern California. Booth sales will continue in the area now through March 22, 2008.
Over 70 Girl Scouts – working together as the Stacker Packer Cookie Girls –
completed a 5’4” cookie tower created out of nearly 20,000 Do-Si-Do and Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. The current
world record stands at 5’2 ¼”. Once the record attempt was set and documented, the girls continued to construct
and decorate the tower, bringing it to an unofficial 5’7”. Girl Scouts – Mt. Wilson Vista Council will soon
send documentation to Guinness World RecordsTM in London, England, to certify the attempt.
The cookie tower project activity continued Girl Scouts’ recent commitment of providing STEM (science,
technology, engineering and math) programs to build and reinforce girls’ interest in the STEM fields. Girl Scouts and local engineer and architecture experts worked together to strategize
and design the architectural feat. The girls worked with professionals to decide which cookies to use, considering
their weight, shape, and how well they could withstand the pressure of stacking. The nine-tiered design included 145 layers
of cookies and weighed over 425 pounds.
Construction began
on Feb. 28, and successfully concluded just shy of 16 hours on Friday, Feb. 29. Girls worked in shift teams to construct the
tower, while official witnesses, from firefighters to public officials, documented the process at all times. Little Brownie
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The
kick-off event, which put the spotlight on the Annual Girl Scout Cookie Program, America’s leading business and economic
literacy program for girls, also included a “cookie creations” contest for girls and the unveiling of the largest
Samoa Girl Scout Cookie in Southern California. The 70-inch cookie marvel, complete with coconut and caramel, was created
by The California School of Culinary Arts Baking Club. Chefs also created themed edible centerpieces out of Girl Scout Cookies.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is not only an entrepreneurial activity for girls,
but helps fund troop activities; provides funding for high quality, low-cost Girl Scout programs and camps for more than 9,000
girls and support for more than 4,400 volunteers; and helps thousands of girls from lower socio-economic communities experience
the benefits of Girl Scouting. Girl Scout Cookies, which sell for $4 a box, can be ordered from neighborhood Girl Scouts or at booths in front of many grocery
stores and other public places now through March 22, 2008. To place an order with a local Girl Scout, call the Council
Office at (626) 445-7771, ext. 305. Click here to find a local booth location. This
year’s sale features eight varieties, including Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, TagaLongs and All Abouts.
Plus this year’s new additions, Lemon Chalet Cremes and Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips. And, this year all Girl Scout
Cookies are zero percent trans fat. Cookie Extravaganza
Program Sponsors
Program sponsors included
Theresa Bengsch; Greg Buccola, KPFF Consulting Engineers; Dolphin Party Rentals; Jennifer Fang; KGEM-Monrovia; Karen Lee; Little
Brownie Bakers; O-K Trophy, Sunland; Pier One Imports, La Crescenta; Greg Powell; Sandpaper
Kisses, Sunland; SpyTech Surveillance, Inc.; Volkswagen Pasadena; and WrapAds.
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