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Girl Scouts across the US sell cookies to fundraiseThe Girl Scouts of Alaska have received assistance from the Covid-19 small business federal loan programme after the pandemic shut down their fundraising efforts.
The organisation typically raises funds by selling cookies at schools and businesses each year but due to Covid-19 restrictions, scouts in Southern Alaska have been left with 144,000 boxes of cookies, stacked up in their homes,The money from the annual cookie sale typically goes towards staff and paying for scholarships and programmes for the girls.
The government loan will allow the scouts to keep employees and create online programmes for the scouts to do at home, including flamenco and magic trick lessons.
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