B.C. Girl Guides looking for more adult volunteers [Video]

Thousands of Girl Guides, their families and adult volunteers fanned out across the province Saturday for the start of the organization’s latest cookie campaign.

“Chocolate and vanilla Girl Guide cookies are arriving all across British Columbia this week and this weekend as we start fundraising for all the amazing activities we have planned for girls this year,” said Diamond Isinger, provincial spokesperson for B.C. Girl Guides, at a regional distribution warehouse in Delta.

Isinger said “a few million” boxes of cookies were being distributed from four warehouses in the province this weekend, with the other three facilities located in Victoria, West Kelowna and Prince George.

The money raised from each $6 box goes directly to fund goals set by Girl Guides themselves, Isinger said. These goals can include travel, summer camps and other activities.

The logistics of launching a cookie campaign are always a challenge, Isinger said, noting that it …