ONE SMART COOKIE; BROWNIE'S SALES SKILL TRUMPS OLDER SCOUTS.Byline: Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Six-year-old Kelsey Broussard of Northridge is really something: a first-year Brownie brownie, in Celtic folklore, household spirit associated with farmsteads. Brownies help with chores, but, if criticized, they will make mischief, such as spoiling crops. If payment other than food is offered a brownie, he vanishes from a farm forever. , the kid's already cracked the elite sales force of local Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during . Every year, only about 35 to 40 of the 5,000 girls in troops in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Girl Scout Council manage to sell 500 boxes of cookies to earn a free weekend in May camping out at Camp Lakota in Frazier Park. Kelsey's already blown by 500 boxes, which is extremely rare at the Brownie level. And the kid hasn't even started working the supermarket parking lot circuit yet. But here's the real kicker Kicker A right, warrant, or some other feature added to a debt instrument to make it more desirable to potential investors. Notes: The ability to trade a bond or other debt instrument in for stock may entice investors, if they feel the stock will appreciate. . Her parents swear they haven't sold one box for her. The kid's hustled every sale herself. ``I told Kelsey that when I was a little girl my parents didn't help me sell my Girl Scout cookies, and her father and I weren't going to help, either,'' said Karen Broussard, Kelsey's mom. The kid didn't blink blink the involuntary movement of one or both eyelids of both eyes simultaneously. The frequency varies between species. Cats blink the least, with the possible exception of owls. In birds it is the lower eyelid which is moved up to meet the upper lid. an eye. You drive, I'll sell, she said. And sell she has. At the local companies her mom and dad work for, at her dad's San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Elks Club, and up and down just about every block in their Northridge neighborhood. ``It isn't that hard,'' Kelsey said Thursday. ``You just have to go out and do it.'' Makes sense. Here's the kid's sales pitch. ``Hi, my name is Kelsey, and I'm trying to sell 500 boxes of cookies so I can go to camp, and give my parents the weekend off,'' she says. People laugh. Then, they buy. How are you going to turn down a sweet-talking, sweet-smiling, 6-year-old Brownie? You're not. Her first weekend out, the kid sold 300 boxes of cookies. The next weekend, 200 more. Camp Lakota, here I come, she figured. A nice romantic weekend in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , here we come, her parents figured. Not so fast. ``After Kelsey sold the 500 boxes, we were told she couldn't go to the camp because she was too young to go alone on an overnight camp outing,'' said Ray Broussard. ``They didn't anticipate a first-grader selling 500 boxes.'' The Broussards had been taking Kelsey camping since she was 6 months old. They knew she could handle a couple of nights away from her parents, with other girls and adult supervision. Their daughter had earned this trip by selling all those cookies, and she was disappointed she wasn't being allowed to go, they said. But a few days later, the Broussards said they got a call saying the council would be making an exception for Kelsey. She could go, but there was a catch. Her mother would have to go with her. Kiss that romantic weekend in San Diego goodbye. Carrie James, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director for the San Fernando Valley Girl Scout Council, said she didn't know how the mix-up occurred, but that the guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. allow first- and second-grade Brownies to attend the camp if they are accompanied by their mothers. ``Sometimes 6-year-olds have never been away from home, and something like this could be a scary experience for them,'' James said. ``We just want to make sure it's a good experience for the girl.'' Kelsey said she's kind of glad her mom's going to camp with her. Karen's not exactly thrilled about spending a couple of nights under the stars at Camp Lakota instead of room service at the Marriott, but for her daughter, she's going. Late Thursday, the Broussards got a reprieve reprieve (rĭprēv`): in law, see pardon. . It seems the weekend in May they thought their daughter would be off at Girl Scout camp wasn't the same weekend they had made reservations for in San Diego. ``So it's worked out for everybody but me,'' said Fritzi Polito, Kelsey's grandmother, who was helping her granddaughter stack a couple hundred boxes of Girl Scout cookies to be delivered this weekend. ``I'm baby-sitting, and not going anywhere,'' Fritzi said. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO (color) Brownie Kelsey Broussard, 6, sold 500 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to earn a weekend campout. Andy Holzman/Daily News |
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