As part of the effort, a contest offers $1,529 in a college savings account for the top-hawking scout.
Competition should be pretty stiff; who can refuse a Girl Scout pedaling Samoas? Just think: Your stockpile of cookies could get a Brownie to Rice.
The partnership also includes an online contest at ok4saving.org for folks to vote for their favorite Girl Scout cookie. This election year our money’s on the Thin Mint or Mint Romney.
This article appears in Jan 25-31, 2012.