33,642 Girl Scout Cookie Cartons Arrive on Kaua‘i, 20% Increase; Booths Friday

Shipping containers holding 33,642 cartons of Girl Scout Cookies were unloaded at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center in Lihu‘e on Feb. 19, with Royal Hawaiian Movers crews stacking pallets and volunteers arranging boxes into a “Thin Mints mountain” as adult leaders prepared distribution. The shipment represents Kaua‘i’s 2026 allocation and was an increase of 20 percent over the 2025 shipment.

Volunteers broke down the pallets so young sellers could pick up their orders following school, with troop leaders and adult volunteers handling sorting and staging at the Veterans Center on the afternoon of Feb. 19. Local booth sales were set to begin Friday, Feb. 20, and the Cookie Finder tool will be available through the end of March to help customers locate in-person booths and participating troops.

Kaua‘i has 18 troops involved in selling cookies this season, with special activity noted among troops in the Hanalei area, and Marissa Dennis, Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i Kaua‘i Island manager, said, “We have more cookies to sell, and more troops to help sell.” Dennis added, “We try to do Girl Scout Cookies in two months. There are places on the Mainland where troops engage in cookie sales for nearly the entire year. No, we have too much to do.”

The council’s cookie season calendar lists the 2026 Cookie Season running January 5 through March 29, with key troop dates from February 2 through March 29, while the local booth kickoff and on-the-ground distribution on Kaua‘i clustered around the Feb. 19–20 timeframe. Customers could preorder boxes before Feb. 20 for personal delivery through a Girl Scout or troop’s digital cookie storefront and begin using Cookie Finder on Feb. 20 to locate booths.

Product availability this year includes classic varieties such as Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos and Trefoils, and statewide materials introduce a new flavor called Explor emores described as “a rocky road ice cream-inspired cookie” filled with chocolate, marshmallow and toasted almond crème. The Kaua‘i shipment was described as containing all flavors, with Thin Mints singled out in staging photos.

Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i Chief Executive Officer Kanoe Nāone framed the program as local workforce development for girls, saying, “The Girl Scout cookie program is an amazing skill-building opportunity for girls and a fun, tasty way for the entire community to get involved.” Nāone added, “When someone buys a box of cookies, they are investing in the future of our keiki and Hawai‘i. The girls learn about leadership, goal setting, sales, marketing, communication and customer service, all skills they’ll carry with them for the rest of their lives, setting them up for success.” Proceeds remain in Hawai‘i and fund travel, camps, service projects and troop activities, with rewards tied to individual sales.

Council materials encourage troops to “Decorate your booth to celebrate this year’s cookie theme, EMBRACE POSSIBILITY!” and include downloadable Booth Guide and a Sensitive Issues Guide for volunteers. With 33,642 cartons on island, 18 local troops mobilizing, and booth season running through March, Kaua‘i’s volunteers and sellers face a concentrated two-month push to move the shipment and turn proceeds into programs for girls.