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Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts Build “World’s Tallest Cookie Tower” at
Paseo Colorado
Girl Scouts from throughout the San Gabriel Valley soared to new
heights this week as they set the new Guinness World RecordTM
for the “World’s Tallest Cookie Tower ” at Paseo Colorado. The
Guinness World RecordTM
attempt was part of a special showcase event on Friday, Feb. 29.
Girl Scouts – Mt. Wilson Vista Council, in partnership with the
California School of Culinary Arts Baking Club and Paseo Colorado
and Southern California Edison, hosted to kick off the start of Girl
Scout Cookie booth sales in Southern California.
Over 70 Girl Scouts working together as the Stacker Packer Cookie Girls
completed a 5’4” cookie tower created out of nearly 20,000 Do-Si-Do and Thin
Mint Girl Scout Cookies. The former world record stands at 5’2 ¼”. Once the
record attempt was set and documented, the girls continued to construct and
decorate the tower, bringing it to an unofficial 5’7”. Girl Scouts – Mt.
Wilson Vista Council will soon send documentation to Guinness World RecordsTM
in London, England, to certify the new world record.
Construction began on Feb. 28, and successfully concluded just shy of 16
hours on Friday, Feb. 29. Girls worked in shift teams to construct the
tower, while official witnesses, from firefighters to public officials,
documented the process at all times. Little Brownie Bakers donated the
cookies for the project. The nine-tiered design included 145 layers of
cookies and weighed over 425 pounds.
The cookie tower project activity continued Girl Scouts’ recent commitment
of providing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs to
build and reinforce girls’ interest in the STEM fields. Girl Scouts and
local engineer and architecture experts worked together to strategize and
design the architectural feat. The girls worked with professionals to decide
which cookies to use, considering their weight, shape, and how well they
could withstand the pressure of stacking.
The kick-off event put the spotlight on the
Annual Girl Scout Cookie Program, America’s leading business and
economic literacy program for girls, and also included a “cookie
creations” contest for girls and the unveiling of the largest Samoa
Girl Scout Cookie in Southern California. The 70-inch cookie marvel,
complete with coconut and caramel, was created by The California
School of Culinary Arts Baking Club.
