Whiz Kids: Girl Scout Troop 925

Whiz Kids:

Girl Scout Troop 925. Samantha Carlson, Ivey Casas, Zoey Casas, Kennedy Clay-Lund, Hannah Creswick, Alisa Flores, Rebecca Halfacre, Jane Hunt, Lily Jeffs, Maile Jones, Sophia Jones, Olivia Kienzle, Sophie Kim, Mackinley Marriot, Holly McGilvray, Jessica Miller, Julie Miller, Stephanie Miller, Kiana Rad, Mai Robinson, Giselle Segura, Vanessa Segura and Jessi Stokx.

The troop age ranges from 4-14. We listed the names of the girls in the accompanying photographs. However, the troop has well over 70 girls.

Organization:

Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. Troop 925 is based out of  Beethoven Elementary, but includes girls from several schools including Walgrove Elementary, Mar Vista Elementary, Ocean Charter, Mark Twain Middle School, Visitation and Palms Middle School.

Accomplishment:

The troop was the #1 cookie selling troop in LA County (including parts of Kern and San Bernardino) . They sold over 17,000 boxes of cookies over four weekends in February and March. 

Key to Awesomeness:

Girl Scout Leader Gloria Halfacre said the girls were very successful starting their own businesses selling the Girl Scout Cookies. "Although the girls did sell the traditional way of door-to-door and booths at markets, they went beyond that with Facebook, the Cookie Club (an online order taking provided by Girl Scouts), in front of their homes, family businesses, on busy traffic corners, the beach and Food Truck events.  You name it, the girls were there selling," said Halfacre.  "They made great signs, used the cookie costumes and banners, and we could not be more proud of them."

Do you know a great kid who made Eagle Scout, or did your local cheer team take the championship? They may be our next Patch Whiz Kid honoree.

Each week, Mar Vista Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and will select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid. Submit your nomination in our comment box below or email the information to kelly.hartog@patch.com