Lessons in team building, organization, money management and salesmanship … all wrapped up in a box of cookies.

Members of Escalon Girl Scout Troop 2695 were busy on Saturday, March 1 as a trio of Daisy scouts worked a shift at their Girl Scout cookie booth, set up outside MarVal Main Street Market on McHenry Avenue.

As five-year-old Eleanor Farris held up the sign advertising the cookies for sale, five-year-old Nora Smith made sure the packages of cookies were neatly arranged on the nearby sale table. And six-year-old Olivia Plascencia was taking stock of the finances, keeping the dollar bills, fives and tens in order in the money box.

They were all eager to help potential shoppers make purchases, highlighting the various cookie flavors.

“We’ve worked different (time) slots, we’ve been here and at D’Boni’s (Pizza),” said Eleanor’s mom, Emily Farris, who is a co-leader of the Daisy troop along with Paige Gallego.

The three young Scouts had favorite parts about the sales experience, with Olivia enjoying the fact that people stopped and bought cookies to help support the troop.

When she wasn’t busy holding the sign over her head, to attract customers in, Eleanor shared she enjoyed the peanut butter cookies the best.

Nora said along with selling and eating cookies, she enjoys attending the scout meetings and doing activities with the troop.

Meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of the month at Trinity Church in Escalon.

Sales of the cookies will continue in the local area, but there is a limited time frame for the sales.

You can find a booth in the area by going to the Girl Scout Cookie Finder website online and putting in your Zip Code. That will also allow you to purchase online if a booth isn’t open near you.

Troop 2695 members and leaders said they hope to donate the money from their cookie sales to benefit the local food bank and animal shelter.