Girl Scout Cookie Booths make 2026 Debut in Culver City

Girl Scout Cookie season is in full swing, but booths are finally making their way to Culver City.

Starting today at 4 p.m., Culver City residents can find Girl Scout cookie booths at grocery stores and other locations citywide through March 8. Girl Scouts have been selling cookies online and in person since the beginning of the month, but this marks the first time booths are appearing at Culver City stores.

Much of the money raised during these sale periods goes to charitable causes and funds the larger organization of Girl Scouts in the area — Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (GSGLA) — but the local Girl Scout troops you are buying cookies from receive $1 for each $6 or $7 box they sell.

Many use the money raised from Girl Scout cookie sales to fund their Award Projects, a series of community-oriented undertakings by the troop and its members done as part of the Girl Scout program. These projects have three levels tackled in succession with corresponding awards — Bronze, Silver, and Gold — and each project is required to benefit the community in some way.

How to Buy Girl Scout Cookies

People in Culver City can buy cookies online or in person at local booths, supporting specific troops or projects based on preference.

If a buyer knows who they want to support, they can use that troop's Digital Cookie portal to order. These portals are made specifically for each troop, where they can purchase cookies online while ensuring a particular troop or Scout receives that revenue.

There are 18 Girl Scout troops located in Culver City’s zip codes with Digital Cookie landing pages listed on the GSGLA website, several of which cover multiple Culver City codes. For those who want to support a Culver City troop, cookies can be purchased directly and delivered to your home from one of the following troops:

• 90066: Troop 04995, Troop 05675, Troop 06525, Troop 07161, Troop 16815, Troop 17045, Troop 68962, Troop 70245, Troop 95533,
• 90230: Troop 01066, Troop 01371, Troop 02185, Troop 05195, Troop 05675, Troop 06525, Troop 14835, Troop 16575, Troop 17045, Troop 20155, Troop 70545
• 90231: Troop 05195, Troop 05675, Troop 06525
• 90232: Troop 05563, Troop 05675, Troop 06525, Troop 16575, Troop 17045, Troop 70545

(EN: The 90066 area code is primarily Los Angeles, including Mar Vista, Del Rey, Westdale, Playa Vista, Palms, Sunset Park, McLaughlin, and Park West. This list includes all troops in the 90066 area code.)

For those who simply want to donate through the Cookies for the Community (C4C) program, GSGLA partners with non-profits such as the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, United Service Organizations (USO), and Blue Star Mothers of America to help bring cookies and assistance to those in need.

Some residents may see their Girl Scout neighbors selling cookies at their front door, as Girl Scouts are also encouraged to go door-to-door in their neighborhoods to make sales.

Booths will be popping up at several locations throughout Culver City from today through March 8. On weekdays, shoppers will see older troops after school at designated booth locations, while younger troops are more often seen during weekend booth hours.

For those interested in buying in person, here is a schedule of booths in Culver City for the 2026 Girl Scout cookie season. (EN: For newsletter readers, click the link here)

For those undecided on how to buy cookies or who to buy from, here are some of the Girl Scouts you can support this year:

Katherine Wiseman: Troop 13775

Age: 13

Grade: 8

School: New Roads School

Favorite Way to Eat Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints crumbled onto chocolate frosting on a chocolate cupcake

When I Grow Up, I Want To: Make and/or Direct Movies

Where to Buy Cookies: Digital Cookie

• Feb. 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. - Trader Joes
• Feb. 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Super Domestic Coffee (DTCC)
• Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to Noon - Trader Joes
• Mar. 1 from 3 to 6 p.m. - Trader Joes

All of the stars aligned on Katherine Wiseman’s path to becoming a Girl Scout.

A group of Wiseman’s friends decided they wanted to join a Girl Scout troop together in First Grade, and it was only natural that she tagged along. Her mother, Elisa, her grandmother, and her great-grandmother were Girl Scouts, and the younger Wiseman was eager to continue that legacy.

She has remained close with Troop 13775 over the years they have spent together, enjoying experiences like horseback riding, a silent disco party, and a trip to Camp Lakota in Frazier Park as a Girl Scout.

“We are inseparable at this point,” Wiseman told Culver Crescent about her fellow Troop 13775 members. “Girl Scouts made us that way.”

Wiseman has no problems selling Girl Scout cookies now, but she has learned a great deal over the years working at the booth. At first, it was basic skills like counting and math, but it evolved into learning how to talk to strangers and be a leader.

One of her favorite parts of being out selling cookies is listening to the stories of her customers and the people who pass by who recall their past service fondly.

“It’s nice to hear stories from older women who say ‘Oh, I was a Girl Scout once,’” Wiseman said. “It’s shared nostalgia.”

She fondly recalled selling enough cookies one year to earn a stuffed leopard when she was younger, which boosted her confidence. Girl Scouts runs a Goal program that rewards hitting sales thresholds, and this year's prizes include a water bottle, a t-shirt, and a duffel bag.

"I think I met the prize requirement by one box," Wiseman said. "I remember feeling really good about myself...I felt like I could do anything I wanted to."

While there are no prizes she hopes to win this cookie season, Wiseman instead has her own goal: to sell 350 boxes of cookies. Wiseman is working with several other Troop 13775 scouts on a Silver Award Project focused on addressing ocean pollution, and the group is looking to work with organizations such as Heal The Bay and the Aquarium of the Pacific on this effort, and are planning to write a letter to the groups to ask for their partnership.

For Troop 13775’s Bronze Award project, they created Public Service Announcements and wrote to state leaders like Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass to campaign for life-saving medication. Joining her friends' group and continuing a family tradition were great reasons for the younger Wiseman to become a Girl Scout, but she says opportunities like these to impact others' lives have made the experience all the more rewarding.

“It was really cool to write to the Governor and Mayor,” she said. “The Troop got closer...and it was really fun making a difference in the world.”

Roxana (Roxie) Bakhtari: Troop 71045

Age: 16

Grade: 11

School: Palisades Charter High School

Favorite Way to Eat Girl Scout Cookies: Explore Mores after some time in the Fridge or Freezer

When I Grow Up, I Want to: Work at a PR Firm or pursue a career in Marketing

Where to Buy Cookies: Digital Cookie

For a Scout with a marketer’s spirit, selling cookies is something that comes naturally to Roxie Bakhtari.

One of her most distinct memories of selling Girl Scout cookies involves performing skits and belting tunes to attract customers to her booth.

“Some of my best memories are of people I know coming up while I am selling cookies, and I'm singing a song,” Bakhtari told Culver Crescent.

She has been a Girl Scout since the Fifth Grade and is currently part of the inaugural cohort of the “Girl Scouts Exploring Media” program, which is the successor of GSGLA’s Girl Scout Advisory Bureau (GAB) and focuses on developing participants' media skills.

This has given her the opportunity to attend events and conferences with prominent media figures like Teen Vogue and Adobe as she learns skills that will help her reach her career goals.

"The girls get media training in addition to access to all these incredible events," Roxie's mother Melissa said. "It's been an amazing opportunity."

Unlike Wiseman, Bakhtari did not just have a tight-knit group of friends who planned to join the Scouts together. She did not know all of the members of Troop 71045 well when they first started, but has developed those relationships over the years together as Scouts.

“We decided to not just ask our friends to join the troop, but ask people in our school that we maybe didn't know as well, because we knew that they could be great leaders,” Bakhtari said. “Throughout the years, I've really gotten close with them.”

Bakhtari is working on her Gold Project — titled "Beyond the Stage" — as an individual, unlike the previous two levels where Scouts work together. She is working to create a video featuring performing arts professionals discussing how their experience helped them acquire more general, soft skills — such as communication, teamwork, and adaptability — that they use in their careers.

Bakhtari will also be running workshops for younger girls to help improve their communication skills.

Money raised from cookie sales will help fund purchases, such as editing software for the video and materials for the workshops she will be hosting. However, Bakhtari has already raised the funds she needs for her own project and will help other members of Troop 71045 raise funds for theirs.

Many of her own skills can be traced back to her experiences as a Girl Scout, and cookie sales are no exception, Bakhtari said. Going door-to-door and working at a booth has allowed her to develop key skills that can apply to her future career aspirations as a marketing professional.

“Selling cookies has really taught me how to make personal connections with the customers and get to know a little bit about them with every sale, so it's not just so transactional,” Bakhtari said. “We also have to come up with fun ways to market the cookies.”

Bakhtari says she owes a great deal to her time as a Scout and to the opportunities, such as the Girl Scouts Exploring Media program, that it has afforded her. She first joined Girl Scouts to be with friends, earn badges, and sell cookies, but it has since become a crucial part of her life.

“It's really just about me coming into my own as a girl and getting the opportunities to talk with influential women,” Bakhtari said of being a Girl Scout. “It’s honestly allowed me to gain access to things that I never really believed I could do.”