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A Southern California girl has achieved an impressive sales record of Girl Scout cookies in a single three-month season with more than 32, 000 boxes.
The girl from San Bernardino is called Lilly Bumpus, 8 years old . Lilly is a cancer survivor and that is why she says that her dream is that all the profits from the sale of cookies go to cancer research in children, according to a report from the local ABC channel.
Girl Scout cookies are one of the greatest traditions related to girls in the United States.
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“It was like wow… It means a lot to me to see such a large number. It is like the largest number I have ever seen ”, said before the camera the little blonde , who due to the restrictions due to the pandemic this time he set up his cookie stand in front of his house and not outside of commercial stores.
Lilly managed to collect 5, 000 boxes of cookies donated to be delivered to children with cancer in a sample of big hearts.