As an active member of the Iola Historical Society I am sometimes asked to monitor our facility when used by an outside group.

On January 26, the Waupaca area Girl Scouts used our Machine Shed exhibition building for a bunch of activities centered around the kick-off of the annual cookie drive.

It was interesting to learn of the current offerings, the current price ($6.00 a box in our area), and see the new packaging.

I was not aware that there would be a numismatic connection - they had "Daisy Bucks" to teach the young girls about money handling, A full set of coins (including the half dollar), paper money in denomination from $1 to $100 (sadly no $2), but also checks and credit cards were discussed as payment options for cookie purchase.

Nicely printed examples are distributed in leader packets, but I also learned that leaders can print more from the GSUSA website. (Sorry, I do not have that link).

To cap off a fun afternoon, I got to sample some of my favorites - the classic trefoils.