{"id":1530,"date":"2021-06-03T20:16:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-583903-1890774.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2021-09-03T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T18:51:45","slug":"googles-delivery-service-is-helping-girl-scouts-with-cookie-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/2021\/06\/03\/googles-delivery-service-is-helping-girl-scouts-with-cookie-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Delivery Service is Helping Girl Scouts with Cookie Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Due to the pandemic, the Girl Scouts have been experiencing a 50% shortfall in cookie sales. This is because of reduced foot traffic, and the limited ability to sell cookies in person. Now, Google\u2019s delivery service \u201cWing\u201d has teamed up with a Girl Scout group in Christiansburg, Virginia, to run America\u2019s very first and only residential drone delivery service.<\/p>\n<p>With delivery available via drone, Christiansburg residents can get classic cookies like Thin Mints and Peanut Butter Patties dropped directly at their front door.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/wing.com\/\"><strong>Wing <\/strong><\/a>is working with local scouts to show them how drone technology works, hoping to inspire the girls to pursue careers in STEM.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can order the cookies until the end of May, using the Wing app or the <a href=\"https:\/\/wing.com\/va\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a>. The company has committed to selling 3,000 boxes of cookies before then, and so far, the best-sellers are the Thin Mints.<\/p>\n<p>Wing global communications lead Lia Reich said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2021\/04\/28\/google-wing-drone-girl-scout-cookies-delivery-covid-impact\/4859683001\/\"><strong>USA TODAY<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cEven with loosening COVID restrictions, the traditional method of selling cookies outside of grocery stores or shops is difficult this year. It was a natural fit to partner with the Girl Scouts to help out in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A cookie delivery via drone can be done in minutes, without adding to traffic congestion. And energy-wise, Wing says drones are about 10x as efficient as electric vehicles, and over 50x more efficient than gasoline-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The company believes this program will continue to grow, and drones could one day be delivering even more cookies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect that the future is going to have an opportunity for drones to be delivering to everyone across the country,\u201d Reich said. \u201cI think this is just a really great microcosm of what that can look like as we prep for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch below the excitement the Girl Scouts have with their partnership with Wing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFfsepDkTkA\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Due to the pandemic, the Girl Scouts have been experiencing a 50% shortfall in cookie sales. This is because of reduced foot traffic, and the limited ability to sell cookies in person. Now, Google\u2019s delivery service \u201cWing\u201d has teamed up with a Girl Scout group in Christiansburg, Virginia, to run America\u2019s very first and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3483,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions\/3483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}