Local team leader Tamika Washington said, “We are so excited with this year’s tally! We can have really cool summer camps next year with the money we raised.”

This year’s numbers are attributed to a competition between divisions. The top sellers in each chapter received prizes, and the chapter with the highest overall tally received a bonus prize: Girls could rename their chapter whatever they chose.

The most intense rivalry featured chapters 4474 and 4744.

“I couldn’t believe how many boxes my teammates sold!” Washington said. “With the chance to rename our troop, we were all very determined.”

On the final day of sales, two chapters led the pack in a close race. Just when it looked like 4474 had won, some last-minute chocolate chip cookie orders forced a recount.

The recount put Chapter 4744 ahead by 29 boxes. Chapter 4474 was not about to be beaten and noted that many of the order slips were confusing. Some check marks for peanut butter cookies looked like check marks for chocolate mint. Chapter 4474 demanded that all the sheets be sent back to the cookie buyers to make certain they were accurate.

The second recount revealed that Chapter 4744 was indeed the winner.

“I was so excited,” Washington said. “The girls in my troop worked really hard and they deserved the prize.” The girls of Chapter 4744 decided to use their prize to rename their group Chapter 4774.