If you need a tasty treat, or just a good laugh, Wild Freeborn has the skills and the smile to make you want to buy just about anything. Selling shortbreads was one reason the Asheville 3rd grader signed up for Girl Scouts this year. She had one big goal in mind. "if you sell 1000 cookies, you get to go to summer camp. So then I really wanted to sell those cookies!" The order was tall enough, but then the 8 year old got another wild idea: sell 12,000 boxes and send her entire troop on the trip. "why not try?", her father Bryan says. "The world has been made by people who try to do the impossible."
The Freeborn's took the cookie campaign online, with a Youtube video that was an instant hit. In it, Wild makes the pitch: "Help me help others. Buy cookies! They're yummy!" The yummy message worked. Within weeks, Wild had 700 new orders. But not everyone liked the sweet sell. The local Girl Scout council complained, saying the video violated the scout's policy of no online selling. The Freeborn's took it down. "I worked just as hard as everyone else," Wild says.
Still, the 8 year old wouldn't quit. Now, her family has found other ways to market the treats online. She even has facebook followers to help the cause. "I think it's great!," Wild says. The lesson at the end of the day, her father says, is simple. "Stick with it, and don't let the nay sayers get you down." Judging from her results, nothing will stop the gifted girl, with a spirt just as sweet as what she's selling.
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