Hey #Heartbreakers! SO excited!! I can't wait to host and perform at USA Girl Scouts Overseas' 2023 Cookie Rally! We'll be joined by an amazing lineup of inspiring female Special Guests (including an Olympian!!). Meet our Special Guests below!

And BIG NEWS! Individual Registration is NOW OPEN!! Join me and your Girl Scout sisters from all around the world on Saturday, January 14th, 2023 for an epic event -- featuring an exclusive concert from me!! -- to help get you ready to 'Go Bright Ahead' this Cookie Season!

REGISTER for USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Cookie Rally!

Her excitement is high and her dreams are big! This Girl Scout Cookie Season, she's ready to go bright ahead and so are her Girl Scout champions. We know Girl Scout Cookie entrepreneurs are true forces of nature - they're bold, curious, and bring a goal-getter spirit to every challenge before them no matter how big or how small. Whether she's planning her own cookie stand, running a booth with her troop, or making a splash on her digital cookie page, USA Girl Scouts Overseas has the tools to help her reach her goals. So, let's dive in and go bright ahead!

Cookie Rally 2023 will be packed with inspirational and informational activities designed to help each girl push past boundaries, explore the unknown, and realize she can do anything-especially with her Girl Scout sisters by her side. Let's make a splash!

The Girl Scout Cookie Program® is so much more than selling cookies. Through the experience, girls build 5 skills that will last a lifetime: goal setting, decision-making, money management, people skills and business ethics. USAGSO's Cookie Rally will provide girls with opportunities to think about each of these skills and how to put them into action as a team.

Through hands-on activities, special guest presenters, and even an exclusive concert from our Host, Pop Singer/Songwriter and Girl Scout Lifetime Member, Kristina Lachaga, girls will not only have a blast, but will also leave ready to rock the Cookie Season!

Kristina will be joined by Special Guests to help inspire our Girl Scouts to 'Go Bright Ahead' this Cookie Season.

Confirmed Special Guests include:

Kristina Lachaga - Pop Singer/Songwriter,USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Cookie Rally's Host & Musical Guest

Angela Y. Lin - Partnership Lead for YouTube Learning

Ann and Maddy Baum - App Developers and Founders of Spillt

Christina Funke Tegbe - Founder and Creative Visionary behind 54 Thrones

Marga Crespí - Olympic Bronze Medalist, Synchronized Swimming

Sharen Hau - Digital Creator, South Korea Travels

Sydney and Shea Hinckley - Founders of the affirmation-based company, UPwords, Stuffed Hugs Charity and Twin Frames Photography

Rainbow Mosho - 13-year-old Tennessean artist and entrepreneur on the Autism spectrum

Indianapolis Zoo - Meet our mascot and learn more about dolphins!

And more! Stay tuned for more special guest announcements! We'll share them right here as they're confirmed. Plus, meet our Special Guests below!

Cookie Rally Event Info

Cookie Rally is open to all Girl Scouts (& Girl Guides!) in all program grade levels (Girl Scout Daisies through Ambassadors, and corresponding Girl Guide program levels) and adult volunteers, no matter what Council/WAGGGS International Member Organization you're in! The program takes place at 3am EST / 9am CET / 5pm JST -- please be sure to check what time that is in your specific location!

Time Zone Conversions...so you don't miss our Cookie Rally wherever you are in the world!

P.S. Can't attend Live? No worries! We'll record the Cookie Rally and send the playback to all registrants within 1 week of the program.

Cookie Rally Registration

Registration for Cookie Rally closes Friday, January 13th at 9am Central European Time. The cost of the program includes the 2023 Cookie Rally Patch!

Register for Cookie Rally on USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Eventbrite

Meet our Special Guests

Our Special Guests have been announced and we're SO excited to have these adventurous gals & total girl bosses join us to inspire you this Cookie Season! Meet our very Special Guests below!

Kristina Lachaga - Host & Musical Guest - USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Cookie Rally

Rising pop singer/songwriter Kristina Lachaga, "The Girl With The Big Pink Heart™," has shared the stage with many artists on the scene, including Olivia Holt, Skylar Stecker, Bea Miller, Shawn Hook, and stars from Disney and Nickelodeon at concerts and events, including iHeartRadio & Girls' Life magazine's Shawn Mendes and One Direction Concert Pre-Parties. Having visited over 150 schools across the country spreading her #FollowYourHeartsDream™ and 'Sticks and Stones Anti-Bullying' messages, Kristina uses her voice to help give teens and tweens the confidence to explore their passions, work hard, and be themselves.

She made her television performance debut on CBS/WBTV performing her single "R.S.V.P." -- inspired by Simon and Schuster/Aladdin MIX's book series You're Invited -- in Charlotte, NC's Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kristina, a Girl Scout Lifetime Member, has loved headlining Girl Scout QuestFest 2018 & 2019 in Savannah, GA (and 2020 & 2021 virtually!) and USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Cookie Rallies & Girl Scout World Tour, as well as performing at G.I.R.L. 2017 (Girl Scouts of the USA's National Convention in Columbus, OH), Girl Scout Cookie Rallies and Expos.

Kristina's covers and original songs have over 3 million views across Instagram. Kristina's original songs -- including her new summer anthem, "Hot Summer" -- are available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, YouTube, Deezer, and more.

Become a #Heartbreaker and follow @KristinaLachaga on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, & TikTok. www.KristinaLachaga.com

SPECIAL GUESTS

Angela Y. Lin - Partnership Lead for YouTube Learning

Angela Y. Lin leads partnerships for YouTube Learning, working with creators and partners to make educational content more accessible and interactive to users around the world. She previously helped launch the YouTube Kids app as well as original programming such as Crash Course and TED-Ed on the platform.

Prior to joining YouTube, Angela was a strategy consultant specializing in digital media and entertainment and served as a film programmer at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Angela began her career as a Page at NBC where she worked on SNL, the Today Show, and the Olympics. She has also worked on productions for the Travel Channel in Peru, TVB in Hong Kong, and the Shanghai Grand Theatre in China. Angela graduated with honors in economics from Harvard College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ann and Maddy Baum - App Developers and Founders of Spillt

Maddy Baum is a co-founder of Spillt, a social app for saving and sharing recipes. She designed the initial prototype of the app and manages the marketing, operations, and ongoing design. Prior to founding Spillt, Maddy worked in Sales at Avochato, a business text messaging software, focusing on customers in every sector. She pivoted to sales from working in pharmaceutical advertising, where she was in Account Management. Maddy graduated from Trinity College (CT) with a degree in Art History.

Ann Baum is a co-founder of Spillt (and she is Maddy's sister!) Before Spillt, she worked with Maddy at the business text messaging software company, Avochato, where Ann was Director of Product. Earlier in her career, she worked as a software developer at Instagram where she helped build Direct Messages for iOS. She received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and studied engineering at Dartmouth College for her undergraduate degree.

Spillt is a social app for saving and organizing online recipes, while showing you the recipes your friends are cooking. It features tools that let you do things like create grocery lists from multiple recipes at once, review recipes within the app for your friends to see, and keeps your phone screen awake while you are cooking from a recipe. Spillt also allows food bloggers to install a plugin on their website that organizes their recipes into a Spillt profile and shares new recipes with their Spillt followers.

Spillt's Website // Spillt's Instagram // Spillt's Facebook

Christina Funke Tegbe - Founder and Creative Visionary behind 54 Thrones

Christina Funke Tegbe is the founder and creative visionary behind 54 Thrones. An African beauty brand inspired by the richness, diversity, and cultures of the continent and its people.

A southern-American childhood rooted with the cultural essence of Nigeria, Christina grew up experiencing the true and sacred beauty of Africa. Empowered by her Nigerian aunt who would indulge her with tubs of shea butter sent via Nigeria and moved by the ingenuity and innovation across the motherland, she answered the call to share the heart and soul of Africa with the world. In 2015, she left a career in corporate consulting to launch 54 Thrones.

With 54 Thrones, Christina aspires to spread the message of the African origin of clean beauty". Determined to share the beauty and authenticity of an Africa often not seen, she partners with passionate artisans who handcraft the rich ingredients that make up the brand.

54 Throne's Website // 54 Throne's Instagram // 54 Throne's Facebook // Christina's Instagram // Christina's Facebook

Marga Crespí - Olympic Bronze Medalist, Synchronized Swimming

Marga Crespí is an Spanish Synchronized swimmer that represented Spain in the Olympics 2012, winning the bronze medal with the team.

She is originally from Mallorca, but she moved to Barcelona at the age of 16 to join the national team. They won the gold medal in the World Championships 2009, European champions in 2012 and culminated her career after winning 5 medals in the World Championships 2013.

She retired from competition in 2014 and joined a water show in Las Vegas called 'Le Reve' where she used to perform twice a day in front of 1600 spectators every night.

Now she settled in South California where she still coaches and enjoys the sunsets by the beach.

Instagram // Facebook

Sharen Hau - Digital Creator, South Korea Travels

Hello everyone! My name's Sharen and I am a digital content creator for Korea tourism. While exploring Korea since 2018, I've been an English teacher for students in grade 1-9 in Seoul. I love to travel while learning about the culture to share with the world!

I've always enjoyed making content since I was in middle school and decided to go into cosmetology when my YouTube videos based off my passions in beauty. Afterwards, I went into marketing at university to be more well-rounded in my interest for content creating! I made it to Seoul after graduating and started making content related to tourism since K-culture has become extremely popular these days.

I specialize in content relating to living in Korea, BTS and other K-pop groups, food, beauty, things to do in each region/city, seasonal posts, cool things found in Korea, and just anything that may spark interest to all! Being an expat in Korea is a very interesting life and I hope to share my diaries with everyone!

If you're interested in sneaking a look, you can find me on my Instagram and YouTube! @seoulfuldiaries

Instagram // YouTube // TikTok // Facebook // Website

Sydney & Shea Hinckley - Founders of the affirmation-based company, UPwords, Stuffed Hugs Charity and Twin Frames Photography

Sydney and Shea Hinckley are the founders of the affirmation-based company, UPwords, Stuffed Hugs Charity and Twin Frames Photography. They are seniors in high school in Dallas, Texas.

Sydney and Shea have a heart for children and young adults. They enjoy using their photography business to take photos of families with children with life threatening diseases, they created Stuffed Hugs to collect and donate stuffed animals to the local children's hospitals and their online boutique, UPwords is dedicated to empowering young women to become their best selves.

UPwords is a Dallas-based clothing and accessories business founded by fraternal twins, Sydney and Shea Hinckley, to create a positive culture for young women to feel confident in their own skin. UPwords carries products that are stylish, affordable and affirmation-based with messaging about worth, value, beauty, strength, bravery and uniqueness. The mission of the company is to create a positive culture and empower women around the world.

UPwords has been featured on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, ABC, NBC, KRLD, Dallas Innovates Magazine and The Voyage Magazine.

When they are not working or studying, they enjoy speaking engagements, traveling, tennis, music, coffee shops, and hanging out with friends.

UPwords' Website // UPwords' Instagram // UPwords' Facebook

Rainbow Mosho - 13-year-old Tennessean artist and entrepreneur on the Autism spectrum

Rainbow Mosho is a 13 year old Tennessean artist and entrepreneur on the Autism spectrum. Named Thomais Moshopoulos at birth, her love of colour and fun resulted in her artistic persona of "Rainbow Mosho".

She wants to share the message kids can learn from kids.

She wants kids to find hope in her books.

She wants to be considered the go to child from which other children can learn - autism or not!

Website // Instagram // Facebook // Twitter

Indianapolis Zoo - Meet our mascot and learn more about dolphins!

The Indianapolis Zoo is a 64-acre non-profit zoo, public aquarium, and botanical garden in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

Website // Facebook // Instagram

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As a former (and forever!) Girl Scout and now Lifetime Member of Girl Scouts, I can't wait to be a part of this super special Cookie-kickoff event!

((P.S. Not a Girl Scout? Join here and then register for Cookie Rally!))

See you in 2023, Girl Scouts! xoxo

LYM! <3

love, the girl with the big pink heart™