{"id":113850,"date":"2026-02-14T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/113850\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:14:07","slug":"pennsylvania-girl-scout-pim-neill-breaks-record-selling-87000-boxes-of-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/113850\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Girl Scout Pim Neill, breaks record selling 87,000 boxes of cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dedicated Girl Scout in Pennsylvania has smashed the record for most cookies sold in a single season and isn\u2019t letting anything stop her from earning the top prize.<\/p>\n

Little 6-year-old Pim Neill sold nearly 87,000 boxes of the seasonal treat as of Saturday morning for her fundraiser, which started with the modest goal of selling enough cookies to earn a spot at scout camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cPim is literally unstoppable,\u201d Pim\u2019s father, Luke Anorak-Neill, told People.<\/a><\/p>\n

Daisy Scout Pim has smashed multiple records selling Girl Scout Cookies this year. Luke Anorak-Neill\/Facebook<\/p>\n

The young Pittsburgh scout had her eyes set on selling the most boxes within her group of 11 kindergartners. She then aimed to sell 5,000 boxes before setting her sights on breaking the state record then quickly aimed for selling over 10,000 boxes.<\/p>\n

Her new goal is set for 100,000 boxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPim\u2019s goal is 100,026 boxes so she can go to Girl Scout Camp this summer, go on adventures with her troop and bring some amazing service projects to her community,\u201d Anorak-Neill wrote on Facebook<\/a> on Friday night. <\/p>\n

\u201cPim is hoping to sell \u2018more cookies than anyone\u2019 and we are tackling her goal a few (thousand) at a time. Pim has shattered several national records and is looking to crumble the world record for most boxes sold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pim, currently a Daisy scout \u2013 the youngest of all scouts \u2014 began selling cookies on Tuesday, January 6, and by that Friday, she had sold 800 boxes, according to CBS News Pittsburgh.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Girl Scouts\u2019 cookie season often runs from January to April, the organization said<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The family has utilized Facebook and TikTok accounts to market the little girl\u2019s ventures, updating followers on the daily count of cookies sold.<\/p>\n

Anorak-Neill has shared the young girl\u2019s adventures on social media, where he routinely tracks the number of cookies that Pim sold.<\/p>\n

Pim with her parents Luke Anorak-Neill and Don Neill. Luke Anorak-Neill\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Pim, a current Daisy scout \u2013 the youngest of all scouts \u2014 faced delays joining a troop because of her late birthday Luke Anorak-Neill\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Anorak-Neill helped Pim by advertising on multiple Facebook groups and telling family members his daughter wanted cookie sales instead of Christmas gifts.<\/p>\n

They have also gone the traditional route, going door-to-door offering the goodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cPim has been out knocking on doors everyday after school and on the weekends so long as the weather allows. She calls people, hands out flyers, and asks everyone at church and community activities. We are excited to get preorders so she can deliver cookies and continue bringing joy! Place your order online today!\u201d Anorak-Neill wrote.<\/p>\n

The family has shared the online tracker<\/a> for Pim\u2019s cookie sales.<\/p>\n

Pim had dreamed of joining the scouts since she was 3 years old, when she saw a group selling cookies. Luke Anorak-Neill\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Pim faced delays joining a troop because of her late birthday and was then mocked because of her disabilities when she tried to join a group, a journey Anorak-Neill described as \u201cbrutal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one cookie booth, when we asked the adult ladies running the booth, before we knew anything about Girl Scouts, the one lady literally screamed at us (in front of all the girls) that my child\u2019s disabilities would hold a troop back and that she didn\u2019t want Pim in her troop,\u201d Anorak-Neill told the outlet. \u201cShe told us to go find a playgroup for disabled kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pim had dreamed of joining the scouts since she was 3 years old, when she saw a group selling cookies.<\/p>\n

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When she eventually joined, Pim\u2019s family feared she wouldn\u2019t acclimate to the fast-paced lifestyle, but the fearless kinergartner proved everyone wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cPim\u2019s first few meetings were very hard. Her disabilities were things we had to overcome, but everyone was supportive,\u201d Anorak-Neill says. \u201cI did all the background stuff and signed up as a troop leader so I would be able to go anywhere Pim goes to support her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pim was dedicated to selling the most cookies after learning that the top prize was a trip to Niagara Falls, a place where Anorak-Neill was brought to by his partner, Don Neill, before moving from Idaho to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Neill collapsed last year and was hospitalized, jeopardizing the family trip to the natural landmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cPim knows Niagara Falls is important. She wants to see it in person,\u201d Anorak-Neill said.<\/p>\n

Pim\u2019s vest and badges she has earned since joining the scouts. Luke Anorak-Neill\/Facebook<\/p>\n

The lifetime cookies record is currently held by motivational speaker Katie Francis<\/a>, who sold 180,000 boxes between 2011 and 2020.<\/p>\n

Francis also held the record for most sales in a single season until Lilly Bumpus sold over 32,000 in 2021, a record quickly demolished by Pim\u2019s business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aren\u2019t sure what happened, so we can only try to sell more boxes,\u201d Anorak-Neill said about his daughter\u2019s incredible performance. \u201cFriday morning, we watched the cookie counter. People were excited to help a 6-year-old crush a record that was literally set the season after she was born.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dedicated Girl Scout in Pennsylvania has smashed the record for most cookies sold in a single season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[734,40904,33713,28,30,29,73,302],"class_list":["post-113850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-children","tag-girl-scout-cookies","tag-girl-scouts","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}