Fanwood Police Help Turn Girl Scouts’ Cookie Clash Into Success

Selling Girl Scout cookies on their own street in Scotch Plains turned ugly for two little girls in February. Angelina Skolar, 9, and her sister Natalie, 12, now have boxes and boxes of Girl Scout cookies in their dining room, the result of a windfall of orders from a community that reached out after hearing that the girls were verbally abused while going door to door. “A woman appeared in the street and started yelling at them,” said Sandy Crespo, the girls’ mother. After posting about the incident on Facebook, Ms. Crespo was contacted by Dianne Howarth, Administrative Assistant to Fanwood Police Chief Richard Trigo. Dianne started passing around an order form at Police Headquarters and Borough Hall and in no time, there were orders for 250 boxes of cookies from officers and employees.
“I couldn’t be prouder of Dianne and our police officers,” said Fanwood Chief Trigo. “It’s further proof that our officers are invested in our community.”