Published by admin on Tue, 04/07/2026 - 3:48pm
Girl Scout Bristol Sjostrom, age 14, has turned cookie season into something much better than even Thin Mints and Samoas. The Gardner resident is turning her hard work into hope for veterans and hometown heroes.
Friday, April 3 blew in with ominous news. Mother Nature threatened intense thunderstorms. The odds of golf ball-sized hail didn’t stop Sjostrom and her mother Marie Sjostrom, from hawking cookies at Petro gas station in Wilmington. She’s determined to reach her goal of selling 15,000 boxes of cookies. If it means risking life and limb, so be it.
