Girl Scouts and DC Cupcakes Team Up For A Sweet Episode

Girl Scouts and DC Cupcakes Team Up For A Sweet Episode

Former Girl Scouts and Georgetown Cupcake owners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis earn their cooking badge with local Girl Scouts

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Former Girl Scouts and Georgetown Cupcake owners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis teach Girl Scouts how to bake while offering the girls inspirational advice on how to follow your dreams on DC CUPCAKES on TLC, Friday, April 1 at 10:30 PM (ET/PT). Batter will splatter and icing will fly as the girls go behind the scenes to bake. The sisters also gave the keynote address at the Girl Scouts Cookie College, a program designed to help young entrepreneurs learn business skills.

Girl Scouts and Georgetown Cupcake owners are available for interviews Friday, April 1.

During the month of April, Georgetown Cupcake will create a special Girl Scout Thin Mint® cupcake. All proceeds from the sale of the Girl Scout Thin Mint® cupcake will benefit the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital annual giving campaign, SHARE. The Girl Scout Thin Mint® cupcake is a chocolate cake with crushed Thin Mint Cookies® baked inside, topped with a mint ganache and decorated with fondant Girl Scout decorations.

The Girl Scout Thin Mint® Cupcakes are available at the flagship location: Georgetown Cupcake, 3301 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; and at the Bethesda location: 4834 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 from April 1-31.

About Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital

The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (GSCNC) is the premiere leadership development organization for girls, with over 88,000 members, 61,000 girls ages 5-17 and 4,900 troops. With the help of 27,000 dedicated adult volunteers and parents, the generosity of corporations and foundations, and our popular Girl Scout Cookie program, Girl Scouting helps build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. We serve the Greater Washington Region, which includes the District of Columbia, eight counties in Maryland, ten counties in Virginia and seven counties in West Virginia. Girl Scouts was founded in 1912 and will celebrate the 100(th) anniversary in 2012. For more information on how to join, volunteer, or donate to Girl Scouts visit our website at www.gscnc.org.

SOURCE Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital

Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital

CONTACT: Sarah Parillo, +1-202-534-3787, sparillo@gscnc.org, or Nancy Wood, +1-202-274-3304, nwood@gscnc.org

Web Site: http://www.gscnc.org/

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