Sacramento – Millions of Girl Scout Cookies will flow into the Sacramento region Saturday during a “Girl Scout Cookie Mega Drop,” in anticipation of storefront sales beginning soon.

Jennifer Lemos of the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California regional district said the Girl Scouts will distribute a cool million boxes of cookies from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Cal Expo in Sacramento.

Lemos said semi-trucks full of Girl Scout Cookies will be for sale after the one-time mass distribution of cookies to local Scouts, and thousands of troop leaders will drive down a giant assembly line to fill their vehicles with cases of cookies. In the past, troop leaders have resorted to U-Hauls, trailers, even an old ambulance, creating a convoy to fill orders.

Regional sale director Helen Whitelaw said 958 pickups are scheduled, with close to 2,000 vehicles expected, and a crew of 500 volunteers will load vehicles, direct traffic and count cookies. The event is not open to the public, but afterward Girl Scouts will sell cookies in front of local stores, from Feb. 25 until March 20.

The local American Red Cross chapter will set up a kitchen to prepare food for Mega Drop volunteers through the day, using it as a training exercise for disaster volunteers.

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