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Girl Scout Cookie season is here, and troops across the country are selling Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, and Thin Mints to anyone who’ll buy them.
But a six-year-old from Pittsburgh just blew past every sales record anyone’s ever seen.
Pim Neill has sold over 100,000 boxes of cookies this season, according to CBS News. That’s not a typo – she’s moved more than 100,000 boxes.
How It All Started
“Pim wanted to join the Girl Scouts because when she was 3, she saw the girls selling cookies,” her father, Luke Anorak-Neill, said. “This whole thing started by her observing girls performing what most people think is the only thing Girl Scouts do, and that’s sell Girl Scout cookies.”
That explains the interest. But what explains selling numbers this insane?
It began when Pim was denied the chance to join the Girl Scouts due to a disability – she’d survived a double lung transplant.
“Our first troop, unfortunately, when we tried to join and ask questions about joining, the lady said that Pim’s disabilities would hold back the troop, and they didn’t want her to join. And that was really disappointing, but I decided she must not speak for all Girl Scouts as a whole.”
Another troop turned her away for being too young.
Pim kept pushing.
“We live in the city of Pittsburgh, and we have to travel to the Baldwin-Whitehall area (about a 20-30 minute drive), which we’re completely fine with,” said Anorak-Neill. “The troop is a great fit for Pim, and it’s 11 brilliant, fun kindergartners.”
The Sales Took Off Immediately
Once she found her troop, things moved fast.
“We kicked off on, I think it was a Tuesday, Jan. 6,” Anorak-Neill said. “And then by that first Friday, we had 819 [boxes sold] already.”
For most Girl Scouts, selling a few hundred boxes over an entire season is impressive. Pim did that in three days.
She and her parents had a goal in mind – earning a trip to Niagara Falls, where her parents visited early in their relationship. They wanted to return with their daughter.
“Our service unit manager said to us, ‘I really hope Pim isn’t too invested in the Niagara Falls trip because 819 boxes is probably about her cap,’” said Anorak-Neill.
So they did what anyone does in 2026. They went to TikTok.
@lifeofapim
First, she hit 5,000 boxes. Then 10,000. Then 20,000.
The numbers just kept climbing.
Breaking Every Record
Pim’s been knocking on doors after school and on weekends. She calls people, hands out flyers, asks everyone at church and community events. The kindergartner is treating this like a full-time job.
And it’s working – she’s shattered multiple national records and is closing in on the world record for most boxes sold.
This just goes to show you can’t let anyone tell you what you’re capable of. Especially when it comes to something as serious as Girl Scout cookies.
