If you're in the market for Girl Scout Cookies this spring—and I hope you are—consider purchasing them from Troop 6000, which is made up of girls living in the New York City Shelter System. Just leave some Samoas for me. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org…

Thank you @DRichardsQNS for joining @girlscoutsnyc to celebrate #Troop6000 as hundreds gathered for World Thinking Day. And thank you for the $500K to support our camp and work! Gratitude to @QueensMuseum for hosting this great event!

From Cookie Boss to Capitol Boss, @SenGillibrand journey is a tale of sweet success. Discover the lessons she learned as the ultimate @girlscouts and how it shaped her path in the Capitol! #GirlScouts #GirlScoutsLegacy #SenatorGillibrand #CookieBoss #GirlScoutCookies

My advice to little girls everywhere: Dream with ambition and know there are no limits to what you can be.

Do you say YES to new opportunities you know nothing about? Take a listen to how Captain Zeita Merchant links her years as a Girl Scout to becoming the first Black woman to command @USCG Sector New York, the most consequential port for the nation’s security since 9/11. “That was the first uniform I ever wore, and I wore it proudly. It was the first time I rose my right hand to (take an) an oath and it was to God and country. How different was that as a child than what I decided to do as an adult." Growing up in Chicago and Jackson, Miss., Merchant wanted to be a doctor but couldn’t afford it. She happened to meet a recruiter on campus at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. She NEVER thought she wanted a career in the military. As captain of the Port of New York/New Jersey, the nation’s second-largest U.S. port, Merchant advises young people this: “...Open your aperture...the exact thing you think you may not want to do is the thing that could be for you...It's making a decision to get out of your comfort zone.” Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=jypAWN0Q… Much appreciation to @Zeita_Merchant for this interview. Shout out to @SpinItSocial & @sohnsocialmedia for their help in producing the show! I also thank @MeridithMaskara & @girlscoutsnyc for the opportunity to meet Captain Merchant at their Achievement gala last month. #WomenToFollow

The @girlscoutsnyc came to Albany! 💚 I am grateful for the Girl Scouts and all they do to encourage our girls to “lead with courage, confidence, and character.” I also love the the CEO, Meridith Maskara, is a fellow Queens girl!