Chances are high that if you bought Girl Scout cookies in recent years, one of those boxes came from 10-year-old Paige Krzyworz.

The Helen Haller Elementary fourth-grader was surprised in class on May 17 to learn that she was the second highest selling cookie salesperson in all of Western Washington and highest seller on the Olympic Peninsula with 3,036 boxes sold.

Her mom Heidi Krzyworz and Laurel Arnau, product program manger for the Girl Scouts of the Olympic Peninsula, delivered the news to Patrick Caron’s class where Paige received various goodies including a Girl Scout board game, flowers and more.

She’ll also receive a personalized hoodie, a plaque and a ride in a limousine with the region’s other top cookie sellers to a fancy dinner with Megan Ferland, CEO of Girls Scouts of Western Washington, which impressed classmates.

Paige was one of 17,000 girls in the region to sell cookies, Arnau said, who averaged selling 231 boxes each despite bad weather this winter.

Heidi Kryzworz said Paige has been in the 1,000 boxes sold cookie club since 2014. Her previous best was 2,327 boxes of cookies last year, putting her in the top 10 sellers in the region, Paige said.

“I like to do it. It’s fun to sell,” she said. “I like how I can meet people and gain people skills,” she said.

This year she even met someone video chatting with a family member in Australia who ended up ordering cookies and shipping 20 boxes down under.

So, what’s Paige’s secret for success? Doing things the old-fashioned way, she says.

She went door-to-door in her free time and sold cookies outside Sequim Safeway, even in the snow, most nights from 6-8 p.m. during the cookie sales period of Jan. 20-March 2.

Paige said she did some sales online and a few people donated cookies to Operation Cookie Drop for local military.

Arnau said for each box sold, Paige’s Troop 43870 troop receives 80-85 cents. Those funds, Paige said, will go toward refurbishing a waiting room for children in the Sequim Police Department.

Paige receives a portion of her sales, too, for Girl Scout-related items like camp or badges. She plans to continue saving those funds for a Girl Scout-sponsored trip with her mom to Paris.

While France may be a few years out, next year’s goal is to be the No. 1 seller, she said.

For more information on Girl Scouts of Western Washington, visit www.girlscouts ww.org.