This 8-year-old Girl Scout from Louisville hopes to honor her late mom through cookie sales

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Northeast Ohio girl scout is hoping to sell over ten thousand boxes this cookie-selling season to honor her mom’s life.

The Wiser family was struck by tragedy last week, when their beloved Nicole Wiser, mother and wife, passed away suddenly in her sleep.

The last post she made on social media, was promoting her daughter Emma’s Girl Scout cookie sales.

“When Emma was young, she just wanted to be part of all her friends and just bring a group of girls together. Everybody who knows Nicole always knows she doesn’t do small,” father of Emma, and husband of Nicole Glenn Wiser said.

For the past few years that Emma and her mom had been part of the Girl Scouts, the two had sold thousands of cookies.

One time, Glenn said he needed a U-Haul to transport the cookies they sold.

“That was one thing I told my guys at work, is like I could go out and do my job and do whatever I needed to do to provide for my family because I had a rock at home,” Glenn said

Now, Emma is trying to sell 10,000 boxes.

The reason, is because if she reaches that goal the Girl Scouts of America will award her with a customized paver, which she plans to have in her mom’s memory.

“I wish Nicole was here to see it… She always got excited for stuff like that,” Glenn said.

Donations and cookie purchases can be made directly online through Emma’s Cookie Store.