What Can A Cookie Buy?
The Experience of a Lifetime
Girl Scouts of the USA is the premier leadership organization for girls. The $700 million Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led business in the country and generates immeasurable benefits for girls, their councils and communities nationwide. Girls set cookie goals to support their chosen activities for the year, to fund community service and leadership projects, to attend summer camp, to travel to destinations near and far and to provide events for girls in their community.
In 2011, $732,000 went into local Troop Treasuries!
Why Girl Scout Cookies?
The activity of selling cookies is directly related to our purpose of helping all girls realize their full potential and become strong, confident, and resourceful citizens.
- Girl Scouts learn life skills and are able to realize their goals—and they have fun!
- Customers get a great product and get to support girls in their own community.
- All of the proceeds support Girl Scouting in the local community.
Check out the Girl Scout Parent Cookie Guide
Internet and Girl Scout Cookies...A Great Combination!
Girl Scouts can take their cookie selling to the next level by participating in Little Brownie Bakers Online Cookie Club!
After girls log-on and take a safety quiz, they can use Cookie Club to:
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Set and track goals
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Email family and friends through the Cookie Club and ask them for cookie "promises" using the online order card
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Record offline orders
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Enter cookie customer contacts, then use this database of customers to follow up for reorders towards the end of the sale.
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Parents can print and verify orders to turn in to Troop Cookie Manager/Juliette Cookie Manager.
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Cookie Club "promises" average 5.8 packages per order. More than both door-to-door and Booth Sale averages!
It's easy, safe and a great way to enhance the 2012 Cookie Activity!
Interested in utilizing Cookie Club? Girl Scouts should ask their Troop Cookie Manager/Service Unit Cookie Manager for more information about getting started today!
Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program girls develop five essential skills:
- Goal setting
- Decision making
- Money management
- People skills
- Business ethics
To make sure your Girl Scout is getting the most out of the Girl Scout Cookie Program, use the 5 Skills In Action worksheet to put it on paper the outcomes you and your girl expect out of the program.
You Can Make This Year’s Cookie Program a Success!
Support Your Girl Scout
- Go to the family cookie information meeting.
- Sign and return all permission slips.
- Provide transportation for order taking and delivery.
- Help your Girl Scout network with family and friends, but let her do the “ask” so she can learn important business skills.
- Help her arrange for a time to order at your place of work, place of worship or other places where people might purchase Girl Scout Cookies.
- Attend your council training to become the group cookie coordinator (or help out the group cookie coordinator when another adult is needed).
- Offer to be a supervising adult — there are lots of opportunities to lend a hand.
- Share your business expertise and help link the Girl Scout Cookie Program with the wider business world.
- Follow your Girl Scout Council and group guidelines on how to handle cookie proceeds.Never do things for your Girl Scout she can do for herself!
Coach Your Girl Scout
- Listen to her practice her sales pitch.
- Review cookie materials together and visit Girl Scout Cookie and cookie company Web sites with her to help her learn more about her product.
- Ask her questions – maybe even pretend to be a potential customer and do a little role-play!
- Guide her to set practical and useful goals about what she wants to learn and earn.
- Listen to her describe what her goals are for the money earned through the sale.
- Be a role model for business ethics and safety rules!
- Have fun with her!