Girl Scout Cookie Program - It's All About the Girls
Every year, thousands of girls across the area gain valuable knowledge while
providing the community with a special treat - Girl Scout Cookies. This year
will be no exception. The Girl Scout Cookie Program, an integral part of Girl
Scouting’s Business and Economic Literacy initiative for girls ages 6 to 17,
provides finance, marketing, and public speaking skills, along with valuable
experiences that build girls' self-confidence and help them develop their own
personal leadership style.
Locally, girls will begin to sell Girl Scout Cookies on January 2, 2007, with
cookie delivery in early March. Lemonades will join the cookie line this year.
Lemonades are delicious shortbread cookies with lemon icing.
The Cookie Sale is the only time of year you can purchase great favorites
like Shortbreads, Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, Peanut Butter
Patties, Caramel deLites, Thanks- A-Lot and Cartwheels. Cookies cost $3.50 a
box. All varieties of Girl Scout cookies are now "zero trans fat per serving,"
in compliance with FDA regulations. This change was made because, like most
successful businesswomen, Girl Scouts listen to their customers.
Since 1917, the Girl Scout cookie activity has become a famous annual event
that has helped girls develop important leadership skills they will use
throughout their lives. Whether they are dreaming of becoming a doctor, teacher,
businesswoman, president of the PTA, or superstar athlete, the Girl Scout Cookie
Program gives them the self-esteem they need to reach for the stars.
Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, girls manage inventory, set goals,
learn money management, and develop marketing skills. Essentially, the girls run
their own business. The entire troop sets a goal and follows a plan leading
toward that goal. Girl Scout troops use funds from the cookie activity to
support a service project or to plan for an exciting trip. Many successful women
have credited their business skills to the Girl Scout Cookie Program, making it
the premiere business and economic literacy program for girls in the United
States.
Proceeds from the Girl Scout Cookie Program also go to support programs for
girls and training for volunteers across the area.
For more information on the Girl Scout Cookie Program, contact Kay Succa at
ksucca@hgsc.org.
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