The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the nation’s largest girl-led business and leading financial literacy program for girls. It is a key element of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
The benefits of the Girl Scout Cookie Sale are more than just financial. Girls also learn about goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
Quick Facts About the Cookie Sale
• Girls begin selling cookies directly to the public on February 6, 2016.
• Booth sales begin February 19, 2016, and all sales continue until March 20, 2016.
The Cost
• $4.00 Per Box
• $.50 goes to the troop for program activities, travel opportunities and communityservice projects.
• We are participating in a pilot sales program selling gluten-free cookies again this year. We will have a very limited quantity and they will be $5.00 per box.
• Approximately $.30 is reserved for the individual girl as Cookie Credit – girls can usethis for activities like resident camp, day camp and travel opportunities AND they can purchase uniforms, pins, patches and camping supplies and fees.
• All of the remaining proceeds stay in the council to underwrite program activities, train adult volunteers, maintain facilities and fund the girl financial assistance program.
National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend!
• Set for February 26-28, 2016, National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend (NGSCW) celebrates the world’s largest girl-led business and the five essential skills girls learn by selling Girl Scout Cookies.
• Locally, several celebrations are in the works, and details will be published as they become available.
• Nationally, Girl Scouts of the USA will host a Google+ Hangout and a 50-state blog tour featuring bloggers from each state.
Find Girl Scout Cookies Using Cookie Locator
• Customers can use the Cookie Locator mobile app to search for booth sales in their neighborhood, get details on their favorite cookies, and discover their Cookie Personality! Cookie Locator is available for Android, iPhone, and other web-enabled devices by calling **GSCOOKIES (**472665437).
Reminder: Booth sales run from Feb. 19 – Mar. 20, 2016.
• You can also locate cookies by downloading the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder app for iPhone and Android. This free app will help you navigate your way to a cookie booth sale in your area! All cookie proceeds stay within the council where the cookies are sold. Cookie selling is avoluntary activity. All girls who participate must have written parental consent and be trained inproper selling and safety procedures.
For more information visit gseok.org
About Girl Scouts: Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, with 3.2 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouts is the leading authority on girls’ healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma serves approximately 10,000 girls and 2,000 volunteers in 30 eastern Oklahoma counties and is a United Way agency.
