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Girl Scout Cookies® - 2008 Cookie Sale Activity Information

 
 
 

Girl Scouts and cookies share a rich history. While recipes and box designs have changed, selling cookies remains an important part of today's Girl Scout program.

How does the Girl Scout Cookie Sale Activity
benefit girls?

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. Through the Cookie Sale Activity, girls will have the opportunity to:

- Learn the importance of goal-setting and develop plans to achieve a goal.
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Understand how their efforts contribute to the overall good of their council and Girl Scouting.
- Put the ethical standards of the Girl Scout Promise and Law  into practice.
- Learn about entrepreneurship and basic business and financial planning
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- Develop high levels of self-esteem, self-reliance and personal achievement.
- Heighten their career awareness.
- Develop interpersonal and teamwork skills.

 

Customers get a great product and get to support girls in their own community. And all of the proceeds support the Girl Scout Program in the local community.

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Learning Life Skills

 
Many successful business women today say they got their start selling Girl Scout Cookies. Girls practice useful life skills like planning, decision-making and customer service. During cookie activities, girls are members of a team working towards a common goal, with each girl striving to do her best.

The Cookie Sale Activity gives girls the opportunity to develop a variety of life skills, such as:

  • Communication skills
  • Financial skills
  • Entrepreneurial skills
  • Goal-setting and planning
  • Teamwork
  • Honesty and integrity
  • Responsibility
  • Self-reliance
  • Contributing to the good of others

Every local troop/group is encouraged to set realistic goals, such as planning field  trips and community service projects, to accomplish during the year. The money  earned from cookie activities helps the troop/group achieve its goals.

So when your local Girl Scouts come calling with this year's best-selling cookies, remember you're saying hello to tomorrow's business leaders.

Look for your local Girl Scout troop in your neighborhood beginning in January 2008!

 


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2007 Cookie Sale Activity Results

 
In 2007, 5,059 girls across GSESC's eighteen-county region sold an incredible 97,469 cases of Girl Scout cookies -- that's 1,169,628 individual packages!

Read more information on the 2007 cookie sale activity »
 
 


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New Cookies!

 
The 2008 Cookie Sale Activity will feature classic stars as well as some bright new talent. The curtain will go up on two brand new cookies this year, and an old favorite has undergone a makeover. Click on the links below to get a sneak preview of the stars of the upcoming cookie season!

2008 Girl Scout Cookies: Coming Attractions
Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
Lemon Chalet Cremes
The New All-Abouts



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New Cookies Recipes

 
We're excited about the new Girl Scout Cookies -- Lemon Chalet Cremes and Sugar Free Chocolate Chips -- which will be offered during the Cookie Sale Activity, which will begin on Saturday, January 5. And as the thousands of girls who will participate in the activity get ready, we'd like to share some recipes for desserts which can be made with the new cookies. Follow the link below for a sneak preview of your next award-winning treat.

New Cookie Recipes

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Additional Resources

 
The following resources for the 2008 Cookie Sale Activity are available to download. You can also find these files in the Forms section of this website.

Manual
2008 Cookie Sale Activity Manual

Forms
2008 Cookie Paperwork
2008 Parent Permission and Responsibility Form (Form G-1)
2008 Statement of Responsibility (Form T-3)
2008 Troop Participation List (Form T-4)
2008 Pre-order Incentive Award Summary (Form T-5)
2008 Booth Sale Confirmation (Form T-6)
2008 Final Troop Cookie Worksheet (Form T-7)
2008 Troop Awards Summary (Form T-8)
2008 Past Due Parent Report (Form T-9)