Why Participate In The Cookie Program

Why Participate in The Cookie Program?

What are your hopes for your Girl Scout? Certainly, you want her to make good decisions, know how to manage money, and feel confident setting and reaching goals, like attending college. The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps her succeed today and prepares her for future success. There’s a good reason it’s a beloved family tradition!

Goal Setting

Your Girl Scout sets cookie sales goals individually and with her troop, creates a plan to reach them, and develops cooperation and team-building skills all along the way. Help her to set personal learning goals, and keep a record of her accomplishments throughout the season! Decision Making

Encourage your Girl Scout to develop a basic business plan for her cookie sale, and to team up with her troop to make decisions about how to spend the money they earn. These critical thinking and problem-solving skills will go a long way as she learns and grows! Money Management

Your Girl Scout takes cookie orders, handles customers’ money, and gains valuable and practical life skills around financial literacy. Help her develop a budget for accomplishing at least one of the goals she sets, and use this budget to help determine her sales goals! People Skills

Your Girl Scout learns how to engage with all kinds of people while selling cookies, building healthy relationship skills that will last her a lifetime. Encourage her to practice her “elevator speech” about what she is selling and why.

Business Ethics Our Promise and Law are the foundation of Girl Scouting. Talk with your girl about how she connects those values to what she does in the Girl Scout Cookie Program as a businesswoman!