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Cookies & Nuts
The Girl Scouts of
Frontier Council supports fall
product sales and the spring cookie sale.
These voluntary program activities provide
many opportunities for girls to develop money management
and business skills, leadership abilities, group
decision making and goal setting.
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Girl Scout troops/groups
and Juliettes have
an opportunity to provide financing by participating
in council sponsored product sales. Girls may use
their money for council
programs, service unit events, recognitions,
books, uniform items and camp.
Product sales activities also provide financial
support to the council. These funds provide
volunteers with resources, training, program facilities,
and support staff. Any girl who is a registered
member may participate in the sale; with the
exception of Daisy Girl Scouts, who may not participate
in any money earning activity. It is also recommended
that any adult who wishes to participate be a registered
member of Girl Scouts also.
The safety and security of our girl members are our
primary concern. That is why Girl Scouts councils have
guidelines that must be followed when girls sell cookies.
Each girl participating in the cookie sale must have
written permission from her parent or guardian. Girls
over 12 may use the "buddy
system" when selling, younger girls must be
accompanied by an adult.
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Direct Benefits
Selling
Girl Scout cookies is a fun program activity that teaches girls
how to set realistic goals, work as a team, manage money, and
be entrepreneurs. Each troop or group that sells cookies earns
money for its treasury and plans how to spend that money to
achieve its goals. The proceeds are used for field trips, service
projects, and other activities. In addition, Girl Scouts can
earn age-appropriate proficiency awards as part of their experience
with cookie activities.
 Indirect
Benefits
On
a broader scope, girls benefit by participating in a wide range
of Girl Scout activities made possible by the local council
with proceeds from its annual cookie activities. “Cookie
revenue” helps to provide the financial assistance needed
to make Girl Scouting available for all girls, to fund special
events and other program opportunities, to keep event/camp
fees for all members to a minimum, to improve and maintain
camp and other activity sites, and to recruit and train volunteer
leaders.
Benefits to Girls
All of the money earned from
cookie activities stays within the local Girl Scout council
to supply essential services to troops, groups, and girls.
This includes providing program resources and communication
support, training adult volunteers, and conducting special
events. It also includes the percentage given back to the
individual troop or group that sold the cookies. Girls
do not receive the money individually; instead, they decide
as a troop or group how to spend it.
Revenue from cookie
activities helps keep Girl Scouting affordable and provides
the financial assistance needed to make Girl Scouting available
for all girls. In general, cookie activities account for
a significant portion of a council’s operating budget.
Therefore, these activities are critical to local Girl
Scouting in that they make Girl Scouting, in large measure,
self-supporting for the council.
Internet Sales Banned
For over 75 years, Girl Scout cookie activities have helped
girls learn invaluable skills, such as decision-making, money
management, and delivering on a promise. These activities
are directly related to our mission of helping all girls
realize their full potential and become strong, confident,
and resourceful citizens.
As with every Girl Scout activity, we are committed to the
safety and security of our girl members when they participate
in Girl Scout cookie activities. We realize that the Web
is a wide-open medium that can attract more than our intended
audience, including cyberstalkers who prey on children. And
since there is no way to verify that an order for cookies
goes to an actual Girl Scout, there is the possibility of
fraud. Therefore, girls may not sell Girl Scout cookies by
posting information or making transactions on a Web site
on the Internet. However, they can use email to let their
friends and relatives know about the sale. These activities
may also not be conducted by adults. Adults serve in a supporting
role for girls but should not assume sole responsibility
for sales and may not engage in selling Girl Scout cookies
on the Internet.
For
safety and security reasons, sales on the Internet* for
any Girl Scout “troop/group money earning activities” may
not be conducted by individual girls, parents, or other
adults.
Sales on a Web site on the Internet of any products sold in “council-sponsored
product sales”, such as Girl Scout cookies, candy, nuts,
calendars or magazine subscriptions, may not be conducted by
anyone at any time. Sales on the Internet include on-line auctions,
broadcast e-mail messages, and/or posting on individual Girl
Scout, troop/group, or Girl Scout council Web site.
NOTE: Product sales events should not be confused with
the Family and
Friends Partnership, which is the annual council fundraising
drive that gives parents and other interested adults an opportunity
to make direct cash contributions to Girl Scouts of Frontier
Council. Girls do not participate in the operation of the annual
giving campaign.
NOTE: Daisy Girl Scouts do not participate in council
product sales or money earning projects.
NOTE: During Girl Scout Product Sales events and troop
money earning activities, Girl Scouts of Frontier Council follows
all city and county ordinances which include:
•Selling hours: 9:00 AM-8:30 PM- Standard Time;
9:00 AM-9:00 PM- Daylight Savings Time
•All girls participating in product sales or money earning activities must
be a registered Girl Scout and wear the Girl Scout Membership
Pin as identification.
•GIRLS NEVER SELL ALONE OR WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION.
For further information, please go to the Frequently
Asked Questions for Product Sales, contact the Service
Center or the Product
Sales Coordinator.
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