How Many of Your Girls Sell Girl Scout Cookies?

[Madi100]

I just want to say Hats Off to all of you cookie moms. I can hardly handle being the mom of a cookie selling girl. Way to Go!!!

 

[robind]

the cookies aren't that good .

Thin Mints are the BEST thing EVER !!!!! But I will agree they are overpriced.

My cousin's boys sold popcorn for the boy scouts and I felt I had to buy some, which I so don't need. However, after I bought it, I noticed this year, you can 'donate' popcorn to the troops, which I think is a great idea. I can make my donation and don't end up w/ a pantry full of popcorn that no one will eat.

At least w/ the cookies, I eat those. Even though I don't need to.

 

[disneygrlkat]

I sold cookies for several years and I'm sure my mom is glad my Girl Scout days are over. In elementary school I would get my friends to buy cookies and nearly all of them would ask for 10 boxes or some ridiculous amount, but they obviously didn't have the money when it came time to pay, so my mom ended up having to foot the bill several times...ooops

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

My DD has sold cookies for seven years now...our best year ever was over 300 boxes. Now she averages about 100, however our troop has dwindled down to just a few girls and none of them are really interested in selling this year. I think we'll just do friends and family. It just gets to a point where it looks a little strange for high school girls to be going door to door selling.

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

As father of two girls, DD7 (Brownie) and DD11 (Junior), we have to sell them every year too. We don't really make that big of a deal about it.

 

[firsttimemom]

Ds is in cubscouts and they sell popcorn. He totally gets into it because he's VERY motivated by the prizes.This year he got a telescope and a microscope. They sold out of the microscope so they gave him a $13 walmart gift card.

Good luck with the cookie sales- who doesn't love GS cookies??

 

[pigletforever]

Thin Mints are the BEST thing EVER !!!!! But I will agree they are overpriced.

My cousin's boys sold popcorn for the boy scouts and I felt I had to buy some, which I so don't need. However, after I bought it, I noticed this year, you can 'donate' popcorn to the troops, which I think is a great idea. I can make my donation and don't end up w/ a pantry full of popcorn that no one will eat.

At least w/ the cookies, I eat those. Even though I don't need to.

Here in CA you can donate cookies to the military. First time i had seen that.

 

[Madi100]

Day One is done, and she has sold 67 boxes. There is a spot on the order form for share a box of cookies. I've never seen it before. Our older DD also sold cookies when she was a Girl Scout, and she didn't get as excited.

 

[BRobson]

Day One is done, and she has sold 67 boxes. There is a spot on the order form for share a box of cookies. I've never seen it before. Our older DD also sold cookies when she was a Girl Scout, and she didn't get as excited.

Wow 67 is good going

 

[wildfan1473]

Here in CA you can donate cookies to the military. First time i had seen that.

This is up to the individual Service Units, something they have to coordinate on their own. Our SU did it several years ago when I was an SU Cookie Manager - meaning, I coordinated the cookie sale for every troop in our SU. And I didn't even have any kids I coordinated ordering the cookies, verifying the money and collecting on those who didn't pay (and, believe me, there are people who get GS cookies and do not pay! ), arrange for a place to distribute cookies to each troop, organize those cookies by troop, and arrange all the booth sales (and house the cookies myself for those sales). It was an additional full time job for about 2 months every year, for 3 years.

Now, I have kids. Boys, to be exact. No more deranged cookie season for me They are too young for scouts just yet.

 

[kpadalik]

My DD6 is a Daisy and is selling this year. It's the first year they are allowed to sell, apparently. I have just brought to my work, and my DH brings to his work, and we have sold to family and close friends. We are at about 125 boxes so far. We are not going out of our way to sell, the prizes are pretty chintzy-unless, of course, you sell 5000 boxes and then you can get a computer. Or 2500 boxes and get a week at GS camp. I mean, come on, who has time to sell all those cookies? And they don't encourage selling door-to-door anymore for safety reasons. Each girl in our troop is aiming to sell 100 boxes each. With the money the troop earns, the girl and a parent will be able to go to a local waterpark. With the 125 boxes my DD has sold, she has earned a GS pen or something like that. She does get her patches though, which are nice!

 

[AllyGirl_79]

It is actually the councils that set the price. This way troops don't try to compete with each other on price. My area go for $3.50 a box. (PA, NJ, DE) That has been the price for a few years.

The troops make between $.55 - $.85 per box. It depends on how many they sell. The rest goes to help support the councils and to pay for the cookies.

So thank you all out there that buy your boxes. It really does go to a good cause. And the girls work hard for it.

You're absolutely right! The councils do set the prices - the troops have no say in the matter. We've been at $4 per box for several years in Chicago, with troops getting between $0.65 and $0.75 per box depending on the age of the girls, the total amount sold, etc.

I sit on a product sales committee for Girl Scouts of Chicago, now part of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and NW Indiana, in addition to being a leader for two troops -- 25 Brownies and 8 Juniors. Cookies are my life at the moment! (I don't have kids, so I have the time to do it all. If I had kids, I think I'd have to retire.)

I'd also like to add my thanks to everyone who buys cookies - you're supporting individual troop goals (like camping) and supporting council needs, everything from keeping the lights on in the offices to getting program out to girls who really need it. The price may seem a bit steep, but the cookies are really secondary. You're donating to a program and girls are building confidence, improving their math skills, and learning the power of goal setting.

Someone asked about when cookie sales take place -- all year round, someone is selling. There are two major cookie companies, and they're always working. Your theme and prizes depend on your cookie company. What I've learned over the last few years, though, is that the girls really like the chintzy prizes. We have a commitee of girls who select from a wide range of options each year, and it always amazes me what they pick. This year we have great stuff, though, like bandanas, an art kit, and pajamas/slippers with an elephant theme.

As to donating cookies, it's a great idea! We call it "Gift of Caring" here, and, last year, our service unit alone sent 150+ cases to service men and women overseas, the local USO, and the Red Cross. In addition to being a nice thing to do, it really teaches the girls about service.

Though we have 2 cookie order forms still out, my troops will account for about 2500+ boxes. Send a good thought out to all the cookie moms who will take large deliveries like ours this year -- I know I'll be buying my cookie mom some flowers next month!