CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL COOKIE MOM- POSITION IS OPEN
Presently the Troop Leader is taking care of the Cookie program. If you are interested in being the Troop's Cookie Mom for Next Year, please contact Rosemarie at 727-938-1674.
We still have over 600 boxes of cookies left to sell. Cookie Sales were over March 21st, however Service Unit will not take back unsold cookies. We need to sell them ASAP. We have not yet turned in our Cookie Monies to Service Unit. Please contact Rosemarie at 727-938-1674 for more cookies.
TOP COOKIE SELLERS FOR 2010
- List will be posted as soon as cookie final numbers are in.
Girl Scout Cookies® 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. Why Girl Scout Cookies? 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. 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. 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. Making It Count All of the proceeds—every penny—from a local council's cookie activities remains in the area where the cookies are sold. This revenue is used to benefit girls, some of it directly by remaining in the Girl Scout troop/group treasury and some of it indirectly by subsidizing the cost of providing the Girl Scout program in the local area. "Cookie revenue" helps local councils: Each local council sets the price per box, based on its needs and its knowledge of its local market. The price per box, therefore, may vary from one location to another and from one year to the next. Today's prices reflect both the current cost of purchasing cookies from a licensed baker and the realities of providing Girl Scout activities in an ever-changing economic environment. *** For the safety and security of the girls who are selling cookies, Girl Scout Cookies are not available for purchase online.*** Baking the Best The national Girl Scout organization, Girl Scouts of the USA, approves and currently licenses two bakers: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. 2009-2010 Girl Scout Product Activities Girl Scout Cookie Activity Pin 2009–2010 Girl Scouts shine online during cookie season! What goes together like Thin Mints and a glass of milk? Girl Scout Cookies and computer savvy! Getting Connected is the theme for this year's Girl Scout Cookie Activity Pin. It's all about safe ways for girls to use tech savvy and connect with customers during the Girl Scout Cookie Experience. Stay Safe Online! Also, check out letmeknow.girlscouts.org (for adults) and lmk.girlscouts.org (for girls), our sites for general help on staying safe online. The Role of Adults Adults act as coaches who help girls develop leadership skills by using these three processes: This year's activities focus on getting connected through marketing. Concurrently, there are important updates toSafety-Wise and Volunteer Packet guidelines involving internet use for online marketing. As always, safety is our primary concern when girls are doing any activity, including using the Internet. Girls and their parents cannot make financial transactions online with Girl Scout product; however, girls can market product and ask for customer preferences, following up with the customer in person if indicate they want to purchase product. To find out how to navigate the new guidelines, read 411 on Online Product Marketing and the revised Safety-Wise standards below. Share them with adults and girls so we're all on the same page. For more information read the Cookie Pin adult guides and cookie materials provided by your council and vendor. Attend cookie training at the council, service unit, or troop level, whether you are an adult working with girls or an adult volunteering to help the Girl Scout in your family meet her goals. In addition, check out your council's latest Volunteer Packet. Note that Girl Scout Revised Safety Guidelines (2009) and the revised Girl Scout Internet Safety Pledge apply to allcouncil product sales (cookies, nuts and candy, magazines), with one exception. Customers may submit orders and online payment for magazines, because product is not handled directly by the girl. Girls send out e-mails to customers in a protected environment, who then choose magazines online. Offline sales materials are also available for magazines, as this function may not be available in your council. Find your program level, and then open the PDF for printing or viewing. The files are illustrated in color, so if you want to save ink, set your printer for black and white, or grey scale. For All Girl Scouts and Adults For Girl Scout Daisies For Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors For Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors 
Get Ready, Get Set, Get Connected! 
Before you begin Get Ready, Get Set, Get Connected! activities, girls should read and discuss the Girl Scout Internet Safety Pledge. Print out the pledge and ask girls and their parents (or guardians), to read and sign the pledge together.
Girls can earn the Girl Scout Cookie Sale Activity Pin by completing at least two items from each of the categories (Gather, Store and Sort, and Share), or decide to do them all. If girls don't have access to a computer at home, help them find access in your community—at school, the library, a recreation center, or maybe even an office training area. It is more fun to work together, but girls can also do the activities under the supervision of parents at home.Earning the Girl Scout Cookie Activity Pin
