tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10394424.post5914076361678588839..comments2023-05-10T09:21:25.989-04:00Comments on My Side of the Circle: Girl Scout CookiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10394424.post-15331416342343491822010-04-26T12:02:27.691-04:002010-04-26T12:02:27.691-04:00I just read your blog I received from a google ale...I just read your blog I received from a google alert for Girl Scouts.<br /><br />The Girl Scout cookie sale is so much more than just selling cookies. Through the sell girls learn to set goals, public speaking and other skills that will help them later in life. <br /><br />Girls do sell cookies to help pay for troop activiites they have decided to participate in throughout the year and sometimes even longer range goals such as visiting one of the Girl Scout centers overseas. This is not the only troop money earning activity they do, however. Most troops do things throughout the year to help with trop finances..sometimes even spaghetti dinners. When it is not the cookie sale, there are strict regulations on what they can sell and it must be something they have created or a service they provide. Girls cannot sell candy, Avon, etc.<br /><br />I can understand how some troops do not fully grasp the concept of the cookie sale based on your experience in the grocery store wiht the girls not fully participating but that is the role of the troop leader to help the girl gain the skills she needs as well as spending time with the troop debriefing the sale to find out what was learned and how it can apply to future actions/experiences.<br /><br />People do not buy Girl Scout cookies becaues of the cookies (some of which are in the top five best selling cookies, all of the others which you can get year round.) People buy Girl Scout cookies because of what Girl Scouts does for girls. The same could be said for the Boy Scouts who also have a once a year sale of popcorn.<br /><br />Perhaps you can work with your local Girl Scout council and volunteer to support the cookie sale by helping girls gain the skills and confidence needed to participate in the sale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10394424.post-15492516989356601112010-04-25T17:05:02.797-04:002010-04-25T17:05:02.797-04:00Gee...what do you have against partially hydrogena...Gee...what do you have against partially hydrogenated oils? And fats? And all the things that would keep a Girl Scout from fitting into her uniform if she ate a steady diet of these things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com