Girl Scout Cookie Selling

[mylisant]

This is a topic that's come up at work recently. Someone's daughter is a Girl Scout, and the sales sheet sits on the Admin's desk in our department here at work. I had explained my position on Girl Scout Cookie Sales to my co-workers and one of them sent me this article: Girl Scout cookie-pushing ethics at the office. I wrote a response to this

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[anonymous]

That some Councils now give troops the option of not trying to earn incentives and instead keeping more money per box. Also, out Council in Pennsylvania is adamant that cookie money is used for troop events.

Now, some troops still use the money to fund "vacation" type activities. I've even heard of troop using money to fund mall shopping sprees.

I'd recommend that before buying cookies, people ask what the troop is using the money for. For example, our troop uses the money to camp and to learn outdoors skills and independence. For some of the girls in our troop, scouting is the only opportunity to get out in the woods or even beyond the county line. We also use the money to fund our service projects which include environmental clean-up and education. We have fun, but we work hard and try to give back to the community as much as possible.

Also, we split all cookie money equally among all girls, whether or not they even took part in the fundraiser. That's not just good Scouting; that's the law.

Here's a post I wrote about the topic. (I'm the leader on the side of sharing money equally - it's not the young entrepreneurs club or a private vacation club; Girl Scouts is a charitable organization and service to others without judgment begins with the troop.) http://www.halushki.com/2008/12/redistribute-wealth-my-hot-green-butt.html