Showing posts with label Girl Scout Cookies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Girl Scout Cookies. Show all posts
Thursday, February 6, 2025

An Important Update for Our Members and Supporters


For over 100 years, Girl Scouts of the USA has been dedicated to building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. An important part of this mission is the iconic Girl Scout Cookie Program, which is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. The cookie program teaches valuable life skills like goal setting, decision making, people skills, money management, and business ethics ensuring that girls can become leaders in their communities.

The health and safety of Girl Scouts and cookie customers is our top priority. Rest assured: Girl Scout Cookies are safe to consume.

A recent report claimed that our Girl Scout Cookies contain certain levels of glyphosate and heavy metals. We want to address these allegations and share the facts:

Girl Scout Cookies are made with ingredients that adhere to food safety standards set by the FDA and other relevant authorities.
  • Our trusted bakers remain committed to compliance with all food safety standards and regulations set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other relevant health authorities.
  • These standards ensure that food products are safe for consumption.
  • As a result, Girl Scout Cookies are safe to consume and are manufactured in accordance with all food safety regulations.
To further put the coverage in proper context:
  • Environmental contaminants—which can include heavy metals— can occur naturally in soil. This means that nearly all foods using plant-based ingredients, including organic foods, may contain trace amounts. This does not mean that these foods are harmful to consume.
  • Glyphosate is widely used in agriculture in accordance with established EPA standards and is found nearly everywhere in the food chain. Trace amounts of glyphosate can be found in fresh fruits, vegetables, cereals, baked goods, and other food and beverage commodities.
  • Similarly, small amounts of heavy metals can be found naturally in the environment, including in food products, due to air, water, and soil exposure.
  • These metals are not added to our Girl Scout Cookies.
  • While such occurrences are not unique to Girl Scout Cookies, our trusted baking partners continue to ensure the integrity of our recipes and the safety of all Girl Scout Cookie products in accordance with federal regulations and Global Food Safety initiative standards.
  • Our bakers have confirmed that the levels reported do not pose a food safety concern to our customers.

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is about more than a sweet treat. It teaches Girl Scouts to think critically, build confidence, and use the skills of entrepreneurship, leadership, and business ethics in the real world. And remember: every purchase of Girl Scout Cookies powers life-changing experiences for Girl Scouts right in your local community. Visit girlscoutcookies.org to support a troop in your area.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Girl Scout Cookies: Unboxing the Girl Powered Future

The sweetest time of year is here! Girl Scout Cookies® are more than delicious treats—they’re building blocks for Girl Scouts to create a more equitable future for themselves and the world. Did you know the proceeds from each purchase stay local and fund Girl Scouts’ ambitions? Whether it's embarking on cross-country trips or supporting local communities, there's no limit to Unboxing the Future.

We asked our community on social how they’ve used past cookie funds, and their answers showed the impactful power of the Girl Scout Cookie Program®! Let’s take a look at how REAL Girl Scout troops have used their cookie money!

Giving Back

Girl Scouts are always looking for ways to make a positive impact in their communities. Many troops use their cookie funds to give back and help others. From donating toys and food to animal shelters to providing household products and food to local families, and bringing holiday cheer to fellow kids, cookie packages are a powerful tool for helping those in need! Moreover, cookie proceeds play a role in supporting Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award projects, which inspiring Girl Scouts use to make a difference by identifying and addressing challenges in their communities.



Badges and Activities

Girl Scouts are the champions our communities crave! Beyond selling cookies and mastering incredible skills, they channel their profits into further learning and adventure. They're shaping the future as leaders, problem-solvers, innovators, and their authentic selves, embodying the spirit of courage, confidence, and character. With each badge earned and every community project undertaken, they're building a brighter tomorrow—one step—and one cookie—at a time. Over the years, cookies have fueled pottery projects, STEM experiments, and even overnight adventures at the zoo and the aquarium!


 

Trailblazing Adventures

Have cookies, will travel! Every year, Girl Scouts across the country turn their cookie money into unforgettable trips, where they forge strong friendships and create lasting memories. Some Girl Scouts have gone on adventures in nature by embarking on weekend camping trips or traveling all the way to Yosemite National Park. Talk about taking a hike! Other Girl Scouts have explored our Movement’s history in Savannah, Georgia. More into thrill-seeking? We’ve had troops take their money to sunny California and Florida to enjoy fun-filled theme parks, and some have even traveled abroad to Europe.




Troop 70643 took two years to save and plan a week-long trip abroad, visiting London and Paris! These Girl Scouts got to see things such as the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and the Eiffel Tower.

These journeys truly give Girl Scouts new perspectives of the world they contribute to!

Entrepreneurship Endeavors



From humble beginnings to remarkable success, the journey of Girl Scout alums Taylor and Sydney Davis traces its roots back to the invaluable lessons learned during their cookie-selling days. Crediting their start-up skills to those early entrepreneurial experiences, they have nurtured the growth of their size-inclusive boutique from the ground up. When you buy a box of Girl Scout Cookies, you are directly investing in the world’s largest girl-run business. Girl Scouts everywhere are developing valuable entrepreneurial talents, just like Taylor and Sydney.

Embrace the sweetness of empowerment this cookie season by supporting local troops. Head over to girlscoutcookies.org to discover your nearest cookie booth and play a part in helping Girl Scouts in your area 'Unbox the Future.' And remember! You can always text "Cookies" to 59618 to stay up to date on all things Girl Scout Cookie.

We can’t wait to see how Girl Scouts will unbox their future this year! Make sure to tag @GirlScouts and use #GirlScoutCookieSeason in all your amazing stories on social media.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The Girl Scout Cookie Care Challenge Is On!


Over the past few weeks, Girl Scouts have stepped up in amazing ways to stay connected, help one another, and make a difference in their communities.

As you probably know, when traditional door-to-door sales and in-person cookie booths were suspended because of COVID-19, we launched the Girl Scouts Cookie Care campaign to encourage cookie fans to buy or donate their favorite cookies online and have them shipped to their doors.

To date, Girl Scouts have sold more than 1 million boxes-SWEET! We’re in awe of the outpouring of support and hope to maintain the momentum until every last box is sold. Will you help us reach the finish line? It's easy. Simply participate in the Cookie Care Challenge! Here's how:



I'm a Girl Scout currently selling cookies. Can I participate in the challenge and sell cookies?
Absolutely! You can join the fun by sharing the green square image on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter; nominating friends, family, and fellow Girl Scouts; and using your own Digital Cookie® link so others can purchase cookies directly from you. Be sure to use #VirtualCookieBooth in your posts!

I'm a Girl Scout Cookie lover or a Girl Scout who ended her cookie sale. How do I get involved?

You can still help other Girl Scouts! Participate in the challenge by sharing the green square image on your social media accounts, nominating others, and including the Cookie Care link to purchase cookies or donate them to frontline workers and local causes in need.

Whether you're a Girl Scout, a troop leader, or just someone who believes in the Girl Scout mission and wants to show support and solidarity, the impact of your participation in Cookie Care is huge. By buying or donating cookies and encouraging others to do the same, you’re sustaining the Girl Scout Movement and bringing joy and comfort to those on the frontlines of the crisis. We’re so grateful!


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Friday, April 3, 2020

3 Ways to Support a Girl Scout Near You


Girl Scouts have suspended in-person cookie sales due to COVID-19, but you can still support your local troops.
  1. Girl Scouts nationwide continue to sell cookies through the Digital Cookie® platform—including the Digital Order Card and Smart Cookies™. If you know a Girl Scout, reach out to see if she’s participating and if you can buy directly from her!
  2.  No surprise, Girl Scouts are getting creative—including by reimagining cookie booths during this time of isolation. They’re using the power of social media (with parental supervision) to make their sales pitch, collect orders, and deliver or donate the cookies when it's again safe to do so. Watch for mention of "virtual cookie booths" that will enable you to support girls and troops that have inventory on hand.
  3. Supporters who may not be connected to a Girl Scout or who typically rely on door-to-door and traditional booth sales can visit Girl Scouts Cookie Care to safely order cookies for home delivery (pending local shipping availability) or spread the love by donating cookies to first responders, volunteers, and local causes.

With Girl Scouts Cookie Care, the goal is to mobilize broad support for buying unsold cookie inventory that troops and girls nationwide still have on hand due to the impact of COVID-19. Girl Scouts of the USA is also working closely with impacted councils in other ways to address inventory challenges.

No matter how you buy your cookies, you’ll be supporting local Girl Scouts. And remember: all cookie proceeds stay local to support innovative programming for girls.
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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Funniest Tweets About Girl Scout Cookies

Girl Scout Cookie tweets


Now that it’s officially the unofficial fifth season of the year, everyone’s talking cookies. Whether you're explaining to everyone why your favorite Girl Scout Cookie is the best (don't @ me) or shouting out those amazing cookie bosses, tweets about Girl Scout Cookies are everywhere. It's hard to escape Girl Scout Cookies and the girls learning valuable skills by selling them.

These tweets about Girl Scout Cookies are so good you’ll be wishing you had another box—and another, and another, and…






















Need help finding Girl Scout Cookies where you live so you can support female entrepreneurs? Check out the Girl Scout Cookie Finder and enter your zip code. Also available on iOS and Android.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

What's In The Box of the Girl Scout Cookies Rap!!

Yo! Shout out to my friend Nancy Wood, Director of Public Relations at the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital for hitting us up with this.


The video was made as a school project. I give it an A+!



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Thursday, March 3, 2011

KT Aims for 10K, Cookies are a Full Time Business!

Michigan's Observer & Eccentric recently profiled Girl Scout KT HitesLareau, who hopes to sell ten-thousand boxes of cookies this season. Last year she sold 6,115 boxes of cookies, and netted a day at Michigan Adventure in Muskegon, along with other sales incentives. “My goal is 10,000 this year. It's my last year in Scouts and I want to go out with a bang. I want to sell as many as possible,” KT said. In Michigan, you can find her from 3-7 p.m. every day through March 20 just east of Beech Daly on Seven Mile in Redford peddling Tagalongs, Think Mints and Samoas.
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KT, who plans to study microbiology or another science at Michigan State University next year, says she inherited her sales ability from her mom and her knack for math and science from her dad, Roger. Good Luck KT!
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More on the business side of Girl Scout Cookies, Florida's Gainesville Sun reports that you will save half a buck a box buying your Thin Mints and Do-Si-Dos in Ocala compared to Gainesville and most areas around the country. Nationally, Girl Scouts sell about 200 million boxes of cookies every year at between $3 and $4 a box; this year, the West Central Florida Council overseeing Ocala units is charging $3.50 a box, but in Gainesville the cookies are $4 a box.
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"The local councils set the price," says Michelle Tompkins, spokeswoman for Girl Scouts of the USA, the national organization. "The councils know what works best for their communities; they know their markets."
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Alert: The Seattle Time's Nancy Leson Needs Girl Scout Cookies!

Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson serves up the best info and tips on Northwest food, cooking, dining and restaurants and this week writes about the lack of Girl Scout Cookies in her life. "So far this year it's been ixnay on the Girl Scout Cookies, for me at least. I'm always a sucker for the girls in green (must be that sash I once wore), and in particular for the green boxes we call "freezer cookies" in my house (you likely call them Thin Mints, found year round in my freezer -- hence the nickname)." she writes. "Somehow, this year, I haven't been the recipient of a single sales pitch and have managed to miss out on the front-of-the-supermarket action that inevitably results in a sale for this old softie. To say nothing of a freezer full of you-know-whats." Oh no!

Are you in the Seattle area? If so, hook Nancy Leson up with some Thin Mints already!!
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Selling Girl Scout Cookies at the Home of Juliette Gordon Low

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Savannah's city manager has granted an exemption to local ordinance allowing Girl Scouts to resume selling cookies outside the historic home of the woman who founded the organization nearly a century ago. A complaint had halted the longtime practice of selling cookies on the public sidewalk outside the home of Juliette Gordon Low, a National Historic Landmark.
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Savannah City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney used her power to make specific exemptions on Tuesday to allow the Girl Scouts to resume their sales.
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Until recently, the Girl Scouts had been able to sell about 250 boxes in three hours outside the Low home, said Jan McKinney, who heads product sales for the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia.
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Low founded the Girl Scouts in Savannah in March 1912 after meeting Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides, and helped expand the organization worldwide.
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Hooray!
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Finding a Cookie in the Big Apple!

New York City Super-Blog Gothamist has apparently been hearing delicious rumors that Girl Scout cookies have hit the streets once again, so they contacted their hook-up at the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York to find out where New Yorkers can get some. Here's the information they found!

The pop-up shops will be open from March 14th to May 5th. There will be five around the city, which you can locate here. Happy Hunting!
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Brand Channel Declares Girl Scouts "Social Marketing Ninjas"

Brand Channel reports that as digital marketers, Girl Scouts are smart cookies. The article relates that one should not be fooled by that cute kid bearing a box of cookies and a big smile: the rebranded Girl Scouts are social marketing ninjas.
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Consider that there is a standalone website, YouTube channel, a Flickr group, and Facebook page for Girl Scout Cookies. No wonder today’s digitally savvy 9 year-old Girl Scout can sell 400 boxes of Thin Mints in an hour.
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Using available technology, Facebook global policy manager Jud Hoffman’s daughter Greta and a few friends did just that. "It was fantastic and ridiculously easy. It turned out to be an attraction for people to use their credit card just to see how cool this thing was," said Hoffman to Ad Age. It certainly helped that Facebook exec Randi Zuckerberg tweeted about the cookies: "Some very smart, enterprising Girl Scouts are at Facebook HQ w/boxes of cookies & @square devices. Making SERIOUS bank."
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The article goes on illustrating how a Cookie Club password-protected website lets girls send e-cards asking for pledges to buy cookies, followed by a link to an order form filled out online. Scouts track sales goals, their troop's goals and their progress. Delivery and payment in the Chicago-area is still done old-school, face-to-face. "The Cookie Club teaches the girls how to get organized online and how to set up a business online," said Maria Wynne, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the world's largest Girl Scouts Council comprised of 86,000 Girl Scouts and 22,000 volunteers in 245 communities. "They begin to get a sense of operating a business, and that is the entrepreneurship aspect of the cookie sales that we encourage. We've allowed the girls to think about their goals in a bigger way because the web allows them a larger reach."
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My favorite line of the entire article is the closer: They may be younger, and their product may be sweeter, but Girl Scouts Cookie sales may prove this generation's version of an MBA.
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There's Something About Thin Mints

TIME is reporting on a story that has been making the rounds this week. It's the story of Hersha Howard, 31, of Naples, Florida, who was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The deadly weapon? A pair of scissors. The reason for the attack? Howard's roommate had nabbed her beloved Thin Mints. According to the Collier County Sheriff's Office report, Jasmin Wanke was sleeping soundly when her hungry roommate, Howard, burst in to her room accusing her of the theft. Wanke tried to reason with the raging Howard, but was unsuccessful. The biscuity battle continued until Wanke's husband separated the pair, but Howard had other plans.
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I have to admit that I found my box of Shortbreads emptied out last night after a long day of work. I laughed, knowing it was my roommate. Had it been the Thin Mints, I may have reacted in a different manner! Do missing Thin Mints send you into a rage?
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Friday, February 18, 2011

Cookies Meet Aerobics Over at CNN!

CNN has a story that I will definitely be using before summer about working off the Girl Scout cookies! Madison Park reports that the best seller by far is Thin Mints, raking in a quarter of the cookies’ sales. She reports that the dark chocolate-covered, mint flavored cookies are actually one of the lowest calorie treats you can get from the Girl Scouts at 40 calories apiece. If you eat four of the cookies at 160 calories, you could burn off that energy with approximately half an hour of bicycling at a leisurely pace. Not so bad. For exercise tips and comparative analysis of other cookies, definitely read the entire article!
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Serious Eats: Girl Scout Cookies and Variations of!

One of my all time favorite Blogs, Serious Eats, has a piece titled, "SE Staff Picks: Our Favorite Girl Scout Cookies, and How to Eat Them". A slideshow is provided wherein Serious Eats staffers relate their favorite Girl Scout Cookies or their favorite ways to eat Girl Scout Cookies. It's fun! Author Adam Kuban prefers his Samoas stuffed and baked inside chocolate chip cookie dough.

What is your favorite way to eat a Girl Scout Cookie?
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Mommy Blogger Waxes Poetic ala Girl Scout Cookies

Sue over at The Desperate House Mommy gets rather poetic about Girl Scout Cookies, writing:
I loved you before I had ever laid eyes on you, with the kind of love that only an expectant mother can completely fathom. And although you are not flesh of my flesh, my affections for you run no less deep or true... But I must remember, after all, that you are Girl Scout cookies. And I? Am The Cookie Mom.
Definitely read the entire piece here. Enjoy!
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Monday, February 7, 2011

Super Six a Business Hit

The Atlantic has an article detailing Girl Scouts new pilot program that will try to increase profits by doing the unthinkable: slashing its cookie offerings. Derek Thompson reports that the great cookie cutting of 2011 is part of an ongoing efficiency campaign at Girl Scouts to consolidate membership and boost profit at a time when youth organizations are struggling to keep all their girls and sell some of their cookies.

"For decades, councils were left with large inventories for cookies outside the most popular five or six," said Amanda Hamaker, manager of product sales. "Councils saw this pilot as a way to experiment with their consumers to see if they could sell the same number of cookies with fewer varieties." Some media reports have tried to link the cookie cut to the credit crunch, arguing that Girl Scouts overextended their offering of sweets during the boom times only to be crushed by the recession. That's not exactly right. Girl Scouts faced a slow erosion predating the housing bubble, like many youth organizations competing against online communities. In some ways, Facebook has replaced the campfire as a place to gather around with your best buds and share your feelings.

The article delves deeper in stating that executives can be surprisingly direct about the business side of Girl Scout cookies. "We teach the girls about supply chain issues and the need for efficiencies," said Denise Pesich, vice president of communications. If that sounds like a first-year business school lecture, then don't be surprised that the organization uses professional sales consultants to teach their pre-teens how to mix precious smiles with canny nudging.

Late last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that to cut costs and delivery times, a dozen Girl Scouts council are testing a plan to sell only the six most popular cookies that make up more than three-quarters of sales. If you haven't already done so, check out the fun interactive game provided by the Wall Street Journal! What are your thoughts on the "Super Six" pilot program?
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Wall Street Journal Spotlights the Super Six

The Wall Street Journal reports that to cut costs and delivery times, a dozen Girl Scouts council are testing a plan to sell only the six most popular cookies that make up more than three-quarters of sales. The "Super Six" pilot program is the Scouts' latest way to increase profit.

By focusing on business approaches, and on skills and lessons the program teaches girls, the Girl Scout Cookie Program enjoyed profit gains from $700 million to $714 million.

The article states that this experiment is the latest example of how the Girl Scouts have been increasingly applying savvy marketing tactics to the effort. The organization is even going as far as to hold seminars to explain to girls why the change makes sense as a way to teach them some business basics. Video of that below:
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There is also a fun interactive game provided by the Wall Street Journal - Check it out! What are your thoughts on the "Super Six" pilot program?
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Toledo Talks Tagalongs and More

It's Girl Scout Cookie time in Ohio! Traci Curth talks about the sale in this edition of FOX Toledo Talk Back - Check it out:

Your favorite girl scout cookie?: foxtoledo.com

What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chicago Tribune's Cookie Selling Etiquete!

Head over to the Chicago Tribune for a light hearted run-down of Girl Scout Cookie selling etiquette. Author Nara Schoenberg asks the very important question, "Is there anyone, anywhere, who, having sampled those amazing little donut-shaped sugar bombs, would opt for any other treat?" - she then lists tips on how to do this thing right from Beverly Langford, author of "The Etiquette Edge: The Unspoken Rules for Business Success." Enjoy!
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Girl Scout Trail Mix by Molly Parris

Colorado's KWGN News recently ran a segment with Girl Scout Molly Parris who stopped into the studio to make some trail mix with Girl Scout Cookies - video below! I tried the recipe and it is fantastic - I added shredded coconut... Do you have any creative Girl Scout Cookie recipes?


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