Cookies
The end of cookie time is near!
01/03/09 14:13
Have you bought your Girl Scout
cookies yet? If not, time is running out. There are only a few more
days left in the annual sale! If you haven’t seen the girls yet out
and about at various shopping centers and stores, you better hurry
and call or email your neighborhood Girl Scout to get your fix of
Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties and Carmel De Lites!
I spent most of the day yesterday at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia with girls from my Cadette troop. Each year in addition to the local booths (Landis, Hennings, the Harleysville Car Wash and Hardware Store), troops also have the opportunity to sell at council sponsored booths. These are usually in high traffic locations and they are available to all of the girls in Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania. Yesterday was the last day that troops would be selling at 30th Street Station so my troop seized the opportunity to let everyone know that “the end was near!”
My initial reaction when I saw the girls dressed in such interesting attire holding a flaming cookie poster was to giggle but their creativity definitely caught everyone’s attention! People stopped to ask them why they were dressed and they immediately engaged the travelers in conversation that eventually led to many cookie sales!
Our total for the day reached 200 boxes which wasn’t bad considering it was a weekend at the end of the cookie sale.
Most people think of the cookie sale as just a means of fundraising for the Girl Scouts but it’s so much more. It’s about teaching the girls marketing and sales skills. For two months each year, we are a cookie selling business. We set sales goals and plan how we’re going to approach the challenges of selling at various locations. It helps the girls be confident and year after year I am amazed to see how they continue to grow and think outside the box and push their own boundaries to reach their goals.
So next time you see a Girl Scout at WaWa or outside the grocery store, realize that it’s more than just a sale. Talk to the girls about their goals; ask them what they are planning on doing with their cookie money. And as always, consider supporting these amazing young ladies by buying a box of cookies! I promise, you won’t be disappointed!
-Tammy
IVSU Webmistress
Leader Brownie Troop 7058 & Cadette Troop 71515
I spent most of the day yesterday at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia with girls from my Cadette troop. Each year in addition to the local booths (Landis, Hennings, the Harleysville Car Wash and Hardware Store), troops also have the opportunity to sell at council sponsored booths. These are usually in high traffic locations and they are available to all of the girls in Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania. Yesterday was the last day that troops would be selling at 30th Street Station so my troop seized the opportunity to let everyone know that “the end was near!”
My initial reaction when I saw the girls dressed in such interesting attire holding a flaming cookie poster was to giggle but their creativity definitely caught everyone’s attention! People stopped to ask them why they were dressed and they immediately engaged the travelers in conversation that eventually led to many cookie sales!
Our total for the day reached 200 boxes which wasn’t bad considering it was a weekend at the end of the cookie sale.
Most people think of the cookie sale as just a means of fundraising for the Girl Scouts but it’s so much more. It’s about teaching the girls marketing and sales skills. For two months each year, we are a cookie selling business. We set sales goals and plan how we’re going to approach the challenges of selling at various locations. It helps the girls be confident and year after year I am amazed to see how they continue to grow and think outside the box and push their own boundaries to reach their goals.
So next time you see a Girl Scout at WaWa or outside the grocery store, realize that it’s more than just a sale. Talk to the girls about their goals; ask them what they are planning on doing with their cookie money. And as always, consider supporting these amazing young ladies by buying a box of cookies! I promise, you won’t be disappointed!
-Tammy
IVSU Webmistress
Leader Brownie Troop 7058 & Cadette Troop 71515