Girl Scout Cookies|Pad Patter 2.24

I have also bought them, but I'm not a big cookie eater, so I guess I've bought them for everyone else in the house.

But, this year... I bought zippo! And no one in the house has asked if I buying some, so..... no GS cookies!

 

I was a GS Leader for 12 years. I think I have only bought 5 boxes since I quit back in 2003. It's a shame that the troop does not get a larger percentage of the proceeds. They are overpriced and I've been known to just had a GS $5 for her troop instead of buying the cookies.

 

I need to scrap a page, but here she is...

 

@bestcee - Hmmmm, now I need to look for them. Always love a new cookie.

 

We stopped selling the GS cookies about 2 years ago. When we did booths - people looked at the girls like they didn't believe they were still allowed to sell cookies. They were older and teens ... and the customers seeemd to overwhelmingly prefer to buy from the younger, cute little Girl Scouts. It was ridiculous explaining to every other person who walked by that "yes, the girls are STILL in GSs". It's just a few girls left and they stayed in the program to give back to the community and concentrate on service projects.

I'm happy to report as of last night (she had her Gold Award proposal interview yesterday evening) she is approved to go ahead with her Gold Award idea ... which at minimum will be 80 hours of community service over the next 8-9 months. I suspect it will be quite a bit more than that. I am so proud of her!

 

Congratulations!!!! What is her idea?
My daughter still needs to come up with an idea. She will be in 12th grade this fall, so only 1 year left to get it done.

 

@BevG, I'm a member of the Gold Award committee for our region of our council. We receive the girls' proposals, meet with them to go over their proposals, and either approve them or work with the girl to bring her project up to Gold Award standards. We are a sounding board for them as they work on their projects and then review their final report. If you or your daughter has any questions about Gold Awards, I would be happy to answer them.

 

Alex was in a play this week so we stopped at Safeway to get her some flowers to give to her after the performance. The store had only two checkouts available and the lines were half way up the aisle. I put the flowers back and walked outside where I had noticed some gals selling Girl Scout cookies and purchased some thin mints. Alex thought the cookies were a better gift than the flowers her folks gave her. Of course I bought a box of thin mints for us too...we have to support our troops.

 

She is working with our local Office of the Aging Meal Delivery Program to bring handmade cards, letters from older students, and small craft projects to them along with their meal delivery. She plans to utilize the local schools and cooperate with teachers - the young classes can make crafty things, the mid levels can make cards, and older students can write thoughtful letters. These are the seniors in the community who aren't able to get out to the Community Center (where they provide lots of actitivites for seniors who are more mobile). They have limited conatact and engagement with others. They tend to be more lonely and isolated - so she wanted to find a way to let them know that the younger generations are thinking of them. She'll do craft workshops during the summer - both to educate the population on the programs the Office of the Aging provides, explain about the seniors living at home receieving meals (encourage them to possibly find small ways to give back themselves), and lead the workshop participants in making a craft and/or handmade card to give to the seniors. We'll have a set of teachers from the schools carry on the project each year with their new classes.

 

Reading this brings back memories of selling girl guide biscuits around this time too in New Zealand though it’s been at least 12-16 years since I’ve been involved.

We have three types which after reading all of yours seem very plain: Plain (Vanilla), Chocolate Dipped & Mini Chocolate Dipped

 

I didn't buy any cookies this year, I can't have them...but Thin Mints in the freezer are my all time fav!