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Did you know that this is the 100th year of Girl Scouts?
I am highly aware since my daughter is currently in Girl Scouts. She loves it as the troop is always doing something fun. Derby cars, scarecrow making, pie making, crafts and what not.
However, now is the time for cookie sales in our area. My daughter has till Sunday to sell 150 boxes that she put down for her goal. We are no where near half way but we have not hit all possible places to get sales.
You could consider this a call to arms to help my daughter. But what I really want you t do is buy from whomever is closest geographically. Help make the local troop have the best sales ever. There is an app that can tell you where sales are taking place in your area.
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When I was in college, I volunteered at a local brownie troop. The sales I made sent the girls to camp that summer. Now that was cool. Wouldn’t you like to help send a girl to summer camp where they do fun things?
Well then, you know what you have to do. There is no point in debating which is the best cookie flavor because we all know Thin Mints are the bomb. All of the others are good too but everyone knows which is the best. Buy a box of Thin Mints and another cookie that is your second favorite. That is an $8.00 investment of pure joy.
What a great way to celebrate the 100th year of Girl Scouts.
Notes from Rumbly Cottage 
Did you know there was a campaign I believe in Colorado to boycott Girl Scout cookies because a transgender boy joined the Girl Scouts?
I won’t get into that here, but I will definitely be buying my fair share of cookies this year!
You have derby cars!? I never had that! I would have loved that!!
We love them, too.
Thing 1 is a Girl Scout, and I’ve gone out selling with her, and I’m always amazed by how indignant some people are. One woman told her, “We bake our OWN cookies!” and this middle-aged guy told her once, “We don’t EAT cookies in this house!”
Seriously, people?
I have gotten those responses as well as ‘my grandaughters are in Girl Scouts and I already bought from them.’ My rule of thumb is I buy from a kid who shows up at my door since it is so hard to do the job in the first place.
“We bake our own cookies.” What a curmedgeon!
Please don’t be so hard on people who don’t buy cookies especially “older “people – you may not know their circumstances. I was a scout, camp counselor, and a leader. My daughter was a scout.
Some of our neighbors didn’t buy cookies. Later 2 privately told me they were embarrassed. One had very limited funds. They had hit hard economic times due to medical bills and job loss. They were being forced to go to food pantries (and eventually lost their house) With the other one, the wife was desperately trying to control her husband’s diet/ eating on doctor’s orders: no salt / sugar ( he was very fat and diabetic and heart issues) and if there was any sweet stuff in the house he would binge – even if it killed him.
I tried to tell my troop that not everyone would want cookies – and to not take it personally. Part of sales – and growing up – is dealing with rejection. The important thing is to remember never let anything stop you from going after your dreams ( you might have to find a different route) and to remember to try to walk in another’s shoes in order to understand them. So they didn’t buy cookies = no big deal.
Now, I have to go and move over stuff in the freezer to make room for cookies!
Most of the time I handle this stuff with a grain of salt. And I have had people turn down my daughter because of the diet issue. But to say to a kid “we make our own cookies,” well that is purposely being mean and hurtful. Just say no, politely, and leave the excuses unsaid.
Our grandson made a derby car. Such fun making it. He carried it everywhere with him before and after the race. He was so proud of it. To this day it’s on his dresser top.
Our daughters sold GS cookies and it was amazing how much we sold on one Sunday afternoon. Everyone was very nice purchasing several boxes. They are just too hard to resist and the quality was so good. We keep them in our freezer so my husband can enjoy year round. Yes, the answer is yes, we will be buying more this year. E-mail me if we can purchase online and let me know who to credit them to. Good luck.
Our derby car participated in a demolition derby after the big event. Guess they are not doing the bigger event at the mall in March.
Just got a Facebook from a girl scout dad who his helping out his daughter. You made me remember to put in my order! Thanks!
GS cookies – does anyone know what makes them so seriously addictive? I can still start a fire with a flashlight battery and steel wool thanks to the scouts !
Hey! Thanks for visiting my blog. I’m glad to have found you. Wish you were closer so we could order some cookies from you! Just read your movie night post…It’s funny, we watched The Sandlot and Moneyball this past week too. Love them both!
Thanks for stopping by. I know what you mean about being closer to those things. I find girl scout cookies addictive.
Oh NO! I love/dread GSC! I am an addict. I can easily consume entire boxes of cookies in one sitting, particularly those ones with peanut butter and chocolate…but really, all of them I’ve never met a girl scout cookie that I didn’t adore. What addictive substance, beside sugar, do they put in those things?
My girl scout and other door-to-door sales experiences as a child were so treacherous that I’m hard pressed to turn any small entrepreneurs down. What I have stopped doing, though, is buying from parents who bring the order form to work or meetings and the kid doesn’t even have to make a pitch. Somehow that just doesn’t seem right.
I try to make my daughter do the bulk of the work. Have to admit I am jealous of those parents that work with lots of other people.
Since I don’t eat cookies, I will buy a few boxes and give them away as gifts. Win-win, right?
Absolutely!
I agree!
Great share!
My daughter has never been a Girl Scout, but we always buy from a couple of her friends, as well as some of the girls who position themselves outside the grocery stores. The cookies have always been great. I was a Scout for a few years – back in the days when the cookies were 50 cents a box!
My daughter did the same a couple of years back, she had a great time and I have to confess to buying a couple of boxes. I love cookies lol! 🙂