March  2013

I've been hearing some unfortunate tales about things going down at site sales in our area, and as we head into the second weekend I thought it would be a good time to remind folks about the rules and regulations concerning the selling of Girl Scout cookies.

First, lets go over why we sell these tasty cookies:

1. Well duh, we need to raise funds so our Scouts can do all the fun stuff they want to do.
2. To learn about goal setting. What does a girl want to do? How much will it cost? How many boxes of cookies must she sell in order to attain that goal?
3. To learn about money management from counting change to keeping it safe.
4. To learn about marketing and sales. How do we present ourselves, Girl Scouts, and our product?

So what are the rules?  We follow the Safety Wise section on product sales, which says in part:

"Girls plan the activity. In order for girls to gain essential leadership skills inherent in the Girl Scout program, it is important to involve girls in the goal setting, planning, and execution of product sales. For this reason, adults may assist, but cannot sell Girl Scout products." Also, girls must wear their pin, their uniform, or Girl Scout clothing (like a GS t-shirt) to clearly identify themselves as Girl Scouts.  And, they must use the buddy system at all times and girls at the Daisy and Brownie levels must be accompanied by an adult, at ALL times; older girls can go to the bathroom etc. in pairs.

It comes down to the Promise and the Law.

 

The Girl Scout Law

I will do my best to behonest and fair,
friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring,
courageous and strong, and
responsible for what I say and do,and torespect myself and others,
respect authority,
use resources wisely,
make the world a better place, and
be a sister to every Girl Scout.

 

As we go about doing whatever we're doing as Girl Scouts, we need to think about whether what we're doing is following that promise and that law. The words mean something, and we did say we promised.

 

Good luck with your sales this week!