At least, when I was a girl scout we were. We didn't have to sell a certain number of boxes, but we were required to sign up for a certain number of hours at one of the booths.
No minimum, but a lot of troops will have selling days at local places and she'll have to participate there during cookie season.
Yep it varies by troop. Mine never did booth sales and we could sale whatever number we felt like or none if we preferred. though usually there were some neat (to a kid) prizes for selling X amount of cookies so we'd hit up family and friends until we sold enough for what we wanted.
Post by discogranny on Jun 24, 2013 14:44:15 GMT -5
Cookie sales are required for troops and on some level for the individual girls during group activities. A friend started a special needs troop for her autistic daughter and a few of her special needs friends and even though she lobbied against cookie sales they were still required for the troop as a whole though the girls had no individual requirements.
Basically an anecdotal story to say yes, they are required.
Post by StormyDixon on Jun 24, 2013 15:25:43 GMT -5
in the troop that I run, no girl is required to sell cookies, nor is she required to work a booth. at the council level, the troop is only required to participate in cookie sales if they intend to do individual troop fund raising outside of cookie sales.
ie: we raffled off a quilt made by the girls as a fund raiser in addition to cookie sales.
Post by dragonfly08 on Jun 24, 2013 15:57:32 GMT -5
From what our troop leaders have said, if council is participating then they are required to *provide* the information. But there is nothing that says a girl must sell a single box in order to stay in good standing. What an individual troop might choose to do about a non-participant when it comes to any activity being funded by that money (our troops usually vote each year; #1s troop is going to laser tag, #2s troop spent an afternoon at the rec center pool), I have no idea.
My goal each year is 12 boxes per kid (I have two). That's what they need to earn the cookie pin and patch. Between me, my parents, and a couple of neighbors, that's never a problem.
Post by StormyDixon on Jun 24, 2013 16:00:35 GMT -5
what we do is use our cookie proceeds to fund registration fees, uniform, books & meeting supplies for each girl. we also use it for meals while camping. We also do not charge dues.
I bought these at my grocery store recently. Dead ringers for Samoas.
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They have the same calorie count, at 140 calories per 2 cookies; Coconut Dreams have more fat and Samoas have more carbs. Coconut Dreams contain 18 cookies (8.5 oz) per box and Samoas have 14 cookies (7.5 oz) per box. Price is about the same, too. (We did find the Keebler cookies on sale the week before the Girl Scout cookies came out, just 2 for $5 at Safeway.) The regular price for a box is $3.97 plus tax; the Girl Scout cookies are $3.50 each. (in our council area)
There is no requirement but they dangle all sorts of rewards in front of the girls that do sell cookies. I always find it annoying when co-workers basically leave a cookie order form in the break room and say to sign your name on the line if you want cookies.....I think that's cheating. The whole idea is to get the girls involved in the community, not have mom or dad peddle the cookies for them.
There is no requirement but they dangle all sorts of rewards in front of the girls that do sell cookies. I always find it annoying when co-workers basically leave a cookie order form in the break room and say to sign your name on the line if you want cookies.....I think that's cheating. The whole idea is to get the girls involved in the community, not have mom or dad peddle the cookies for them.