The Girl Scout Cookie Program, America's leading business and economic literacy program for girls, is underway in Cayuga and surrounding counties in the Seven Lakes Council. The program not only funds girls' activities year-round, but it enables them to build business and career opportunities by expanding their networks.
Through the cookie activities, girls learn to speak up, make decisions, set goals, solve problems and manage resources. These skills ultimately lead to girls being leaders in their own lives and in their communities, all part of Girl Scouting's leadership development program for girls.
Leadership in Action
€ 66 percent of Women of Professional Achievement were Girl Scouts at some point in their youth (Defining Success: American Women, Achievement, the Girl Scouts - GSRI/Louis Harris, 1999)
€ 71.4 percent of women in the U.S. Senate and 67.1 percent of the women in the House of Representatives today are Girl Scout alumnae (Congressional Research Service, August 2005)
€ 82 percent of high-achieving Girl Scout alumnae believe that membership in Girl Scouting and other youth organizations influenced their success (Louis Harris, 1999)
Helping Soldiers
Overseas
Again this year, customers of the Girl Scouts-Seven Lakes Council may purchase cookies to be sent directly to women and men serving in the armed forces. While some Girl Scout troops may send cookies directly to persons they know, others may give donated boxes to the council for shipping. The council will match up to 1,000 donated boxes for a coordinated drop through Washington, D.C.
Be sure to get your favorite variety during the initial order taking of the cookies in Seven Lakes that continues through Oct. 26. From Nov. 3 to 25, girls will be conducting point-of-sale booths where customers can purchase and pick-up cookies on the spot. Check the council Web site (www.girlscoutssevenlakes.org) after Oct. 20 for locations near you. Cost per box is $3.50.
Cookie Program Facts
€ The first written mention of a Girl Scout cookies sale was that of the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Okla., which baked cookies and sold them in the high school cafeteria as a service project in December 1917.
€ The first Girl Scout council sale of commercially baked Girl Scout cookies was in Philadelphia in 1934.
€ Approximately 200 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold nationally each year, and proceeds remain in, and benefit girls in their local communities.
€ The most popular cookie in the Girl Scouts-Seven Lakes Council? Thin Mints of course! Followed closely by Peanut Butter Patties and Caramel deLites.
€ Several savvy business owners have used the “Thanks-A-Lot” cookie as thank you gifts for clients, a dual benefit: the client and the Girl Scouts. Thanks-A-Lots are crunchy, fudge coated treats that say thank you in five different languages.
Still not too late to join
Girls, and adults, can be part of Girl Scouts any time of year.
An informational evening is planned at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Cayuga Elementary School in Union Springs. If you missed a registration event in your area, call 539-5085 ext. 727.
Judith E. Gallagher is communications director for the Girl Scouts Seven Lakes Council, Inc.
Leadership in Action
€ 66 percent of Women of Professional Achievement were Girl Scouts at some point in their youth (Defining Success: American Women, Achievement, the Girl Scouts - GSRI/Louis Harris, 1999)
€ 71.4 percent of women in the U.S. Senate and 67.1 percent of the women in the House of Representatives today are Girl Scout alumnae (Congressional Research Service, August 2005)
€ 82 percent of high-achieving Girl Scout alumnae believe that membership in Girl Scouting and other youth organizations influenced their success (Louis Harris, 1999)
Helping Soldiers
Overseas
Again this year, customers of the Girl Scouts-Seven Lakes Council may purchase cookies to be sent directly to women and men serving in the armed forces. While some Girl Scout troops may send cookies directly to persons they know, others may give donated boxes to the council for shipping. The council will match up to 1,000 donated boxes for a coordinated drop through Washington, D.C.
Be sure to get your favorite variety during the initial order taking of the cookies in Seven Lakes that continues through Oct. 26. From Nov. 3 to 25, girls will be conducting point-of-sale booths where customers can purchase and pick-up cookies on the spot. Check the council Web site (www.girlscoutssevenlakes.org) after Oct. 20 for locations near you. Cost per box is $3.50.
Cookie Program Facts
€ The first written mention of a Girl Scout cookies sale was that of the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Okla., which baked cookies and sold them in the high school cafeteria as a service project in December 1917.
€ The first Girl Scout council sale of commercially baked Girl Scout cookies was in Philadelphia in 1934.
€ Approximately 200 million boxes of Girl Scout cookies are sold nationally each year, and proceeds remain in, and benefit girls in their local communities.
€ The most popular cookie in the Girl Scouts-Seven Lakes Council? Thin Mints of course! Followed closely by Peanut Butter Patties and Caramel deLites.
€ Several savvy business owners have used the “Thanks-A-Lot” cookie as thank you gifts for clients, a dual benefit: the client and the Girl Scouts. Thanks-A-Lots are crunchy, fudge coated treats that say thank you in five different languages.
Still not too late to join
Girls, and adults, can be part of Girl Scouts any time of year.
An informational evening is planned at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Cayuga Elementary School in Union Springs. If you missed a registration event in your area, call 539-5085 ext. 727.
Judith E. Gallagher is communications director for the Girl Scouts Seven Lakes Council, Inc.
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