When you buy delicious Girl Scout Cookies, you’re helping to power
new, unique, and amazing experiences for girls—experiences that
broaden their worlds, help them gain essential life skills and
entrepreneurial expertise, and prepare them to practice a lifetime of
leadership. And guess what—100 percent of the money stays local!
Your cookie purchase not only supports girls’ success, but helps
them find the G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™
within to do amazing things for themselves and for their communities.
Girls
Learn the “5 Skills”
Our cookies are on a mission: to help girls learn five skills that
are essential to leadership, to success, and to life.
Skill #1—Goal Setting "I know I can do
it!"
“We're all about trying new things and having fun. Selling
cookies is about both. My friends and I work together to set our team
goal for the season; maybe we'll donate to our local animal hospital
or go on an adventure. Sure, selling the cookies is great. But what we
do with the money we earn is even greater.”
Skill #2—Decision Making "I make smarter decisions."
“When I sell cookies with my Girl Scout forever friends, we make our
own decisions, like how many boxes we want to sell. We all have to
agree on what we'll do with the money, which means talking it out and
being okay not getting our way sometimes. And we have to figure out
how to solve problems, like what to do when one of the girls is sick
and can't help out. Our decisions matter.”
Skill #3—Money Management "I make change happen!"
“It's cool that I get to make change when someone buys cookies. I'm
really careful about it. I count it out twice, so I know it's totally
right. And I know each box sold gets us one step closer to our goal.”
Skill #4—People Skills "I get a lifetime supply of
confidence in every box."
“I've met so many new people at our cookie booth. And I've gotten
really good at chatting with them about how we are doing more than
just selling Girl Scout Cookies. We’re earning money to achieve our
cookie-season goals and do great things.”
Skill #5—Business Ethics "Selling cookies is more
than just business."
“The other day at the cookie booth I made my friend's mom laugh
really hard and she totally forgot her change. I made sure she got it
back. She was so impressed she bought another box of cookies. Now I'm
even closer to reaching my goal for robotics camp.”
How the Cookie Crumbles
Each package of Girl Scout Cookies costs $4.00. Of that purchase
price, more than 70% stays with the Girl Scout, her troop and the
council to fund high-quality leadership development programming that
builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a
better place.
Where Does Money from Cookies Go?
Cookie Program + Baker Costs
24% or $1.03/PACKAGE
Cost of cookies from the
baker
Troop Proceeds, Troop & SU Rewards, + Girl Rewards
22% OR $.85/PACKAGE
$.50 to $.85 in troop
proceeds.
$.10 in girl rewards
$.02 in troop and
service unit rewards
Camp Facilities + Program
16% OR $.63/PACKAGE
Financial assistance to provide
access to camp to all girls
Maintenance and upkeep of
residential camps and program facilities
Keeps camp
registration affordable
Girl Scout Leadership Experience
13% OR $.51/PACKAGE
Supports GSUSA chartered
curriculum with staff, resources and council-sponsored events
Supports girls and troops experiencing financial barriers
through financial assistance
Bronze, Silver and Gold Award
project support
Member + Volunteer Support
19% OR $.75/PACKAGE
Support for new volunteers,
including background checks
Provides marketing resources
and supplies to volunteers to promote Girl Scout membership
Development of volunteer training to address emerging needs of
volunteers
Customer Service + Support
6% OR $.23/PACKAGE
Customer service professionals
available to answer volunteer questions by phone and email, and
assist service center guests
Administrative support for
programs girls and volunteers
Girls Scout membership and
event registration processing as well as data management
Girls
Learn the “5 Skills”
