Our troop has not had a formal meeting since January due to a variety of factors, and last night we all finally got together. The girls did keep in touch over the winter months via our weekend cookie booths, so it did not feel like we haven’t seen each other! Our Cookie Mom went over …
Girl Scout Cookie Sales The Ultimate Answer on Sharing Money Earned Fundraising
Updated June 2022 As Girl Scout cookie sales begin to wind down in many parts of the country, leaders are feeling relief. This is the biggest fundraiser of the year and so much time and effort go into this. Photo from Pixabay As I have mentioned in several previous blog posts about dividing cookie profits, …
Should You Spend Girl Scout Cookie Money on a Big Trip if All of the Girls Cannot Participate?
It’s that time of year again where the Girl Scout forums and Facebook groups are lighting up with questions about end of the year activities and what a leader should do if a girl cannot attend the big end of year trip. This is a very delicate subject. After all, one of the topics I …
What to Do With The Girl Scout Cookie Profits? What My Troop is Doing
Last Thursday my Cadette troop met for our monthly Girl Scout meeting. Of our ten girls, only seven were there, but that did not change the meeting plan, which was to discuss what to do with our cookie profits. Because this is the first time most of the girls were selling cookies, they were happy …
How Should You Divide Girl Scout Cookie Profits?
Let me be upfront-I sold cookies with my troop once on a limited basis and it was so stressful I never did it again. I know all about the ups and downs of this fundraiser because my older daughter had a very active troop in regard to Girl Scout cookies. For years it was a …