Girl Scout cookies go on sale tomorrow!

[Anonymous]

http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=35758

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most annoying time of year... have little girls pimping cookies outside of banks, grocery stores, etc.

As a former one of those little girls, it was fun - I liked hanging out with my friends. Do you consider car wash fundraisers "pimping?"

When those teenagers wear a bathing suit and shake their butt on corners? Yes, yes I do...

[Anonymous]

http://gscnc.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/girl-scouts-what-we-stand-for/

Don't be a douche, like this guy:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/22/indiana-lawmaker-girl-scouts-in-league-with-planned-parenthood/

[Anonymous]

Bought some tonight - YES!

[Anonymous]

19:40 No, where fully clothed youth group or school club participants wash cars. WTH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over rated and over priced.

Keebler and generic brands (Safeway, Walmart) sell the same version of Samoas, Thin MInts, and Shortbread at half price and just as good.

I'm actually a little depressed reading this. I am a scout leader and am incredibly grateful for the positive experiences my daughter has had. The Girl Scout camps (mine goes to one in Southern Md. for two weeks every summer.) are fabulous and affordable thanks to the cookie sales. A similar camps costs about 3-4 times as much.

I never buy those knock-offs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually a little depressed reading this. I am a scout leader and am incredibly grateful for the positive experiences my daughter has had. The Girl Scout camps (mine goes to one in Southern Md. for two weeks every summer.) are fabulous and affordable thanks to the cookie sales. A similar camps costs about 3-4 times as much.

I'm a former Girl Scout leader and I am thrilled that my daughter does not want to be a part of it anymore. The cookie sales turned her off Girl Scouts altogether. She does still go to the camps, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually a little depressed reading this. I am a scout leader and am incredibly grateful for the positive experiences my daughter has had. The Girl Scout camps (mine goes to one in Southern Md. for two weeks every summer.) are fabulous and affordable thanks to the cookie sales. A similar camps costs about 3-4 times as much.

I'm a former Girl Scout leader and I am thrilled that my daughter does not want to be a part of it anymore. The cookie sales turned her off Girl Scouts altogether. She does still go to the camps, however.

So basically you are reaping the rewards of others' hard work. As a troop leader, you set the standard for how many cookies your troop sells or how seriously take it. I'm a troop leader and some girls sell 10 boxes -- some 300. And that's OK. We all participate (by choice) in the booth sales -- which allows us some money to take trips. I am a leader but we personally don't "sell" any. We buy 40 boxes -- give to our (large) family -- and then participate in two booth sales.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So basically you are reaping the rewards of others' hard work.

Fine by me. She sold over 200 boxes of cookies for each of four years. We're done.

[Anonymous]

I just make a donation to my daughters troop. No extra fat and calories..no putting friends and neighbors on the spot...and more $$ go the troop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually a little depressed reading this. I am a scout leader and am incredibly grateful for the positive experiences my daughter has had. The Girl Scout camps (mine goes to one in Southern Md. for two weeks every summer.) are fabulous and affordable thanks to the cookie sales. A similar camps costs about 3-4 times as much.

I'm a former Girl Scout leader and I am thrilled that my daughter does not want to be a part of it anymore. The cookie sales turned her off Girl Scouts altogether. She does still go to the camps, however.

So basically you are reaping the rewards of others' hard work. As a troop leader, you set the standard for how many cookies your troop sells or how seriously take it. I'm a troop leader and some girls sell 10 boxes -- some 300. And that's OK. We all participate (by choice) in the booth sales -- which allows us some money to take trips. I am a leader but we personally don't "sell" any. We buy 40 boxes -- give to our (large) family -- and then participate in two booth sales.

Exactly, you should be ashamed that you continued to send your daughter to camp subsidized by the efforts of others. I'm the cookie mom for our troop and we do not require any of the girls to sell. We hope they participate and can work a shift at a booth (an hour for each girl), but it is not mandatory. Our girls really enjoy it, in fact, I just finished at one with my daughter a little bit ago. So far, some girls have sold 12 (the minimum if you want the patch), while a few others are over 200 each.

We also make sure our girls (who are just Daisies) are involved in how we spend the money the troop earns. So far, they have wanted to use it for camping trips and are having a ball. We made about $500 last year from our cookie sale.

For those who are not involved in scouts, troops earn 65 cents for every $4 box sold. The rest of the profit goes to the Council for things like subsidizing day and overnight camps and other programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over rated and over priced.

Keebler and generic brands (Safeway, Walmart) sell the same version of Samoas, Thin MInts, and Shortbread at half price and just as good.

I'm actually a little depressed reading this. I am a scout leader and am incredibly grateful for the positive experiences my daughter has had. The Girl Scout camps (mine goes to one in Southern Md. for two weeks every summer.) are fabulous and affordable thanks to the cookie sales. A similar camps costs about 3-4 times as much.

I never buy those knock-offs.

I wasn't knocking the GS experience. I just think the cookies are over priced and I can't justify paying $3.50 a box. It's just not worth it to me. Just my point of view...isn't it ok to post an opinion on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't knocking the GS experience. I just think the cookies are over priced and I can't justify paying $3.50 a box. It's just not worth it to me. Just my point of view...isn't it ok to post an opinion on DCUM?

No, because you are bashing the bastion known as Girl Scouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wasn't knocking the GS experience. I just think the cookies are over priced and I can't justify paying $3.50 a box. It's just not worth it to me. Just my point of view...isn't it ok to post an opinion on DCUM?

No, because you are bashing the bastion known as Girl Scouts.

Isn't this a "discussion" "board. Why post don't want a discussion? Are you just looking for some sort of amen chorus here? Some of us --not ALL of us -- have a very real emotional attachment to our experiences in Girl Scouts. Just as you can bitch about the cost of Thin Mints, we can bitch you being a cheapo who'd rather buy your cookies at Wal-Mart than support an organization that empowers girls.

[Anonymous]

I love Girl Scout cookies, and I love the group and what it stands for. If only they were magically carb free...