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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a shame for the girls to lose out on the opportunity to step out of their comfort zone, put themselves out there, practice their communication and etiquette skills, learn some sales skills, and have the responsibility for completing paperwork and handling money. It’s empowering for them to do those things.

However, the world has changed. In addition to a pandemic having limited contact with others in the recent past and technological advances, society is more risk averse with children, there are no longer a ton of SAHMs who can accompany their daughters on two rounds to houses (to make sales and then deliver the cookies), people aren’t as likely to answer their doors for strangers anymore, and consumers don’t want to deal with cash.
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Virtually every single actual girl scout parent here said their girls DO still sell door to door.
I'm a leader, and I thikn about 75% of my girls went door to door this year.
We went over safety rules as a troop and did some role playing for door knocking and booth sales (including how to respectfully ask people walking into and out of grocery stores and how to say "thanks! have a great day!" to anyone who doesn't want cookies.)

Things were definitely wonky the last two years though - figuring out COVID and managing everyone's comfort level was a challenge.  We're in Central Maryland, not nations Capital, so our coookies sales just ended for this year.  It was SO nice to be back to a normal year and not have to worry about socially distanced booths and stuff!

Thanks to all who support our Girl Scouts![/quote]

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