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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well you’ve convinced me to never buy Girl Scout cookies again.  [/quote]

Yep. I stopped when my kids were Scouts and I was involved in leadership roles.

We had a troop of girls whose families were all middle and upper middle class. They did not need to have their activities paid for because their parents could all afford most of the activities we were considering. [b]Some of the girls suggested that we could donate to a group that helped the unhoused or even donate to a Girl Scout troop with less well off girls, but we were told that donating the money was not allowed and that it needed to be spent on this troop.  [/b]The girls were all excited about the idea of donating to those less well off,  but we had to tell them that was not allowed. That was the end of buying GS cookies for me. 
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This makes me sad.

When I was growing up, we were not allowed to wear Brownie uniforms in my troop because most of the girls couldn't afford them. We had sashes only, and those were paid for by the troop. We did activities like wandering around the neighborhood picking up leaves and then identifying them in a book of trees. I remember we had a meeting where we all had omelets, cooked by the dad of one of the scouts who had become our de facto leader because we no longer had one, because we thought omelets were the ultimate fancy food. [/quote]

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