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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s admirable Girl Scouts is trying to include more traditionally male activities. I know I found GS miserable as a kid because I hated crafts, I just wanted to run around in the woods.

What I hate about them is that it’s basically become a cookie selling business with some activities on the side. My friends who are troop leaders always feel pressured to sell, and they keep very little of the money. I hate that they set up outside of every store I go in and harass me. And now it’s not just cookies- multiple times a year they are bugging me to buy cookies, candy, etc that I don’t even want.[/quote]

Sales are twice a year, and no one is required to participate. Our troop makes good money from those sales, which allows us to pay for a lot of extra activities for the girls without asking parents to write checks over and over again (which we try to be sensitive to, since not all of our families have a bunch of extra cash lying around). Very little of our troop year is spent on selling-related activities, but I really like the financial literacy program GSA has developed around it (if troop leaders choose to use it) because it's a strong program to teach the girls about budgeting, planning and goal-setting that builds in an age-appropriate way. One of the things I didn't care for about BSA when our family was a part of it was that our pack declined to participate in any fundraising in favor of parents writing large checks every year, and I felt like they were missing out on an opportunity to teach a very privileged group of boys about putting in the work to earn your own way instead of expecting everything to be handed to you.[/quote]

NP. I would get behind BSA and GSA troop sales if they did more creative work. I'd love to pay a middle preschooler to rake leaves or organize my toys or shovel my walk way or a million other great chores I have. Kiwanis actually used to be good about paying for chores like that (kids would volunteer to do work and the money benefited their Kiwanis). [/quote]

Again, you have to research the details.  Girl Scouts *are* allowed to do additional money-making work such as this if they participate in Fall Product Sales (our troop just buys 2 items total to give to the teachers for holidays as a gift from the troop) and cookie sales in the winter/spring.  Once that is done, they are free to fundraise.  MANY troops do additional fund-raising.  If you would like a Scout to rake leaves or organize your toys or shovel your walk, feel free to reach out to a local Scout leader and I am sure you will have many, many takers.  [/quote]

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