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[quote=Anonymous]Like others said - neighborhood sales put pressure on my neighbors that I’m not comfortable with. Particularly when we have 4 Girl Scouts on our street. I have friends and family with relationships with my daughters that may be interested in supporting them and social media is a low pressure way of putting the word out there. I don’t like directly approaching anyone and asking them to buy (neighbors, co-workers, family) and will not do that or let my daughters do that (with the exception of grandparents 😆). Agree with others that the direct emails with the constant reminders are annoying and i spare people. Booths are great and we do most of our sales that way, but are getting harder to come by - with more and more businesses not allowing them.

As a leader, cookies teach more than sales. As our girls have gotten older, I’ve really appreciated that they cookie money is “their money” and we let them budget and help figure out how we spend it. We pay for badges and supplies out of troop dues, and the girls every year discuss how much we save for a big trip we’re planning, how much we use for community service projects donation, and how much we want to spend on activities. We made $3500 last year and it’s been great to have them involved in money management. It has also allowed us flexibility as leaders to offset costs for families who need extra assistance so all can participate in everything no matter what their situation.

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