Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. A tiny portion goes to the troop. Donate $5 directly to the troop. And the troop to troop donations are a joke. I heard of some local base that has more gs cookies than they know what to do with. It is a scheme to make money for the organization.

Troops aren’t allowed to take direct donations.

I've done several direct donations this month.

The official rule is that individual troops aren't allowed to accept donations and if anything slip by, it's supposed to be donated to GSCNC.

But I don't know a single troop that actually says "no" when someone offers the girls a donation at a cookie booth. Of course they all take it. It's a stupid rule.

They’re total garbage. Oil, corn syrup and preservatives. If I’m going to buy sweets for the family, it’s from the local French bakery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're making more per box this year, just over $1, but yeah, the amount of cookies is much smaller. Some of them are insane. 12 cookies for $5...

We have to sell the 2 GS fundraisers if we want to do our own fundraiser (which the service unit has to approve), like a bake sale.

Which council? I thought it was just 1 for national council?

Nope it's two you have to do cookies and the candy fall product sale

So many rules. Time to look for another scouting organization.

I just bought a box yesterday. I was so shocked it was $5 that I looked up the price to see if maybe they had added on an extra fee for the troop. I planned to buy 2 but only bought 1.

Anonymous wrote:We recently ran across a group of Girl Scouts out at the Arlington Central Library doing a bake sale (with home made baked goods, not the cookies). It was way better and I was happy to spend money there, hopefully they made $$$.

This is a wonderful idea. As much as I like the taste of the box Girl Scout cookies I no longer feel good about spending five dollars for 12 cookies.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're making more per box this year, just over $1, but yeah, the amount of cookies is much smaller. Some of them are insane. 12 cookies for $5...

We have to sell the 2 GS fundraisers if we want to do our own fundraiser (which the service unit has to approve), like a bake sale.

Which council? I thought it was just 1 for national council?

Nope it's two you have to do cookies and the candy fall product sale

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. A tiny portion goes to the troop. Donate $5 directly to the troop. And the troop to troop donations are a joke. I heard of some local base that has more gs cookies than they know what to do with. It is a scheme to make money for the organization.

Troops aren’t allowed to take direct donations.

I've done several direct donations this month.

Anonymous wrote:Where exactly on this planet are Girl Scout cookies are mixed, baked and distributed ???

There's 2 bakers, ABC and LBB. Nations Capital is LBB, Little Brownie Baker, which is a subsidiary of Keebler. Most of their cookies taste better, but I think the ABC Lemonades taste far better than the Lemon Ups. We too are frustrated by the decreasing # of cookies per package. GS Main (the higher powers who determine price and quantity) and going to really screw this up if they keep raising prices and decrease the # of cookies. 12 Lemon Ups for $5 is ridiculous. The best value are definitely Thin Mints (which we've seen a big increase this year) and Trefoils.

02/05/2020 11:51 - We're in Nations Capital Council, you have to sell Fall Products and Cookies in order to do your own fundraising, which has to be approved by the Service Unit Manager.

Where exactly on this planet are Girl Scout cookies are mixed, baked and distributed ???

Anonymous wrote:We recently ran across a group of Girl Scouts out at the Arlington Central Library doing a bake sale (with home made baked goods, not the cookies). It was way better and I was happy to spend money there, hopefully they made $$$.

In order to do that they ARE SELLING cookies and fall product. So they were selling Gs cookies that day, but they are selling them.

Anonymous wrote:We recently ran across a group of Girl Scouts out at the Arlington Central Library doing a bake sale (with home made baked goods, not the cookies). It was way better and I was happy to spend money there, hopefully they made $$$.

Is this allowed or do you have to get special permission? What do troops do with the money?

Anonymous wrote:We're making more per box this year, just over $1, but yeah, the amount of cookies is much smaller. Some of them are insane. 12 cookies for $5...

We have to sell the 2 GS fundraisers if we want to do our own fundraiser (which the service unit has to approve), like a bake sale.

Which council? I thought it was just 1 for national council?

We're making more per box this year, just over $1, but yeah, the amount of cookies is much smaller. Some of them are insane. 12 cookies for $5...

We have to sell the 2 GS fundraisers if we want to do our own fundraiser (which the service unit has to approve), like a bake sale.

We recently ran across a group of Girl Scouts out at the Arlington Central Library doing a bake sale (with home made baked goods, not the cookies). It was way better and I was happy to spend money there, hopefully they made $$$.

Anonymous wrote:Former cookie mom here. The boxes do seem smaller this year. I'm glad I made the decision for our troop not to sell this year! (Our sales dropped every year, to the point that it just wasn't worth the work I had to put in for $0.65/box.)

I’d love to do this! Curious how you’re finding your activities. How much are you asking per family? I may spearhead this next year.