It’s Cookie Time

It’s the first of March which means for the next two weeks, we’ll be seeing neighborhood Girl Scouts and their parents out in front of QFC, hawking their delectable selection of Girl Scout Cookies. If you partake, then you might be happy to know that this year, many Girl Scouts will accept credit cards as a form of payment.

Personally, I was never a Girl Scout but thanks to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, I can tell you how the girls benefit from cookie sales:

What Can a Cookie Do?

For many girls, the Girl Scout Cookie Program is their first entrepreneurial venture and helps foster a sense of achievement that resonates far into the future. Many of today’s successful businesswomen credit their professional accomplishments to their early start in the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Because of this experience, they learned how to be members of a team, work toward a common goal, interact with customers in a professional manner, follow through on a commitment, and strive to do their best.

Selling cookies helps girls develop a wide range of skills, including:
• Goal setting
• Decision making
• Money management
• People skills
• Business ethics

​What Your Cookie Purchase Funds
A portion of the money raised goes directly to local troops selling cookies, which allows troops to finance program goals and activities such as field trips, camp outings, and community service projects. The remainder helps make Girl Scouting available to every girl in western Washington who would like to participate. Proceeds also help Girl Scouts of Western Washington recruit and train volunteers, maintain campgrounds, and support initiatives such as outreach, science activities, career workshops and financial
assistance.

Plus, they’re just plain tasty, in my opinion!