In other countries, girl scouts may be known by different names. For example, in the United Kingdom, they are called Girlguides. In Canada, they are called Girl Guides. In Australia, they are known as Girl Guides or Girl Scouts.
When you first start Girl Scouts, you will typically receive a starter kit that includes the World Trefoil pin, membership pin, and troop numbers patch. These are the basic patches that represent your membership in the organization and identification within your troop. Additional patches can be earned through participation in various activities, projects, and events.
The Girl Guide uniform in Brazil typically consists of a white short-sleeved shirt or blouse with the Girl Guide logo on the pocket, a navy blue skirt or pants, and a navy blue necktie or scarf. They also wear a green beret or hat as part of their uniform. The uniform may vary slightly depending on the specific Girl Guide organization in Brazil.
For Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Scouts in grades Kindergarten and 1 are called Girl Scout Daisies.
Girl Guide/Girl Scout organizations in other countries use other names. For example, in Nigeria, Girl Guides age 4 and 5 are called Sunbeams. In South Africa, Girl Guides ages 4 1/2 to 7 are called Teddy. Hong Kong Girl Guides ages 4 to 6 are called Happy Bees. In Japan, Girl Scouts ages 5 and 6 are called Tenderfoot Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the Philippines call ages 4 to 6, Twinkler Scout.
Trefoil cookies are named after their shape. Trefoil means a shape made from three overlapping rings. The trefoil cookie uses the three overlapping Girl Scouts silhouettes to make a somewhat round design.
Girl Scouts of the USA sell Girl Scout Cookies.
Girl Guides of Canada sell Girl Guide Cookies.
Girl Guides Australia sell Girl Guide Biscuits (cookies).
Thin Mints are the number one seller, followed by Samoas/Caramel DeLites and then Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs.
Personal opinion: Caramel DeLites, Thin Mints, Shortbreads, and Peanut Butter Patties are the best Girl Scout cookies.
In 1992, Girl Scout cookies cost approximately $2.50 per box. Each Girl Scout council sets its own price for the cookies, so there was some variation in the price between councils.
Depending on the Girl Scout council, Girl Scouts of the USA cookies cost from $2.00 to $2.50 per box in 1990.
The Girl Scout cookie sale is a learning experience for the girls. As they sell the cookies, girls develop five essential skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
The sale is limited so that the girls will also spend time on other activities, not just on cookie sales.
Also, by only selling at a certain time of the year, interest in the cookie sale can be created each year. People ask Girl Scouts about when will they be around again to sell cookies.
Each Girl Scout council in America determines their product sale guidelines and what the Girl Scouts in their council receive for selling cookies.
Each Girl Scout council retains some of the cookie profit and each troop receives some of the profit.
Girl Scout councils also offer some type of incentives for selling various amounts of cookies. These incentives might be things like stuffed animals, key chains, toys, etc. The incentives might also include some form of credit which the girls may use for Girl Scout activities or might be an additional amount of profit for the troop.
There are various awards and participation patches Girl Scouts may receive from Girl Scout cookie sales.
There are 8 Girl Scout Councils in Texas.
Cookies are $3.50 per box in all of the Girl Scout councils in Texas:
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest - Southern New Mexico & West Texas
Girl Scouts - Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas
Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains
For Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA), each Girl Scout council determines the dates of their cookie sale, however, most of them sell during the months of January through March.
You can go to the Girl Scout Cookie Finder web site, enter your zip code, and find out if your local council is currently selling cookies.
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Each World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) member country sets their own guidelines for money earning projects for their members, so members of The Girl Guide Association of Barbados probably do not sell cookies.
Some national organizations, such as Girl Guides of Canada, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Girl Guides Australia Inc., do sell cookie (biscuits in Australia) products. Members of Girl Scouts Overseas sell cookies as members of the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA).
It depends on the cookie company chosen by the Girl Scout council. There are two cookie companies which provide Girl Scout cookies and they must offer 8 different kinds of cookies.
Both companies offer Thin Mints, Trefoils/Shortbread, Tagalongs/Peanut Butter Patties, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, and Samoas/Caramel deLites. The other four cookies change every so often and are different depending on the cookie company. Currently (2011) for sale are: Thank You Berry Munch, Lemonades, Dulce de Leche, Lemon Chalet Cremes, Thanks-A-Lot, and Shout Outs.
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Each Girl Scout council determines the price of the cookies for their council. For the 2011-2012 cookie sale, some councils set their price at $3.50 per box and some councils set their price at $4.00 per box. Other councils may have set a different price.
There are two licensed Girl Scout Cookie Bakers in the US. Each Girl Scout council chooses the cookie baker, either Little Brownie Bakers or ABC Bakers.
Except for THIN MINTS® and TREFOILS®, the cookie bakers choose the names of the cookies.
So, Little Brownie Bakers Calls them Do-si-dos® while ABC Bakers calls them Peanut Butter Sandwich. Each company also develops their own recipes, so if your Girl Scout council switched to a different cookie baker, the cookie will have a different name and may also taste different.
Mainly for safety reasons this is not a good idea. However, in order to sell Girl Scout cookies in front of your house, you should talk to your troop/group leader, or your troop's cookie chair and your service unit cookie chair. This would probably be considered having a booth sale, so permission would have to be given plus they would want to make sure you are following all the safety guidelines.
There would need to be at least one adult present at all times. If a car were to stop by, the people in the car would need to get out and come to you or the adult with you should be the one to approach the car.
Work hard, provide good customer service, and be friendly and helpful!
Be sure you go back to customers from previous years. Generally, if you continue to go back each year, customers will buy more. If you know of a girl who is no longer in Girl Scouts, ask her for a list of customers.
Read through the cookie sale materials for good ideas.
At a booth sale, be sure to ask people if they would like to purchase some Girl Scout cookies. Politely greet anyone who walks by, even if they just keep on walking.