When are the Girl Scout cookies on sale?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Girl Scouts sell cookies for a variety of reasons, one of them being to earn money. Girl Scouts also sell cookies to learn goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.

Answer 3

A few weeks after you buy them.

Each Girl Scout council determines the date and method of their sale.

Some councils use order blanks and it can take up to six weeks from when you place your order until they are delivered.

Some councils have direct sales where the girls or the troop have the cookies on hand and give them to you at the time of the sale.

Most councils also host booth sales where they have the cookies at the booth.

You can go to the Girl Scout cookie finder to find information about the council you are located in.

Answer 4

Each Girl Scout council determines the dates for their cookie sale. You can check the Girl Scout cookie web site to find out when your local council sells Girl Scout cookies.

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Answer 5

There are three Girl Scout and Girl Guide organizations known to sell cookies/biscuits. They are Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Guides of Canada, and Girl Guides Australia.

No, not all of the Girl Scouts in the USA sell cookies. Girls in the Girl Scouts of the USA are not required to sell cookies, although most of them do. Some Girl Scout councils require troops to participate in council product sales before they will approve any other money earning projects for that troop.

Answer 6

The first selling of Girl Scout cookies was in 1917. But it was not used as a regular fundraiser until July 1922 when an article in The American Girl magazine was published about the benefits of this program. It caught on with troops all over the country in the 1920's and the girl scouts made their own cookies at home.

Answer 7

Girl Scout councils choose the dates for the Girl Scout cookie sale in their council. Most Girl Scout councils sell cookies in the months of January, February, and March. To find out if your local Girl Scout council is currently selling cookies, you can go to their website or use the Girl Scout Cookie Finder.

Answer 8

Members of Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) sell Girl Scout cookies. Girl Guides of Canada, Girl Guiding New Zealand, and Girl Guides Australia Inc. also sell cookie (called biscuits in New Zealand and Australia) products. Girl Scouts and Girl Guides in other countries are not known to have a national cookie/biscuit sale although troops/groups might conduct their own cookie or bake sale.

Answer 9

The girl scouts started selling cookies in the 1990s. But, the actually started the troops of Girl Scouts started in 1912.