But why don't Brownies sell brownies?
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penfieldWho do you think would win in a gang fight: the Keebler Elves or the Girl Scouts? I think the Elves would have superior organization, guile and technology, while Girl Scouts would have the advantage of size and sheer ruthlessness.
Yes, it's Girl Scout Cookie season again. The Girl Scout Cookie program is designed to teach young women the value of teamwork, entrepreneurship and using your cuteness to sucker money out of people. This is why the cookies are not available for online orders 365 days per year; the scouts are forced to put forth the effort and promotion and we are forced to interact with the little vendors.
Which means I have to stock up now for the lean summer and autumn months. I have probably mentioned in this space that my favorite ice cream combination is vanilla with mashed-up Thin Mints. For more traditional cookie usage, however, I am all about the All-Abouts.
D.C.-area cookie lovers can search for their next and nearest sales venue here.
Yes, it's Girl Scout Cookie season again. The Girl Scout Cookie program is designed to teach young women the value of teamwork, entrepreneurship and using your cuteness to sucker money out of people. This is why the cookies are not available for online orders 365 days per year; the scouts are forced to put forth the effort and promotion and we are forced to interact with the little vendors.
Which means I have to stock up now for the lean summer and autumn months. I have probably mentioned in this space that my favorite ice cream combination is vanilla with mashed-up Thin Mints. For more traditional cookie usage, however, I am all about the All-Abouts.
D.C.-area cookie lovers can search for their next and nearest sales venue here.
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Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-02-28 02:32 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-02-28 08:08 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-01 01:13 am (UTC)For the record:
A) how can you guys NOT understand the National vs. Local Council vs. Troop?? Think of this as the Feds, the States and the city. Josh--as per EP's post on the FAQ's above, the NATIONAL GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL does NOT get any money from the sale of the cookies.
B) In Madison, my girl scout troop belonged to the Black Hawk Council, which serves 9,000+ girls in 9 counties in Wisconsin. This council owns property (some of my fondest girl-scouting memories were spent at a converted farm house called Echo Valley) and equipment like tents for camping. Money that goes to the local councils goes into salaries, but also upkeep, new equipment, training, etc. etc. etc. How is this any different from any other non-profit? For an individual troop, whose enrollment numbers shift from year to year, paying for these things is just not feasible. Plus, since most troops were formed (in my day) by mothers whose daughters were in them, once the daughters are no longer scouts, what would happen to all that equipment?
I don't mean to rant, but if the girl scouts didn't make money in some way, there would be no scouts--no one to pay the bills and buy new equipment, no one to make sure that the leaders all had first aid and CPR training. I understand that there have been scandals recently about the extraordinary compensations that CEOs of other non-profits (Mr. Small being a prime example), but making money from selling cookies helps themselves not just some person in the front office.
Oh, BTW, at $4.00 a box (which is about what the cookies cost--again, I think that each council sets the price), the troop makes $0.72 per box sold. I sold 250 boxes one year, which would be $180 for the troop. I don't remember what we did with the money, but I assume that some went to scholarships for the girls in my troop who couldn't afford the nominal fees.
I promise to stop posting only rants to EP's blog, starting.... now! (unless Josh says something equally ridiculous again)
Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-01 02:04 am (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-01 02:29 pm (UTC)I paid $3.50 per box.
Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-01 09:00 pm (UTC)Where do you get yours?
Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-01 09:56 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-02 02:28 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-02 02:33 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-06 07:14 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-06 07:39 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-06 08:24 pm (UTC)(I don't know who Anonymous is, but he definitely is not in an accelerated nursing program in which he has 12-hour shifts on clinical rotations throughout the night in addition to taking the class-load of an entire senior year of college in one semester.)
(I am assuming Anon is a man.)
Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-06 10:22 pm (UTC)Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-06 10:39 pm (UTC)But tonight I am recommending a tomato soup (perhaps fortified with heavy cream and meat of your choice) and Caesar salad combo.
Re: From today's New York Times
Date: 2007-03-06 11:38 pm (UTC)