Tag Archives: Life Skills
Be a Smart Cookie
Crunch Time Know your cookies! Get familiar with the names, flavors, and ingredients of the different types of cookies. Many people have food allergies so it’s good to know which cookies do not contain nuts, gluten, or dairy. Wear the … Continue reading
How to Support Your Girl Scout in the Cookie Program
Family support is the key to success. Girls have greater success in the Girl Scout Cookie Program when family adults are informed and involved. These tips will help you turn “cookie time” into “family time” and provide important ways you can … Continue reading
The 5 Skills and Girl Scout Leadership Outcomes
Why do they matter? Because when your Girl Scout has learned these skills, she’ll be poised for success in her career. Think about it: When employers interview job candidates, they all look for the same things. This is true whether the … Continue reading
Cookie Program for Juliettes
The Girl Scout Cookie Program has grown into a leading business and economic literacy program that is run by and for girls. The program provides an important ingredient for leadership by helping girls develop five key skills: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money … Continue reading
Cravin’ the Cookie!
‘Tis the season for Thin Mints, Carmel deLites, and Lemonades as Girl Scouts in Central Illinois prepare the largest girl-led business enterprise in the world! Celebrate the cookie craze with these fellow cookie fans! Share your silliest, wackiest, funniest, and … Continue reading
How to Buy Girl Scout Cookies
You know just how great Girl Scout cookies are! However you may not know how important the experience of selling them is for girls. Selling Girl Scout cookies allows girls to gain 5 learning skills: goal setting, decision making, money … Continue reading
Learning Life Lessons through the Girl Scout Cookie Activity
It’s easy to think of the Girl Scout Cookie Program as girls simply hawking treats, but there’s something more behind the annual ritual, especially this year. For the first time since 1987, the Girl Scout curriculum has been revamped and … Continue reading
What Can A Cookie Do?
With a Girl Scout Cookie, a girl can dream more. She has more opportunities. She can give more to her community. She is more empowered. And she can do more than she ever thought possible. A cookie can give a … Continue reading
Girl Scout Cookie Program Provides the Experience of a Lifetime
The wait is almost over! Our Girl Scout Cookie Activity kicks off on January 13 and runs through February 5. Everything girls do in Girl Scouting is designed to help them grow into leaders with Courage, Confidence, and Character, and … Continue reading
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