Cookies
Lemon Chalet Crèmes Cookies Statement
Little Brownie Bakers recently received a few contacts from consumers informing us of an off taste and smell from certain packages of Lemon Chalet Crème cookies. The baker immediately took the precautionary step of testing product samples and it was determined that while the cookies are safe for consumers to eat, they are not up to quality standards. Certain lots of Lemon Chalet Crème cookies contain oils that may be breaking down which can result in an off taste and smell. Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma has not received any of the lots of cookies for this year’s cookie sale. However, because we border on other councils, we will exchange any lemon cookies with the affected lot numbers.
Girl Scout Cookies
The activity of selling cookies is directly related to our purpose of helping all girls realize their full potential and become strong, confident, and resourceful citizens. By participating in the annual cookie sale, Girl Scouts...
- get practical life skills like goal setting, money management, and teamwork.
- learn key entrepreneurial skills like public speaking.
- provide customers with a great product that supports girls in their own community.
- directly benefit since all the money raised by the cookie sale stay in the local community.
Many successful business women today say they got their start selling Girl Scout Cookies. Girls practice useful life skills like planning, decision-making, and customer service. During cookie activities, girls are members of a team working towards a common goal, with each girl striving to do her best.
Every Girl Scout troop/group is encouraged to set realistic goals, such as planning field trips and community service projects, to accomplish during the year. The money earned from cookie activities helps the troop/group achieve its goals.
So when your localGirl Scouts come calling with this year's best-selling cookies, remember you're saying hello to tomorrow's business leaders.
Making It Count
All of the proceeds-every penny-from a local Girl Scout council's cookie activities remains in the area where the cookies are sold. This revenue is used to benefit girls, some of it directly by remaining in the Girl Scout troop/group treasury and some of it indirectly by subsidizing the cost of providing the Girl Scout program in the local area.
"Cookie revenue" helps Girl Scout councils:
- Recruit and train volunteer leaders for each Girl Scout troop/group.
- Provide the financial assistance needed to make Girl Scouting available for all girls.
- Improve and maintain camp and other activity sites.
- Keep event/camp fees for all members to a minimum.
- Sponsor special events and projects.
Each local Girl Scout council sets the price per box, based on its needs and its knowledge of its local market. The price per box, therefore, may vary from one location to another and from one year to the next. Today's prices reflect both the current cost of purchasing cookies from a licensed baker and the realities of providing Girl Scout activities in an ever-changing economic environment.