From local businesses to popular shopping malls, Girl Scouts will be setting up cookie booths for its annual Cookie Program, the largest girl-led business in the nation. Girls will be selling cookies in central and southern New Jersey from Jan. 14 through March 6. Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Shortbreads, Caramel deLites, Lemonades (a cookie celebrating its 10th birthday this year!), Thanks-A-Lots,...
From local businesses to popular shopping malls, Girl Scouts will be setting up cookie booths for its annual Cookie Program, the largest girl-led business in the nation. Girls will be selling cookies in central and southern New Jersey from Jan. 14 through March 6.
Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Shortbreads, Caramel deLites, Lemonades (a cookie celebrating its 10th birthday this year!), Thanks-A-Lots, Peanut Butter Sandwiches and Cranberry Citrus Crisps can be purchased from the Girl Scout troops for $4 per box. Select locations will also be selling a limited supply of the new gluten-free Trios cookie; chocolate chips nestled in a gluten-free peanut butter oatmeal cookie, available for $5.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches the girls the five essential business skills of Girl Scouts: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
Along with learning these valuable life skills, selling Girl Scout Cookies will help girls reach their troop goals including travel opportunities, camping and more.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program remains the largest financial literacy program for girls in the country generating $790 million in sales.
Along with local booth sales, the Girl Scouts will also be taking cookie sales digital through the Digital Cookie Platform. Through this platform, local Girl Scouts will be able to take cookie orders from customers and automate cookie shipments through a unique transaction application designed specifically for Girl Scouts. This allows a wider cookie reach, but also teaches girls e-commerce, online marketing, and digital money management skills in partnership with the five essential business skills.
Once again, Girls Scouts will be sponsoring the "Taste of Home" Program, a service project for sending Girl Scout Cookies to U.S. soldiers serving overseas. Last year, 1,890 cases of Girl Scout Cookies were purchased for the soldiers and donated through the "Taste of Home" Program, an 8.5 percent increase from 2014. The 2016 Girl Scout cookie donation goal is 2,000 cases. Consumers can purchase additional cookies from any Girl Scout to donate to the military.
Girl Scout Cookie fans can find their favorite cookies online, by using the Cookie Finder at girlscoutcookies.org or by downloading the mobile app available for Android and Apple devices.
Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey (GSCSNJ) is the premier organization serving 19,000 girls in over nine counties. For more information on how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ, call 800-582-7692 or visit www.gscsnj.org. You can also connect with GSCSNJ on Twitter @GSCSNJ or Facebook.com/GSCSNJ.
