Parents! Did you know?

The #1 reason people purchase Girl Scout Cookies is to support Girl Scouting and your daughter!

The Girl Scout Cookie program is designed to teach girls entrepreneurial skills; goal setting, budgeting, marketing and money management. Girl Scouts earn money for their troop activities and develop valuable LIFE SKILLS such as:

• Responsibility…through gathering orders and turning in information on time.
• Communication skills…through talking to customers about the cookies and how the funds will be used.
• Financial and math skills…through adding orders, making change and tracking money.
• Entrepreneurial skills…through creating new ways to promote, sell and distribute cookies.
• Self-reliance/self-confidence…by overcoming shyness, learning to talk to others, setting and achieving group and personal goals, and discovering new strengths.
• Teamwork…by working with others for the benefit of all.
• Goal-setting and planning…through having a framework for meeting goals.
• Honesty and integrity…through using a meaningful set of values, The Girl Scout Promise and Law, to guide their actions.

Girl Scouts Heart of the South appreciates you and everything parents do to help girls succeed in the Girl Scout Cookie program. All of the proceeds—every penny—from the council's cookie activities remains in the area where the cookies are sold.

"Cookie revenue" helps local councils:

• Recruit and train volunteer leaders for each troop/group.
• Provide the financial assistance needed to make Girl Scouting available for all girls.
• Provide travel financial assistance for girls to be a part of destination trips.
• Improve and maintain camp and other activity sites.
• Keep event/camp fees for all members to a minimum.
• Sponsor special events and projects.
• Did you know? Customers will buy more boxes if they understand the benefits of Girl Scouting and what their purchases will support.

Help strengthen your daughter and our local communities by advocating for Girl Scouts through the Girl Scout Cookie Program. After all, you get to see the results everyday in your own Girl Scout!

Visit our website to learn more about Girl Scouts – www.girlscoutshs.org

We continually look for volunteers to help with events, training, and special series.

Can you volunteer some time for girls? Give us a call – 800-727-8104

Thank you for your support!