| Angeles
Girl Scout Council’s 2008 Girl Scout Cookie® Sale
Program Frequently Asked Questions |
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What is the GOAL of our 2008 Girl Scout Cookie® Sale Program? | Angeles Council’s Cookie Sale Program 2008 Goal is 1,000,000 boxes! WE CAN DO
IT! Last year Girl Scouts in
Angeles Council sold 982,872 boxes of cookies. |
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Where can
I purchase Girl Scout Cookies®? | If
you don’t know a Girl Scout or
haven’t seen a troop booth in your area, the Council will put you in touch
with a troop near you. Please call 310 450- 3720. Only Girl Scouts themselves
may sell Girl Scout Cookies®. |
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What’s the price of Girl Scout Cookies® per box this year? | Angeles Girl Scout Council’s price is $4
per box. All of our merging council partners charge the same price, but the price
of Girl Scout Cookies® does vary across the USA. All retail pricing and selling time frame decisions
continue to be determined by each individual
council. |
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| Where do the proceeds of the Girl Scout Cookies® go? | All of the net proceeds
from our Girl Scout Cookie® Sale Program stay right here in Angeles Council. Sales proceeds directly benefits our Girl
Scouts’ council-wide and troop activities, projects, services and resources:
membership; adult volunteer recruitment, training, support and recognition; council
facilities and administration community service projects, and much more!
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How Does the
sale of Girl Scout Cookies® benefit Girl Scouts? | TROOPS
PROCEEDS Angeles Council’s troop Girl Scout Cookie proceeds
per box they sell ($.75) is one of the highest among all Girl Scout councils.
Cadettes and Senior Girl Scouts may opt-out of program
incentives and receive an additional $0.05
per box for their troop programs, travel, service projects and other girl-planned activities. In
2007, our Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program generated a total of $737,154 for participating Girl Scout
troops in our council. Every troop sets its goals for the year (or longer term
projects) and funds their budgets from their annual Girl Scout Cookie®
Sale Program revenue and other income earning projects.
These include community service projects, troop travel and camping, group events
and supplies. These needs are determined by the girls themselves, with the help of their adult
volunteer leaders. COUNCIL-WIDE
PROCEEDS Angeles Council Girl Scouts rely completely on the generosity of the local
community for support of our Council. The Girl Scout Cookie® Sale Program generates a significant part of – but certainly not the total – of
earned income for our annual budget. The council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Funds are used council-wide for our Girl Scout … ·
Membership outreach that enable every girl who wants to be a Girl Scout
in 101 communities of L.A. County to get involved, regardless of her family’s
economic situation and keeps our network of 28 Girl Scout Neighborhoods
working smoothly to serve over 9000 girls and support over 6000 adult
volunteers. ·
Programs, including outdoor education, financial literacy, wellness/health, outdoor
education and sports, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), social
and cultural diversity, awards and recognition, etc. They are offered at affordable
costs to most families. For others we can provide subsidies. On behalf of
our members ,the Council manages relationships with bus companies, horse stables,
camp grounds and other community resources to insure that they comply with Girl
Scout standards. Council also makes available for rent to troops and Girl Scout
groups camping and other program equipment, educational materials, such as “In-A-Box”
activities, and runs a Girl Scout retail shop. ·
Adult volunteer recruitment, screening, training, mentoring, support
and recognition goes on all year. Over 99 percent of all adults involved in Girl
Scouting are volunteers. ·
Council owned and operated facilities, including our Camp Osito Rancho in Big Bear and
Council Headquarters in Santa Monica. ·
Council administration, including interface with GSUSA, stewardship of Girl
Scouts’ finances, public relations / communications and fund raising, resource
development and standards compliance reporting. The council is chartered by GSUSA
to provide Girl Scout programs in our jurisdiction of 101 communities in L.A.
County. |
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What’s the difference between the Girl Scout Cookie®
Sale Program and other fund raising? | Girl
Scouts, individually and collectively in their troops and groups, are not permitted to do fund raising, rather
they may earn money for their specifically
budgeted activities. No funds from the
Girl Scout Cookie® Sale
Program are given to any individual. Launched
in 1917 by Girl Scouts in Muskogee, Oklahoma, The Girl Scout Cookie®
Sale Program is recognized nationally as a leading, formal educational business and economic literacy activity run by and for
girls ages 6 to 18. By giving girls the opportunity to discover their own skills, connect
through teamwork, and take action, the Girl Scout Cookie® Program
has helped make Girl Scouting the premier
leadership development experience for girls. All activities (including the manufacturing
of the cookies themselves!) are undertaken in accord with strict Girl Scouts of
the USA safety guidelines and practices. Girl Scouts troop
members manage inventory and finances, set goals, develop leadership and teamwork
capacities, and learn first-hand marketing, public relations and other useful
life skills … in fun ways. It’s
no wonder ... many successful business women today say they got their start selling
Girl Scout Cookies ®. Daisy Girl Scouts, five and six years old, are not allowed to participate in the program under any circumstances. While
a tempting concept, there’s no race
to see who sells the greatest number of boxes. Achievement incentives are
given to all girls reaching program benchmarks, demonstrating their successful
plan and earnest effort. |
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| Why can't Girl Scout Cookies® be sold on the Internet? | Our
existing National Girl Scout policy prohibits
the sale of Girl Scout Cookies® or any other Girl Scout approved
product on the Internet. The safety of our girls is always our chief concern. Even in supervised
settings it is not possible to guarantee that the person purchasing Girl
Scout Cookies®
harbors no harmful intent. Girl Scout Cookie®
Activities are designed to be face-to-face learning experiences for girls.
In an online setting, there is no guarantee that the seller is indeed a girl member
of Girl Scouts. We have many ways for girls to explore and experience the benefits
of science and technology and the Internet, including our Girls Go Tech initiative. |
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| Are Purchases of Girl Scout Cookies® tax deductible? | No and
Yes.
- No, if the customer keeps the cookies. Individuals
who buy Girl Scout Cookies® and take
the cookies home / consume them,
have purchased a product at a fair
market value. For this reason, no part of the price of a box of Girl Scout Cookies®
may be used in this way is tax-deductible.
- Yes, if the customer leaves the cookies with Girl
Scouts.
- Yes, if the customer donates
the cookies to the Council’s Operation
Cookie-Drop at the time of purchase
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| May our troop donate and send Girl Scout Cookies® to US Armed Forces?
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Girl Scout Council’s Operation Cookie
Drop program is just for this purpose. We are working with the USO and Operation Gratitude to provide a deeply appreciated “taste
of home” for military personnel. More information can be found at Operation
Cookie-Drop or by contacting the Neighborhood Cookie Chair. |
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| | OFFICIAL GSUSA Girl Scout Cookie® Sites Online (in
addition to the hotlinks on our Cookie Home Page) |
| GSUSA Cookie Activity | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_activity.asp |
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Girl Scout Cookie® History | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_history/default.asp
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Girl Scout Cookie® FAQs | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/faqs.asp |
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Brownie Try-It: Cookies Count | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/brownie_cookies_count.asp |
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Brownie Try-It: Smart Cookie | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/brownie_smart_cookie.asp |
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Juniors Badge: Cookie Connection | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/junior_cookie_connection.asp |
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Junior Badge: Cookie Biz | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/junior_cookie_biz.asp |
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Girls 11-1 7: Cookies and Dough Interest Project Award | http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/online/cookies/11_17_cookies_dough.asp |
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| Other GSUSA-Sanctioned Girl Scout Cookie® Related Online Info |
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Mtv’s “Run's House” (Season 4) | Ep. 8 | http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1574776&vid=192134 Kid Rock comes
to town and turns Russy into a rocker while Angela and Vanessa become role models
for the Girl Scouts. |
MySpace Girl Scout Cookies® Portal | dhttp://www.myspace.com/girlscoutcookiesale |
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Make Girl Scouts Your Business | http://girlscouts.org/vanessaandangela/
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Other Questions? | Please contact our office: (310) 450- 3720 |
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