GIRL SCOUT COOKIES MORE THAN MERE TREATS : EXPERIENCE OF SELLING, BEING REJECTED AND BUDGETING PROCEEDS PRICELESS.Byline: Kathleen Vallee Stein Stein , William Howard 1911-1980. American biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for pioneering studies of ribonuclease. / Local View NINE out of 10 people, when asked, will buy Girl Scout cookies. Why? It's not just because Thin Mints Thin Mints may refer to:
The small salesperson you see in front of the grocery store is a well-trained member of a team who is working to meet her personal goal as well as her troop's goal for the amount of boxes sold. She knows her product and has a pretty good idea of which cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to will sell the most - Thin Mints, of course. She has been drilled on safety, salesmanship and courtesy. The Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during who are selling cookies this year represent an organization that, from its very inception, was dedicated to teaching girls leadership, good citizenship and a strong sense of self. Girls today are learning those lessons well and will take them into the next century. The pint-sized salesperson you buy cookies from today could be selling you a computer or a car tomorrow. She is learning selling skills within the context of the Girl Scout Law Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. . Two important parts of the law include being ``honest and fair'' and ``responsible for what I say and do.'' Most people associate cookie-selling Girl Scouts with Brownies or Junior Girl Scouts, ages 6 through 11. However, the top salesperson last year, for Mount Wilson Vista Council in the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. , was a Senior Girl Scout, age 16. She sold 1,777 boxes and is hoping to sell more this year. An active Girl Scout, she recently participated in a local talent contest. As part of the pageant pageant, modern dramatic spectacle or procession celebrating a special occasion or an event in the history of a locality. In medieval times the word pageant had meant the wagon or the movable stage on which one scene of a mystery or miracle play was performed. , she was asked to wear clothing that demonstrated one of her interests. Encouraged to wear her swimming suit, to represent her membership in a swim team, she chose instead to wear her Girl Scout uniform. A girl who stays in Girl Scouts past elementary school elementary school: see school. can take advantage of opportunities to travel and learn leadership skills, and will benefit immensely from working in partnership with her leader, a woman who often becomes her mentor. For example, a troop that visited a Girl Scout center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, became friends with a troop they met there from Canada. The girls went back home, raised the funds needed to travel to Canada and visited their friends in Vancouver the following summer. All this took the effort of dedicated adult leaders. Whether a 6-year-old or a 16-year-old asks people to buy Girl Scout cookies, she will know the satisfaction of success or the disappointment of rejection. A Brownie brownie, in Celtic folklore, household spirit associated with farmsteads. Brownies help with chores, but, if criticized, they will make mischief, such as spoiling crops. If payment other than food is offered a brownie, he vanishes from a farm forever. may want to sell one box, a senior may want to sell 1,000. Nonetheless, all Girl Scouts are learning important lessons from the annual cookie sale. Most people become aware of Girl Scouts every year during cookie time, but girls meet with their leaders throughout the year, working on community service projects, going camping or traveling. After the cookie sale is over, the girls will determine what they will do with their cookie profits. They may buy supplies for the troop, take a trip or provide community service. Girl Scouts continue to find joy in singing, treat the American flag with respect, go camping and have lots of fun. The sound of a Brownie Girl Scout troop reciting the Girl Scout Promise Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout (or Guide) promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. , clear and strong, can still bring tears to the eyes of their leaders. For 85 years it has been that way. If a Girl Scout asks you to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies, consider the value of what you are about to buy. Consider the lesson you teach. Consider the fine tradition you support, and . . . enjoy every delicious bite. |
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