Cookie sales are a great way for you to learn more about your community and the people in it. Product sales also give you the financial means to consider a variety of projects during teh Girl Scout year. By participating in cookie activities, you learn to discover, connect and take action to make the world a better place!
• A Strong Sense of Self as you gain confidence in your abilities and acomplishments
• Values as you make decisions about how to use money and deal with ethical issues related to running a business
• Life Skills as you plan, talk to customers, count and tally proceeds
• Challenges in the World as you try new ways to sell, develop, stretch goals and manage the steps of running a business
• Critical Thinking as you consider viewpoints of customers and teammates and make decisions accordingly
• Build Positive Relationships with teammates and customers
• Promote Corporation and Team Building to run your cookie business
• Resolve Conflicts that develop with customers or on the team
• Advance Diversity by meeting new people and getting new perspectives during the sale
• Feel Connected to your community by knowing more people and places
• Identify Community Needs , perhaps by asking customers about your community concerns and build an idea bank for projects
• Act as a Resourceful Problem Solver when you start to create plans to solve community needs
• Advocate when you speak up about improving something you care about, perhaps an issue you uncover as you interact in the community during this sale
• Educate and Inspire Others To Act when you mobilize others to get involved in an issue you care about, perhaps by networking with your customer base
• Feel Empowered to Make a Difference when you see how your actions can create change, perhaps through understanding how a donation of money or time benefits a community organization.
