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The success of San Jacinto Council’s Girl Scout Cookie
and Fall Product Sale depends on girls and parents alike.
Your daughter’s ultimate accomplishments depend on you.
With your help, she will have the chance to truly experience
this enriching opportunity. Help her set goals, participate
in troop training together, go over the safety tips discussed
during training, and review the Girl Scout Promise and Law
to enhance her learning.
Proceeds from the cookie and nut program should represent
a majority of the troop’s income for the year. Girl
Scouting will help girls learn to manage money wisely. It
is important for girls to be involved in the troop’s
budgeting and overall financial process. Girls benefit from
the results of their efforts, as their plans become reality.
Girls learn the importance of responsible money management,
and they develop pride for paying their own way. Parents appreciate
not being asked to “chip in” every time the troop
has an expense or pays for an activity. Participation by your
daughter in these money-earning activities will increase her
decision-making, planning and goal setting skills. Being part
of a troop that sets and follows a budget is a valuable learning
experience for girls and leaders alike. |
Families are a troop’s biggest helpers
during the Cookie Sale Program. You can support girls and
troops in many ways, including helping at cookie shops, volunteering
to sort and deliver cookies, and collecting payments –
or just giving girls a pat on the back for a job well done.
Parents have the following responsibilities in the process:
- Attend your troop’s cookie kickoff meeting.
- Sign and turn in the Parent Permission and Responsibility
Form.
- Sign receipts when you receive cookies from the troop
cookie
manager.
- Obtain receipts when you pay for cookies.
- Keep cookies in an appropriate environment (cool and
dry).
- Be responsible with cookie money, and turn it in to the
troop on time.
- Be a role model for your daughter – follow the
rules and your
daughter will, too.
Girl Scouting is possible only through the support of parents
like you. Thank you for helping your daughter participate
in the 2006 Cookie Program and Girl Scouts. |
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Cookie the Chimp is looking for the 2006 Cookie Sale. We’ll
give you a hint, it starts January 7 in 21 counties in southeast Texas.
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Cookie Sale Timeline
- Initial Order Taking Begins - January 7
- Initial Orders Due to T/GCM - January 22
- Troop Orders Due to SUCM - January 25
- Cookie Deliveries - February 4-15
- Cupboards Open - February 16
- Cookie Shops Begin - February 17
- Cupboards Close - March 19
- Final Paperwork Due to SUCM - March 22
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