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Girl Scouts Build "World's Tallest Cookie Tower"
Varieties Available for the 2008 Girl Scout Cookie Season | | ▪ | Thin
Mints | | ▪ | Tagalongs
(PB & chocolate) | | ▪ | Lemon
Chalet Cremes
(lemon sandwich cookie) | | ▪ | All Abouts
(shortbread with chocolate bottom) | | ▪ | Samoas
(coconut with chocolate
& caramel) | | ▪ | Do-si-dos (PB sandwich) | | ▪ | Trefoils
(shortbread) | | ▪ | Sugar-free
Chocolate Chips
(New
this year! With real chocolate chips) |
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Nutritional Information
Gift of Caring
Projects
Gift of Caring is an optional service project in which
Girl Scout Troops select a nonprofit organization to support through donations of cookies.
Operation Gratitude,
a nonprofit that sends care packages to soldiers stationed overseas, welcomes donations of
cookies.
Customers may purchase Girl Scout cookies on behalf
of Operation Gratitude.
A Proud Legacy
The Girl Scout Cookie Program launched in 1917 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where
the Mistletoe Troop baked and sold cookies in its high school cafeteria as a service project. In 1922, The American Girl magazine published by Girl Scout national headquarters featured
a cookie recipe together with estimated costs and suggested pricing. In 1936, Girl Scouts of the USA began licensing a commercial baker, and in 1937 more than 125 Girl Scout councils
took part in the cookie program. Since our
inception in 1912, Girl Scouting has advocated healthy and balanced lifestyles. In the early 1990s, Girl Scouts added low-fat
and sugar-free cookie varieties. Girl Scouts is
proud to announce that all varieties of Girl Scout cookies are zero% trans fat per serving. In keeping with this commitment to healthy living, Girl Scouts encourages moderation with any
food item, including Girl Scout cookies, as the key to a balanced diet.
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| Girl Scouts - Mt. Wilson Vista Council
(626) 445-7771 • www.gsmwvc.org Girl Scout Cookies
are an icon of American culture. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is also today's leading entrepreneurial program for girls.
Girl Scouts - Mt. Wilson Vista Council's
cookie season is January through March. Get ‘em while you can!
| How
to Buy Girl Scout Cookies
Purchase
from a local Girl Scout!
Thousands of Girl
Scouts in Mt. Wilson Vista Council (serving 23 communities throughout the San Gabriel Valley) will be taking orders beginning
January 19, 2008! Troops will also hold
Cookie Booth Sales in front of many local businesses, including grocery stores, video stores, and others. Booth sales start
Feb. 29 and continue through March 22, 2008. Visit
this site during booth sale time for a list of locations that are updated weekly! |
Don't know a Girl Scout? E-mail Us!
girlscouts@gsmwvc.org.
Contact
Us!
Girl Scouts - Mt. Wilson Vista Council
101 E. Wheeler Avenue
Arcadia,
Ca 91006
(626) 445-7771
(626) 447-0683 (FAX)
When you buy Girl Scout Cookies you are helping today's girls become tomorrow's leaders. A portion of the proceeds
from each box stays with the Girl Scout Troop from which you purchase cookies. If you live outside Mt. Wilson Vista Council's area,
please contact your local Girl Scout Council. | | |
The Girl Scout Cookie Program celebrated its 90th anniversary season in 2007! Evolving from
a local event in Oklahoma in 1917, it is now the leading business and economic literacy program run
by and for girls. Girl Scouts – Mt. Wilson Vista
Council is celebrating the 2008 cookie season with the theme, “Make it a Hit!” | In the
cookie program, girls
participate in carefully developed age-appropriate cookie activities that help develop skills they can apply throughout their
lives. Even the youngest Girl Scouts gain self-confidence
and poise by learning how to greet customers and offer cookies for purchase. As girls grow, emphasis is placed on getting to know their product – ingredients, calories,
how the money will be used – to design innovative and creative marketing strategies and tools. In addition to the tremendous practical education in business the Cookie
Program provides, girls put into practice the values that are at the core of Girl Scouts: |
While the Cookie Program is a business learning program, it is also
Mt. Wilson Vista Council’s only product sale (no nuts, popcorn or gift wrapping) of the year. Participation and support from Girl Scout families and the community
is key to a successful cookie season, which in turn funds the highest quality programs for nearly 9,000 girls, education and
support for volunteers, administrative services, troop program resources, and facilities upkeep and improvements. ▪ | Programs and camps and adult volunteer
training courses are offered at a reduced cost or at no charge through cookie program proceeds. | ▪ | Troops receive 70 cents per package to offset troop program costs and minimize out-of-pocket expenses
for families. These proceeds directly benefit the girls
in each troop as they use the money they earned toward field trips, service projects and other activities. |
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Back to Top A Leading Business and Economic Literacy Program
Americans purchase approximately 200 million
boxes of Girl Scout cookies each year. To achieve this extraordinary level of accomplishment, girls use 21st Century
business skills. All participating girls build basic
business and economic literacy skills. From making change to tracking revenues, girls practice the basics of money management
and learn how to earn what they spend and stay on budget. And unlike many youth programs, the Girl Scout Cookie Program empowers girls
themselves to decide how to spend part of the proceeds. Leadership Development for
Girls
The Girl Scout Cookie
Program has contributed to a tradition of leadership among Girl Scout alumnae. Research conducted by the Girl Scout
Research Institute and Louis Harris in 1999 shows that 66 percent of women of professional achievement were Girl Scouts at
some point in their youth, compared with 41 percent of American women overall. In addition, Louis Harris research shows that 82 percent
of high-achieving Girl Scout alumnae believe that Girl Scouting influenced their success. As Girl Scouting celebrates its 95th anniversary in 2007, the iconic organization is undergoing
a historic transformation that features a renewed commitment to develop leadership skills based on the values of the Girl
Scout Promise and Law. This leadership philosophy is captured by the new Girl Scout mission statement: "Girl Scouting
build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.” The transformation also intends to revitalize the Girl Scout brand, create new fundraising models,
improve volunteer systems, and significantly realign the national Girl Scout council infrastructure. |
