Girl Scout Cookies
02-24-2011, 09:34 AM
#51
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 188
Some parents do the thing at work do increase the girls sales and so they don't have to go with them as is the rules. The girls are not allowed to go out by themselves but must have someone 18 or older with them. Some parents don't have the time except during the weekend and then some not even then. Some of them use gs as babysitters. The girls and the program are worth it. I know. I was not only a gs for 10 years and went to overnight camp for 8 but when my daughter was the right age I took an active role in many position from transportation and share to leader. It is SO worth it.
02-24-2011, 09:35 AM
#52
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 405
Originally Posted by Rachel
They are $3.50 here in Iowa. What bothers me about this (gs cookies, magazine sales, etc) is why is it most of the time the parents end up taking these things around to family and work, but the kids never sell any of it. I do understand that most of the time, these things are fundraisers for programs or trips, but what are we teaching the children with it? My rule has always been... I'll buy, but only if I get the speech from the child. Not if its a parent just passing it around at work. I remember walking around the neighborhood as a child and selling magazines. I met a lot of people and it doesn't bother me to talk to people I don't know, is it because I went door to door or is it just my personality??? (I'm not saying door to door is the answer, I realize it isn't as safe for children as it was for me as a kid.)
I did make her help sort and organize all the cookies and write thank you notes to 100 customers.
02-24-2011, 10:59 AM
#55
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Vermont
Posts: 6,998
Originally Posted by crochetetc
Originally Posted by Rachel
They are $3.50 here in Iowa. What bothers me about this (gs cookies, magazine sales, etc) is why is it most of the time the parents end up taking these things around to family and work, but the kids never sell any of it. I do understand that most of the time, these things are fundraisers for programs or trips, but what are we teaching the children with it? My rule has always been... I'll buy, but only if I get the speech from the child. Not if its a parent just passing it around at work. I remember walking around the neighborhood as a child and selling magazines. I met a lot of people and it doesn't bother me to talk to people I don't know, is it because I went door to door or is it just my personality??? (I'm not saying door to door is the answer, I realize it isn't as safe for children as it was for me as a kid.)
I did make her help sort and organize all the cookies and write thank you notes to 100 customers.
02-24-2011, 11:27 AM
#57
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 1,124
Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
I'd pay anything for their Thin Mints :D:D:D
02-24-2011, 12:05 PM
#58
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,884
Our area is $3.50 Prices are set by the GS Council in the area, part of sales are for troop and part are for council to cover costs, camp grounds, etc.
Girls are told that they are NOT to go door to door unless an adult is with them-it just isn't safe. If you are a working mom it may leave little time to go door to door, and if everyone else is at work, they won't be home to answer the door until after work. I did take my girls around the neightborhood before I worked full time-very few people were home before 6 pm. I think this is why it has shifted to moms (& maybe dads) taking forms to work. I order mine from work and from the tables sometimes set up outside a store. My daughter would offer me her "reward" for selling if she got one.
Girls are told that they are NOT to go door to door unless an adult is with them-it just isn't safe. If you are a working mom it may leave little time to go door to door, and if everyone else is at work, they won't be home to answer the door until after work. I did take my girls around the neightborhood before I worked full time-very few people were home before 6 pm. I think this is why it has shifted to moms (& maybe dads) taking forms to work. I order mine from work and from the tables sometimes set up outside a store. My daughter would offer me her "reward" for selling if she got one.
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