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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Songbird76 said:
How does it work? I don't remember ever having that option to pay for camp! Do you pick the camp? Or is there one camp that kids from all over the US go to? I went to GS camp in Wyoming, but it wasn't paid for by cookie sales that I remember. I was the top seller in my troop every year and I think I maxed at something like 475 boxes, which was really good considering there were only 1000 people in our town. Most of the girls were lucky to sell 50 boxes....I'm pretty sure I was the only one who ever broke 100. I worked my tail off selling cookies, but I was the only one who seemed motivated.
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They never personally got money for the sales, the council got that. But, they earned “cookie credits” which could be put towards paying for summer camp, items at the council store, etc.
The camp was at a local GS camp called Camp Texlake down on Lake Travis.
Carolyn was not only the leader of both Megan and Sarah’s separate (age difference) troops, but, she was also the district Cookie Coordinator. And I was actually a delegate to the council for 2 years…so, I was also a Girl Scout…!!!!! :hilarious:
Carolyn would work a booth with girls from Sarah’s troop and I would work a booth with girls from Megan’s troop, or vice-versa.
Walmart, Shoe Carnival, Blockbuster Video, etc.
Megan and Sarah got several awards for their sales, and we went to many council award ceremonies. But, even Megan’s 1,500+ boxes didn’t come close to one Girl Scout in the council that consistently sold 3,500+ boxes every year…!!!!! :hilarious:
Along with the GS cookie booths, and all those University of Texas concession stands we worked, at everything from football, to basketball, to concerts, both Megan and Sarah learned some amazing work ethic, and life lessons…!!!!! :happy:
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Tony the Tigger said:
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Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
They never personally got money for the sales, the council got that. But, they earned “cookie credits” which could be put towards paying for summer camp, items at the council store, etc.
The camp was at a local GS camp called Camp Texlake down on Lake Travis.
Carolyn was not only the leader of both Megan and Sarah’s separate (age difference) troops, but, she was also the district Cookie Coordinator. And I was actually a delegate to the council for 2 years…so, I was also a Girl Scout…!!!!! :hilarious:
Carolyn would work a booth with girls from Sarah’s troop and I would work a booth with girls from Megan’s troop, or vice-versa.
Walmart, Shoe Carnival, Blockbuster Video, etc.
Megan and Sarah got several awards for their sales, and we went to many council award ceremonies. But, even Megan’s 1,500+ boxes didn’t come close to one Girl Scout in the council that consistently sold 3,500+ boxes every year…!!!!! :hilarious:
Along with the GS cookie booths, and all those University of Texas concession stands we worked, at everything from football, to basketball, to concerts, both Megan and Sarah learned some amazing work ethic, and life lessons…!!!!! :happy:
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Did they get prizes for selling cookies? I don't remember anything about cookie credits, but the more you sold, the cooler prizes you got. Like, if you sold 50 boxes, you got a little pouch with a brush and comb set, and if you sold 75 boxes, you got that and a heart-shaped lock, and if you sold 150 boxes, you got something else, and if you sold 250, you got a beach towel, etc....so I always got a ton of prizes. They were different every year, but I remember getting a hand puppet of a rabbit in a top hat one year when the theme was "cookie magic". I remember getting a beach towel, the lock, the brush and comb set, and I don't remember what all. And of course, the money goes to the troop. I eventually quit girl scouts because I was the only one my age who wanted to continue on to Cadets, and my mom and another lady were co-leaders of the Junior troop. I was the top seller in cookies and calendars. I think probably about 75% of the money our troop got was from my sales alone. But the other leader had 2 girls, one of whom was a year younger than me. You needed $25 to start a troop, and there was no cadet troop, so we'd have had to start one, and that leader refused to put $25 that -I- earned for the troop, towards starting a cadet troop. She graciously ( :rolleyes: yeah, right) offered to let me demote myself to junior again to stay in her troop until her girls were ready to move on to cadets, and THEN they could have the money to start a troop. So I quit. My choices were either quit, or be a junior again, working on badges I'd already done, and getting nothing out of it. Kind of a shame that people are like that in the organization.
 
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Lilofan

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donaldtoo said:
They never personally got money for the sales, the council got that. But, they earned “cookie credits” which could be put towards paying for summer camp, items at the council store, etc.
The camp was at a local GS camp called Camp Texlake down on Lake Travis.
Carolyn was not only the leader of both Megan and Sarah’s separate (age difference) troops, but, she was also the district Cookie Coordinator. And I was actually a delegate to the council for 2 years…so, I was also a Girl Scout…!!!!! :hilarious:
Carolyn would work a booth with girls from Sarah’s troop and I would work a booth with girls from Megan’s troop, or vice-versa.
Walmart, Shoe Carnival, Blockbuster Video, etc.
Megan and Sarah got several awards for their sales, and we went to many council award ceremonies. But, even Megan’s 1,500+ boxes didn’t come close to one Girl Scout in the council that consistently sold 3,500+ boxes every year…!!!!! :hilarious:
Along with the GS cookie booths, and all those University of Texas concession stands we worked, at everything from football, to basketball, to concerts, both Megan and Sarah learned some amazing work ethic, and life lessons…!!!!! :happy:
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A number of years ago a young girl on the West Coast set up a table by a marijuana dispensary store that had the customers lined up outside to buy product. The Girl Scout sold all of her sweets and cookies to the nearby customers. That's one smart girl! It was an unidentified 9 year old in San Diego who sold 300 boxes in 6 hours.
 

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