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Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls gain leadership skills and supports council-wide programming

Cookie sales kick-off across Northeast Kansas & Northwest Missouri on October 31

Beginning October 31, Girl Scout troops across communities in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri will call on family, friends and neighbors with taste bud tempting treats like Thin Mints, Caramel deLites or Peanut Butter Patties. From preparing for the cookie sale to delivering to customers, girls are learning important business and interpersonal skills for future leadership opportunities.

More than 25,000 area Girl Scouts across the 47 county council will sell cookies this year and through their preparations will practice skills that top leaders use every day to manage our nation’s corporations. These skills include:

• Setting Goals: Girl Scout troops set sales goals depending on how much money is needed to complete a team-building activity or service project. A portion of the proceeds per box goes to the individual troops with the rest going to the council for educational programming and council-wide activities.
• Problem Solving / Customer Service: Girl Scouts learn customer service skills and working with others to solve problems. For Brownies selling cookies, troops may role play the sale to build confidence, practice working with an older Girl Scout and build communication skills.
• Exploring Talents: Through a new endeavor, an individual’s talents can be developed. Girl Scouts have an opportunity to practice marketing skills by creating the sales pitch, accounting skills with the management of money or human resource skills working as a team.

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