Welcome to the 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Program!

This year’s theme, "What Can a Girl Do?" reminds girls that they have the power to do anything!  

We all know the Girl Scout Cookie Program, the biggest girl-led business in the world, is about so much more than exchanging a box of tasty treats for money. When a Girl Scout sells you a package of cookies, she’s doing much more. She’s creating a plan, interacting with customers, and working as part of a team, she’s also building a lifetime of skills and confidence.

Selling cookies teaches her goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—aspects essential to leadership, to success, and to life. It empowers her with the strength, abilities, and drive to become an accomplished woman who benefits herself, her family, and the world.

Your guidance and support is instrumental in the success of your Girl Scout. Thank you for your support. We are confident you will find the experience to be both enjoyable and rewarding. Good luck and have fun!

How you can help your Girl Scout…

• Attend the troop cookie meeting
• Sign and return the permission slip before taking orders
• Make sure your Girl Scout is honest and fair and waits until January 13 to begin taking orders
• Set goals with your Girl Scout and encourage her as she tracks her progress
• Support her selling-taking her to your workplace, assist with phone orders, volunteer at the troop’s cookie booth, and help deliver cookies
• Assist your Girl Scout with Cookie Club

What the cookies support…

All the proceeds - every penny - from the Girl Scout Cookie Program remains in our council. This revenue is used to benefit girls, some of it directly by remaining in the Girl Scout troop treasury and some of it indirectly by subsidizing the cost of providing the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to girls in our area.

Proceeds of the Cookie Program help Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council:

• Recruit and train adult volunteers
• Provide the financial assistance needed to make Girl Scouting available for all girls
• Improve and maintain camp and other activity sites
• Keep event/camp fees for all members to a minimum
• Sponsor special events and projects