In celebration of the 95 year old tradition of selling Girl Scout Cookies, GSUSA launched two new websites dedicated to cookies, GirlScoutCookies.org and a MySpace profile for Girl Scout Cookies, and posted some vintage Girl Scout Cookie commercials on the Web. For safety considerations, all girls should view these commercials with their parents. You can see all four vintage commercials on YouTube. You can also learn about Cookie history on GSUSA.

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is America's leading business and economic literacy program run by and for girls today. In the cookie program, girls participate in carefully developed age-appropriate cookie activities that help them develop skills they can apply throughout their lives - such as entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, and public speaking.

The activity of selling cookies is directly related to our purpose of helping all girls realize their full potential and become strong, confident, and resourceful citizens.

• • Girl Scouts practice life skills like goal setting, money management, and teamwork—
  and they have fun!
• • Customers get a great product and get to support girls in their own community.
• • All of the proceeds support Girl Scouting in the local community.

For Cookie Training Dates and Events, click here.

Making It Count
All of the proceeds—every penny—from a local council's cookie activities remains in the area where the cookies are sold. This revenue is used to benefit girls, some of it directly by remaining in the Girl Scout troop/group treasury and some of it indirectly by subsidizing the cost of providing the Girl Scout program in the local area. "Cookie revenue" helps local councils:

• • Recruit and train volunteer leaders for each troop/group.
• • 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.