(PHOENIX – August 16, 2022) – Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) is pleased to announce it will offer the new Raspberry Rally cookie, a thin, crispy cookie infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in a delicious chocolaty coating, during its 2023 Cookie Season, which will take place Jan. 16-Feb. 26, 2023. Raspberry Rally will not take the place of any other Girl Scout Cookie favorites across Central and Northern Arizona. It will serve as an enhancement to the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. This new, limited-edition cookie will be the first in the Girl Scout Cookie lineup to be exclusively offered for online direct shipment only, enhancing girls’ e-commerce sales and entrepreneurial skills.
“The Girl Scout Cookie Program is all about teaching entrepreneurship. When searching for new opportunities for girls, Girl Scouts of the United States considered simplicity, new skills, and building overall excitement for everyone. Having an online-exclusive cookie enables Girl Scouts to learn entrepreneurship through their own online businesses by building relevant omni-channel selling skills, pitching to customers online, and providing convenience to purchasers,” says Christina Spicer, co-CEO of GSACPC.
Through the Digital Cookie platform, which GSACPC has utilized since 2016 in addition to traditional booths, girls build a custom website so they can invite friends and family to purchase cookies, with the option of having cookies delivered in-person or shipped directly to their home. Girls can also use the Digital Cookie Mobile App to accept credit card payments on the go from customers. Digital Cookie also introduces lessons about online marketing, application use, and eCommerce to Girl Scouts, through building their own cookie website and managing their virtual sales.
All proceeds raised from both in-person and online cookie orders will directly benefit GSACPC and its troops.
“The Girl Scout Cookie is successful because through it Girl Scouts learn leadership, problem-solving, and community building, resulting in an invaluable experience that cultivates an innovative, entrepreneurial spirit,” says Mary Mitchell, co-CEO of GSACPC. “Through Digital Cookie, we are helping girls’ develop their entrepreneurial skills in a way that makes sense in today’s world. It is a valuable addition to the skillset they are learning through in-person sales and boothing.”
The Girl Scout Cookie Program encourages girls to be risk takers, to think outside of the box, and to be confident in their own abilities. Whether they’re working toward earning their Cookie Goal Setter badge as a Daisy or their My Cookie Business Resume badge as an Ambassador, Girl Scouts are learning qualities crucial for all forms of leadership and life-skills. The program embraces the understanding of the world of business, money management, and entrepreneurship. Cookie Business badges range anywhere from goal setting to learning effective in-person and online sales pitches, using market research, creating business plans, and implementing digital marketing campaigns.
Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC)
In partnership with 6,500 adult volunteers, GSACPC serves over 11,000 girls grades K-12 in more than 90 communities across central and northern Arizona. Since 1936, GSACPC has helped girls develop leadership skills and tools for success in a rapidly changing environment. We know that given the opportunity, every girl can become a leader, act confidently on her values, and connect with her community. For more information, visit http://www.girlscoutsaz.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.
(PHOENIX – March 23, 2022) — Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) is celebrating a successful cookie season. From Jan. 17 to Feb. 27, participating Girl Scouts across central and northern Arizona sold more than 2.6 million boxes of delicious cookies, building essential entrepreneurial skills imperative to leadership and future success along the way.
“Our 2022 Girl Scout Cookie season was the most memorable one yet. Despite selling during a pandemic and experiencing inventory shortages, our girls were confident and innovative as they engaged with customers across central and northern Arizona. We celebrate their entrepreneurial spirit and are grateful for the generous support from the community,” shared Christina Spicer, Interim Co-CEO of GSACPC.
The funds raised through the cookie program will allow local girls to take part in a variety of programs, community outreach projects and enrichment over the next year, including:
Fueling adventure by maintaining four camp facilities and outdoor programming year-round, including the NEW boulder wall, zip line and climbing tower at The Parsons Leadership Center for Girls and Women at Camp South Mountain
Providing STEM, outdoor, life-skills, and entrepreneurial programs for Girl Scouts to participate in in central and northern Arizona, including providing access to programs for girls residing in the Navajo Nation and Hopi Lands
Volunteer training and support for over 6,000 volunteers
Financial assistance to cover membership, uniforms, and camperships for any family needing extra support.
Supporting girls’ passions, take-action project, and pursuit of the Girl Scout High Awards through service projects that make an impact on our community
The Girl Scout Cookie Program not only helps Girl Scouts earn money for these fun, educational activities and community projects, but also plays an important role in helping girls learn essential life skills like decision making, money management, people skills, business ethics and goal setting. It is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world! All proceeds from the cookie program support Arizona’s Girl Scouts.
How the cookies crumbled, by the numbers:
7,063 girls in central and northern Arizona sold 2,686,833 cookies
The per girl average was 380 boxes each, up from 320 boxes each in 2021
The top cookie seller, Kaitlyn of Troop 2232 in Glendale, sold 7,788 boxes of cookies
The top troop, Troop 558 in Peoria, sold 64,886 boxes of cookies
113 girls sold over 2,000 boxes each
843,710 packages were sold online through its Digital Cookie program
The most popular cookie sold was Girl Scout Thin Mints
In its first year, 247,456 boxes of Adventurefuls found their way to local homes
Girl Scouts hosted hundreds of booths thanks to restaurant and retail supporters, and long-term partners like Fry’s Food Stores, Bashas’ Family of Stores (Bashas’, Food City, A.J.’s), and Safeway
In other sweet news, 19 restaurants participated in the 8th annual Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge. The Dessert Challenge invites chefs from some of the state’s most popular restaurants to support Arizona’s girls by creating a special dessert using one of the beloved flavors of Girl Scout Cookies. A public voting component was introduced last year, allowing diners to vote for their favorite dessert! With 22% of the votes in the central Arizona area, Nook Kitchen and chef Amber Cumming took the title for best dessert with their Don’t Mind if I Do using Girl Scout Do-si-dos. In the northern Arizona region, Shift won with 37.5% of the votes for their Mint Chocolate Churros created by chef Dara Wong featuring Girl Scout Thin Mints. A portion of the proceeds from each dessert sold was donated to support Girl Scouting in our community.
The season also marked the first-ever Girl Scout night during a Phoenix Suns game at the Footprint Arena and Bring Home the Cookies 5K Run and Walk, which took place on Feb. 26 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. The family friendly event, open to Girl Scout families, competitive runners and the community at large, featured music, food and even a Girl Scout business or two. In total, more than 400 girls and their families took part with the community in this special event day-of.
The overwhelming success of this year’s cookie program was possible only with the support of the community. All funds raised stay in Arizona, ensuring girls will have the resources they need to develop into tomorrow’s leaders.
About Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit girlscouts.org.
Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC)
In partnership with 6,000 adult volunteers, GSACPC serves over 11,000 girls grades K-12 in more than 90 communities across central and northern Arizona. Since 1936, GSACPC has helped girls develop leadership skills and tools for success in a rapidly changing environment. We know that given the opportunity, every girl can become a leader, act confidently on her values, and connect with her community. For more information, visit www.girlscoutsaz.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.
About the Girl Scout Cookie Program
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world, generating over $700 million in annual sales. Nearly 200 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies are sold each year to more than 50 million cookie customers. Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council sold over two million packages of cookies last year. Amid the challenges of COVID-19, troops are hoping to meet or exceed previous sales goals.
(PHOENIX – Feb. 23, 2022) – Join Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC), State Forty Eight, and State Forty Eight Foundation for the first-ever Bring Home the Cookies 5K Run and Walk on Feb. 26 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. The family friendly event, open to families, competitive runners and the community at large, will start and finish at Sun Devil Stadium and feature music, food and even a Girl Scout business or two. All registered participants will receive a Girl Scout goodie bag with a State Forty Eight branded 5K shirt, a package of Girl Scout Cookies, a medal, and more.
“For six weeks each year, Girl Scouts in central and northern Arizona participate in the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world: The Girl Scout Cookie Program,” says Christina Spicer, interim Co-CEO for GSACPC. “Bring Home the Cookies 5k is a celebration of all our incredible girls and their dedication, innovation, and creativity during these unique times. Girl Scouts are learning first-hand entrepreneurship and financial skills they will carry with them their whole life. We are also honored to celebrate with State Forty Eight and State Forty Eight Foundation as we close out this year’s cookie season.”
“We are thrilled to have joined forces with Girl Scouts to celebrate the spirit of local entrepreneurship,” says Mike Spangenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of State Forty Eight. “They do so much to equip and empower the young women of our community to be leaders, that it was an easy decision to choose them as our partner for our first-ever 5K.”
In addition to the race itself, the event will feature special appearances from the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, Arizona Cardinals’ Cheerleaders and Big Red, and a Runner’s Village both with traditional booths and vendors as well as food trucks and even a couple Girl Scout entrepreneurs, notably 9-year-old Giselle, a Girl Scout Junior with Troop 2894 in Goodyear, who will exhibit her Pawsome Pet Boutique.
“Giselle used the skills she learned and confidence she gained through the Girl Scout Cookie program to start her own business,” says Mary Mitchell, co-interim CEO of GSACPC. “Her business, through which she sews and personalizes over-the-collar pet bandanas, makes pet bowls and creates handmade gemstone jewelry for pet lovers, even donates 10% of all sales to Sun City 4Paws Rescue, paying it forward as part of her business model.”
The Runner’s Village will open at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. It will be followed by a celebration and medal ceremony. The course is a fast-paced route that loops with a minimal elevation change. This course is perfect for attempting a personal record or having a fun, leisurely run or walk. Water will be available for runners and walkers at the start, finish and midpoint. Restrooms are public and near the start, finish and expo areas. Sports strollers, running chairs, handcycles, sports wheelchairs, prostheses and canes are allowed on the course.
Girl Scouts and their accompanying family members can participate in the race untimed for free. For those who wish to sign on as timed runners or walkers, registration starts at $80 and there are team options for sign-up.
“This event would not be possible without a village – a Runner’s Village, to be specific – of supporters, including sponsors at State Forty Eight, State Forty Eight Foundation, Ardie & Steve Evans, Clear Channel Outdoor, Lovett & Touché, Helios Education Foundation, Morgan Stanley, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, KITCHELL, Duffy Group, Mutual of Arizona Financial Group, As You Wish, Bashas’, Burrito Express, Circle K, Kappa Delta, and LAVIDGE,” says Spicer.
“This a cause that is deeply aligned with the mission of our foundation,” says Alyssa Moore, Executive Director for State Forty Eight Foundation. “To co-create a fun event with our local Girl Scout chapter that will in turn support Arizona’s future leaders and business owners is very exciting for us.”
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit girlscouts.org.
About Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC)
In partnership with 6,000 adult volunteers, GSACPC serves over 11,000 girls grades K-12 in more than 90 communities across central and northern Arizona. Since 1936, GSACPC has helped girls develop leadership skills and tools for success in a rapidly changing environment. We know that given the opportunity, every girl can become a leader, act confidently on her values, and connect with her community. For more information, visit www.girlscoutsaz.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.
About the Girl Scout Cookie Program
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world, generating over $700 million in annual sales. Nearly 200 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies are sold each year to more than 50 million cookie customers. Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council sold over two million packages of cookies last year. Amid the challenges of COVID-19, troops are hoping to meet or exceed previous sales goals.
*** Please note that Girl Scout Cookie Program dates are set by each of the 112 councils throughout the United States and vary based on the local market and environment. The 2022 cookie program for Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) is Jan. 17 – Feb. 27, 2022. GSACPC is one of two councils in Arizona. GSACPC includes central and northern Arizona. The second council, Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona (GSSoAZ), includes Tucson and Yuma, and their cookie program is Jan. 22 – March 13, 2022.
When my oldest daughter was a Daisy running her Girl Scout Cookie business for the first time, I helped her write her very first handwritten thank-you cards to her cookie customers. This is a tradition that has continued with both of my daughters every year since, both during cookie season and the Fall Product Program. The only thing better than receiving an order of Girl Scout Cookies is receiving a handwritten letter of gratitude with them. I’ve heard numerous cookie customers of my daughter’s comment on the thank-you cards they received, and I’m convinced that the cards are a factor in cookie customers coming back the following year.
There’s something intimate and delightful about receiving a hand-written card, especially one that arrives in the mail. On one level it’s just scribbles on processed tree pulp, on another level it is magic. A handwritten note takes effort. It takes time. It takes intention. It says that the person writing it stopped everything for a few moments of their day to think of you and offer their appreciation.
What better way to engage in self-care during cookie season than to write yourself a handwritten card?
This form of self-care has seven steps. These steps can be done with others or in solitude, whatever you prefer.
Hand-Written Note – Self-Care Activity
First, take yourself on a trip, in-person or virtually, to a store that sells stationary. I like to visit local bookstores like Changing Hands in Tempe/Phoenix, but any bookstore, drugstore, dollar store, or online retailer will do. Find some eye-pleasing stationary or thank-you cards that delight you, even if (perhaps especially if) someone else would find it silly.
Second, find yourself a fancy pen, a marker, a colored pencil, or a crayon. The brighter and more unusual and fun the color, the better.
Third, scavenge for stickers. Splurge on a pack if you don’t already have some. Consider splurging on a pack even if you do have some.
Fourth, write yourself a thank-you letter. Consider writing in your non-dominant hand if you’d like to invoke the spirit of your younger self or write with your dominant hand if you love how your handwriting looks on the page. Write with intention and answer questions like what are you thankful for? Why is this amazing human that you’re writing to so amazing? Consider making a list of five things that you’re thankful for. Then consider expanding it to ten. The quicker you write, the better (and the easier the gratitude will flow). Add stickers for emphasis.
Fifth, fold your letter, place it in an envelope, address it to yourself, stick a stamp on it, as another sticker or three to the envelope, and walk it out to the mailbox, or take it to the post office. Take a selfie with the envelope before you drop it in the mailbox and post it on social media.
Sixth, check the mail like you’re waiting for a reply to fan mail you just sent to your favorite band. When it arrives, let your inside feelings come right out. Squeal, do a happy dance, do a cartwheel- whatever suits your mood. Then make yourself a yummy beverage, grab your favorite Girl Scout Cookies, and open that envelope. What’s it like reading those words? Journal about it or share it with someone close to you. Consider even writing one for someone else and mailing it to them!
Seventh, put your note to yourself somewhere close-to-hand so you can read it as often as you wish. You’re worth it.
Girl Scout Cookie Season – the World’s Largest Girl-Led Entrepreneurial Program – Takes Place Jan. 17 to Feb. 27 across Central, Northern Arizona
(PHOENIX – Jan. 11, 2022) – For six weeks each year, Girl Scouts in Arizona participate in the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world: The Girl Scout Cookie Program. This year, the cookie season for the Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) will take place Jan. 17 to Feb. 27, 2022. As in year’s past, all the Girl Scout Cookies’ proceeds stay local to help girls fund impactful projects to benefit the community; embark on amazing girl-led troop adventures; provide programs in STEM, the outdoors, life skills and entrepreneurship; maintain and improve four camp properties; and provide financial assistance that keeps Girl Scouting available and affordable for all girls.
“As we continue to find our new normal and navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, many girl entrepreneurs will utilize digital sales in the upcoming cookie program. Cookie entrepreneurs are planning on a safe and fun season by opting into in-person and/or digital sales through Digital Cookies, Girl Scout’s e-commerce platform available for each girl to build and manager her own website,” says Mary Mitchell, interim Co-CEO for GSACPC.
Girls will also provide socially distant and contactless options in-person and apply CDC-recommend precautions like wearing a face mask, advising customers to pay with card, and applying hand sanitizer in between purchases. The goal is to provide a safe experience for Girl Scout Cookie customers, sellers, and create a successful sale for local girl members.
“The Girl Scout Cookie Program is more than a sale. It provides girls the skills they need to become successful women. Girl Scouts learn to invest in themselves, their troops, and their community. Encouraging girls’ interest in entrepreneurship prepares them for any future career pathway,” says Christina Spicer, interim Co-CEO for GSACPC. “The qualities that lead to successful entrepreneurship, like curiosity, confidence, and innovation, are essential for all types of academic and career success. There aren’t many organizations that help girls learn key entrepreneurship skills – Girl Scouting does!”
Bigger and better than ever, here is a snapshot of everything you need to know for the 2022 cookie season, from a NEW cookie, the first-ever family friendly 5K, and the return of the Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge after taking a year off amid COVID-19:
GSACPC Cookie Lineup
NEW!! Adventurefuls: Brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt. $5
Lemon-Ups: Crispy lemon cookies baked with inspiring messages. $5
Thin Mints: Mint flavored with a delicious chocolaty coating. Vegan. $5
Tagalongs: Layers of peanut butter with a rich, chocolaty coating. $5
Samoas: Caramel and toasted coconut-covered cookies. $5
Trefoils: Iconic and delicious shortbread cookies. $5
Do-si-dos: Crisp and crunchy oatmeal outside and creamy peanut butter inside. $5
Girl Scout S’mores: Crunchy graham sandwich cookies with creamy chocolate and marshmallowy filling. $6
Toffee-tastics: Buttery (and gluten-free) cookies with sweet, crunchy golden toffee bits. $6
Adventurefuls
GSACPC and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) are pleased to announce that a new cookie – Adventurefuls – will join the nationwide lineup for the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie Program. An indulgent brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt, Adventurefuls take cookie lovers on a delicious taste adventure just like Girl Scouts go on amazing adventures through the program. Girl Scouts in central and northern Arizona and across the United States will offer the Adventurefuls cookie next season alongside favorites like Thin Mints® and Samoas®.
Cookie CEO Fast Pitch – Jan. 22
Valley CEOs are training Girl Scout entrepreneurs at the virtual Cookie CEO Fast Pitch on Jan. 22. During this event, local CEOs/executives will guide Girl Scout Juniors, Seniors, and Ambassadors and help sharpen their communication skills, sales pitches, and give them sound business advice and tips.
“Participating girls will make their cookie sales pitch to one of the local CEOs or corporate executives in attendance. In exchange, they’ll get feedback on their pitch and develop confidence in their one-on-one coaching sessions,” said Spicer. “At the end of the event, girls will apply the strategies they’ve learned and give their best pitch to the mentors. If the CEO was sold on the pitch, they’ll purchase up to $500 worth of cookies.”
Girl Scout Night and Booker Bus Reveal with the Phoenix Suns – Jan. 30
On Jan. 30 leading up to the Phoenix Suns taking on the San Antonio Spurs at 6 p.m., for the first time ever, local Girl Scouts will be selling cookies at four cookie booths outside of the Footprint Center. And the cookie booths are just the beginning. Approximately 400 Girl Scouts will descend on Footprint Center to attend the game, and local Girl Scouts will reveal the mini bus funded by the Devin Booker Starting Five Grant as well.
“The $100,000 grant, which was announced in mid-October, was used to replace the mini-bus used to transports girls to and from educational and character-building activities and experiences,” says Spicer. “Due to vandalism and theft of the vehicle, GSACPC had no way to transport girls to programs and events. The lack of transportation often meant that girls would not have an opportunity to participate in activities.”
The Return of the Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge – Feb. 1 to 28
The Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge is back for its eighth year! After taking a break in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, GSACPC is pleased to present the return of the challenge taking place February 1-28, 2022.
Twenty-one esteemed chefs from venues throughout central and northern Arizona will participate in this year’s friendly competition to create a winning dessert with one of these Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils or Lemon-Ups.
“The participating chefs will use their culinary prowess to re-imagine these classic Girl Scout Cookies into a delicious dessert and feature it on their menus throughout the entire month of February. A portion of the proceeds will support Girl Scouting in Arizona,” says Mitchell.
This year’s returning competitors are:
Aioli Gourmet Burgers in Phoenix
Churn in Phoenix
Lovecraft in Phoenix
Lumberyard Brewing Company in Flagstaff
Proof Canteen at Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale Troon North
Rusconi’s American Kitchen
Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant in Chandler
ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale
This year’s first-time competitors are:
Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff
Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails at Hotel Palomar in Phoenix
The Craftsman Cocktails & Kitchen in Scottsdale
Geordie’s at Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix
Grand Canyon Brewing + Distillery in Flagstaff
Nook Kitchen in Phoenix
Oak on Camelback in Phoenix (formerly St. Francis)
Shift in Flagstaff
Taco Guild in Phoenix
Tarbell’s in Phoenix
The County Seat in Prescott
The Italian Daughter in North Scottsdale
The Mick Brasserie in Scottsdale
“Girl Scout Cookie fans and restaurant patrons will vote for their favorite dessert in central and northern Arizona during the month of February, helping us crown a 2022 Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge Champion for each region,” says Mitchell. “In addition to the fun, many of the venues have also opened their doors to allow local Girl Scouts to host cookie booths on-site during the challenge as well, a first for us and our challenge partners.”
Join GSACPC and State Forty Eight Foundation for the first-ever Bring Home the Cookies 5K Run/Walk on Feb. 26 in Tempe. The family friendly event, open to Girl Scout families, competitive runners and the community at large, will start and finish at Sun Devil Stadium and feature music, food and cookie booths. All registered participants will receive a Girl Scout goodie bag with a State Forty Eight branded 5K shirt, a package of Girl Scout Cookies, a medal, and more!
“All members of the community are invited to join the celebration in spirit of local entrepreneurship and support Girl Scouts as they host cookie booths inside the runner’s village in a final attempt to reach their sales goals for the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie Program,” says Spicer. “With the 2022 cookie season ending the day after the race, this event will help our local girls ‘sprint’ toward their goals.”
“As our nation continues to adapt to life with COVID-19, girls are still encouraged to expand their efforts to web safely with the options to sell online only or online and in-person,” says Czerina Harvey, Product Program Manager for GSACPC.
This year’s selling options for girls includes:
Digital Cookie: Through thisdigital selling platform, girls build a custom website so they can invite friends and family to purchase cookies, with the option of having cookies delivered in-person or shipped directly to their home. Girls can also use the Digital Cookie Mobile App to accept credit card payments on the go from customers. Digital Cookie also introduces lessons about online marketing, application use, and eCommerce to Girl Scouts, through building their own cookie website and managing their virtual sales.
Drive-Thru Booths: Local Girl Scout troops have the option to coordinate drive-thru booths, with cashless transactions being strongly requested. The drive-thru booths will be in parking lots that allow for plenty of distancing and space for the girls and their parents. Cars will have the chance to pull to the front of the line, make their orders, and have the contactless or near contactless ability to pick up their cookies as they would from a traditional booth. There will be parents stationed at each of these booths with sanitizing products to help the girls ensure maximum safety and monitor cookie transfer to cars.
Booths: As permitted and with CDC-recommended guidelines in place, including wearing masks and social distancing, girls will be setting up a temporary “shop” in front of local businesses providing socially distanced options for customers to purchase cookies. Booth locations this year include longtime supporters Fry’s Food Stores, Bashas’ Family of Stores, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Sonic and other retailers and small businesses.
“Over the years, community partners like Basha’s and Fry’s have been game changers for us and our local Girl Scouts,” says Harvey. “We are incredibly thankful for all of our retail partners small and large, who help our girls in their sale by simply sharing their space and support. We’d also like to acknowledge that because of partners like Bashas, our girls on the Navajo Nation and Hopi Lands also get the opportunity to reach cookie customers safely in more rural areas of our jurisdiction.”
Visit girlscoutsaz.org/cookiefinder and use the Girl Scout Cookie Finder to find a cookie booth near you. It’s simple – just enter your zip code and choose from a list of locations nearby. If you want cookie finder access on-the-go download the free Girl Scout Cookie Finder app onto your iOS or Android mobile device from Google Play or the Apple store.
Cookie Clarifications
Bakery Confusion: there are two commercial bakers licensed by Girl Scouts of the USA to produce Girl Scout Cookies. The GSACPC bakery is Little Brownie Bakers. Therefore, some other councils offer different cookies.
Thin Mints are made with vegan ingredients.
Toffee-tastics, our gluten-free cookie, will sell for $6 a box. Only troops that have opted into selling this cookie will have them, so it will be available only in limited quantities.
All our cookies have no high corn fructose syrup, no partially hydronated oils (PHOs), zero grams of trans fat per serving and use RSPO certified (Mass Balance) palm oil.
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Questions Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneurs love to answer at booths and in the media:
What skills has participating in the cookie program taught you?
What are your cookie program goals as an individual and troop? What is your troop working towards?
What does your troop have planned to do with the cookie proceeds?
What organization are you and your troop donating your Cookies for the Communities to and why? Are you planning any other service projects?
About Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit girlscouts.org.
Girl Scouts—Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC)
In partnership with 6,000 adult volunteers, GSACPC serves over 11,000 girls grades K-12 in more than 90 communities across central and northern Arizona. Since 1936, GSACPC has helped girls develop leadership skills and tools for success in a rapidly changing environment. We know that given the opportunity, every girl can become a leader, act confidently on her values, and connect with her community. For more information, visit www.girlscoutsaz.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.
About the Girl Scout Cookie Program
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world, generating over $700 million in annual sales. Nearly 200 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies are sold each year to more than 50 million cookie customers. Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council sold over two million packages of cookies last year. Amid the challenges of COVID-19, troops are hoping to meet or exceed previous sales goals.
(PHOENIX –11 de enero, 2022) – Cada año durante seis semanas, Girl Scouts en Arizona participan en el programa empresarial más grande del mundo dirigido por niñas: El Programa de Galletas de Girl Scout. Este año, la temporada de galletas para el Concilio Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine (GSACPC) se llevará a cabo del 17 de enero al 27 de febrero de 2022. Al igual que en el año pasado, todas las ganancias de las galletas de Girl Scouts permanecen localmente para ayudar a las niñas a financiar proyectos impactantes en beneficio de la comunidad; o a embarcar en aventuras increíbles de tropas dirigidas por niñas; proporcionar programas en STEM, al aire libre, en habilidades para la vida y de negocio; mantener y mejorar cuatro propiedades del campamento; y proporcionar asistencia financiera que mantenga las Girl Scouts disponible y accesible para todas las niñas.
“A medida que continuamos a encontrar nuestra nueva normalidad y navegar por la pandemia de COVID-19, muchas niñas empresarias utilizarán las ventas digitales en el próximo programa de galletas. Las emprendedoras de galletas están planeando una temporada segura y divertida optando por las ventas en persona y / o digitales a través de Digital Cookies, la plataforma de comercio electrónico de Girl Scout disponible para que cada niña construya y administre su propio sitio web,” dice Mary Mitchell, co-CEO interino de GSACPC.
Las niñas también proporcionarán opciones socialmente distantes y sin contacto en persona y aplicarán las precauciones recomendadas por la CDC, como usar mascarillas, aconsejar a los clientes que paguen con tarjeta y aplicar desinfectante de manos entre las compras. El objetivo es proporcionar una experiencia segura para los clientes y vendedores de las galletas de Girl Scout y crear una venta exitosa para las niñas locales.
El Programa de Galletas de Girl Scout es más que una venta. Les proporciona a las niñas las habilidades que necesitan para convertirse en mujeres exitosas. Girl Scouts aprenden a invertir en sí mismas, en sus tropas y en su comunidad. Fomentando el interés de las niñas en el espíritu empresarial las prepara para cualquier trayectoria profesional en el futuro,” dice Christina Spicer, co-CEO interino de GSACPC. “Las cualidades que conducen un espíritu de emprendedor exitoso, como la curiosidad, la confianza y la innovación, son esenciales para todo tipo de éxito académico y profesional. No hay muchas organizaciones que ayuden a niñas a aprender habilidades clave de emprendimiento, ¡Girl Scouts lo hace!”
Mejorando en lo anterior, a continuación, encontrara todo lo que necesita saber para la temporada de galletas 2022, desde información de la GALLETA NUEVA, la primera carrera de 5 KM familiar y el regreso del Reto del Postre de Galletas de Girl Scout conocido como “Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge”:
Los Sabores de Galletas de GSACPC
¡¡NUEVO!! Adventurefuls: Una galleta inspirada por chocolate con sabor a caramelo y un toque de sal marina. $5
Lemon-Ups: Galletas crujientes de limón horneadas con mensajes inspiradores. $5
Thin Mints: Sabor a menta con una deliciosa capa de chocolate. Vegano. $5
Tagalongs: Capas de mantequilla de maní con un rico recubrimiento de chocolate. $5
Samoas: Galletas cubiertas de caramelo y coco tostado. $5
Trefoils: Icónicas y deliciosas galletas de mantequilla. $5
Do-si-dos: Avena crujiente por fuera y mantequilla de maní cremosa por dentro. $5
Girl Scout S’mores: Galletas crujientes de sándwich con chocolate cremoso y relleno de malvavisco. $6
Toffee-tastics: Galletas de mantequilla (y sin gluten) con trozos de caramelo dorado, dulce y crujiente. $6
Adventurefuls
GSACPC y Girl Scouts de EE.UU. (GSUSA) se complacen en anunciar que una nueva galleta, Adventurefuls, se unirá a la alineación nacional del Programa de Galletas Girl Scout 2022. Una indulgente galleta inspirada de chocolate (brownies) con crema con sabor a caramelo y un toque de sal marina. Adventurefuls lleva a los amantes de las galletas a una deliciosa aventura de sabor al igual que las Girl Scouts participan en increíbles aventuras a través del programa. Las Girl Scouts en el centro y norte de Arizona y en todo Estados Unidos ofrecerán la galleta Adventurefuls la próxima temporada junto con otras favoritas como Thin Mints® y Samoas®.
Cookie CEO Fast Pitch – el 22 de enero
Ejecutivos de corporaciones del Valle estarán entrenando a las empresarias de Girl Scout en el Cookie CEO Fast Pitch virtual el 22 de enero. Durante este evento, los ejecutivos locales guiarán a las Girl Scout Juniors, Seniors y Ambassadors y ayudarán a mejorar sus habilidades de comunicación, argumentos de venta y les darán consejos y sugerencias de negocios.
“Las niñas participantes practicaran su presentación de venta de galletas con uno de los jefes locales o ejecutivos corporativos presentes. A cambio, obtendrán comentarios en su presentación y desarrollarán confianza en sus sesiones de entrenamiento individual,” dijo Spicer. “Al final del evento, las niñas aplicarán las estrategias que han aprendido y darán su mejor discurso a los mentores. Si el jefe fue vendido en el argumento de venta, comprará hasta $500 en galletas. “
El Regreso del Reto del Postre de Galletas de Girl Scout – el 1 al 28 de febrero
¡El Reto del Postre de Galletas de Girl Scout regresa por su octavo año! Después de tomarse un descanso en febrero de 2021 debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, GSACPC se complace en presentar el regreso del desafío que tendrá lugar del 1 al 28 de febrero de 2022.
Veinte estimados chefs de lugares de todo el centro y norte de Arizona participarán en la competencia amistosa de este año para crear un postre ganador con una de estas Galletas de Girl Scout: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils o Lemon-Ups.
“Los chefs participantes utilizarán su experiencia culinaria para inventar delicias usando estas clásicas Galletas de Girl Scout en un delicioso postre y lo presentarán en sus menús durante todo el mes de febrero. Una parte de las ganancias apoyará a Girl Scouts en Arizona,” dice Mitchell.
Los competidores que regresan este año son:
Aioli Gourmet Burgers en Phoenix
Churn en Phoenix
Lovecraft en Phoenix
Lumberyard Brewing Company en Flagstaff
Proof Canteen en el Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale Troon North
Rusconi’s American Kitchen
Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant en Chandler
ZuZu en el Hotel Valley Ho en Scottsdale
Los competidores por primera vez de este año son:
Beaver Street Brewery en Flagstaff
Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails at Hotel Palomar en Phoenix
The Craftsman Cocktails & Kitchen en Scottsdale
Geordie’s en Wrigley Mansion en Phoenix
Grand Canyon Brewing + Distillery en Flagstaff
Nook Kitchen en Phoenix
Oak on Camelback en Phoenix (antes era el St. Francis)
Shift en Flagstaff
Taco Guild en Phoenix
Tarbell’s en Phoenix
The County Seat en Prescott
The Italian Daughter en North Scottsdale
The Mick Brasserie en Scottsdale
Los fanáticos de las galletas de Girl Scout y los clientes de los restaurantes votarán por su postre favorito en el centro y norte de Arizona durante el mes de febrero, ayudándonos a coronar a un Campeón del Reto del Postre de Galletas de Girl Scout 2022 para cada región,” dice Mitchell. “Además de la diversión, por primera vez, muchos de los lugares también abrirán sus puertas para permitir que las Girl Scouts locales tengas sus puestos de galletas en el lugar durante el desafío.”
¡NUEVO! Carrera/Caminata de 5km “Bring Home the Cookies” – el 26 de febrero
Únase a GSACPC y la Fundación State Forty Eight para la primera carrera/caminata de 5km “Bring Home the Cookies” el 26 de febrero en Tempe. El evento familiar, abierto a las familias de Girl Scouts, corredores competitivos y la comunidad en general, comenzará y terminará en el Estadio Sun Devil y contará con puestos de música, comida y galletas. ¡Todos los participantes registrados recibirán una bolsa de regalos de Girl Scout con una camisa marcada State Forty Eight 5K, un paquete de Galletas de Girl Scout, una medalla y más!
“Todos los miembros de la comunidad están invitados a unirse a la celebración en espíritu del emprendimiento local y apoyar a las Girl Scouts mientras organizan puestos de galletas dentro del pueblo de los corredores en un último intento de alcanzar sus objetivos de ventas para el Programa de Galletas Girl Scout 2022,” dice Spicer “Con la temporada de galletas 2022 terminando el día después de la carrera, este evento ayudará a nuestras niñas locales a ‘correr’ hacia sus metas.”
“A medida que nuestra nación continúa adaptándose a la vida con COVID-19, todavía se alienta a las niñas a expandir sus esfuerzos de usar el internet de manera segura con las opciones de vender solo en línea o en línea y en persona,” dice Czerina Harvey, gerente de programa de producto de GSACPC.
Las opciones de venta de este año para niñas incluyen:
Digital Cookie: A través de esta plataforma de venta digital, las niñas construyen un sitio web personalizado para que puedan invitar a amigos y familiares a comprar galletas, con la opción de que las galletas se entreguen en persona o enviados directamente a su hogar. Las niñas también pueden usar la aplicación móvil Digital Cookie para aceptar pagos con tarjeta de crédito de los clientes. Digital Cookie también introduce clases sobre mercadotecnia en línea, uso de aplicaciones y comercio electrónico a las Girl Scouts, a través de la construcción de su propio sitio web de galletas y la administración de sus ventas virtuales.
Puestos de Autoservicio: Las tropas locales de Girl Scout tienen la opción de coordinar puestos de autoservicio, y las transacciones sin efectivo que son muy solicitadas. Los puestos de autoservicio estarán en estacionamientos que permiten un gran distanciamiento y espacio para las niñas y sus padres. Los autos tendrán la oportunidad de llegar al frente de la fila, hacer sus pedidos y tener la capacidad sin contacto o casi sin contacto de recoger sus galletas como lo harían en un puesto tradicional. Habrá padres estacionados en cada uno de estos puestos con productos desinfectantes para ayudar a las niñas a garantizar la máxima seguridad y monitorear la transferencia de galletas a los automóviles.
Puestos: Según lo permitido y con las pautas recomendadas por la CDC, incluido el uso de mascarillas y el distanciamiento social, las niñas establecerán una “tienda” temporal frente a las empresas locales que ofrecen opciones de distancia social para que los clientes compren galletas. Las ubicaciones de los puestos este año incluyen a los partidarios de largo patrocinamiento, Fry’s Food Stores, Bashas’ Family of Stores, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Sonic y otras tiendas y pequeñas empresas.
“A lo largo de los años, los socios de la comunidad como Basha’s y Fry’s han sido de gran beneficio a nuestras Girl Scouts locales,” dice Harvey. “Estamos increíblemente agradecidos por todos nuestros socios pequeños y grandes, que ayudan a nuestras niñas en su venta simplemente compartiendo su espacio y apoyo. También nos gustaría reconocer que gracias a socios como Bashas, nuestras niñas en la Nación Navajo y el Pueblo Hopi también tienen la oportunidad de llegar a clientes de galletas en las áreas más rurales de nuestra jurisdicción”.
Visite girlscoutsaz.org/cookiefinder y utilice el Buscador de galletas de Girl Scout para encontrar un puesto de galletas cerca de usted. Es sencillo: simplemente ingrese su código postal y elija de una lista de ubicaciones cercanas. Si desea acceder al buscador de galletas sobre la marcha, descargue la aplicación gratuita Girl Scout Cookie Finder en su dispositivo móvil iOS o Android desde Google Play o la tienda de Apple.
Clarificaciones Acerca de las Galletas
La Confusión de las Panaderías: hay dos panaderías comerciales con licencia de Girl Scouts de los Estados Unidos para crear las Galletas de Girl Scout. La panadería de GSACPC es Little Brownie Bakers. Por lo tanto, algunos otros concilios ofrecen diferentes galletas.
Thin Mints están elaborados con ingredientes veganos.
Toffee-tastics, nuestra galleta sin gluten se venderá por $6 la caja. Solo las tropas que hayan optado por vender esta galleta las tendrán, por lo que estará disponible solo en cantidades limitadas.
Todas nuestras galletas no tienen jarabe de maíz con alto contenido de fructosa, ni aceites parcialmente hidronados (PHO), cero gramos de grasas trans por porción y utilizan aceite de palma certificado por la RSPO (Balance de masa).
SOLO PARA LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
Las Girl Scouts emprendedoras les encanta responder las siguientes preguntas en los puestos de galletas y en los medios de comunicación:
¿Qué habilidades has aprendido participando en el programa de galletas?
¿Cuáles son tus metas en el programa de galletas como individuo? ¿Qué meta se ha propuesto tu tropa?
¿Qué ha planeado hacer tu tropa con las ganancias de las galletas?
¿A qué organización están apoyando por medio de donaciones de sus Galletas para las Comunidades y por qué? ¿Están planeando algún otro proyecto de servicio?
Sobre las Girl Scouts
Las Girl Scouts hacen realidad sus sueños y trabajan juntas para construir un mundo mejor. A través de programas de costa a costa, las Girl Scouts de todos los orígenes y habilidades pueden ser ellas mismas sin disculpas a medida que descubren sus fortalezas y se trabajan para enfrentar nuevos desafíos, ya sea que quiera subir a la cima de un árbol o a la cima de su clase, ponerse las botas para una caminata o abogar por la justicia del medio ambiente, o hacer sus primeras mejores amigas. Apoyadas por voluntarios adultos de confianza, mentores y millones de alumnas, las Girl Scouts lideran el camino a medida que encuentran sus voces y hacen cambios que afectan los problemas más importantes para ellas. Para unirse a nosotros, ser voluntario, conectarse o donar, visite girlscouts.org.
Las Girl Scouts—Concilio de Arizona Cactus-Pine (GSACPC)
En asociación con 6,000 voluntarios adultos, GSACPC atiende a más de 11,000 niñas de grado K-12 en más de 90 comunidades en el centro y norte de Arizona. Desde 1936, GSACPC ha ayudado a las niñas a desarrollar habilidades y herramientas de liderazgo para el éxito en un entorno que cambia rápidamente. Sabemos que dada la oportunidad, cada niña puede convertirse en una líder, actuar con confianza en sus valores y conectarse con su comunidad. Para más información, visite www.girlscoutsaz.org, y síganos en Facebook o en Instagram.
Sobre el Programa de Galletas de Girl Scout
El Programa de Galletas de Girl Scout es el programa empresarial dirigido por niñas más grande del mundo, que genera más de $ 700 millones en ventas anuales. Casi 200 millones de cajas de Galletas de Girl Scout se venden cada año a más de 50 millones de clientes. El Concilio de Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine vendió más de dos millones de paquetes de galletas el año pasado. En medio de los desafíos de COVID-19, las tropas esperan cumplir o superar las metas de ventas anteriores.
(PHOENIX – Aug. 17, 2021) – Today, Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) are pleased to announce that a new cookie – Adventurefuls – will join the nationwide lineup for the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie season. An indulgent brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt, Adventurefuls take cookie lovers on a delicious taste adventure just like Girl Scouts go on amazing adventures through the program. Girl Scouts in central and northern Arizona and across the United States will offer the Adventurefuls cookie next season alongside favorites like Thin Mints® and Samoas®.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program, which will take place across central and northern Arizona from Jan. 17 to Feb. 27, 2022, helps girls develop skills in five areas: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics. These are essential skills needed to successfully navigate life—whether working on a high school science project team, running a household, becoming a project manager, or a company CEO.
“Every purchase of Adventurefuls, and the whole portfolio of iconic cookies, during cookie season, fuels local Girl Scouts’ adventures throughout the year: exploring what interests them, discovering their passions, and taking action on issues they care about,” says said Tamara Woodbury, CEO of GSACPC. “Whether they’re using their STEM skills to solve a problem, changing a law to help their community, having a courageous outdoor experience, or starting an innovative nonprofit, Girl Scouts build a better future for themselves and the world.”
Also new this year, GSUSA recently announced new Cookie Business badges that help girls think like entrepreneurs as they run their own cookie businesses and incorporate online sales via the Digital Cookie® platform. The badges progress from goal setting and effective sales-pitching in person and online to market research, creating business plans, and implementing digital marketing campaigns.
Consumers can visit www.girlscoutcookies.org to sign up to be notified as soon as cookies are available in the area, and can visit www.girlscouts.org/join to join the movement as a Girl Scout, Girl Scout Volunteer, or Troop Leader today.
We Are Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect or donate, visit girlscouts.org.
About Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC)
In partnership with 6,000 adult volunteers, GSACPC serves over 11,000 girls grades K-12 in more than 90 communities across central and northern Arizona. Since 1936, GSACPC has helped girls develop leadership skills and tools for success in a rapidly changing environment. We know that given the opportunity, every girl can become a leader, act confidently on her values, and connect with her community. For more information, visit www.girlscoutsaz.org, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram.
About the Girl Scout Cookie Program
It’s more than money. It’s the lifelong skills that girls learn by doing and the confidence they build doing it. The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls develop skills in five areas: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics. These are essential skills needed to successfully navigate life—whether working on a high-school science project team, running a household, becoming a project manager, or a company CEO. Not many organizations offer these essential business skills to girls. Girl Scouting does, with the largest girl-led business in the world!
Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scouts Sell Over 2,000,000 Million Boxes of Cookies During Enhanced Cookie Season Program Amid COVID-19
(PHOENIX – March 19, 2021) — Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) is celebrating a successful cookie season. From Jan. 18 to Feb. 28, participating Girl Scouts across central and northern Arizona summoned their inner G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) ™ as they sold nearly 2.1 million boxes of delicious cookies, building essential financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills imperative to leadership and future success along the way.
Despite COVID-19, GSACPC Cookie Bosses kicked off the cookie selling in creative, socially distant, and contact-free ways to keep themselves and their customers safe. Even in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, girls adapted their sales methods to share the joy of Girl Scout Cookies through the largest girl-led entrepreneurship program. Their strategies include opening the Digital Cookie app early on Jan. 4 and offering drive-thru cookie booth locations throughout the Valley.
The funds raised through the cookie program will allow local girls to take part in a variety of programs, community outreach projects, and enrichment over the next year, including:
Help girls fund their Take Action projects for the community and amazing girl-led adventures for troops.
Girl Scouts use their proceeds to fund High Award projects or projects that impact the community, like hosting a camp for youth, donating to those in need, and improving community parks.
In 2020, many Girl Scouts sewed masks and made care packages to donate to essential workers, including physicians and hospital staff, grocery store staff, and first responders.
Cover the cost of running the Girl Scout Cookie Program, including the costs of cookies, materials, and logistics.
Help our Council provide Girl Scout programs in STEM, the outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship, camps, leadership training, and more!
Maintain and improve our four camp properties and the financial assistance that keeps Girl Scouting available and affordable for all girls.
Girl Scout Cookie Entreprenurs also earn rewards on their individual sales. They can choose to receive incentive prices or “Program Credits” that can be used to help pay for summer camp, membership dues, Girl Scout travel, and other programs and events.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps Girl Scouts earn money for these fun, educational activities and community projects and plays an important role in helping girls learn essential life skills like decision-making, money management, people skills, business ethics, and goal setting. All proceeds from the cookie program stay local and support Arizona’s Girl Scouts.
How the cookies crumbled, by the numbers:
6,492 girls in central and northern Arizona sold 2,082,122 packages of cookies
The Per Girl Average was 320 boxes each, up from 176 boxes each in 2020
The top cookie seller, Jordyn Talahytewa, an IGM from the Hopi Lands, sold 10,813 boxes of cookies
The top troop, Troop 558 in Peoria, sold 34,468 boxes of cookies
Troop 1892 in Lake Havasu sold 18,720 boxes of cookies
Troop 203 in Tempe sold 17,512 boxes of cookies
17 girls sold over 5,000 boxes each
Over 657,700 packages were sold online through its Digital Cookie platform, that’s more than double the sales through this platform compared to last year
The most popular cookie sold was Thin Mints
The success of this year’s cookie program was possible only with the support of the community.
Girl Scouts were still able to sell at some booths this year, thanks to:
Fry’s Food Stores
Bashas’ Family of Stores (Bashas’, Food City, A.J.’s)
Walmart
YAM Properties
Real-estate brokerage Homie partnered with the Council on the “Tiny Cookie Castle,” which was designed and built by Girl Scout Cadette Maija Kaprosy. Each Sunday in February, cookie fans were able to visit The Shops at Norterra to tour the 13-foot by 13-foot by 9-foot castle made almost entirely out of Girl Scout Cookie boxes!
The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation generously invested in girls once again through a $665,000 grant in support of the cookie program. It included purchasing one dozen boxes of cookies from every girl who participated. At nearly 80,000 boxes, this was the single largest cookie purchase ever made in Arizona.
All funds raised stay in Arizona, ensuring girls will have the resources they need to develop into tomorrow’s leaders.
This blog is written by The Authentic Leadership Community (“ALC”). ALC is centered around the principles of Authentic Girl Scout Leadership, formerly known as Leadership from the Inside Out. “We are committed to helping you discover, unlock and develop your leadership superpowers so that you can guide and empower your girls as they grow into leaders themselves.”
You did it! You completed the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie season! Whether this was your first or your twentieth, this year was just…different. Cookie season can be exciting, stressful, and challenging in a typical year, but a pandemic? You deserve extra kudos.
There is so much that gets put to the side while you focus on making sure your girls have enough Thin Mints on hand that you may not take time to recharge once it’s over. Before you shift your focus onto all the other stuff calling for your attention, we invite (and gently remind) you to take time to practice some post-cookie season self-care.
“Ha! Who has time for that? Life is too busy!”
Well, grab a glass of milk (or other favorite beverage) and a Do-Si-Do or two that you stashed away, and we’ll share why it’s essential for you and your girls.
First, self-care is a form of self-respect, which is an essential part of the Girl Scout Law (”I will do my best to be…considerate and caring….and to respect myself”).
Second, according to a survey done by the American Psychological Association in 2020, Americans reported significantly increased stress levels during the pandemic. Stress can have a significant impact on our mind and body, contributing to sleep problems, brain fog, fatigue, depression, anxiety, weakened immune system, heart disease, and even stubborn weight gain (and this is just a shortlist). This means that self-care is critical to surmounting these stressors and maintaining your health.
Well, I still don’t have time for “self-care,” so how can I fit it in?
Self -care is more than bubble baths and spa days (although that would be amazing too!). It can be as simple as allowing yourself to pause and breathe deeply for a minute or two. Here are five ways you can practice post-cookie self-care that will benefit yourself and your troop:
Deep breathing.
Get outside. Walk, hike, garden, or simply sit and enjoy the sun.
Put on some of your favorite tunes and dance.
Journal. Reflect on what went well this cookie season, what lessons were learned, how did you feel this year compared to prior years.
Celebrate. Celebration is contagious! When we celebrate our wins – no matter how big or small – it creates a positive momentum that motivates and energizes.
And so you know, everyone here at GSACPC and ALC celebrates YOU. Let us know how you de-stress by sending us a message.
Please note this content is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
For more than 80 years, Girl Scouts in Arizona have sold cookies–and had fun, developed valuable life skills, and made their communities a better place every step of the way. Did you know that it was around 1940 that GSACPC had their first cookie sale? Take a guess which original flavor is still part of today’s line up and continue reading to find out if your guess is correct!
The First Girl Scout Cookie Sale in Arizona
Girl Scout Cookies had their earliest beginnings in the kitchens and ovens of our girl members, with moms volunteering as technical advisers. Selling cookies to finance troop activities began as early as 1917, five years after Juliette Gordon Low started Girl Scouts in the United States. The Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked cookies and sold them in its high school cafeteria as a service project.
It was in the 1920s that Girl Scouts across the nation baked and sold cookies. A sugar recipe had been shared from a sister council that allowed girls to bake simple sugar cookies, keeping their costs low. With the help of cookie volunteers and parents, girls baked these cookies, packaged them in wax paper bags, sealed them with a sticker, and sold them door to door for 25 to 35 cents per dozen, does this sale strategy sound familiar?
Fast forward to the 1930s in Arizona – a Charter from National Girl Scouts (not yet called GSUSA) was recorded for the Maricopa Girl Scouts Council (now known as Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council or GSACPC) in 1937, with seven troops and 143 girls.
Even though National Girl Scouts suggested cookie sales raised money, our local board voted against selling cookies in 1938 and 1939 and continued fundraising with bridge luncheons, teas, and garden parties that were deemed more sociable.
It wasn’t until 1940 that GSACPC had its first Girl Scout Cookie sale! They used Dolly Madison Cake Company that charged the Council $450 for 3,750 sugar cookies. That’s $0.12 a cookie. There was a total of 364 girls from 19 troops that sold cookies for 20 cents a box, generating a total of $928.57 in sales. It was a huge success for the girls! The three highest selling troops were given a bonus of one cent per box sold.
Girl Scout Cookies continued to be sold by local councils around the country until World War II, when sugar, flour, and butter shortages led Girl Scouts to sell the first Girl Scout calendars in 1944 as a socially-conscious alternative.
After the war, cookie sales increased, and by 1948, 29 bakers were licensed to bake Girl Scout Cookies.
In 1951, Girl Scout Cookies came in three varieties: Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints). With the advent of the suburbs, girls at tables in shopping malls began selling Girl Scout Cookies.
During the 1960s, when Baby Boomers expanded Girl Scout membership, cookie sales increased significantly. Fourteen licensed bakers were mixing batter for thousands upon thousands of Girl Scout Cookies annually. And those bakers began wrapping Girl Scout Cookie boxes in printed aluminum foil or cellophane to protect the cookies and preserve their freshness.
In 1978, the number of bakers was streamlined to four to ensure lower prices, uniform quality, packaging, and distribution. For the first time in history, all cookie boxes—regardless of the baker—featured the same designs and depicted scenes of Girl Scouts in action, including hiking and canoeing. And in 1979, the brand-new, Saul Bass-created Girl Scout logo appeared on cookie boxes, which became even more creative and began promoting the benefits of Girl Scouting.
In the early 1990s, two licensed bakers supplied local Girl Scout Councils with cookies for girls to sell, and by 1998, this number had grown again to three. Eight cookie varieties were available, including low-fat and sugar-free selections.
Early in the twenty-first century, every Girl Scout Cookie had a mission. New cookie box designs, introduced in the fall of 2000, were bold and bright, capturing the spirit of Girl Scouting. Two licensed bakers produced a maximum of eight varieties, including three mandatory (Thin Mints®, Peanut Butter Sandwich/Do-si-dos®, and Shortbread/Trefoils®). All cookies were kosher. And, much to the excitement of the youngest Girl Scouts, Daisies started selling cookies!
The Girl Scout Cookie Program Today
Two licensed bakers are serving all 111 councils. The baker of choice to both Councils in Arizona in Little Brownie Bakers, offering Thin Mints®, Samoas®, Tagalongs®, Do-si-dos®, Trefoils®, Lemon-Ups™, Girl Scout S’mores®, and Toffee-tastics®.
And Girl Scout Cookies are SO much more than just a sale, a sweet treat, a fundraiser. That’s right. It’s a research-backed, outcomes-based entrepreneurial and financial literacy program. Every box helps power enriching experiences for the awesome girls who sell them—it also provides the opportunity to learn essential life skills, soar in confidence, and quickly discover the leader within.
Bake the 1922 Girl Scout Sugar Cookie
1 cup of butter, or substitute
1 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
Cream butter and sugar; add well-beaten eggs, then milk, flavoring, flour, and baking powder. Roll thin and sprinkle sugar on top. This amount makes six to seven dozen.
Modern-day tips (not part of the original recipe): Refrigerate batter for at least one hour before rolling and cutting cookies. Bake in a quick oven (375°) for approximately 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges begin to brown.
The information above is brought to you by the GSACPC History Committee and the Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum. If you would like to learn more about Girl Scout history or schedule a visit to the museum, please visit girlscoutsaz.org/museum.
’Til Next Time, Selling Cookies for the Future Generations of Girl Scouts
This year’s cookie sales were bittersweet for me. I am graduating from high school this year, and this was my last time participating in the cookie program as a girl member. In 13 years, I have sold thousands of cookies. I have schlepped wagons full of cookies door-to-door. I have moved thousands of cases at cookie deliveries, and, believe it or not, I once froze half to death at a booth when it was snowing – in Phoenix!
Every year, my favorite part of the cookie program (well, besides the access to boxes of Samoas) was to collect donated packages for Cookies for the Community. My service unit pulls cookies together, and we give them to a chaplain in the Air Force who gets them to deployed service people. The cookies bring a piece of home to those who are away from their homes, protecting our country.
One of the first things I learned about selling cookies was that I needed to be friendly and outgoing! This tip works well when you are a small Daisy or Brownie, but as you become older, customers want to know your goals. Once I reached middle and high school, an important strategy was selling cookies door-to-door to the network of loyal customers who had known me since I was a Daisy. Of course, I learned other skills like goal setting, money management, and business ethics – all things I’ll use my whole life. I also learned things that aren’t as obvious and often not spoken. For example, I learned to accept rejection and to be resilient. Believe it or not, there are people out there who CAN turn down a box of Girl Scout Cookies! Not every sales pitch lands a sale. Sometimes people passed our booth without even looking at us. Handling rejection in a healthy way is critical to everyone’s development. Knowing how to accept that rejection, not take it personally, and move forward – or be resilient– are invaluable skills not just for someone’s professional development, but for their toolbox for whatever life throws their way.
Every year my troop set a goal and decided what to do with our cookie money. We paid for and had the time of our lives at summer camp several times. We have used some money for community service projects. And in the last few years, I have sold cookies so that my troop could help fund Gold Awards for my Girl Scout Sisters and myself.
And as we all get ready for the next step, this year is bittersweet since we won’t be going to summer camp and, instead, preparing for college. This year I sold cookies for the future. So that each of my troop members can get a Girl Scout Lifetime Membership. So that the camps we enjoyed so much will be there for our younger sisters. So that girls in the future will get to experience the excellent opportunities that we did. And I thank everyone who has supported girls like me through the cookie program to help fuel the experience and opportunity of Girl Scouting for everyone and for years to come.
Brianna Iannone is a member of Troop 297, a Gold Award Girl Scout and GSACPC Girl Advisory Member, who plans to attend Arizona State University as a Girl Scout Alum. Her goals are to become a computer coder and developer.
Our 2020 Girl Scout Cookie Season is gives us much to celebrate: from selling over 3 million packages of cookies, to having over 10,000 girls participating in the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world.
In addition, we’d like to shout out to our top sellers, and all the girls who participated in our 2020 cookie program contests. We saw many unique booths and wagons, and creative Cookies for the Community patch entries.
Top Selling Girls: Zoey Gerlach – 6,585 packages Maddie Dunlap – 6,208 packages Madison Carnal – 6,101 packages Carolyn Stewart – 5,506 packages Kaitlyn Van Der Werf – 5,105 packages Jilian Lazard – 5,008 packages Top Selling Troops: SU Name Troop # Total Sold Hayden’s Ferry 36 32,079 Cactus Bloom 558 27,127 Lake Havasu City 1892 22,318 Gilbert 156 21,830
Cookies for the Community Patch Design Winner: Kayla Wolfe – Troop 181 Cookie Flair Winners: Savannah Torres – Troop 9601 Caroline King – Troop 3814 Olivia Elwell – Troop 3871 Allison Wehnau – Troop 1563 Pepper Leger – Troop 1096 Jazmine Morales – Troop 4262 Walkabout Winners: Ava Gillane – Troop 2202 Clementine Anderson – Troop 4692 Malia Lovelace – 5212 Story Delgado – Troop 3186 Taylor Aldrich – Troop 3249 Trinity Quintanilla – Troop 3999
When it comes to owning your story and living out your dreams, Omei Eaglerider (aka Chef ‘O’) is a testament of what it means to wholeheartedly commit to your journey, while teaching and serving others along the way.
And for Omei, her dedication to persevere and excel, began with Girl Scouting.
Omei’s drive to excel and the creative gifts that were made known to her throughout her 18 years Girl Scouting as a girl and staff member served her well. Not only was she a recipient of the Girl Scout Gold Award at the age of 17 (then called the First-Class Award), but she even held the Guinness World Record for ‘Continuous Yo-Yo’ while in high school.
Over the last 53 years, Omei has made it a point to stay involved with Girl Scouts in some capacity. As the Executive Chef at Fry’s Signature Marketplace Culinary School in Paradise Valley, Arizona, she offers a wide variety of cooking classes and often works with troops from around the Valley to help girls earn their cooking badges.
Chef O Loves to concoct Girl Scout Cookie-inspired creations. We invite you make her latest recipe, Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Toffee Cookie Bites.
CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER-TOFFEE COOKIE BITES
Yield: 48 | Heat oven to 325° | Place paper liners in 2 mini muffin tins.
COOKIE CRUST CUP
1 cup Girl Scout Trefoil or Toffee-tastic Cookies*, crushed
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons brown sugar (about 50 grams)
6 tablespoons butter, melted
In a small bowl, mix crushed cookies, graham cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in melted butter. Spoon a tablespoon of cookie mixture into each. Press down and up the sides to form a cup. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake 5-8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for a few minutes then set in the fridge to completely set.
PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE
1/3 cup natural-style smooth peanut butter
1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
Pinch of coarse kosher salt
2/3 cup chilled heavy whipping cream, separated
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix the peanut butter, brown sugar, and coarse salt together until well blended. Gradually mix in 1/3 c heavy whipping cream. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the remaining 1/3 c of cream, the sugar, and vanilla until stiff peaks form; fold into peanut butter mixture in 3 additions. Chill until ready to use.
CHOCOLATE GANACHE
1/2 cup heavy cream (114 g / 4 ounces)
1 cup bittersweet chocolate (70 – 72%), finely chopped (170 g / 6 oz)
Heat the cream in a small pan until it’s very hot; it should be steaming, just short of a boil. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, and let the mixture rest for 5 minutes. This gives the cream a chance to soften the chocolate. Using a hand whisk, stir the mixture until the chocolate and cream are smooth. Let cool.
ASSEMBLE THE BITES
2-4 ounces dulce de leche or caramel sauce, optional
2 ounces peanuts, crushed or toffee bits, optional
Spoon or pipe about a teaspoon of ganache into the bottom of each cookie cup. Scoop or pipe the peanut butter mousse on top of ganache, dividing it evenly among the cups. If using, drizzle some dulce de leche over the top of each and sprinkle with peanuts or toffee bits. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
NOTES
If you happened to have eaten all your Girl Scout Cookies, you could substitute regular shortbread cookies or all graham cracker crumbs for the crust. You don’t have to have a fancy piping bag. Just use a heavy-duty freezer bag and snip a corner to pipe.
To make these gluten-free, use 2 cups of Toffee-tastic cookies and omit the graham crackers.
With the 2020 Girl Scout Cookie season coming to an end soon, we’re here to help you finish on a high note!
Keep up the enthusiasm – six weeks can start to feel long. When it does, remember the enthusiasm you had on day one and your goals and excitement that fueled it! Customers are still excited to see cookies for sale, so make them feel like cookie season just kicked off.
Create urgency – make signs, tell customers that cookie season is ending and that they won’t be able to buy cookies for another year!!! (P.S. tell them our cookies are delicious frozen, too!)
Make your final Walkabout rounds – knock on doors one last time and let them know this is the last time you’ll be going on a Walkabout – this is their last chance to buy from you!
Remind them where cookie proceeds go – cookie proceeds help girls go to camp, plan troop travel, fund activities for the year, buy uniforms, and start community service projects. Let customers know that all proceeds stay local!
Now who’s ready to rock the last leg of cookie season? We sure are! Here’s to reaching all your goals!
It’s officially Girl Scout Cookie season which means girls all over Arizona will be going on Walkabouts to sell cookies! This year we want you to participate in our Walkabout Contest for a chance to win a $25 gift card to one of our delicious Dessert Challenge restaurants!
This contest is hosted my GSACPC’s Marcom team and is being hosted only through social media You may submit a photo each time your Girl Scout goes on a Walkabout. One winner will be selected at random each Friday of cookie season (Jan. 20-Feb. 28), for a total of six winners. You may participate each week with unique Walkabouts entries, duplicate entries will not be entered into drawings. You may only win once.
By submitting a photo to this contest, you are giving GSACPC permission to share this photo on GSACPC owned communication platforms.
Girl Scout Cookie Season – the World’s Largest Girl-Led Entrepreneurial Program – Takes Place Jan. 20 to Mar. 1 across Central, Northern Arizona
For six weeks each year, Girl Scouts in Arizona participate in the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world: The Girl Scout Cookie Program. From Jan. 20 – March 1 more than 10,000 girls in central and northern Arizona will be walking around neighborhoods and boothing in front of local stores learning entrepreneurial skills while selling delicious cookies.
“It is critical to note that Girl Scout Cookies are about far more than money and sweet treats,” says Tamara Woodbury, CEO of Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC). “The cookie program provides girls the skills they need to be fiscally savvy now, and to become successful, financially independent women.”
The qualities that lead to successful entrepreneurship, like curiosity, confidence, and innovation, are important for all types of academic and career success. There aren’t many organizations that help girls learn key entrepreneurial skills, like business ethics and decision-making. Girl Scouting does, with the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world!
“Not only is every cookie sale a teachable moment, but because all proceeds stay local, girls are able to enjoy summer camp, robotics programs, field trips and even adventures out of state in a safe environment,” says Woodbury. “Sales also have the potential to impact the community as troops reinvest their proceeds with service projects.”
GSACPC sold over 2.8 million packages of cookies last year. This year’s goal is 3 million packages.
Here is a snapshot of the season at a glance:
The Cookie Lineup
New! Lemon-Ups: Crispy lemon cookies baked with inspiring messages. $5
Thin Mints: Mint flavored with a delicious chocolaty coating. Vegan. $5
Tagalongs: Layers of peanut butter with a rich, chocolaty coating. $5
Samoas: Caramel and toasted coconut-covered cookies. $5
Trefoils: Iconic and delicious shortbread cookies. $5
Do-si-dos: Crisp and crunchy oatmeal outside and creamy peanut butter inside. $5
Girl Scout S’mores: Crunchy graham sandwich cookies with creamy chocolate and marshmallowy filling. $6
Toffee-tastics: Buttery (and gluten-free) cookies with sweet, crunchy golden toffee bits. $6
NEW: Announcing our 2020 Cookie Boss – Renee Parsons!
GSACPC is honored to announce Renee Parsons, president of PXG Apparel and co-founder of The Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation, as its first-ever Cookie Boss! The Cookie Boss serves as an entrepreneurial role model and helps support Girl Scouts in the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation has been a vital partner to GSACPC, with its strong belief in Girl Scouts, commitment to our community and partnership in the Girl Scout Cookie program.
NEW: Cookie Fast Pitch
Over 100 girl cookie bosses and 25 local CEOs/executives are expected to attend the first ever Cookie Fast Pitch on Jan. 25 from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. at University of Advancing Technology located in Tempe. Participating girls will make their cookie sales pitch to one of the corporate executives in attendance. In exchange, they’ll get feedback on their pitch and develop confidence in their one-on-one coaching sessions. And if the CEO was sold on the pitch, they’ll purchase up to $500 worth of cookies.
NEW PARTNERS: 7th Annual Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge
For the seventh year in a row, participating chefs from restaurants across central and northern Arizona will go head-to-head to create a winning dessert with one of the Girl Scout Cookie flavors including Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos or Trefoils.
The creation will be featured on their menus during February, and for the second year, GSACPC will offer an online poll for everyone to vote for their favorite! To vote, fans can visit girlscoutsaz.org/dessert-challenge. The dessert with the most votes at the end of the challenge in central and northern Arizona regions will each be crowned the 2020 Girl Scout Dessert Challenge Champion in early March.
A portion of proceeds are donated back to GSACPC, and some participants provide cookie boothing space on their property. The friendly competition provides a great opportunity for local businesses to support and inspire future entrepreneurs — Girl Scouts!
Booths
Girl Scouts will be setting up a temporary “shop” in front of local business and other locations like sporting events, church and community events and selling cookies. Partner booth locations this year include: Fry’s Marketplace, Bashas, Safeway, Joann Fabric and Craft Stores, Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club and Goodwill.
The Cookie Finder App
Visit girlscoutsaz.org/cookiefinder and use the Girl Scout Cookie Finder to find a cookie booth near you. It’s simple – just enter your zip code and choose from a list of locations nearby. If you want cookie finder access on-the-go download the free Girl Scout Cookie Finder app onto your iOS or Android mobile device from Google Play or the Apple store.
Walkabouts
To encourage local girls to directly connect with their communities, as well as learn valuable lessons about public speaking, work ethic and ingenuity, the council is encouraging Girl Scouts to conduct more “Walkabouts.” Through Walkabouts, more than 10,000 Girl Scouts are encouraged to walk their neighborhoods selling cookies door-to-door in residential areas with adult supervision and visit cookie customers from years’ past. It’s also a strategic sales channel in this on-demand economy (kind of like DoorDash for Girl Scout Cookies).
Digital Cookie
The Girl Scout Cookie Program goes beyond the booth with Digital Cookie. Digital Cookie helps take the five essential life skills girls learn through the traditional cookie program to a whole new level—introducing lessons about online marketing, application use, and ecommerce to Girl Scouts, through building their own cookie website and managing their virtual sales. In addition, girls can use the Digital Cookie Mobile App to accept mobile payments from customers in-person.
Cookies for the Community – Cookie Donations Accepted
Cookies for the Community is a cookie donation opportunity for customers to purchase cookies as a donation for a local nonprofit organization – more than 10,000 cookies are donated through this program each year. It helps girls learn about the importance of community service and giving back to the community with the cookie program. GSACPC will proudly support St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank and St. Mary’s Food Bank with donated cookies in 2020. Cookies for Community purchases are tax-deductible.
Where Does Cookie Money Go
100% of GSACPC Cookie proceeds stay local to benefit Girl Scouting in Arizona. Girl Scout Cookies’ proceeds stay local to:
Help girls fund local Girl Scouts’ Take Action projects for the community and girl-led adventures for troops.
Cover the cost of running the Girl Scout Cookie Program, including the costs of cookies, materials, and logistics.
Help GSACPC provide Girl Scout programs in STEM, the outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship, as well as camps, leadership training and more.
Maintain and improve the local four camp properties and the financial assistance that keeps Girl Scouting available and affordable for all girls.
Girl Scout Cookie entrepreneurs also earn rewards on their individual sales. They can choose to receive incentive prizes or “Program Credits” that can be used to help pay for summer camp, membership dues, travel, and other programs and events.
IMPORTANT: Cookie Clarifications
Our new delicious Lemon-Ups cookies have replaced the Savannah Smiles cookie. The Savannah Smile cookie will no longer be available.
There are cookies for dietary needs: Thin Mints are vegan and Toffee-tastics are gluten-free.
Toffee-tastics will sell for $6.00 a box. Only troops that have opted into selling this cookie will have them, so it will be available only in limited quantities.
Bakery Confusion: there are two commercial bakers licensed by Girl Scouts of the USA to produce Girl Scout Cookies. Therefore, cookie variety varies by council. The bakery for GSACPC is Little Brownie Bakery.
All of our cookies have no high corn fructose syrup, no partially hydronated oils (PHOs), zero grams of trans fat per serving and use RSPO certified (Mass Balance) palm oil.
About the Girl Scout Cookie Program
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world, generating over $700 million in annual sales. Nearly 200 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies are sold each year to more than 50 million cookie customers.
GSACPC sold over 2.8 million packages of cookies last year. This year’s goal is 3 million packages.
Please note: Girl Scout Cookie Program dates are set by each council throughout the U.S. and vary based on the local market and environment. The 2020 Cookie Season for Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) is Jan. 20 – March 1. GSACPC is one of two councils in Arizona. Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona (GSSoAZ) cookie season is Jan. 18 – March 1.
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