Dayna, the girl's troop leader and parent shared her experience with cookie season. Here is what she had to say.
As a troop leader and a parent, Girl Scout cookie season is a very busy, but rewarding time.
Watching these young entrepreneurs grow and run a business brings me great joy. Knowing that I have an impact in how these young ladies embrace the world and become future leaders is a very important job.
As a leader I oversee of all the cookie ordering, pick up, and distribution to the girls in my troop. I also run cookie booths with the girls and help them do their bank deposits. I oversee them when counting their cookie money and separating orders. I do my best to lead them and teach them along the way that way they learn to be very independent in their business.
Cookie season is one of my favorite times during the Girl Scout year. There are many fun activities that I plan for the girls including a cookie tasting meeting. Who doesn’t like eating Girl Scout cookies? My living room may be full from wall to wall with cookies but in each box I see new skills and important lessons that my girls will be learning.
The biggest take away from Girl Scout cookie season is that when the customers buy even just one box of cookies, they are not just buying cookies. The customers are buying into our girls’ future. They are buying from young entrepreneurs that are learning valuable life lessons that they will take out into the world and make the world a better place!
"When the customers buy even just one box of cookies, they are not just buying cookies, the customers are buying into our girls’ future."