January brings the start of one of my favorite times of year - a new cookie season. This year there is a reason for even more excitement: Girl Scouts is launching a new cookie, AdventurefulsTM! Just as the name implies, they celebrate the amazing adventures girls have all year long in Girl Scouts.
In this ever-changing world, one thing remains the same: Girl Scouts love adventure! One of the biggest adventures a girl will ever have is starting her own business. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest entrepreneurial program for girls in the world. It gives girls a safe place to learn and develop the skills that set them up for success as future leaders.
Even though girls are making great strides, women in corporate leadership remain scarce. Just 5% of CEOs and 12% of other top executives in the S&P 500 are women. 92% of girls believe they are smart enough to become an entrepreneur but cite not knowing where to start as a barrier.
When you buy cookies, support a troop, or make a gift to Girl Scouts, you remove those barriers, and you help girls build skills that set them up for lifelong success: goal-setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
In this issue of Igniting the Promise, you will read about girls who are on their way toward defining their version of future success through Girl Scouts. And if you work up an appetite while reading this issue, we can help you find some delicious Girl Scout Cookies. The Girl Scout Cookie Program kicks off on January 7. We look forward to sharing our adventures in this New Year with you!
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Roni Luckenbill
Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
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Mikayla Defines Success
As our council's top cookie seller last year, Mikayla has developed a successful business over her 12 years as a Girl Scout, and she shared how it has helped shape her life and her future career
"From Disney World, Savannah, and COSI, to camping, I have benefited from my cookie business by earning funds to take trips and earn my Highest Awards, including my Gold Award project: "Uniforms for All", to get Girl Scout uniforms for girls with disabilities and sensory issues.
"I have learned many things about owning and running my own business. I am now taking business and cooking classes in high school with plans of owning and operating my own restaurant/bakery when I finish college. I have learned planning and organizing skills that have allowed me to be very successful in selling cookies. I have also developed a strong customer base over the years and continue to add new customers every year."
Donors like you are transforming girls into the future business leaders of tomorrow. (And it's as simple as eating cookies!)
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More Than a Century of Sweet History
Most people have a special place in their hearts for Girl Scout Cookies: not only because they’re delicious, but also because the Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls fulfill their dreams, follow their passions, and change the world! This program has helped Girl Scouts learn essential life and business skills - since 1917 - as they earn money for fun, educational activities, community projects, and even travel.
Pictured above is Ambassador Troop 42820 at their last cookie booth ever last year. Over their 10 years together and more than 9,000 boxes of cookies sold, they enjoyed seven camp weekends and one trip to Savannah, Georgia, Juliette Gordon Low's birthplace, because of their business skills!
This year, more than a million amazing girls will sell hundreds of millions of boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to support their mission of making the world a better place. With you in their corner, they're bound to achieve success!
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Business Bosses Support Cookie Bosses
How your business can help girls grow their business:
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Host a cookie booth. Indoor or outdoor; even drive-thru style! Register here.
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Purchase cookies to donate to a local cause, or make a donation to Gift of Caring and we will take care of the donation!
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Promote the cookie finder to connect cookie customers to troop booths.
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Purchase cookies in bulk. They are great for customer or employee incentives! Email Devon to get started.
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Cincinnati Rotary Club 17: Making an impact, with cookies!
When Rotary Club 17, one of the oldest Rotary clubs in the county, looks to serve the community, they focus on multiplying their impact. “We not only want to help the community,” said former Rotary president Dave Carlin, “We want to do it in a way that touches as many people as possible.” The Girl Scout Cookie Program provided that opportunity in 2020. Rotary Club 17 stepped up to purchase cookies that couldn’t be sold in traditional ways due to the pandemic, and then donated those cookies to LaSoupe, a local nonprofit, who packaged them with meals to provide comfort to families in need. “It was truly a win, win, win,” says Dave.
“The kind of business ethics taught in the Girl Scout Cookie Program reflect the principles we live by in Rotary, that of service above self.” The Girl Scouts program, he says, checks out on the Rotary 4-way test: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? “Girl Scouts is developing young women who turn into leaders in the community by serving others,” Dave said. “We are proud to have a role in that.”
Pictured: Nancy Riesz, Steve King, and Bob McElroy of Cincinnati Rotary Club 17
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Thank you for investing in girls, and supporting the visionary leaders, doers, innovators, creators, and thinkers of tomorrow. Together, we can help girls discover their untapped potential and build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Make a gift today!
In honor of Girl Scouts Founder Juliette Gordon Low, you can leave a gift that will impact girls for generations. Learn more about planned giving through the Juliette Gordon Low Society.
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Customer Care Hotline
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8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
888.350.5090
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Girl Scout Shop Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(Closed 1:30 - 2 for lunch)
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