Cookies, nuts and more!
GSEM's product sales programs help girls develop life-long skills that increase their self-confidence and add new dimensions to their lives. By participating in the product sales, girls earn their own way and contribute to the troop/group and council support.
The product sales programs present opportunities for girls to:
- Learn the importance of goal-setting and develop plans to achieve a goal.
- Understand how their efforts contribute to the overall good of their council and Girl Scouting.
- Put the ethical standards of the Girl Scout Promise and Law into practice.
- Learn about entrepreneurship and basic business and financial planning.
- Develop high levels of self-esteem, self-reliance, and personal achievement.
- Heighten their career awareness.
- Develop interpersonal and teamwork skills.
All registered girl members at the Girl Scout Daisy grade level or higher whose guardians have given their written permission are eligible to participate in the product sales programs.
GSEM offers two product sale programs per year:
The Fall Product Activity program takes place in November. Girls participate with products from Trophy Nut and Time, Inc., which offers program activities for all age levels that the girls and their troops can use throughout the program year.
The Girl Scout Cookie sale is the nation’s premier business entrepreneurial program for girls. The program begins in January and runs through March. GSEM's bakery, Little Brownie Bakers, supplies each troop with program activities that prepare each girl and her troop with goal setting, marketing, entrepreneurship, and leadership ideas.
Key Dates -- Fall Product Activity and Cookie Sale key dates, please visit the Calendar page on the GSEM Web site. The calendar is searchable by day, week, month, year or a custom date range; and by category.
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For more information about GSEM's product sales, please contact Patrice Miller, Director of Product Sales, 314.592.2370 or pmiller@girlscoutsem.org.