"Cookies! Get your Girl Scout Cookies!"
The little Brownies wore their vests and their most charming smiles yesterday to win over shoppers and sell some Girl Scout Cookies. My daughter Megan is a Brownie and I am one of her troop leaders. This is our fourth year of being in the troop= Daisies to Brownies, but only our second year of having cookie booth sales. COVID-19 canceled cookie booth sales in 2020 and 2021, so our troop was excited to be able to sell again this year. Megan had a whole sales pitch ready to go and was eager to win customers over. I reflected with another mom about my dislike of sales! I was never comfortable trying to get people to buy things. When I worked in high school at a department store, I was requited to ask customers to open up a store credit card. I never liked doing it and thus didn't have many charges open under my watch. When a manager spoke to me about my lacking sales, I decided it was time for a new job. The job I left for was even worse- but that's another slice! It made me so glad to see the Brownie troop confidently and politely asking people to buy cookies, without that nervousness I always felt. Our troop sold over 200 boxes of cookies yesterday afternoon! We have another booth sale later this month. Selling cookies gives our troop funds to use for fun outings and also to give back to the community. Megan loves horseback riding and would never have known that if our Brownie troop didn't go to the stables last June. With the Brownies, Megan has rock climbed, flown on the trapeze, and of course, ridden horses. (3 things I've yet to do). So proud of Megan and the girls in our troop for doing such a fantastic job yesterday! (PS- Do you have a favorite Girl Scout cookie? Mine are Samoas.)
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Sally Donnelly
3/7/2022 03:14:48 am
Yesterday I learned about Lemon Ups and my slice is about it! If you get the chance, read my PS and share with your troop. Might be an idea for them to tuck away!! I feel a special bond with you today - we write on the same topic and posted within minutes of each other! Have a lovely Monday! Mine's off to a great start!
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Melanie C Meehan
3/7/2022 03:34:56 am
I'm laughing at this post and Sally's comment because I was about to write that you need to go read Sally's post! Ahh- the different POVs around girl scout cookie selling!
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Jillfr
3/7/2022 06:01:40 am
I am also a girl scout leader for both my girls troops. As the girls get older it gets harder because people don't feel as obligated since they have lost that little cuteness. Good luck in selling! At our house thin mints, smores and samoas are the big hit!!
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3/7/2022 11:16:22 am
This made me smile as I thought about my girl scout days. My mom was our troop leader which made it even more special! My fave is definitely thin mints!
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3/8/2022 02:47:02 pm
Such a sweet post. I like how you bring in your own thoughts about getting people to buy things, contrasted with Megan's sales pitch that was ready to go and her eagerness to sell. And then you recognize that the end does justify the means as they get to do all those amazing fun things. Brownie troop leader is yet another one of your hats, Kathy. You certainly have a lot of those hats!
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