girl scouts first started selling cookies in 1912.
when did girl scouts first start selling cookies?
1912
girl scout cookies are cookies sold by girl scouts to raise funds to support girl scout councils and individual troops. the program is intended to both raise money and improve the financial literacy of girls. during an average selling season (usually january through april), more than 1 million girls sell over 200 million packages of cookies and raise over $800 million. the first known sale of cookies by girl scouts was in 1917. cookie sales are organized by 112 regional girl scout councils who select one of two national bakeries to buy cookies from. the bakery selected determines which cookie varieties are available, when girls can begin selling cookies in their area, and cookie price. the bakery is paid about 25 to 35 percent of the profits; 45 to 65 percent is used by the regional council to cover programming costs; and 10 to 20 percent is kept by the local troop whose members decide how to spend their portion of the funds. a regional council receives up to 60 percent of its budget from cookie sales. gsusa states that the program is the largest girl-run and girl-led financial literacy program in the world, teaching girls skills like goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. these skills are reinforced with girl scout badges, such as "cookie ceo." the girl scouts claim it is the largest annual fundraiser in the world dedicated to girls.
girl scout cookies
section::::girl scouts of the usa.:girl scouts of minnesota and wisconsin river valleys.





























girl scouts of minnesota and wisconsin river valleys serves 32,000 girls and 11,000 volunteers in southern minnesota and western wisconsin. it was created in 2007 as the result of a merger of five minnesota councils. only one of its camps is located in wisconsin.





























headquarters: st. paul, minnesota





























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bullet::::- camp northwoods is 420 acres in mason, wi. girl scouts first began camping there in 1956.





























section::::girl scouts of the usa.:girl scouts of the northwestern great lakes.
scouting in wisconsin