[blparent] girl scout leaders?

Wed Jan 18 03:21:23 UTC 2012

the troup gets about 35 cents per box of cookies.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] girl scout leaders?


>I don't know that, but it is about 7 hundred million dollars raised, and 
>the
> girl Scouts actually receive a small portion of the cookie sales. They 
> would
> be better off if everyone who would buy cookies would just donate $3.50.
> But, I guess it is that way with most fund raisers. The organization gets
> little of the proceeds. But the same people that will buy stuff for fund
> raisers wouldn't donate a single dime to the same organization, they want
> something for their money.
>
> Michael
>
>
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> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 17:16
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] girl scout leaders?
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>
> I read somewhere that the money raised from Girl Scouts selling cookies is
> just about enough each year to ensure every girl and leader on their trips
> and activities.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of
> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
> of
> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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> From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:41 PM
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>> here the final order has to be in full cases. that is where the extras
>> come from. each troop was also encouraged to order a few extra cases
>> of the popular cookies and have a cookie booth to raise more money
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:33 PM
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>>> Nope, I live in NE. this is new for this troop, but other troops have
>>> been doing it a while. They say they sell more because the cookies
>>> are on hand to sell. I think they sell more because people over
>>> estimate what they are going to sell and the parents have to end up
>>> buying them. Back in December we had to place our order for cookies,
>>> and they strongly encouraged everyone to order in full cases.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 15:07
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>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] girl scout leaders?
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>>> Oh, how interesting.  The way they sell cookies here is we take orders
>>> for 2
>>> weeks, then turn them in and at the end of Feb we get our orders and
>>> start
>>> delivering.  Do you live in CA, I believe they do it that way as well.
>>>
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>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Michael Baldwin
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 9:38 PM
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>>> The daisies around here do. Want some cookies, I got several cases in my
>>> garage now. My daughter is 5, so she is definitely a daisy.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
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>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 22:28
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>>> True, when  they are Daisies.  Infact, Daisies do not do fund raising. 
>>> No
>>> cookie or candy sales, just the fun stuff.
>>> Brownies, Juniors and Cadets do it all.  They do fund raisers, and in
>>> some
>>> troops, they even get to go places and earn fun badges or patches.
>>>
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>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Michael Baldwin
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:27 PM
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>>> Not leaders yet, but my wife and I, more my wife, are taking over the
>>> Daisies at least in our area. The current leaders only focus on fund
>>> raising, and nothing else. There is more to Girl Scouts than that.
>>>
>>> Michael
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>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Peggy
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 21:02
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>>> I only wish my daughter had stayed in Girl Scouts long enough for me to
>>> become a leader, she didn't like it and wasn't in very long.  Now my 
>>> son,
>
>>> he
>>> loves Boy Scouts and I don't understand all of that, lol.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Veronica Smith
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:24 PM
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>>> Subject: [blparent] girl scout leaders?
>>>
>>> I think I have asked this before, but it has been some time.  Are any of
>>> you
>>> girl scout leaders?
>>>
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