What Can A Cookie Do?

Gift of Caring

 

Gift of Caring is a service project that allows the cookie with a mission to continue to improves lives and build communities!

For many years, Girl Scouts across the country have used Girl Scout Cookies to show their appreciation for heroes in their community or men and women in uniform.  Girls choose an organization they want to benefit and give customers the opportunity to purchase cookies as a donation.

For various reasons, some customers do not want to buy cookies for themselves. With Gift of Caring, they have a chance to give to others while supporting Girl Scouting at the same time.

This year, GSCNC would like to focus our Gift of Caring efforts towards Home Town Heroes.

To identify what Hometown Heroes the troop would like to support for their Gift
of Caring project, guide girls through these three easy steps:

 Brownies with a donation box

1. Choose the group to receive donated cookies. Perhaps you've identified hometown heroes like first responders (firefighters, EMT, police). Maybe you'd like to donate to community organizations like a homeless shelter or food pantry. You could support senior citizens in assisted living, medical facilities, through Meals on Wheels or Senior Day Care programs. Maybe the American Red Cross could use cookies at a blood drive or an animal rescue group at their adoption day. Faith and community based pre-school programs (think Head Start) would be grateful for any donation you make. Ask the girls, as their passions will help make the service goal worthwhile. Visit the group you
choose. Develop an ongoing relationship of service.

2. Communicate to customers that by supporting your Gift of Caring, cookies they purchase will be donated to your chosen group. The more the girls know about their Heroes, the better able they are to deliver the message to potential customers. You can post or make copies of the flyer found on the Little Brownie Bakers website http://www.littlebrowniebakers.com/ . Have girls create colorful cookie booth drop box for customers to place their donations.

3. Deliver the cookies at the end of Cookie Season. When girls can see the affect of their service, the lasting impact is so much greater.

Recognizing Girls

Gift of Caring patch

 

The GSCNC Council and Mobile Shops make available a special patch to recognize girls
for participation. The troop sets the requirements.

Looking for suggestions for Gift of Caring Charities?