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Setting Troop Goals GUIDE Getting girls engaged in Troop Goal Setting, from activities to goal setting and the Girl Scout Cookie Sale
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About this Guide This Setting Troop Goals Guide is designed to help troop leaders in getting girls engaged in setting troop goals for the year. What do your girls want to do in Girl Scouts this year--take a trip, do a service project, earn badges, go to camp? We are providing girl- and leader-provided tips to get GIRL input. Let them dream, encourage them to grow beyond the typical troop meetings and activities, and help them learn to problem-solve, come to a consensus, and figure out how to accomplish their goals. The activities the girls want to do will take money, so how will they raise money to have their dreams met? Girls can sell cookies and plan fundraisers to meet their financial goals and to keep the financial burden off of parents. The Girl Scout Cookie Sale offers a great incentive of $0.65 per box of cookies to troop proceeds, which adds up quickly! Girls can also individually earn program vouchers (starting when they sell 185 boxes or more) that they can use to pay for camp or council programs. We hope that you use this guide to engage girls in the goal-setting process for your troop activities and for cookie sales. When girls help make these decisions, they feel involved, committed, powerful, and happy with their Girl Scout experience... AND they will develop many valuable life skills! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Yours in Girl Scouting, Kimberly & Sonia
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The Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) encourages girls to Discover themselves, Connect with others, and Take Action to make the world a better place. Guided by supportive adults and peers, Girl Scouts engage in age-appropriate activities that are girl-led, cooperative, and hands-on. Participating in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) helps girls develop important leadership skills they need to become successful adults. Girls who engage in the GSLE are more likely to enjoy and attribute leadership skills they have developed to Girl Scouts. The GSLE delivers “fun with purpose� by helping girls gain valuable life skills and amazing new experiences while having fun and building friendships!
Girl Led
means that girls of every age take an active and grade-appropriate role in figuring out the what, where, when, why, and how of what they do.
Learning by Doing
is hands-on learning that engages girls in an ongoing cycle of action and reflection. When girls actively participate in meaningful activities and later reflect on them, they get a deeper understanding of concepts and mastery of skills.
Cooperative Learning
is designed to promote sharing of knowledge, skills, and learning in an atmosphere of respect and cooperation as girls work together on goals that can only be accomplished with the help of others.
Here are some helpful examples of resources you can use for each grade level and some hints shared by some of our amazing girls and volunteers for getting girls involved in decision-making and planning: Our youngest Girl Scouts, Daisies get to be part of the biggest girl-run business in the world - the Girl Scout Cookie Sale! Use the Daisy Leaves to help guide their involvement in the Girl Scout Cookie Sale; many Daisy Leaders find these Daisy Leaves to be very useful! Making Choices Daisy Leaf. Find out the difference between needs and wants. Try setting a goal to save for what you want. Help others with what they need and want.
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Count It Up Daisy Leaf. Find out what cookies cost. Learn about different kinds of cookies. Set a sales goal.
Girl Scout levels offer progression; make sure your Brownie Girl Scouts take on more responsibility with decision-making and the Girl Scout Cookie Sale! Use the Brownie badges to help inspire the Brownies, to guide their involvement, and to help them develop skills through the Girl Scout Cookie Sale.
Give Back Badge. Find out about businesses that give back. Set a giving goal. Involve your customers. Practice giving back. Tell your cookie customers how they helped. Money Manager Badge. Learn the difference between wants and needs in this badge. Learn to set goals and to manage money wisely.
The best way to know what your girls want to do is to ask them. 2nd year Cadettes Having a cookie business takes a lot of work and time... but I love it! 1st grade Daisy
Our girls brainstorm troop activities and cookie money-earning goals together on large sheets of newsprint that we stick up on a wall. The girls write their wants and needs on the paper, estimate the costs, and then vote on the activities they will do this year. After the activities and costs are identified, they decide how many cookies they need to sell--they decide on how many booths they need to have and how many cookies they will sell individually. Cadette troop leader
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When asking our Daisy troop what they wanted to do this year, they shared that they wanted to sell cookies, do crafts, make friends, and go to the park. The leaders then worked to create a budget and shared with the girls this budget. The girls and leaders worked to determine how many cookies each girl needed to sell to reach the budget goal together. Their goal is to sell 56 boxes each this year! Daisy troop leader
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Meet My Customers Badge. Find out where your customers are. Talk to customers. Practice handling money and making change. Role-play good customer relations. Learn how to thank your customers.
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Talk It Up Daisy Leaf. Decide how to use your cookie money. Talk about how to use cookie money to help others. Inspire your customers.
Junior Girl Scouts are able to take on more responsibility in the Girl Scout Cookie Sale, from beginning to end. Use the following badges to get your Juniors on their way to success this cookie sale. Cookie CEO Badge. When girls work on and earn the Cookie CEO badge, they experience the process and responsibility of running their own business--setting group goals, exploring how a small business works, creating a sale job list, learning how to make a good impression, and tracking sales. Customer Insights Badge. This badge helps girls learn from their customers what they want so they can make their cookie business even stronger. Through the badge steps, girls will learn from experts what customers want, do research at grocery stores, find out who buys cookies and why, learn from people who don’t buy cookies, and then listen for clues and learn to ask great questions. Also check out the Savvy Shopper and Business Owner badges for great tips and resources for Juniors in their Girl Scout Cookie Sale.
Cadette Girl Scouts take on a significant role in their Girl Scout Cookie Sale, from goal setting to money management, and marketing. The folllowing Cadette badges will help your girls in their planning and carrying out of this cookie sale. Budgeting and Business Plan Badges. When you earn your Budgeting badge, you find out how to keep track of your money so you can use it wisely. Basically, a budget is a plan for using your own money. When you run a business, you need a plan for the overall business, including the money you earn and how you want to use it.
Don’t forget to check out the Financing My Dreams and Comparison Shopping badges for helpful tips and resources for Cadettes in goal setting, money management, and the Girl Scout Cookie Sale.
Senior Girl Scouts often have many years of cookie-selling experience under their belt, so it is important to help them stay interested, get inspired, take on more responsibility, and continue developing skills. The following badges are designed to guide Senior Girl Scouts’ to success in this Girl Scout Cookie Sale. Customer Loyalty and Buying Power Badges. When you earn the Financial Literacy badge called Buying Power, you find out how to make wise judgments about how to spend your money--including what companies or products to stick with over the long haul. In the Customer Loyalty badge, you’ll use what you learned as a consumer to find out how to engage your customers and ensure their loyalty beyond the cookie sale season, so they’ll keep coming back for more. The Financing My Future and My Portfolio badges offer further inspiration and skill building for the Seniors’ Girl Scout Cookie Sale.
Ambassador Girl Scouts are truly cookie-selling experts, with years of experience. The following four Financial Literacy badges offer Ambassadors activities and guidance to be skilled entrepreneurs and Cookie Professionals. On My Own and Research & Development Badges. When you earn the Financial Literacy badge called On My Own, you make a plan for your future. One way that businesses plan for the future is through R&D--Research and Development. They spend time and money researching new ideas. They also budget for development--taking those new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to the market. When you earn this badge, you’ll know how to use R&D for your cookie business plan. Good Credit and P&L Badges. When you earn the Financial Literacy badge called Good Credit, you learn how to use money wisely so you’ll be seen as a good credit risk-someone who will be responsible and meet her financial obligations. Now you can use those same values of honesty and responsibility as you run your cookie business. After all, practicing good business ethics means looking at both the business P&L (profit and loss) and the Girl Scout P&L (Promise and Law)!
When girls set and reach their goals for the cookie season, they learn important skills for life!
There is more to Girl Scout Cookies than what is in the box. The Girl Scout Cookie Program provides an important ingredient for leadership by helping girls develop five key skills.
Goal Setting Decision Making Money Management People Skills Business Ethics
Something FUN they would like to try and Something they can do to help others
Online videos are “ready to go” meetings Visit littlebrowniebakers.com in the Volunteer Section
Girl-led: Girls play an active part in figuring out the what, where, when, how, and why of their activities. They lead the planning and decision-making as much as possible. Learning by doing: Girls engage in continuous cycles of action and reflection that result in deeper understanding of concepts and mastery of practical skills. Cooperative learning: Girls work together toward shared goals in an atmosphere of respect and collaboration that encourages the sharing of skills, knowledge, and learning.
Help girls discover the cookie program through fun & games littlebrowniebakers.com/girls/play-online-games Cookie Rookies or newbies to the cookie program can learn the names of the cookies by playing Top Secret Recipes game. Speaking to customers can sometimes be intimidating and a little nerve-racking--even for adults. Girls can play Script-O-Matic and manufacture their own custom selling script.
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Encourage girls to set two types of goals:
Adults act as coaches who help girls develop leadership skills by using three processes in the Girl Scout Cookie Sale:
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Schedule a meeting with your troop to discuss your troop goals. What plans does your troop have? What will it cost to accomplish those plans? Some examples of things that troops like to spend their cookie proceeds on are books and uniforms for the girls, troop activities, field trips, service projects, Bronze/Silver/Gold Award projects- the list is endless!
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Once you’ve had the opportunity to plan the troop activities with the girls; how much money is needed in order to reach the girls goals? Are the parents how they are willing to participate in the sale? How will goals be accomplished--how many booth sales? How many cookies girls need to sell individually? Does the troop need to adjust their goals.
Hold a Girl & Parent Meeting Hold a short meeting so girls can tell their parents about their goals and ask for support
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Look at the GSNMT camp sessions available for girls, troops, and families Does your troop want to attend any Council-sponsored events?
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Show an inspiring video about why families value the program (Little Brownie’s YouTube Channel). Let the girls share their individual and troop goals with the adults. Establish a system of communicating during this busy time of year. Once you’ve had the opportunity to plan the troop activities with the girls; speak to your parents about the troops goals and share the plans the girls have; let them know how much money is needed in order to reach the girls goals. Ask the parents how they are willing to participate in the sale? Answers to these questions will help determine how many cookies to order initially and based on the parents’ commitment, whether or not the troop needs to adjust their goals. Ask parents to help with the girl’s sales pitch, cookie booths, door-to-door sales, cookie pick-up and program guidance. Have the parents read and sign the girl Product Permission Form and remind them that cookies cannot be returned. They must sell all the cookies they check out.
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Schedule a meeting with your troop to discuss your troop goals. What plans does your troop have? What will it cost to accomplish those plans? Some examples of things that troops like to spend their cookie proceeds on are books and uniforms for the girls, troop activities, field trips, service projects, Bronze/Silver/Gold Award projects- the list is endless!
(what we want to do...)
Sample troop budget based on $2,500 with 12 girls in the troop Checking Account Supplies Badges (Girl Rewards) Membership Fees & Council Service Fees Insurance/Misc. Program Activities Field Trips Year-End Bridging/parties
$2,500 5% $125 15% $375 20% $500 5% $125 40% $1,000 10% $250 5% $125
Income Expected
Actual
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*Troops earn $0.65 in proceeds for every box sold!
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Supplies Badges and Awards Membership Fees $30 per girl $15 per adult Insurance for Activities Program Activities
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Troop Dues MagNut Sales Cookie Sales* Other Fundraisers
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(how much will it cost...)
Field Trips Upcoming Programs
Year-End Bridging
(how much we need to sell and how we are going to reach our goal...) Troop Goal: $ ___________ = _____________ # of cookies Troops earn $0.65 in proceeds for every box sold!
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Individual Girl Sales:
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Valuable Skills Developed & Opportunities Created PARTICIPATING IN THE COOKIE SALE =
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Can help pay for camp, council programs, and ALL of your Girl Scout Adventures!
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Council programs offer troops a great opportunity to do something fun together or girls can attend council programs by themselves and meet other Girl Scouts.
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Invite a friend to join you at one of our council events to experience how much fun THEY can have in Girl Scouts, too!
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