2021 Featured Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneurs Introducing our featured Girl Scout Cookie entrepreneurs from the 2021 season. We asked these hustling Girl Scouts about their experiences last year with questions related to the five financial literacy skills that are the foundation of the Cookie Program: Goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Here is just a sample of their responses.
Destinee H.
Girl Scout Ambassador, Troop 1309 • Packages sold: 3,011 Goal Setting: Tell us about your cookie goal. Did you fall short, meet, or exceed that goal? My cookie goal was 2,021 boxes. I picked that specific number due to me being a Senior this year. I felt as if since it’s my last year as a Girl Scout, why not go all out and make it memorable. With everything that was going on due to COVID-19, I thought I should dedicate my last year to myself. I did end up meeting my goal with the help of family, friends, my troop leader, Mrs. Shelly, and my mom who I stressed out the whole cookie sale.
Tori C. Girl Scout Junior, Troop 5407 • Packages sold: 3,542 People Skills: How has the Cookie Program helped you interact with all types of people? It helped me learn to talk to many different personalities and improve my speaking skills such as eye contact, confidence, and leadership skills.
Karli R. Girl Scout Senior, Troop 6097 • Packages sold: 3,430 People Skills: How has the Cookie Program helped you interact with all types of people? The opportunity during booths to interact with people I wouldn’t interact with on a day to day basis really helped my people skills and learning how to accommodate to hard times.
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