News Details (Posted: January 19, 2007):

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Marianne Love
440-233-6112

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Girl Scout Cookie Program It’s About the Girls—Not the Cookies Lorain County, OH—Every year, thousands of girls across the area gain valuable knowledge while providing the community with a special treat—Girl Scout cookies. This year will be no exception. The Girl Scouts of Erie Shores began selling Girl Scout cookies on December 24, 2006. In compliance with FDA regulations, all varieties of Girl Scout cookies offered this year contain zero trans fat per serving. For more information visit www.loveGScookies.org or call 1-800-222-6119 x229 to order cookies. The Girl Scout Cookie Program provides finance, marketing, and public speaking skills, along with valuable experiences that build girls’ self-confidence and help them develop their own personal leadership style. It is an integral part of Girl Scouting’s Business and Economic Literacy initiative for girls ages 6–17. Since 1917, the Girl Scout cookie activity has become a famous annual event that has helped girls develop important leadership skills they will use throughout their lives. Whether they are dreaming of becoming a doctor, teacher, businesswoman, president of the PTA, or superstar athlete, the Girl Scout Cookie Program gives them the self-esteem they need to reach for the stars. Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, girls manage inventory, set goals, learn money management, and develop marketing skills. Essentially, the girls run their own business. The entire troop sets a goal and follows a plan leading toward that goal. Many successful women have credited their business skills to the Girl Scout Cookie Program, making it the premier business and economic literacy program for girls in the United States. “The Girl Scout Cookie Program is a valuable part of the Girl Scout experience. The skills girls gain truly help them develop into future business leaders,” said Marty Kelly, CEO, Girl Scouts of Erie Shores. “It is always exciting to see girls developing skills they might not realize they are developing while it is happening.” Girl Scout troops use funds from the cookie activity to fund service projects or plan for an exciting trip. Proceeds from the Girl Scout Cookie Program also go to support programs for girls and training for volunteers across the area. The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls in unique ways. For example, this activity is a chance to build self-esteem. A shy girl can get over her fear of approaching people by working at a booth with her fellow Girl Scouts or going door to door in her neighborhood with other girls from her troop. A girl who might feel she isn’t good with numbers can build her confidence by keeping track of sales and learning to make change. Girl Scouts of Erie Shores serves over 10,000 girls in Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, and Seneca counties. Girl Scouting builds girls of Courage, Confidence, and Character who make the world a better place.