I agree. In times of economic woe, such organizations like the girl scouts may do well the frst week and that is pretty much it. I can sympathize as my daughter , age 6, just joined the local troop and she is learning about cookies and what it takes to sell them. What they are teaching is how to take rejection and be polite about it. We hope that in tlaking about how the cookies benefit the girl scouts and the local troop, it will appeal to those individuals and keep the girl scouts movement going. I persoanlly think it has helped my daughter and I ancourage them to buy cookies not just for them but for others as sharing the tasty treats is something the girl scouts would do. Cheers and kudos to you for trying.

I have an office where there are many employees with kids. These fundraisers become a major problem for us. To top it off, many of us begin to resent schools and other organizations turning our children into little sales-people, often quite forcefully through peer pressure. Enough is enough, I will not allow my kids to sell for fund-raising activities. I'll donate instead, but nobody is going to turn my kids into a little shill.

Well, I sure hope parents don't stop selling these cookies.

It's only a week into the sale and my source has already run out of Thin Mints.

I'm starting to panic.

I usually do a better job of hoarding the delicious cookies the Scouts will only supply through Feb. 4 at $3.50 a box, and well worth it might I add. Now I'm down to one.

"How many boxes are you going to buy," my husband asked, peering into the paltry supply in our refrigerator. I was already into three boxes from a mom at the office. Running out made me feel like a failure as a provider.

I know I have a lot of company as a Thin Mint addict, (and excuse me Girl Scouts for making the drug analogy) because I asked the Palm Glades Scouts Council for sales figures from last year. See for yourself.

Thin Mints: 15,356

Peanut Butter Patties: 8,239

Shortbread: 4,812

Peanut Butter Sandwiches: 6,278

Thanks A Lot: 4,325

Lemonades: 3,345

Caramel Delites: 1,0626

Cinn-a-spins: New this year.

A radio station broadcast from the cookie sale kickoff at their home office in Jupiter, and one man dropped by and bought 10 boxes of Thin Mints on the spot, said Holly Policy of the Girl Scouts of Palm Glades Council. She wasn't surprised.

Holly said Girl Scouts are posted at Publix supermarkets and Wal-Marts throughout the sale, but once it's over, it's over. She advised me to freeze them. "They last a lot longer," she said.

I'm a troop leader of a new troop. At first I was panicking about how my troop was going to sell 85 cases of cookies when I hardly had any involvement. Several of my new girls (plus their parents) have really stepped up to the plate. We've had to go back twice for supplemental orders. Several parents have large offices they work in, so that's how they've really been selling. Or in my case, I have the bank branch and brokerage office in my building that is practically stalking me for cookies. And for the one that is looking for Thin Mints, if you should happen to be in the area of the Publix at Loggers Run from 5pm to 7pm tonight, you'll be able to get your fix. :)

I was a girl scout when I was younger (I am now 33). I am also TERRIBLE at sales - too bad, as I'd probably be a lot wealthier now if I was good at it. Either way, when I was a kid, I did the outside of publix stint once, went down my street once, and my parents brought them to work if there was demand. But, and thank God my parents were this way, there was no pressure to sell what was left over (from them and they didn't share if they got pressure from the troop leader). So basically, do your part, but don't let them guilt you into hounding people and being uncomfortable. I'm doing my part by eating and freezing my favorite varieties - NOT thin mints, actually.

Hang in there, Lois. My girls hate selling cookies,too, but we do it every year because of the value that Girl Scouts brings to their lives.
At least Girl Scout cookies are an easy sell. They are only here once a year.
Take a deep breath and then call your leader to get a "booth" time outside Publix. Even the third weekend of the sale, you'll find people buying up five or six boxes at a time -- and remind them that this is their last chance to get them this year.
Also, usually toward the end of the sale, you can work with other troops to trade cookies you can't move for some you can.
It helps if your daughter's troop has a goal they're trying to meet -- something they want to do with the money they earn. If they're going to Disney World or Savannah or to swim with dolphins, they're usually less resistant to going out and selling cookies again.
Good luck!
Vicki

I would like to buy some off of you. I am looking for samoa's. Do you still have any left?

i have a problem.....
i need some cookies....
and not just any cookies.... carmel delights formally known as "samoans". I also need some cinimons.
This is not a test.

where can i find some? no one ever comes to my house and im not sure when and where they will be? i think each section should have a posting for their locations because i really need some of the cookies. i want to put the carmel delights in some vanilla icecream and make it extra delightful.

please advise.

I think kids learning to sell is a good thing. However, the kids that always win the "competitions" around here do not sell the items themselves.

I don't let my kids knock on neighbors doors for various reasons - safety and undue pressure - and I don't like it when I am pressured to buy stuff from neighbor kids.

This stuff is getting expensive and lets be honest a lot of it is just crap.

Have more cookies I would like them.

Kelly