ST. LOUIS – Last Saturday, January 6, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri kicked off the 2024 Girl Scout Cookie Season, the annual program in which Girl Scouts unbox their future through the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls. This season, cookie lovers in our area can enjoy the full assortment of Girl Scout Cookie favorites, including Thin Mints®, Samoas®, Tagalongs®, Adventurefuls®, and more!
During this highly anticipated time of the year, girls flex their entrepreneurial muscles and acquire important life skills like money management, team building, public speaking and decision making. When a community member purchases their favorite cookies, they are fueling opportunities for girls to participate in amazing adventures like overnight camp, innovative programs, and community service projects.
“Girl Scouting helps girls develop unique skills to build a better future for themselves impact to the world – and the Girl Scout Cookie Program plays a tremendous role in making it all possible,” said Natissia Small, Ed.D., Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri CEO. “The net proceeds from cookie sales stay local, directly supporting our eastern Missouri council and troops. We use these proceeds to fund enriching activities and engaging experiences for girls year-round – like holistic programming, community service projects, outdoor adventures, professional development, and more.”
“The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps me see that I can do things I never thought that I could,” said Millie Hamilton, 8th grade Girl Scout. “The program has taught me so much about economics, sales, and customer service, and how to be comfortable meeting new people. I like talking with customers at our cookie booths!”
More than 13,000 Girl Scouts across eastern Missouri participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program each year, which provides vital girl-led entrepreneurial skills that build courage, confidence, and character. As a result, girls obtain limitless barrier-breaking futures with important and transferable life skills. Through the Cookie Season, Girls Scouts can also earn a variety of badges and awards to develop valuable business skills including Cookie Business badges, Financial Literacy badges, Cookie Entrepreneur Family pins and Entrepreneurship badges.
How to purchase Girl Scout Cookies this season (January 6-March 10, 2024):
If you know a Girl Scout, reach out to them to find out how they are selling cookies this year.
If you don’t know a Girl Scout, there are a few options to order cookie:
From February 16-March 10, Girl Scouts will host cookie booths at participating public locations around eastern Missouri. Visit girlscoutsem.org/cookies and enter your ZIP code to find the cookie booths near you.
From February 16-March 10, you can enter your ZIP code to search for a troop to support and order cookies to be shipped directly to you.
Through Project Thank You this cookie season, customers can purchase a $6 virtual package of cookies for direct donation to our nonprofit partners, USO of Missouri and Operation Food Search. In 2023, more than 94,000 packages of cookies were donated to these organizations through community support of Project Thank You.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri’s 2024 complete cookie line-up includes Adventurefuls™, Lemon-Ups®, Trefoils®, Thin Mints®, Samoas®, Tagalongs®, and Do-si-dos®, Toffee-tastics® and S’mores™ for $6 per package.
Saturday, January 6 – Sunday, March 10
Customers learn more about the Girl Scout Cookie Program by visiting girlscoutsem.org/cookies.
For other information on Girl Scout programs or to become a member, please visit girlscoutsem.org.
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Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. To join us, volunteer, reconnect, or donate, visit girlscoutsem.org.