Posted on 01/18/2012 3:44:02 PM PST by Morgana
No matter how many times this article gets posted, I’m still buying a box of Thin Mints :~ )
I agree. I used to be in girl scouts and sold cookies for a while until my mom pulled me out upon finding out where a lot of the money goes to....
Grrr... already placed an order. I thought the Girl Scouts ended their relationship with Planned Parenthood? I can’t keep up...
Buy some for “Gift of Caring” and the girls will send them to troops serving overseas - the troops love them! The USO at BWI is stacked full of donated cookies given to troops and families passing through.
Oh boy, I guess no more cookies for me.
I probably haven’t bought a box of GS cookies in 30 years. Over priced and the local troop doesn’t get their fair share. Better to just donate the $5 than to buy anything.
You can buy virtually the same cookies in other places for a whole lot less.
You can buy thin mints right now at either Dollar General or Family Dollar stores!
Same cookie, same company makes it which is Keibler, only sold as a store brand and is Cheaper!!
The left hates the boy scouts, yet they FRICKED UP the Girls Scouts. I guess we can see how Boy Scouts will be if the LIBERALS get their hands on it.
The Girl Scouts HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP with Planned Parenthood, anymore than does the World or National Council of Churches, the Catholic Church, Jewish organizations, AT&T or Kraft Foods or Charles Schwab or American Express or Exxon the NEA unions employees that teach your kids, the United Way, or .......pick a company, a church, a union, or any large nonprofit and you can make an eventual connection to PP
Hell boycott them all then
That's what I do. My daughter is a Brownie leader, has been for 8 or so years. She takes her girls on trips, camping and has them work on service projects. I am sure she is not teaching them about sex.
As with many organizations, the top may be rotten but there still can be some good done at the local level. The troops do get money from the cookie sales, just as they always did. And there is good being done at the troop level.
Good to know!
Thanks. Someone suggested Dollar General on a thread yesterday, but I don’t have one of those stores by me. I do have Family Dollar, so I’ll check it out.
There are SO MANY reasons to boycott the GS that I don’t even know where to start.......
Anyone that supports this trash or lets their daughter participate in GS has a lot of explaining to do.
Excellent idea - just donate directly to your local troop. If they are prohibited from accepting money, ask the troop leaders what they need, buy that stuff, and donate the stuff. The troop and the girls are far better off.
This is outright ageism.
I'm a 47 year old man. What if I identify as a 10 year old girl? Shouldn't I be allowed to join the Girl Scouts and sell cookies too?
I have older girls and there are things they could teach me about sex
Girl Scouts is a GIRL LED organizations and when they get older, sometimes THEY want to lead activities involving sensitive subjects and yes, they do their research online and guess what their sources may be?
Parental Approval is always required for us to pursue those subjects as a group
At least at GS meetings and events they are arguing pros and cons on issues and not just hanging at some party or at the mall
I am so proud of my GS troops, they are involved in so many service projects, even the 5 yr olds ... it is our driving energy this year with the 100th anniversary
men over the age of 18 are welcome to join Girl Scouts as adult members
many Dads do, many troops have cookie Dads
If you want to work with the kids as a volunteer however you have to undergo a background check. You will not lead a troop unless you have an unrelated female leader assistant
Hope this answers your concerns about sexism and ageism
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