• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer
  • Badges,
    Activities,& Beyond
  • Volunteer
    Experience
  • Family
    Experience
  • Cookies
    & Beyond
  • Ceremonies,
    Traditions, & Awards
  • All
    Posts

GSWO Blog

A Resource for all things GSWO

October 1, 2018 ·

It’s Not Just a Cookie: From Cookie Rookie to Entrepreneur, Girl Scout Style!

Did you know that 50% of female business leaders wore Girl Scout green in their youth? That’s an awesome track record of building future entrepreneurs. How do we do it? Through our awesome Cookie Program, and its 5 skills, of course!

What are the 5 skills? Decision making, goal setting, money management, people skills, and business ethics are what our girls are learning as they’re earning money for troop activities and it’s these skills that set them apart as entrepreneurs. And while every Girl Scout doesn’t aspire to be an entrepreneur who owns her own business, the skills she develops through the Cookie Program will benefit her in her future, no matter what path she chooses.

So how does she build her entrepreneurship skills?

Like ...
Continue Reading

Share this post
Filed Under: Parents, Volunteers

« Steps For Building Leadership Skills As A Troop
5 Reasons Not to Attend a CSA Leadership Conference »

Footer

Topics

  • Badges, Activities, & Beyond
  • Volunteer Experience
  • Family Experience
  • Cookies & Beyond
  • Ceremonies, Traditions, & Awards

Get In Touch

Questions? We'd love to help!

Customer Care Hotline
888.350.5090
[email protected]

Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (October - June, first Saturday of the month only)
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

About GSWO

We serve more than 39,000 girls in a 32 county area throughout western Ohio and southeast Indiana, with the support of nearly 10,000 dedicated volunteers. And we love every minute of it!

We’re passionate about what we do. It’s more than a mission statement to us. We work hard every day to encourage our amazing volunteers so we can build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

GSWO Blog © 2026 | Site By Coded Creative

Footer 1 | Footer 2