Activity Description: Youth create a goals box to decide how troop cookie money will be used.
Items Needed:
- Four strips of paper per Youth
- Pencils
- A box or container to hold strips
- (Optional) Online polls or surveys for virtual meetings
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20–30 min):
- Give each youth four strips of paper and a pencil. (3–7 min)
- Explain that they will use the strips to share and vote on ideas.
- Have youth write their top idea for using cookie money using only one slip of paper.
- Place all idea strips in the goals box.
- Take out and display each idea. (5–7 min)
- Group similar ideas together.
- Discuss the ideas together as a group.
- Have youth vote for their top three favorites. (5–7 min)
- Write votes on the remaining three strips of paper. It does not matter which order they are written, but only three choices can be used, one for each slip.
- Place these strips in the goals box to be counted.
- Count the votes. (5–7 min)
- Pass out the original idea strips to different youth.
- Youth add tally marks as votes are reported.
- Decide on troop goals. (5 min)
- Choose whether to work toward only the top goal, or the top 2, 3, or 4 goals.
- (Optional) Use online polls or surveys for virtual meetings.
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Leaders – please be aware of double dipping and make your own informed choice.
Info Needed for Set Goals: Brainstorm ideas, pick one to make a troop sales goal, and set your personal goal.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Daisy My First Cookie Business badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Daisy Cookie Goal Setter badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Brownie My Cookie Customers badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette My Cookie Venture badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Market Researcher badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Innovator badge requirements.
Info Needed for Budget Goals: Set a troop goal and budget and get feedback
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior Cookie Collaborator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Senior My Cookie Network badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Ambassador My Cookie Business Resume badge requirements.
Info Needed for SMART Goals: Learn what SMART is and apply it to the troop sales goal.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Senior Cookie Boss badge requirements.
Info Needed for Tracking: Make a way to track sales with a goal tracker or using the online sales tracking feature.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Daisy Cookie Goal Setter badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements
