Activity Description: Youth learn from older scouts about cookie sales responsibilities and how to take charge of their cookie business.
Items Needed:
- An older scout or alum with cookie sales experience
- Paper and pencils for notes
- (Optional) Online resources or council forums with cookie sales ideas
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20–30 min):
- Invite an older scout or alum to share experiences. (5–7 min)
- Ask about how cookie sales changed as they grew older.
- Ask if they ever made mistakes and what they learned.
- Listen to advice about teamwork and responsibilities. (5–7 min)
- Discuss the best ways to work together.
- Identify different roles in a cookie business.
- Brainstorm troop responsibilities. (5–7 min)
- Youth consider what their roles should be.
- Write down ideas for how each role helps the troop.
- Decide how to take charge of the cookie business. (5–7 min)
- Youth share what they will do to support the troop.
- Record commitments to guide future cookie sales.
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Info Needed for Spirit Plans: Decorate your booth, make a cookie costume, OR make a cookie song/dance.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
Info Needed for Teamwork Plans: Decide how roles are assigned when selling cookies at booths or in the troop.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie Cookie Decision Maker badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Junior My Cookie Team badge requirements.
Info Needed for Sales Plans: Make a sales plan, write the specifics of your plan, and get feedback.
- Fulfills Steps 4 and 5 of GSUSA Cadette My Cookie Venture badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Innovator badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Senior Cookie Boss badge requirements.
Info Needed for Marketing Plans: Make a general marketing plan, detail the marketing plan, and schedule it out
- Fulfills Steps 4 and 5 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Market Researcher badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Senior My Cookie Network badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Ambassador My Cookie Business Resume badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Ambassador Cookie Influencer badge requirements.
This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements
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Info Needed for Business Ethics: Learn about Business Ethics and how it applies to cookie sales.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Innovator badge requirements.
Info Needed for Business Skills: Learn a new business skill (i.e. mentor, research, video)
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Ambassador Cookie Influencer badge requirements.
Info Needed for Mission Statements: Learn what a mission statement is and make your own.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Cadette My Cookie Venture badge requirements.
Info Needed for Portfolios: Learn what a portfolio is and make one from your cookie experiences.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Ambassador My Cookie Business Resume badge requirements.
Info Needed for Resumes: Learn what a resume is and how your past with cookie sales can be used on it.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Ambassador My Cookie Business Resume badge requirements.
Info Needed for Social Responsibility: Learn what social responsibility is and share what you’re troop will do with customers.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Cadette Cookie Market Researcher badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Senior My Cookie Network badge requirements.
Info Needed for Teaching: Use your knowledge of cookie sales (flavors, costs, goal setting, customer lists, marketing tools) and teach someone.
- Fulfills Steps 1 and 5 of GSUSA Ambassador Cookie Influencer badge requirements.
Info Needed for Value Proposition: Learn what a value proposition is and create a pitch.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Ambassador Cookie Influencer badge requirements.
This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements
