{"id":52957,"date":"2014-01-13T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=52957"},"modified":"2014-01-11T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T17:43:03","slug":"girl-scout-cookies-go-on-sale-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=52957","title":{"rendered":"Girl Scout Cookies Go On Sale Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Girl-Scouts-New-Use-this.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-33750\" alt=\"Girl Scouts New Use this\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Girl-Scouts-New-Use-this-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Girl-Scouts-New-Use-this-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Girl-Scouts-New-Use-this.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>(New Hartford, NY\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jan. 2014) When a Girl Scout is asking you to buy a box of cookies, she is learning skills that will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Goal setting\u00a0\u2013 girls set their own sales goals and create a set of objectives with their teams to reach these goals.<\/p>\n<p>Decision making\u00a0\u2013 girls learn how to work as a team to develop a basic business plan, decide when and where to sell cookies, and reach agreements on what to do with the money they earn.<\/p>\n<p>Money management\u00a0\u2013 girls develop budgets, take cookie orders, and handle customers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n<p>People skills\u00a0\u2013 girls learn how to talk, listen, and work with different kinds of people.<\/p>\n<p>Business ethics\u00a0\u2013 girls learn how to fulfill promises to customers, keeping true to the Girl Scout Promise and Law in their business dealings, and consider how best to contribute to their communities with their earnings.<\/p>\n<p>The Girl Scout Cookie Program runs from\u00a0Feb. 1 through April 6. Booth sales begin on\u00a0March 8. Cookies are $4 per box.<\/p>\n<p>The varieties available this year are: Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, Dulce De Leche, Savannah Smiles, and Thank You Berry Munch.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more information about the program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsnypenn.org\/cookies\" target=\"_blank\">www.gsnypenn.org\/cookies<\/a>\u00a0or download the free app for iPhone and Android users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(New Hartford, NY\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jan. 2014) When a Girl Scout is asking you to buy a box of cookies, she is learning skills that will last a lifetime. Goal setting\u00a0\u2013 girls set their own sales goals and create a set of objectives with their teams to reach these goals. Decision making\u00a0\u2013 girls learn how to work as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}