Girl Scout Cookie Season Kicks Off for 2019

Girl Scout Cookie Season Kicks Off for 2019
Celebrating the Largest Girl-Led Business in the World

Yesterday, February 8, 2019, Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. (GSHH) launched the 2019 Girl Scout Cookie season, celebrating the largest girl-led business in the world and a powerful entrepreneurship incubator for the next generation of female leaders.

Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program^®, girls not only discover their inner leadership potential but also use their earnings to power amazing experiences for themselves and their troop, including travel, outdoor adventure, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programming. Many girls put the money toward impactful community projects right in their backyards, from supporting animal shelters and food banks to working with local and state legislators to change laws.

Girl Scouts who participate in the program learn five crucial skills—goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—while doing incredible things for themselves and their communities. The proceeds stay local, meaning that when consumers purchase the delicious cookies that come from a registered Girl Scout only, they’re giving back to their wider community.

Girl Scouts use their cookie-selling skills by participating in booth and door-to-door sales as well as through the Digital Cookie^® platform, an innovative and educational web-based addition to the cookie program that helps girls run their cookie businesses online.

People can also purchase cookies to donate to Operation Cookie Drop, started in 2002, which is the GSHH’s council-wide effort to send donated cookies to our troop overseas, in hospitals, and veteran’s homes. This year will mark a milestone for Operation Cookie Drop, “A Million to the Military” celebrating the millionth box of cookies that will be delivered to soldiers around the world. 

“Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program^®, cookie customers help fund life-changing Girl Scout experiences while building the next generation of female entrepreneurs,” said GSHH CEO Marie Reger. “And because all Girl Scout Cookie proceeds stay local to power year-round troop projects and activities, when you buy Girl Scout Cookies you are making an investment in girls and their local community.”

To find Girl Scouts selling cookies near you, please visit http://www.girlscoutshh.org/GSCookie or contact our Customer Care Team atcustomercare@girlscoutshh.org or 1-855-232-GSHH (4744).