re: Don't Buy Girl Scout Cookies!

kittin797 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:07:28 GMT

I really am quite offended @ the mention of "boycotting" girl scouts! There are healthier choices out of the selection of your local troops cookie list, such as the cinna-spins out this year. Yes, maybe trans-fats are bad, and maybe they can be eliminated, but BOYCOTTING is not the answer. How about everything good in moderation? In the mention to boycott, your forgetting, the ADULT is responsible for their own food choices! We buy @ least 12 boxes of girl scout cookies, then it is called "a treat"! My kids don't down them in a couple days, and they are made to last a good long time. It's not always easy, but just because they are in the house does not mean they get eaten in a week, and that is the rule.

And if you really were successful in a huge boycott of the girl scout cookies, keep in mind what you would be doing for these little girls...troop funds run out, they have no money, they can't go to Camp, which is really fun for them. Camp provides ALL kinds of physical activities that are too many to mention, and LIFETIME FRIENDSHIPS with girls their own age.

The badges on those little girls vests selling the cookies? Ask them how they earned those badges on the vest! The ones on the front bottom of the vest are educational patches, about self-care, taking care of our environment, & much more. The patches on the backs of the girls vests are the fun things they do. That is due to one of the larger fund raisers every year, selling cookies! It is what they have always done, girl scouts sell cookies! Healthful changes can be made to the cookies, & every year there is a healthier option to the usual cookies. Please don't consider boycotting those girls! Stated each meeting is the Girl Scout Law: "I will do my best to be Honest & Fair, Friendly & Helpful, Considerate & Caring, Courageous & Strong, & RESPONSIBLE for what I say & do, & to Respect myself & others, Respect Authority, Use resources wisely, MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE & BE A SISTER TO EVERY GIRL SCOUT!"