By Guest Blogger Kati Morgan

“Would you like to buy a box of Girl Scout Cookies?”

These are words we have heard for generations…literally. My Mom was a Girl Scout, I was a Girl Scout, and now my daughter is a Girl Scout. I’ll be the first to tell you, cookie season is a lot like Christmas, but with WAY more calories and no lights. We sell A LOT of cookies. But let me tell ya; when I have a new girl looking to join the troop, I always remind parents we are SO MUCH MORE than just COOKIES!

Our little troop has been together for the last 4 years.  I have watched some of my quietest girls turn into business masterminds when it comes to selling. They have found their voices together and learned as a group what causes are most near and dear to their hearts.

They have bought new physical education equipment for their school PE class. I’ve watched these girls use sidewalk chalk in the 100-degree heat leaving words of encouragement for other students to see when they came to school the next day. These brave girls have used their voices to sing to the elderly, speak to city councilmembers, and to uplift one another. They’ve used the cookie program to provide cookies for food banks, and cookies for Ronald McDonald House. They have become a little family they can always come back to. No matter what sport or other club they are doing, we find a way to make it work. Friendship and leadership is something we speak to these girls and they have learned through all our lessons, all our community work, that life is better with good friends by your side.

Our Girl Scouts are some of the BEST volunteers and community helpers I’ve ever seen. They WANT to help make their world a better place and they all know there is no good deed too small to make a difference.

So, maybe you can’t do anything BIG today to change the world…but you CAN buy a box of Girl Scout Cookies. And that’s pretty much the same thing.

“The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are it’s makers” -Juliette Gordon Low