GS cookie booths

Our GS troop is selling cookies this year - I have to say that I was somewhat reluctant at first, to participate in the whole rigmarole, to hustle the cookies (which I don't love), to navigate the byzantine rules - but our fearless friend Courtney convinced us all to try it out. And lo, the girls love it, and it's so good for them. We did not do door-to-door sales, just table booths set up outside local stores. The girls have to be brave and speak to people, they have to answer questions about the cookies, they have to add up the cost per box and make change, they have to keep track of the sales and take care of their display, they have to stay focused on their task and cheerful. Watching Liesl work through all of the necessary mechanics and multi-task has been so interesting and worthwhile. So far we have staffed three booths for two hours each, outside some local grocery stores (Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC), each time with a friend. They've sold lots and lots of cookie boxes and Liesl has become much more confident each time. Best of all, we will keep some of the money for fun and donate the other half to a nonprofit group that supplies clothing and other necessaries to foster children in Portland.