What does a Girl Scout get for selling cookies?

Answer 1

Each Girl Scout council in America determines their product sale guidelines and what the Girl Scouts in their council receive for selling cookies.

Each Girl Scout council retains some of the cookie profit and each troop receives some of the profit.

Girl Scout councils also offer some type of incentives for selling various amounts of cookies. These incentives might be things like stuffed animals, key chains, toys, etc. The incentives might also include some form of credit which the girls may use for Girl Scout activities or might be an additional amount of profit for the troop.

There are various awards and participation patches Girl Scouts may receive from Girl Scout cookie sales.

Answer 2

In America, Girl Scout councils sponsor product sales. Most councils sponsor a yearly cookie sale. Other council sponsored sales include nuts and candy, magazines, and calendars.

Girl Scout troops may also hold their own money earning projects which may include selling items such as crafts and baked goods or a service such as a car wash or running an event of some kind. Troop money earning projects must be approved by their local Girl Scout council.

In other countries, the Girl Scout/Girl Guide National Association sets their own policies for money earning projects for their members. Some national organizations, such as Girl Guides of Canada, also sell cookie products.

Answer 3

Since each Girl Scout council handles the cookie sale for their council, there probably isn't a national record of this. The amount per box that each Girl Scout troop keeps is also determined by the Girl Scout council, so it is a different amount in each council.

Roughly based on my former troop, most years they made, on average (because some girls sell more than others), between $50 and $80 per girl.