- Over 15,500 girl-led cookie businesses thrived with online and in-person booths and navigated the challenges of nationwide supply chain issues
- Girl entrepreneurs reach goals and raise funds for community programs and outdoor adventures
- ilovecookies.org digital cookie ordering and DoorDash® partnership accelerates girl marketing and cookie program
Alameda, CA – Girl Scouts of Northern California (GSNorCal), one of the largest Councils in the country providing girls a safe space with strong sisterhood and adult mentorship, closed out a successful 2022 Cookie Season on March 27 despite facing challenges due to the nationwide supply chain issues that affected their baker. This year, Girl Scouts in 19 countries from Gilroy to the Oregon border sold cookies in-person, online, and through girl-operated DoorDash locations to sell an astounding 3,850,000 boxes of cookies. When faced with the issue of delayed cookie deliveries for in-person cookie sales, girl entrepreneurs showed their resilience and focused on marketing their online business, helping thousands of girls reach their goals to raise funds for community programs and outdoor adventures. 100% of the net profits from GSNorCal’s Girl Scout cookie sales stays in local NorCal communities.
“Our girl entrepreneurs and volunteers have overcome many new challenges over the past few years, and this year was no exception,” said Christine Dhondt, Sr. Director, Product Programs of Girl Scouts of Northern California. “We were not immune to the challenges of the nationwide supply and labor shortages, and we are so grateful to our volunteers, communities, and bakers who all stepped up in a big way to help our girl entrepreneurs turn this challenge into an opportunity.”
With the added benefit of the newly revamped online ordering experience at ilovecookies.org, and new partnership with Bay Area based DoorDash, GSNorCal has modernized their cookie program to inspire the next generation of girl entrepreneurs by teaching them modern day business management and digital marketing skills, in addition to the longtime tradition of in-person cookie sales.
2022 GSNorCal Cookie Season by the numbers
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- 15,500+ girl-led cookie businesses
- 96% of girls running a cookie business launched a Digital Cookie online shop
- Over 3,850,000 cookies sold with community support
- Over one-hundred million packages of cookies were baked and delivered this season by Little Brownie Bakers
- A record high 182,500 Care to Share package donations to celebrate local hometown heroes, military, and community food banks
- Troops earned over $3,000,000 in proceeds to fund their activities
- Average of 247 packages sold per girl
- Top Girl Scout seller: Angelina S., 10th grader from San Francisco sold 7,407 boxes of cookies!
- For 105 years, the Cookie Program continues to be the largest entrepreneurial skill development program in the world
The mission of Girl Scouts of Northern California is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. As one of the largest councils in the country, Girl Scouts of Northern California serves a diverse membership of almost 22,000 girls and over 16,000 adult volunteers in a 19-county area from Gilroy to the Oregon border. To learn more about Girl Scouts of Northern California, visit www.gsnorcal.org.
