A tasty piece of Americana, the first Girl Scout cookies were home baked by Girl Scouts back in 1917 and sold in waxed paper bags. “We see the cookie program being that one cornerstone activity that enables girls to learn a great number of entrepreneurial skills,” says Danielle Shockey, CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana. “When they sell cookies they’re learning communication, sales, supply and demand, marketing, social media presence, manners and tenacity.”
