We are accepting orders for delicious Girl Scout Cookies from January 1st to the 13th this year. We will set up booth sales in the area all throughout February, so look for us. Girl Scout cookies are only around once a year so stock up! They freeze well (and make a great gift!). Don't want to eat the cookies but are interested in helping the Girl Scouts? No problem. We'll donate the boxes to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville. Things are tight this time of year for them and they REALLY appreciate it! We hope you will order a few boxes to help support Girl Scouting in your area. Call the Cumberland Valley Girl Scout Council at 383-0490 ext. 227 for information on how to order or visit a cookie booth in February. Check out our Photo Gallery from our Cookie Sales Booth. The Girl Scout cookie sale has a dual purpose: to provide an educational experience for girls and to raise funds to provide Girl Scout activities. Selling cookies gives girls an opportunity to develop business skills, take on new and greater responsibilities, and learn how to work more effectively as members of a team. They learn basic money management and explore sales and marketing techniques. All registered Girl Scouts (except Daisy Girl Scouts) may, with parental permission, participate in the cookie sale. Of the $3.00 the Cumberland Valley Council charges for each box of Girl Scout cookies, only $0.80 goes to pay the baker; the remaining $2.20 supports Girl Scouting in Cumberland Valley Girl Scout Council (Middle Tennessee Area). A portion of the proceeds go directly to the troop of the girl selling the cookies. Troops plan activities and set their sales goals accordingly. With money earned from the cookie sale, troops go camping, travel abroad, purchase equipment for service projects and crafts, and many other things. Some of the money is earmarked for more repairs to Girl Scout Camp Sycamore. It was hit by one of the tornados last spring and required extensive repairs. The cookie sale accounts for 40-45% of the council's annual income. Cookies subsidize virtually all local Girl Scout activities, including camp property maintenance, liability insurance, special programs, training and support for volunteers, financial aid and camperships for girls of limited means, and many other activities. The Girl Scout Cookie sale is a part of Girl Scout heritage and tradition. It is an important part of what makes Girl Scouting an institution in the United States. Click here to read the history of Girl Scout Cookie Sales .