Gift of Caring
Council Gift of Caring Program

The Council Gift of Caring Program is a cookie donation opportunity for customers to buy a box of cookies to be distributed to our Gift of Caring Partners: St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance, Arizona National Guard and USO Arizona.  

Cookies donated to the Gift of Caring program are tax deductible.  

St Mary’s Food Bank Alliance

St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance is a non-sectarian, nonprofit organization that alleviates hunger by gathering and distributing food to sites that serve the hungry.  During the last eleven years,GSACPC has donated more than 105,000 boxes of cookies to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance through the Gift of Caring program.  


Arizona National Guard
In the first year of our partnership with the Arizona National Guard, Girl Scout Cookies will be shared with service men and women serving 
our state and country.


USO Arizona

At Sky Harbor, USO Arizona provides military members and their families with a VIP area of their own, equipped with sofas and chairs, computers, large-screen televisions, games, a kitchen and children's play area. Girl Scout Cookies donated through the Gift of Caring program will be available as a special treat for servicemen and women.


Ideas for Girl Scouts:

Troop Gift of Caring

Troop Gift of Caring packages are delivered by the Girl Scout troops to organizations chosen by the girls. To create a Troop Gift of Caring projects:
  1. Choose a group to receive donated cookies.  
  2. Communicate to customers that they can buy cookies that girls will donate to this group.
  3. Deliver the cookies to the chosen group(s) at the end of the Cookie Season and provide additional community service throughout the year.
Whatever program you choose to participate in - promote your Gift of Caring to your customers:
  1. During door-to-door sales, walkabouts or workplace sales:
    • Create a troop flyer with the name of the group to receive donated cookies, and ask customers if they would like to purchase a box or two to donate.
  2. At booth sales:
    • Display a sign that informs which group you are supporting
    • Create a drop box where customers can place donated cookies, and watch the donated cookies stack up!
    • Create a tally poster to track the number of donated boxes, so customers can see their donations making a difference