HJR136 Summary

• Celebrates the 100th anniversary in 2017 of Girl Scouts selling cookies, beginning with the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1917.

• Recognizes the Girl Scout Cookie Program as the largest entrepreneurial training program for girls in the world, teaching five essential skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.

• Acknowledges Girl Scouts launched Digital Cookie, which teaches 21st century business skills including e-marketing, digital money management, online dashboard usage, and e-commerce.

• Notes that 59 million American women are Girl Scout alumnae and 2.7 million girls and adult volunteers are currently active members, with over 20,000 girls in grades K-12 across Alabama participating.

• Applauds the Girl Scout Movement and Alabama's two councils (Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama and Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama) for their commitment to financial literacy education.