Money Earning Projects
Girl Scouts is very supportive of developing entrepreneurship! Product sales train our girls early on to set goals and to learn how to budget for activities like camp, horseback riding and travel. But often troops set a travel goal that costs more than they can earn by selling cookies and they look for new ways to earn money. This is where Money Earning Projects come in.  We’ve got a great step by step guide to planning a Money Earning Project/Event here this covers the paperwork and timeline for getting it in.

We recognize that individual girl scouts want to earn money to pay for Destinations too. Here is our guideline for Individual Money Earning Project Planning.

What can we do to earn money?
There are good suggestions on the back of the money earning project guidelines:
Workshops-Try-It, Badge, Camp skills, etc.
Car washes
Refreshment stand  (no labeled product /resale)
Events-Daisy Day, Brownie Sports, Songfest, Gingerbread House Building,  etc.
Walking tours,
Nature hikes
Back 2 School kits / Program in a box
Breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, teas, etc.
Face painting – offer your services at children’s birthday parties or man a booth at your school fall festival
Gift Baskets
Dances
Yard work
Troop/Group “own” cookbook
Plays or concerts
Gift-wrapping at holiday time
Party favors,
Placemats
Garage sales (recycling is always great too, and you don’t need a money earning form to do that)
Holiday cards
Luminarias
Seasonal Festivals
Craft items
Grow/sell plants
Child Care (refer to council guidelines)
Baked goods
Event photo booth
Remember to invite girls from other service units and to invite the Independent girls in your region to your workshops and fun events. Just remember to plan ahead as much as possible for the best turn out!

What aren’t you allowed to do? 
Games of Chance like Raffles  & Auctions
Product demonstrations like :Avon, Mary Kay, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, etc.
Sales generating profits for a specific business/company other than Girl Scouts
like Krispy Kreme, M&M, Sees Candies, etc.
Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, etc.
Candle parties, home interiors, etc.
Catalog sales,
Shopping Mall promotions