SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 408
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
join Texans across the state in celebrating the Girl Scout Cookie
Program and March 13, 2017, as Girl Scout Legislative Day; and
WHEREAS, The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of what
has become the largest entrepreneurial training program for
girls in the world, the Girl Scout Cookie Program; the first
known sale of cookies by Girl Scouts occurred in 1917, when the
Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked cookies and sold
them in a high school cafeteria as a service project; and
WHEREAS, The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches young women
five essential entrepreneurial skills; Girl Scouts learn about
goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills,
and business ethics; in keeping with the Girl Scout mission of
preparing girls for the future, the program has launched Digital
Cookie, an online initiative through which girls learn such
modern technological skills as e-marketing, digital money
management, and online dashboard usage; and
WHEREAS, Over the last 100 years, proceeds from the sale of
Girl Scout cookies have gone to support a wide range of worthy
causes, while helping girls learn valuable business techniques
that will be useful as they face the challenges of an
ever-changing society; and
WHEREAS, Girl Scout cookies have become an important part of the
fabric of life in communities across the nation, and it is truly fitting
that this exceptional tradition receive special recognition; and
WHEREAS, As part of Girl Scout Legislative Day, the Girl
Scouts of Texas have stated that all of the woman senators in the
Texas Senate be considered members of the special Girl Scout
Honorary Troop 1920, which is named in tribute to the year women
were granted the right to vote; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
Legislature, hereby congratulate the Girl Scouts on the 100th
year of the Girl Scout Cookie Program and extend best wishes to
all for a memorable Girl Scout Legislative Day; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in
honor of this special occasion.
Zaffirini
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on March 13, 2017.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate