GSNYPENN cookie season begins today and runs through Sunday, April 23. Cookies can be purchased by contacting a resgistered Girl Scout, ordering online, locating a community booth, or contacting the council. (Submitted photo)

SYRACUSE — Girl Scout Cookie time is recognized nationally from January through April, but local timing varies from council to council.

Girl Scouts of (NYPENN) New York and Pennsylvania Pathways kicks off its 2023 cookie season as individuals and troops rally their communities to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls. Cookie proceeds raised across GSNYPENN’s 26-county footprint during the annual program stay local to support its members and operations.

“Every package of cookies our Girl Scouts sell provides invaluable business and leadership skill-building and experiences for them and their troops. Those experiences include community service projects, troop travel, summer camp, badge work and more,” says GSNYPENN CEO Julie Dale. “We appreciate the community's ongoing support of our troops during the cookie program, our council’s largest annual fundraiser.”

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls. Girl Scouts’ newly updated Financial Literacy badges offer entrepreneurial playbooks for every age level. From the Cookie Goal Setter badge earned as a Daisy to the Entrepreneur Accelerator for girls in high school, the cookie program teaches girls financial literacy, planning, budgeting, teamwork, innovative thinking, and confident decision-making. 


If you know a registered Girl Scout, reach out to her to find out how she's selling cookies.

Visit GSNYPENN’s dedicated cookie page at buygirlscoutcookiesnow.com for ongoing updates on how you can support the program locally.

GSNYPENN serves girls in K-12 across 26 counties: Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne and Yates in New York and Bradford and Tioga in Pennsylvania.

Annual membership is just $25; financial assistance is available. To start her adventure, visit gsnypenn.org/join. To become a volunteer, learn more at gsnypenn.org/volunteer. To help make Girl Scouting possible for girls in your community, visit gsnypenn.org/donate. 

- Information provided by GSNYPENN