Gift of Caring is Chesapeake Bay’s donation program, which allows those less fortunate and military organizations to receive a gift of Girl Scout Cookies or a nut item/magazine.
About Gift of Caring/Care to Share
For Fall Product: Girls collect donations in $10.00 increments, then Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay delivers nut/candy products to local charities and/or food banks at the end of the program season. Girls do not deliver donated products. Each donation is credited to the girl’s sales and the troop still receives proceeds for each donation sold.
For Cookie: Girl Scouts collect donations in $6.00 increments. Each Service Unit across GSCB will select a local charity/organization (or more than one) such as food pantries, crisis centers, blood banks, etc. to make a donation of 50% of their GOC sales made during the 2026 Cookie Program. The other 50% of the GOC sales made by the Service Unit will be donated to the USO (United Service Organization) to be delivered to a number of different military support organizations for distribution to soldiers coming and going in service throughout the Delmarva Peninsula.
Tips for Selling Donations
Ask! It’s that easy. Most customers don’t know what Care to Share is, so we suggest a display poster or box wrap.
If you can’t eat ’em, treat ’em! For various reasons (including health reasons), some customers may opt out of eating Girl Scout Cookies or nuts/candy. Promote donation sales by making your own drop box for donations. It will be a visual display only, but may entice donations.
Say Thank You! Share the Gift of Caring Donation Receipt with any customer who chooses to make a donation.
GSCB does not have the capability to request where cookies donated to GOC are sent when donated to military organizations.
