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Girl Scout Cookies are cookies sold by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) as one of its major fundraisers for local Scout units. Members of the GSUSA have been selling cookies since 1917 to raise funds. Girls who participate can earn prizes for their efforts. There are also unit incentives if the unit as a whole does well. As of 2007, sales were estimated at about 200 million boxes per year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Girl Scouts of the USA )〕 ==History== The first cookie sales by an individual Scout unit was by the Mistletoe Troop in Oklahoma, in December 1917 at their local high school. In 1922, the Girl Scout magazine ''The American Girl'' suggested cookie sales as a fund-raiser and provided a simple cookie recipe from a regional director for the Girl Scouts of Chicago. From 1933 to 1935, country-wide, organized cookie sales grew with Troops in Philadelphia and New York City using the cookie selling model to develop the marketing and sales skills of their local troops. In 1933, Girl Scouts in Philadelphia organized the first official sale, selling homemade cookies at the windows of local utility companies. In 1936 the national organization began licensing commercial bakers, including Keebler-Weyl Bakery,〔(Girl Scout Cookies bake up tasty treats for community, business skills for girls ), Kathryn DeVan, Fall 2008〕 to produce cookies to increase availability and reduce lag time. 125 troops launched cookie sales that year. During World War II the Girl Scouts sold calendars in addition to cookies, because of shortages of flour, sugar, and butter. In 1943 there were 48 cookies per box. By 1943 Girl Scouts also collected fat in cans to aid the war effort and sold War Bonds at no profit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Girl Scouts of the USA )〕 In the 1950s, three more cookie recipes were added: "Shortbreads", "Peanut Butter Sandwich", and "Thin Mints". 6 types of cookies were being sold nationwide by 1956. Greater cookie sales occurred due to the Baby Boom generation entering Girl Scout in the 1960s. The ‘Samoa’ was added in 1975. In 1978, the National Council reduced the number of bakeries providing cookies to four and standardized the packaging and pricing of the cookies.〔〔 In the 1990s, the National Council limited the bakeries providing cookies to just ABC Bakers (a division of Interbake Foods) and Little Brownie Bakers (a division of the Keebler Company).〔 In 1998, cookie sale awards were instituted.〔 With the 2005 Trans-Fat controversy, the Girl Scouts moved to make the cookies healthier and provide nutritional information on the cookie box. In 2009 the number of Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs in each box was reduced and Lemon Chalet Cremes became smaller because of the increasing costs of ingredients and transportation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girl Scout Cookies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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