Parent/guardian permission to participate in the cookie sale activity is essential.
Help your Girl Scout take the Internet Safety Pledge before she uses the Internet
as part of her Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program Activity at http://www.girlscouts.org/internet_safety_pledge.asp.

No Girl Scout can ever sell cookies alone. Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts must
have direct adult supervision and girls should sell with buddies. Older girls can sell in familiar areas using the buddy system and under the supervision of an adult.

Daylight hours are best for selling cookies. Selling after dark is very risky.

Girls should not go into homes when selling cookies. Even if they know the person who lives there, girls shouldn't go into anyone's home while selling without permission and knowledge of her parent/guardian.

Approaching cars to sell cookies is dangerous. A girl should never get into
anyone's car (except for approved Girl Scout adults with parental permission who are assisting with the activity).

If a customer offers to lead the way to another potential cookie buyer behind a building or in an alley, the girls should refuse and stay out in the open.

Traffic can be a hazard. Girls should be careful crossing streets and watch for cars backing out of driveways as well as exercise caution when getting out of a car with cookies.

Each girl should be prepared to give a designated adult's name and phone number if asked and never give her own phone number, address or last name to customers, if asked.

Carrying large sums of money around is not a good idea. Arrangements should be made prior to selling for girls to transfer cookie money to an adult frequently. Adults should bank money as soon as possible under the direction of the cookie adult.

Model safe behavior and treat cookie money and product as money that belongs to girls' troop/group. Never leave money lying around in sight of visitors at home, and help your girl follow rules for turning in money frequently during the sale.