The Girl Scout Law was apparently never memorized by these parents.
A Girl Scouts council has sued 10 parents, alleging they kept more than $8,000 from cookie sales.
Parents have kept cookie sales money in past years, but the problem is getting worse, said council CEO Marlene Cosby. "Increasingly we are seeing larger sums of money being held and no attempts to pay the money back," Cosby said. The group's attorney Patrick Lyp said the council had debts of about $19,000 in 2004 and of more than $20,000 in 2005, primarily because of missing cookie money.
The lawsuits against parents who owe significant amounts could help deter others from keeping cookie money, scout officials said.
Prison time is a great deterrent for stealing. In the meantime, here's a refresher course for any other clueless parents on the tenets of the Girl Scouts:
Girl Scout Promise
On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.
Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be:
Honest and fair,
Friendly and helpful,
Considerate and caring,
Courageous and strong, and
Responsible for what I say and do,
And to respect myself and others,
Respect authority,
Use resources wisely,
Make the world a better place, and
Be a sister to every Girl Scout.
