Curse of the Girl Scouts

Why, in the name of all that is holy, do we use our kids as pushers for some of the worst food a person can eat? Cases in point I have encountered this week - girl scout cookies and band fundraiser candy bars. We give young kids the most unnutritious food that exists and then encourage them to go out and get people to eat as much of it as they can. The rewards come from selling the most crap food. We could be more honest and just have them sell cigarettes....

What kind of message does this junk food fundraiser business send? The way you get what you want is by irresponsibly pushing unhealthy food on friends and strangers? I have yet to meet an adult woman who is thrilled by girl scout cookie season. We HATE girl scout cookie season. Sure, the cookies are good, but we know we will be taunted by cookies at every turn, that coworkers will bring boxes in to "share", that cute 8-year old freckled girls will chase us on street corners with boxes of thin mints....that even the strongest will power will eventually be overwhelmed in one way or another by the ever present pressure to eat. I haven't bought a box of cookies at the store in quite some time, and have no problem with that will power, but the girl scout cookies get me every time.

And speaking of the "sharing" of cookies, I have a message for you sharers - if the cookies and candy bars are not good for *your* health, WHY would you give them to me? Do you really hate me that much? Instead of packing the pounds on yourself, you want to pack them on me so you'll look thinner by comparison??? No one person or group of people needs 10 boxes of girl scout cookies. No one needs a king size crunch bar with 350 empty calories.

This food is killing each and every one of us, thin and fat. Let's throw it away...in the trash, where it belongs. YOU are not a garbage disposal, and your body deserves better. Tell organizations to sell something besides junk food if they must sell something - how about premium fruit baskets? How about wrapping paper or car washes or toys or ANYTHING but the junk? Or, how about we give donations to worthy causes? Less junk, more tax deductions! :)

I'm not saying there is no role for personal accountability, but come ON! You would not expect a drug addict to get clean in a crack house.

Sing along with me, "I'd like to teach groups to fundraise without junk..... in perfect harmony!"