From John Pisciotta,
Director of Pro-Life Waco
Cookiecott (www.cookiecott.com) launched just last Thursday and is blasting through the old media, web media, social media, and word of mouth. Today (Tuesday) has been a very big day for this national campaign: talk radio interviews, powerful news articles and editorials, a Facebook post by Governor Huckabee, and Twitter going crazy. Plus the “real big one” is a fair and balanced news story from Associated Press. This has been picked of by dozens of on-line, television, and print news outlets.
This national boycott was launched by Pro-Life Waco with the support of many collaborative pro-life, pro-family organizations.
To follow the media do a Google search on “girl scout cookie boycott” Also, you can go to a special media summary page I have created: http://www.prolifewaco.com/CookiecottNews.html
To see all that is behind the boycott, go to our special website http://cookiecott.com/
The trigger for the boycott was Girl Scouts USA using Twitter to applaud Texas State Senator Wendy Davis as worthy of consideration for Woman of the Year 2013. You will see on the special web site that Girl Scout problems run much deeper. Here is a photo of Gloria Steinem—one of the women praised in the Girl Scout curriculum for grades 9-10.
What can you do NOW to provide critical support for Cookiecott? Please do at least two or three of the following.
Here is the Cookiecott agenda for OUR side:
1. Go to http://cookiecott.com/ and click the button for the flyer that is central to the boycott. You can print multiple copies. The flyer contains the main facts on Girl Scout associations with pro-abortion leaders, organizations, and agenda. All you have to do at a cookie sale is hand the flyer to an adult and say this explains why you're not buying. I know some of you feel like you want to support your local Girl Scout troop, which are very often wholesome in contrast to the national GSUSA. One option is to donate cash to the local troop or donate gift cards from Hobby Lobby. The local troop generally gets just 70 to 90¢ from each box of cookies sold.
2. Spread the word frequently on social media. For Twitter, we are using #cookiecott
3. Write articles for on-line media, for newspaper editorials and letters about Cookiecott, and send them to newspapers online media sources and letters to the editor.
4. On-line “comments” on web articles. Do a Google search for “Girl Scout cookie boycott” Find the most recent ones. Go to the article and it will often contain an opportunity to comment. Write your point of view. The dark side is active. We need to be active too.
5. If you are involved in a pro-life, pro-family organization urge the organization to publicly endorse Cookiecott. Perhaps you lead an organization. The organization can send out communications to all members AND send a news release to local media about your endorsement. It was just this type of endorsement from Pro-Life Wisconsin that led to the Associated Press article and many news stories in Wisconsin. You can do this in your state.
6. Talk to your friends, relatives, and pastors about Cookiecott. This is in large part an educational campaign. We want adults to have full knowledge of the Girl Scout USA agenda for children. Any church direct involvement with Girl Scouts should be scrutinized very closely. In my personal judgment, such associations should not continue. There are other scouting organizations to work with such as Awanas, Junior Catholic Daughters and American Heritage Girls.
7. Forward this email throughout you sphere of influence and friendship.
8. Pray that all pro-lifers involved in Cookiecott will be granted the wisdom and prudence to follow our Lord who loved the little children so passionately.
This is our opportunity to act in loving concern for the futures and well-being of our children. Such opportunities do not come along often. The financial costs for Cookiecott have been modest. I do NOT request financial contributions for this Cookiecott venture. I do ask for your prayers in addition to your open and bold acts of support.
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