“how do the Girl Scouts raise money?”
I frankly don’t know the answer. I don’t know how that worked under the Canal Zone. I have a feeling they got their expenses paid from local donations. They may have received some help from the States.
All I can tell you for certain is there were no cookies...ever.
I am unfamiliar if the Republic of Panama even has Girls Scouts or any other scouts. If they do, I don’t hear of them.
Panama has Girl Scouts, the “Muchachas Guias.” My co-leader in my GS troop is married to a Panamanian.