2019
Our central Indiana 2018 Girl Scout Cookie Program provided over $2 million to troops for girl experiences and community service projects!
Have a question about the Girl Scout Cookie Program? Call the Girl Scout Cookie Helpline 317.924.2949 Mon.-Fri. | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sat. | 9 a.m.-noon | Feb.-Mar. only
There’s no end to what girls can build with the Girl Scout Cookie Program®. They build lifelong skills, friendship and confidence. Over the course of 100 plus years, generations of girls have built the cookie program into a beloved tradition and the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. Girls learn so much during the cookie program, but they couldn’t do it without you. Your guidance and support is instrumental in the success for your Girl Scout. Thank you for your support. We are confident you will find the experience to be both enjoyable and rewarding. Good luck and have fun!
5 Skills
Dear Girl Scout family,
Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, girls learn five skills they will use for a lifetime:
goal setting decision making money management people skills business ethics
Girls will implement these skills by: • • • • • •
Being a part of the largest girl-led business in the world. Setting goals for themselves and with a group. Managing money and practicing important math and budgeting skills. Working with others and gaining people skills through interactions with the community. Making decisions about things that count and putting their ideas into action. Applying the Girl Scout Promise and Law to business ethics.
DID YOU KNOW: •
The number one reason customers don’t purchase cookies is because they aren’t asked – so encourage your Girl Scout to ask, ask, ASK!
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The number one reason people buy Girl Scout Cookies is to support Girl Scouting.
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Customers will buy more if they understand how girls and the troop benefits and what their purchase will support. All proceeds from the Girl Scout Cookie Program stay in our council to support girls locally.
HELP YOUR GIRL SCOUT •
Let the troop leader and/or troop cookie manager know what types of activities you are willing to help with (i.e. work at a cookie booth, pick up cookies, help sort cookies, help with paperwork, etc).
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Attend the troop cookie meeting.
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Set goals with your Girl Scout and encourage her as she tracks her progress.
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Support her selling; take her to your workplace, assist with phone orders, volunteer at the troop’s cookie booth, and help deliver cookies.
N IS A O S A E S IE K O O C E F A S A SUCCESSFUL COOKIE SEASON •
Remind your Girl Scout to wear her Girl Scout uniform, pin or something to identify her as a Girl Scout.
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Girl Scouts should not enter another person’s home. All order taking and cookie deliveries should be made at the door.
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Girls do not give out their own phone number, last name or address to customers.
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Always sell during daylight and with another person.
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Girls should not carry large sums of money. All money needs to be turned in by a responsible adult, rather than sending it to school with your Girl Scout.
IMPORTANT DATES January 12: Cookie order taking begins. No orders should be taken before this date. January 25: Your troop cookie manager must submit your Girl Scout’s initial order. She may give you a date prior to this to turn in your order form. Be sure to follow this deadline to ensure arrival of your girl’s Girl Scout Cookies. Remember to add any girl delivered orders placed through Digital Cookie to your Girl Scout’s order card! January 31-March 17: Your troop cookie manager will have you pick up your first order and any additional orders you may need. She will ask you to sign a receipt every time you pick up more cookies and/or turn in money. Be sure to keep these receipts for your records. March 17: Your troop cookie manager must have all of the money for any cookies checked out by the troop in the bank by this day. They may ask you to turn in the money a little earlier in order to ensure the cookies are paid for by the deadline date. Mid-May: Your Girl Scout’s rewards will arrive. Your troop cookie manager will contact you to make arrangements to get them to you.
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My Goal: Operation: Cookie Drop
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GIRL SCOUT S'MORES
THIN MINTS
TAGALONGS
SAMOAS
TREFOILS
SAVANNAH SMILES
NUMBER OF PACKAGES ORDERED
PRICE PER PACKAGE
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TOFFEE-TASTIC
$5 $0.00
CHECK WHEN PAID
COOKIE PACKAGES DONATED**
All products contain soy. All products except Toffee-tastic contain wheat. All products except Thin Mints contain milk ingredients. Do-si-dos and Tagalongs contain peanuts. Samoas contain coconut. Savannah Smiles may contain tree nuts. See nutrition information for total fat and saturated fat content in Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. Refer to your cookie box for the most current cookie information. To learn more, visit www.littlebrownie.com. *No PHOs in Trefoils, Do-si-dos, Savannah Smiles, Toffee-tastics or Girl Scout S’mores. No PHOs in Thin Mints, Samoas or Tagalongs in 2017 in some regions. For more details check with Little Brownie Bakers.
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**We will deliver your donated cookies to:
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DO-SI-DOS
GOAL GETTER ORDER CARD Thank you for helping me reach my goal!
The GIRL SCOUTSR name and mark, and all associated trademarks and logotypes, including GIRL SCOUT COOKIESR, THIN MINTSR, TREFOILSR, GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALER, GIRL SCOUT COOKIE PROGRAMR, GIRL SCOUT S’MORES™ and the Trefoil Design, are owned by Girl Scouts of the USA. Little Brownie Bakers is an official GSUSA licensee. Baked by authority of Girl Scouts of the USA. This product is distributed and marketed exclusively through Girl Scout members. Any resale or redistribution is unauthorized. SAMOAS, TAGALONGS, DO-SI-DOS and SAVANNAH SMILES are registered trademarks of Kellogg NA Co. TOFFEE-TASTIC is a trademark of Kellogg NA Co. Copyright ®, TM, © 2016-2017 KELLOGG NA CO.
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NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS OR COLORS
Orders cannot be guaranteed. Limited quantity available.
$5.00 $0.00 Gluten-free Rich, buttery cookies with sweet crunchy toffee bits. Approx. 14 cookies per 6.7 oz. pkg
TOFFEE-TASTIC™
NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS OR COLORS
Chocolate, marshmallowy, graham cookies. Crunchy graham sandwich cookies with creamy chocolate and marshmallowy filling. This time honored campfire treat is made with natural flavors and specialty ingredients. Approx. 16 cookies per 8.5 oz. pkg
$0.00 GIRL SCOUT S’MORES™ $5.00
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THIN MINTS®
$5.00 $0.00 Crisp, chocolaty and minty! Crisp wafers covered in a chocolaty coating made with natural oil of peppermint. Approx. 28 cookies per 9 oz. pkg
$5.00 $0.00 Peanut butter patties Crispy cookies layered with peanut butter and covered with a chocolaty coating. Approx. 15 cookies per 6.5 oz. pkg
TAGALONGS®
$5.00 $0.00 Chewy and rich! Crisp cookies coated in caramel, sprinkled with toasted coconut, and striped with dark chocolaty coating. Approx. 15 cookies per 7.5 oz. pkg
SAMOAS®
NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS OR COLORS
DO-SI-DOS®
$5.00 $0.00 Peanut butter sandwich cookies Crunchy oatmeal sandwich cookies with creamy peanut butter filling. Approx. 20 cookies per 8 oz. pkg
$5.00 $0.00 Traditional shortbread cookies Delicate-tasting shortbread that is delightfully simple and satisfying. Approx. 36 cookies per 9 oz. pkg
TREFOILS®
$5.00 $0.00 Crisp, zesty, lemon cookies These bite-sized, lemon wedge cookies are dusted with powdered sugar and bursting with zesty lemon flavor. Approx. 28 cookies per 6 oz. pkg
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Girls who take initial orders for 180+ packages of cookies will receive this Go for Bold knit hat! Girls who get 250+ initial orders will also receive the Raining Cookies Umbrella!
If your Girl Scout sells 600+ packages of cookies from January 12-March 17, she can earn two tickets to a theme park of her choice! Choices include King’s Island, Cedar Point, Holiday World, Kentucky Kingdom, and Indiana Beach; OR a 4-month subscription to Sock Panda (receive two pairs of fun socks each month!)
If your Girl Scout sells 225+ packages of cookies January 12-March 17, she can earn this clouded leopard!
DID YOU KNOW Any troop that averages 180+ packages per girl selling will earn a troop T-shirt for each selling girl!
GET THIS SWEET HIRT! Go For Bold T-S
Any troop that averages 250+ packages for girl selling will receive a concert ticket to our troop reward concert!
The ultimate summer event! Last year, more than 4,000 girls attended the Addison Agen concert.
WHY $5?
INTERNET SELLING & CREDIT CARDS
Every service provided by Girl Scouts of Central Indiana is subsidized for our members! • It costs $379 per girl to give her the Girl Scout Leadership Experience for just one year, however families on average pay $57 for this experience! • The Girl Scout Cookie Program not only provides funds for the troop, but it also supports all of our services to girls, volunteers, communities, and parents. Every penny from the Cookie Program stays within our central Indiana council after we pay our vendor and program costs. The annual Girl Scout membership fee go directly to Girl Scouts of the USA.
Girls can use the Internet to sell to family and friends. However, posting on any site where money is exchanged online such as ebay or Amazon is prohibited. Girl Scouts of Central Indiana is proud to partner with First Financial Bank. Through this partnership, our troops are able to process credit cards at their cookie booths. See your troop cookie manager for more details.
TOFFEE TASTICS & S’MORES Welcome Toffee Tastics and S’mores back to the line up! •
Toffee-tastic and S’mores will be on the printed girl order card. • After initial order these varieties will be available while supplies last.
• Toffee-tastic and S’mores are specialty cookies.
GOAL SETTING Encourage your Girl Scout to set personal goals in addition to her sales goal. Set personal goals such as: •
Call parents’ friends to ask if they are interested in purchasing Girl Scout Cookies.
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Make a poster or sign for a parent to post at work.
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Sort the cookies for each customer.
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Count money to learn money management skills.
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Write a personal thank you note for each customer.
Look at the rewards with your Girl Scout and have her set a goal based on what she would like to earn. Has your troop set a goal? Is your troop • Toffee-tastic and trying to earn funds for a specific activity? Sharing S’mores will also be this with customers is a great way to tell the Girl available to customers Scout story and through Digital Cookie. ask people to purchase. Girls that sell 100 packages of Operation: Cookie Drop cookies will earn this Pawsitively Operation: Cookie Drop allows customers to support • All girls may participate in Purrfect Leopard Operation: Cookie Drop. military personnel by purchasing packages of Tin. cookies to be delivered to active and retired military • Girls may collect money throughout central Indiana. This year we are also for Operation: Cookie Drop from extending the project to first responders. January 12-March 17. Girls In 2018, over 96,000 packages of cookies were that sell • Purchase items to promote delivered to: 48 packages of Operation: Cookie Drop at your local Operation: Cookie Camp Atterbury Indiana Department of Shop. Drop cookies will Veteran Affairs Connection Point • Some of our top selling Operation: earn this Shine Church Military Support National Guard Cookie Drop Girl Scouts are asked to Bright Group Armories join us in presenting cookies to our Case. Disabled American Vets Stout Field military and first responders. Girls that (DAV) USO sell 24 packages • If your Girl Scout is interested Hoosier Veteran’s of Operation: Veteran’s Opportunities in joining us, go to our website Assistance Foundation Cookie Drop cookies Women Veterans and submit her information. (HVAF) will earn a cool patch!
OPERATION: COOKIE DROP
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NONPROFIT US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 5677 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Leadership and Learning Center 7201 Girl Scout Lane Indianapolis, IN 46214
DIGITAL COOKIE 4.0 Digital Cookie gives girls the opportunity to sell cookies online through the Digital Cookie platform. Customers are able to have cookies shipped to them (shipping charges do apply), donate to Operation: Cookie Drop, or NEW THIS YEAR, have your Girl Scout deliver them! Please note that the option for girl delivery is only available during initial order time (until January 25). If a customer requests girl delivery, you will need to approve the order as soon as possible AND add those cookies to your girl’s order card so they are included in your first cookie pickup.
Important dates January 3 • Registration emails sent January 12 • Digital Cookie order taking starts March 17 • Digital Cookie order taking closes Get started: Make sure your Girl Scout’s registration information is complete and accurate. Check our website, www.girlscoutsindiana.org/cookies for more information or to notify us if you did not receive a Digital Cookie registration email. Key required fields for Digital Cookie participation: Parent/caregiver email Girl grade address: the registration Troop number link will be sent to this Parent/caregiver first email address and last name Girl date of birth
Money/receipt process •
Money is collected when cookies are delivered.
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Cookies cannot be returned. Parents/guardians are financially responsible for all cookies ordered.
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Turn in money as you go, do not write one personal check to your Girl Scout’s troop for your orders.
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Protect yourself! Every time you pick up cookies from your troop cookie manager and/or give him/her money, be sure to get a receipt, and keep all receipts for your records. Do not take cookies from your troop cookie manager or give them money without receiving a receipt.
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Customers should make checks payable to your daughter’s Girl Scout troop.
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Your troop may choose not to take checks. If so, ask your Girl Scout’s leader how you can take credit cards instead.
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Do not keep large amounts of cash in your possession. Make frequent visits to your troop cookie manager to turn in money.
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Customers pay for cookies at time of delivery.