Parent Meeting

Parent/Family Meeting Girl Scout Family

With support and encouragement from her family, there's no stopping a Girl Scout!

The greatest key to cookie success is parent involvement. Schedule a Parent/Family Meeting for engaging girls and their families in their Girl Scout Cookie Program experience.

This is the perfect opportunity to secure required paperwork, establish timelines, answer question and encourage other adult involvement. The Cookie Program is the best time to allow other adults in the troop to put their daily skills to use. Do you have a banker in the ranks? They can help count the money girls turn in each week and write deposits. Have a computer technician amongst you? They can manage the much needed input in Smart Cookies. Or maybe your troop takes on booth sales. Adults are always needed to help mentor girls as the continue to grow their people skills, money management and business ethics.

Access the AMAZING! Cookie Program Family Meeting Guides available on the GSKH website. These guides provide:

• Age Level specific information • Step-by-step agenda • What to talk about • What to bring • A Virtual Guide if needed Product Program Permission Form: Parents/ Caregivers sign/initial a permission form BEFORE their Girl Scout receives cookies to deliver and sell. Adults living in separate households, who will both be assisting their Girl Scout with the Cookie Program, will each need to sign/initial a 2022-2023 Product Program Participation Permission Form.

Financial Responsibility: Let girls and adults know that they are financially responsible for the cookies they receive. Troops are not obligated to let girls return cookies to the troop. Cookies may not be returned to the cupboards or council. Adults should only take the amount of cookies they want to be responsible for financially. Let them know they can pick up more cookies as needed.

Additional Cookies

• Let girls and parents know they can get more cookies. BUT. They need to contact YOU, the

Troop Cookie Manager, according to the time table you set for ordering more cookies for the troop. Remember, Planned Orders are due in the online system each Sunday at midnight.

Parents may not pickup cookies at a cupboard unless the Troop Cookie Manager has given prior permission. Cookies cannot be returned (see page 12 about Distribution). • If needed, the Troop Cookie Manager will place a Planned Order with a cookie cupboard. It’s a good idea to check with other girls in the troop to see if they have extra cookies before placing a cupboard order (see page 14 - 15 for

Inventory Management and Cupboards). • Make sure adults understand that the Gluten

Free Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies are a limited cookie and are only available while supplies last in council cupboards.

The combined approach of the pre-sale and direct sale formats enable troops to reach their goals while reducing the stress on parents and troops in maintaining a safer and more sensible level of inventory during the season. Taking on this combined approach has also made it possible for girls to maintain a higher per girl average (PGA). The council PGA continues to hold around 290 pkgs per girl each year.