COOKIE PROGRAM OVERVIEW

We’re working like busy bees to make sure this year’s Cookie Program is fun, safe, and flexible. Here are the highlights: Meet Bree, the Honeybee! We think this year’s cookie mascot is just the bee’s knees! Bees like Bree are super-important pollinators for flowers, fruits, and veggies. She’s quick, active, and very adaptable—just like our cookie sellers!

Introducing the new Toast-Yay! cookie: With its comforting flavor and delicious icing, this French toast-inspired cookie is sure to bring moments of joy to cookie lovers!

We’ll cover your Smart Cookies credit card fees. The Smart Cookies credit card feature is now even sweeter! To support contactless payments, Girl Scouts River Valleys will cover the fees for girl and troop credit card transactions when they use Smart Cookies to process payments.

50% off Smart Cookies direct ship shipping fees when a customer: 1) chooses the direct ship option and 2) purchases at least six packages of cookies or more.

More contactless payment options: Girls are able to collect online payment from friends and family that purchase cookies through her cookie link in Smart Cookies. Families are also able to use contactless pay when paying troops for their cookie inventory. (Will driving to the bank soon be a thing of the past?) Some resources have moved to online-only. In response to COVID-19 and its ongoing guidance changes, we’ve changed some of our resources to be online-only, like this Troop Cookie Manager Guidebook and both the Troop and Family Cookie Responsibility Forms.

Plus, we’ve created some great online tools to best help families participate in the cookie sale—like a Participation Options Chart and a real-time Cookie Dial that highlights the cookie sales options that follow community guidance.

“Bee” a sister through the rewards program! This year, girls can give back through rewards. At select reward levels, girls have the opportunity to donate to pollinator protection.

So long, S’mores! This is the final cookie season for Girl Scout S’mores, so be sure to stock up. (But that means a new cookie is coming for 2022...wait, did we just say 2022?!)

INTRODUCING: THE COOKIE DIAL

Check out our Cookie Dial on Cookie Central. The dial will be updated to alert both volunteers and families on how sales activities are impacted when any program participation changes occur. Under the dial, you will find a list of cookie activities which are currently allowed (and those on pause, if applicable).

2. Key Duties

We hope you’re excited! As a troop cookie manager, you have a large role, but we truly believe the benefits of helping girls learn new skills and grow their confidence, is just as big of a reward.

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ROLE OVERVIEW

READ THE COOKIE PRESS

Distribute Materials

QR Codes

SET GOALS

Tips for Setting Troop Goals 2021 Cookie Proceeds Tips for Setting Girl Goals

HOST A FAMILY COOKIE BUSINESS MEETING

Meeting Activity Ideas

COOKIE RALLY WORK WITH GIRLS AND FAMILIES MANAGE SMART COOKIES SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTE GIRL REWARDS

As a troop cookie manager, your main responsibility is to oversee the Cookie Program for your troop. That means running what is known as a Family Cookie Business Meeting, helping girls to set goals, managing the cookie inventory, and distributing rewards. To help you complete these duties, bookmark Cookie Central for a wealth of cookie resources: cupboard schedules, online training, a Smart Cookies Guide and tutorials, real-time updates and more. Trust us, it will be your BFF during cookie season.

READ THE COOKIE PRESS

This weekly blog contains all the timely information you need, when you need it. A reminder email will notify you when a new edition has been posted for the week. We highly recommend that you read it for reminders, alerts, and inspirational stories to keep you going. And of course, always feel free to reach out to your service unit cookie manager. They are here to help you along the way!

DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS

Your service unit cookie manager will distribute these materials to you:

RESOURCES FOR YOU TO KEEP:

Troop Cookie Companion Receipt booklets Cookie Booth & Sales Kit: You’ll find cookie selling tools, like a display poster, booth guide, booth tally sheet, and a “contactless payments accepted” sign. One package of the new Toast-Yay cookie for your girls to sample. Please follow all food safety guidance by only handing out cookies in individually-wrapped portions (like a sandwich baggie).

RESOURCES TO HAND OUT TO GIRLS (ONE EACH PER GIRL):

⚬ Rewards flier ⚬ Business card sheet ⚬ Door hanger sheet ⚬ Money envelope ⚬ Family Guide ⚬

Order card (additional order cards can be provided if needed)

IS YOUR TROOP LOOKING FOR MORE MATERIALS?

We plan to have sales resources (business cards, door hangers. etc.) available to order online and have shipped to your home. Watch for details in upcoming editions of The Cookie Press.

QR CODES

You will note many of our resources have a space for girls and troops to paste in their QR code. This unique code will take customers right to the girl’s or troop’s sales site to make payment and order. We plan to email these codes to each interested girl. For troop QR codes, we’ll show you how to make your own! Watch for details on these QR codes in The Cookie Press.