Host Your Own Booth

Booths are usually scheduled by the troop, but this year, we're encouraging families to take the lead and organize their own booths or drive-through pick-ups too! REMINDER that booth sales, and door-to-door sales, must be within the confines of Badgerland Council's membership area. Not sure? Ask us: info@gsbadgerland.org Booths can be held at retail stores, grocery stores, hair salons, churches, parking lots (with safety protocols) or other places with lots of foot traffic. Reach out to the store or property management ahead of time and request to set up a time for your family to sell Girl Scout Cookies. Be sure to let your Troop Cookie Coordinator know when and where you'll be hosting a public booth so they can it listed in the Cookie Finder app. Check the list of councilsecured booth locations on our website to make sure you're not contacting these businesses. Troops will be able to sign up for these locations through ABC Smart Cookies ONLY.

Creative Booth Ideas for 2021

Drive-Through Booths Secure a convenient and public location (such as a local business, park or library) to host the drive-through booth. In the days leading up to the sale, the girl/troop promotes their sale via email, social media, door hangers, yard signs and other creative ways. (Hint: Include a QR code that customers can scan with their smartphone camera to be taken directly to the girl/troop's online store.) Encourage customers to place their order in advance, pay by credit card and enjoy curbside pickup. On the day of the event, customers drive to the booth location, provide their name and the girls help load their Cookie order into their vehicle. Community Walkabouts Hang flyers and door hangers around the community to let your neighbors know that Girl Scout Cookies are back and how girls are planning to sell. Set up a cookie stand in a central location in the neighborhood and invite neighbors to drop by. Share your "open times' with the community and on social media. Zoom-A-Thon The troop or individual girl schedules a social media event or livestream to reach potential customers. When it's time, the girl "goes live" on Facebook or Instagram (with proper supervision) and drives business to their online Smart Cookies store.

Virtual Booth A troop-secured booth that you hold online for local delivery of cookies to customers OR create a location for pickup. You can even create a "virtual" booth along side an in-person booth to take "preorders" from customers so they can drop by your in person booth and simply pick up their cookies already ordered. Entering a Virtual booth in Smart cookies is exactly like a troop-secured booth except that you also click the "virtual booth" box during set up.

& GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!

A New Partnership Girl Scouts is excited to partner with GrubHub...in Badgerland and around the country! This year, some customers will be able to have their Girl Scout Cookies delivered right to their front door. Details on how it works are on our website.

Money is collected from customers at the time of the order. Parents are financially responsible for all cookies received until they turn it in to their Troop Cookie Coordinator (weekly) and get a copy of their signed receipt. CREDIT CARD - Contactless! Plus, sales are stronger when customers have the option to use a credit card. y Smart Cookies App y Online Sales: Customer can also use girl's unique Smart Cookies store link to place and pay for their order with a credit card and select whether they want girl delivery (new in 2021), or pay to have the cookies shipped directly to them. y For in-person sales: girls and troops can take payments using their Smart Cookies app. The customer simply selects Girl Delivery and she hands over the cookies. Simple as that. Badgerland covers all credit card fees for transactions through Smart Cookies, saving the troop some money. y For booth sales, the booth must be listed in the Smart Cookies Booth Scheduler in order to take payment using Smart Cookies. y Square Reader or PayPal Account y Troops can take credit cards out in the field or at booth sales using a Square device, PayPal account. y Credit card readers are not provided by Badgerland. Troops are responsible for all transactional fees charged by the company. y For more information on these choices, contact our Customer Care team: info@gsbadgerland.org or 800.236.2710.

CASH - Wear gloves and use hand sanitizer when handling cash CHECK - Checks must be written out to the troop or Girl Scouts of WI - Badgerland (not to the parent or girl)