A resource to keep and refer to throughout the cookie season.
Girl Scouts San Diego
Family Cookie Guide
New Rewards Update! See page 10
Dear Girl Scout families, 2021 will be remembered as a year like no other, and our Girl Scouts found their way forward making the most of a traumatic time. Braving isolation and uncertainty, our Girl Scouts developed their cookie businesses during a pandemic and then rallied their resources to support first responders, essential workers, friends, families, and communities in need. While providing remarkable experiences is mission critical, safety for girls and volunteers has remained our top priority. Amid changing circumstances, our hardworking staff is compiling and sharing program information as quickly as possible for the 2022 Cookie Program. Shifting when required, together we will provide a fun, rewarding, and safe cookie program for all, where: •
Girls learn five essential life and business skills (goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics) and grow in confidence and leadership.
•
Proceeds fuel Girl Scout adventures and community service. 100% of cookie proceeds stay here to fund local service projects, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs and badge work, camp, outdoor exploration, and so much more.
•
We bring smiles and a bit of normalcy to our community. Life becomes a little brighter, and our community appreciates that Girl Scouting continues and the cookie program is not cancelled.
•
Safety continues to be our first priority and families participate at their comfort level.
When our girls join forces as cookie entrepreneurs, they are unstoppable, and each of us has a role to play to help them succeed. As we approach this unique cookie season with grace and patience, we have an opportunity to set strong examples for our girls. Use this guide to start planning for an historical cookie season and keep it handy for referral throughout the coming weeks. Together, we can discover ways forward because we are collaborative and Girl Scout strong. Climb with Courage!
Carol M Dedrich, MBA, CFRE Chief Executive Officer
2
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
Rita Datko Board Chair
5
Cookie program is for the whole family
7
Meet the cookies
8
Operation Thin MintSM
9
Girl Scout Cookies give back
9
7 6
10 Girl rewards
10
12
Digital Cookie
13
Up your cookie game
14
Cookie badges and achievements
16
Ways to market your cookies
17
Caregivers, be informed be prepared
18
Safety first, concerning COVID-19
14
19
Important things to know about the cookie program
18
20 Cookie Fun!
20 FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
3
Girl Scout Cookies
An incredible opportunity for girls to do extraordinary things A girl finds sisterhood and connection during our Girl Scout Cookie Program. She may start insecure and quiet, but through the relationships she builds with other girls, her family, her troop, and her customers, she develops confidence. She sets goals and is inspired to Climb with Courage to reach and exceed them. Participating in the program gives girls an entrepreneurial edge! Encouraging an interest in entrepreneurship builds curiosity, confidence, and problem-solving skills—qualities that prepare girls for academic and career success. As your Girl Scout runs her own cookie business, she’ll gain five skills along the way that she’ll use the rest of her life. All dollars earned stay local to help power new and unique experiences for girls: a trip they’ll never forget, a service project that will change their communities forever, or building a lifetime of memories at camp.
Girls learn
4
GOAL SETTING
DECISION MAKING
MONEY MANAGEMENT
To set goals and create a plan to reach them.
To make decisions on their own and as a team.
To create a budget and handle money.
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
PEOPLE SKILLS
To be confident through customer interactions.
BUSINESS ETHICS
To act ethically, both in business and life.
Girl Scouts is fun for the whole family! Tailor your cookie experience
We understand how busy you are! Determine the ideal participation level for your family by selecting from the many options for girls, and/or talk with the troop leader or cookie manager. Just want to participate online with Digital Cookie? That’s OK!
Support your Girl Scout
Encourage goal-setting. Guide your Girl Scout to set practical goals about what she hopes to learn and earn. • Ask about her troop’s goal, and help her set a personal goal. • Encourage her to share her goal with customers. They want to help her succeed! Support her participation. Be by her side as she develops the confidence to ask people for their support. • Help her practice a marketing pitch. • Accompany her while she talks with customers and delivers cookies. • Help her network with family and friends, allowing her to make the actual “ask.” Volunteer! Support your Girl Scout’s goals, along with her troop’s, by chaperoning at cookie booths, picking up cookies, and sorting rewards. Adults 18 years of age and older can volunteer in a variety of roles to support their girls and experience Girl Scouts through their eyes. Whether helping out at meetings, joining girls on field trips, guiding girls’ Individually Registered Member (IRM) journeys, or even becoming a troop leader, volunteers inspire today’s girls to become tomorrow’s leaders. Visit sdgirlscouts.org/volunteer to learn more.
Follow sdgirlscouts…
…and share your story!
Showcase cookie entrepreneurs’ leadership savvy and plans for cookiefunded Girl Scout adventures and community service projects! Tag us in social media with #gssdcookies or #gssdcookieboss and submit your stories for an exclusive patch.
Last year’s submissions were packed with inspiring stories of perseverance from Girl Scouts who utilized new skills while overcoming unique challenges: “This year all my family was part of my cookie success story. We decorated our yard with signs and our cars with stickers. After I was done with my homework, my mom and I walked our neighborhood advertising my business. Because of COVID, there were many restrictions, but our marketing skills helped me meet my goal twice.” —Daisy Girl Scout, Victoria “I created a personal goal of 300 because of COVID. I posted signs around my neighborhood and placed door signs on everyone’s door. I was at half my goal before we picked up cookies. I raised my goal to 425. I had a lemonade stand and posted signs so people outside my neighborhood would come and support me…I was able to meet my goal by talking to all my customers and telling them how close I was to my goal.” —Brownie Girl Scout, Natalie FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
5
CLIMB WITH COURAGE DURING the 2022 Cookie Program Important information Troop cookie manager contact info: _______________________________________________________________
Date/time/location to submit additional orders to TCM: _______________________________________________________________
Will the troop accept checks:___________________
Will the troop accepts credit cards at cookie booths: _______________
Will the troop accept cookies to be returned to the TCM. (If so, by what date and how many packages?) _____________________________
With Special Thanks Girl Scout Cookies® thru March 13
Empower Girls to Reach their Dreams!
sdgirlscouts.org/cookies
Thank you to Ronson Shamoun, of RJS Law, for generously donating cookie billboards during the 2022 Girl Scout cookie season!
6
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
With gratitude to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for making our cover shoot possible.
2021–2022 Girl Scout Cookies
®
adventurefuls™
• Real Cocoa
Indulgent brownie-inspired cookies with caramel flavored crème and a hint of sea salt. Approximately 15 cookies per 6.3 oz. pkg.
NEW!
lemon-ups®
NATURALLY FLAVORED WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS
Crispy lemon cookies baked with inspiring messages to lift your spirits. Approximately 12 cookies per 6.2 oz. pkg.
do-si-dos®
• Made with Natural Flavors • Real Peanut Butter • Whole Grain Oats
Oatmeal sandwich cookies with peanut butter filling. Approximately 20 cookies per 8 oz. pkg.
girl scout s’mores® Graham sandwich cookies with chocolate and marshmallowy filling. Approximately 16 cookies per 8.5 oz. pkg.
• Made with Natural Flavors • Real Cocoa
samoas®
• Real Cocoa • Real Coconut
Crisp cookies with caramel, coconut and dark chocolaty stripes. Approximately 15 cookies per 7.5 oz. pkg.
trefoils®
• No Artificial Flavors
Rich, buttery cookies with sweet, crunchy toffee bits. Approximately 14 cookies per 6.7 oz. pkg.
• Real Cocoa • Real Peanut Butter
Crispy cookies layered with peanut butter and covered with a chocolaty coating. Approximately 15 cookies per 6.5 oz. pkg.
thin mints®
Traditional shortbread cookies. Approximately 38 cookies per 9 oz. pkg.
® toffee-tastic GLUTEN-FREE
tagalongs®
• Made with Vegan Ingredients • Real Cocoa
Crisp, chocolaty cookies made with natural oil of peppermint. Approximately 30 cookies per 9 oz. pkg.
All our cookies have... • NO High-Fructose Corn Syrup • NO Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs) • Zero Grams Trans Fat per Serving • RSPO Certified (Mass Balance) Palm Oil • Halal Certification
The GIRL SCOUTS® name and mark, and all other associated trademarks and logotypes, including but not limited to GIRL SCOUT COOKIES,® THIN MINTS,® TREFOILS,® GIRL SCOUT S’MORES,® LEMON-UPS,® ADVENTUREFULS™, Girl Scout Cookie Program,® and the Trefoil Design, are owned by Girl Scouts of the USA. Little Brownie Bakers LLC is an official GSUSA licensee. The LITTLE BROWNIE BAKERS® name and mark, and all associated trademarks, including SAMOAS,® TAGALONGS,® DO-SI-DOS® and TOFFEE-TASTIC® are registered trademarks of Ferequity Inc., an affiliate of Ferrero International, S.A. © 2021 Ferequity Inc. All Rights Reserved. CWC_042621
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
7
Celebrating 21 years of Operation Thin Mint
SM
From Girl Scout Troops to Military Troops
GOA 200,0 L: dona 00 tions a notecnd ards!
Through our council-wide service project, Operation Thin MintSM (OTM), customers send a taste of home to U.S. service men and women around the world. Since 2002, generous San Diego and Imperial Valley residents have contributed more than 3.7 million packages of cookies and countless handwritten notes to grateful troops and veterans in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and National Guard. Our goal is to send 200,000 packages this year! Donations are tax-deductible.
Notes to show we care Ask girls and customers to write encouraging messages for cookie recipients. To send one note with each package, we’ll need about 100 per Girl Scout troop! Download and print blank OTM cards from our website.
How OTM works Girls...
o Invite all potential cookie customers to donate to OTM. o Collect any in person any donations and record contributions in transaction log or the “Cookie Packages Donated” column of the order card. o Invite customers to donate online via Digital Cookie. o Send an electronic receipt by entering customers’ email addresses and donation amounts at sdgirlscouts.org/2022otmreceipt. Use this QR code for quick access! Troop cookie managers collect OTM money and record donations. Girl Scouts San Diego purchases OTM cookies and ships them directly to military installations and veterans. All monetary donations during the cookie program (not exchanged for cookies) must be designated for OTM.
Free! OTM Sendoff Family Festival (pending public health guidelines) Saturday, May 14, 2022 • USS Midway Museum
Invite your cookie customers to join Girl Scouts and their families as we celebrate our local service project Operation Thin Mint’sSM anniversary at the USS Midway! This exciting event will feature music, family-friendly activities, and opportunities for photos and to thank service members.
Girls earn OTM rewards Girls in troops that opt out of rewards are not eligible to earn the OTM sunglasses or T-shirt. They are eligible to earn the patch. OTM package credits are cumulative and also count toward regular girl rewards and troop proceeds! 8
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
OTM patch 12+ OTM package credits
OTM sunglasses 24+ OTM package credits
OTM T-shirt 100+ OTM package credits
How the cookies crumble 100% of cookie proceeds stay in San Diego and Imperial counties to benefit local Girl Scouts! The Girl Scout Cookie Program provides the financial assistance that keeps Girl Scouting available and affordable to all girls. It is also the largest source of funding for volunteer training, our facilities, and core leadership experiences. Girls who participate in the cookie program enrich experiences for their Girl Scout sisters of today and tomorrow. They earn rewards for themselves and money for troop adventures, activities, and community service projects, and for councilwide Girl Scout programs.
Service to girls (program activities, volunteer training, camps, financial assistance) Cost of cookies, program materials and events
$2.60+ $1.17 75¢ $1.00
Girl rewards
Note: Girl Scouts San Diego does not receive any portion of girl and adult members’ $25 annual membership dues, which are retained by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA).
23¢ (Based on $5 cookies)
Troop proceeds (service projects, camp, activities, travel, etc.)
Entrepreneurs with Empathy: Caring for Our Community! Entrepreneurs with Empathy began in 2020 when hundreds of generous Girl Scouts whose reward events were canceled due to COVID-19 elected to forgo their reward in lieu of donating the cost to various organizations. Their philanthropic resulteed in much needed donations made to local charitites including Sharp HealthCare Foundation, Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, and the San Diego Humane Society, and many paid it forward to Girl Scouts San Diego, so girls who might not otherwise be able to afford it could be a part of this amazing organization. The response by girls and recipients alike was overwhelmingly positive, so Entrepreneurs with Empathy continues. Options begin with the 650+ package level. Girls receive a thank you certificate and patch from us, and recognition from the recipient organization. Watch our website and your in-box for the debut of the patch design and list of recipient organizations for 2022. Patches, certificate and recipients shown are from 2021.
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
9
Girl Scouts San Diego 2022 Cookie Program Rewards Climbing with Courage Participation Patch
ALL REWARDS ARE CUMULATIVE!
Koala Plush AND 2021-2022 Product Programs Patch
12+ pkgs
Annual eligibility requirement for CEO letter of recommendation
Bandana
Ko
60+ pkgs
Climb with Courage Kite 300+ pkgs
(if eligibility met)
Samoas Hoodie
250+ pkgs
Beach T
375+ pkgs
450+ p
ns
tatio Limi ly app
Night at the Theater
All ages, overnight event Saturday, August 13 at Cinépolis Information about limited volunteer chaperone opportunities to come
Girl Scout Summer Camp Reserve your spot with a $25 deposit; refundable once you Summer Camp reach your 1000 package goal!
or
or
Nintendo Switch Lite with Mario Kart
Club 650
Includes Club 650 party at Dave & Busters, Club 650 letterman sweater and patch Saturday, June 4
Party is a private, dropoff event for all ages. Dave & Busters will be closed to the general public, including parents and siblings. Girl Scouts San Diego will provide chaperones
or
Skateboard $50 Cookie Buck Program Credits
or
650+ pkgs
10
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
Color may vary
$50 Cookie Buck Program Credits or
Entrepreneurs with Empathy 800+ pkgs
Disneyland Adv Experienc
Saturday, April Single-day, one-park e for all ages
Information about limited chaperone opportunities
or
$100 Cookie B Program Cre
or
Cricut
1500+ pkgs
or
Karaoke Machine or
$200 Cookie Buck Program Credits or
Entrepreneurs with Empathy 1000+ pkgs
Girl Scouts San Executive Expe 2022+ pkgs
Operation Thin MintSM
Koala Journal 110+ pkgs
Towel
Water Bottle 160+ pkgs
Koala Slipper Socks 200+ pkgs
OTM Patch 12+ OTM pkgs
Water resistant fabrid
OTM Shirt
OTM Sunglasses
100+ OTM pkgs
24+ OTM pkgs
Digital Cookie Rewards
Camp Duffle AND Camp Cushion 525+ pkgs
pkgs
Digital Cookie packages also count toward the cumulative girl rewards!
Digital Cookie Patch
venture ce
Leaf Pouch
18+ Digital Cookie emails
75+ Digital Cookie pkgs
Mini Koala Clip-on
Crossbody Cell Phone Tote
30 experience
Samoas Adventures Please!
d volunteer s to come
Buck edits
n Diego erience
DSLR Camera and Photography Workshop
Date TBD in coordination with all girls who select reward
July 2022 Destination TBD in. coordination with all girls who select reward Girl Scouts San Diego staff chaperoned event.
140+ Digital Cookie pkgs
275+ Digital Cookie pkgs
or
Mac Computer
or
or
Entrepreneurs with Empathy 3000+ pkgs
Entrepreneurs with Empathy 4500+ pkgs
Note: Items pictured may not be exact; comparable models will be purchased. Digital Cookie and Operation Thin MintSM packages count toward cumulative girl rewards.
Updated March 21, 2022 FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
11
Basics
Digital Cookie is the customizable order-taking website for Girl Scout Cookies. Girls personalize their individual pages with their goals and share their pages with friends and family. Customers can either pay for shipping or have the Girl Scouts they purchase from deliver their orders. After setting up their profiles from their webpages, girls can use the Digital Cookie mobile app to check their goal progress, access safety and selling tips, place new orders for customers, and share their site URLs via email.
Digital Cookie rewards
Girls in troops that opt out of rewards are not eligible to earn the cleaf pouch, koala clip, or crossbody tote; however, they are eligible to earn the patch. Digital Cookie packages are cumulative and also count toward regular girl rewards and troop proceeds! (page 11) • Digital Cookie patch 12+ Digital Cookie emails • Leaf Pouch 75+ Digital Cookie packages • Mini Koala Clip-On 140+ Digital Cookie packages • Crossbody Cell Phone Tote 275+ Digital Cookie packages
Important features
• Girls earn additional rewards for using Digital Cookie. • Caregivers have the ability to turn off the girl delivery option. • Girls can indicate if they are out of a particular variety. • Faster transactions! The Digital Cookie mobile app now features OCR scanning technology. It can be used for credit card payments easily during booths, door-to-door, or other in-person activities on a smartphone.
Online safety
Safety is key in everything we do! Girls may use the internet only to market the cookie program to friends and family. Before engaging in any online activities, caregivers should discuss and review the GSUSA Internet Safety Pledge and online/ email marketing guidelines from GSUSA.
Customized webpage
Digital Cookie provides a sleek, well-designed, and informative storefront to engage customers and by adding their own twist girls learn eCommerce skills to market their cookies more effectively. 12
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
Girls: Here’s How to Participate in Digital Cookie
Up Your Cookie Game to Get to the Next Level Know the cookie varieties.
Use this knowledge to convince customer to order more. “Did you know Thin Mints are vegan? We have two cookie varieties with peanut butter: Tagalongs have chocolate, and Do-Si-Dos don’t, and our newest cookies are Adventurefuls.”
Say thank you.
Pre-write thank you cards with your unique Digital Cookie link. Customers can use the link to reorder later in the season.
Set a goal.
Set small, achievable goals throughout the season to reach your big goal. “Today, I will send three Digital Cookie emails and go door-to-door for one hour.”
Wear a Girl Scout vest.
Show your Girl Scout spirit by wearing cookie swag.
Promote Operation Thin MintSM.
Encourage them to donate toward our goal of 200,000 packages to celebrate the 21st anniversary. Offer to send customers a digital donation receipt for tax purposes. Keep notecards available and ask them if they’d like to send a message to the troops with their donation. COVID-19 consideration: Ask customers to mail their notecard directly to Girl Scouts San Diego (address printed on notecards).
oPE A ta
Share
RAT
ste
phot os:
IoN
of h ome and a
fac eboo
k.c om
/sd
girlsc outs
• ot m
THI
note
NM
INT
to s
@s dgirls cout s.o rg
how we ca
• 12 31 Up as
St.,
San
Dieg
o, CA
oPERATIo A taste of
SM
re
9210 3
N THIN MIN
home and a note to sho w
Share photos : facebook.com
/sdgirlscouts
T
SM
we care
• otm@s dgirlscouts.o rg • 1231 Upas St., San Diego, CA 92103
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
12
okie and Co each year! badge Find out how to earn all these badges* by
THIS COOKIE SEASON, getting The Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting and checking out your Financial Literacy and All About That Badge! Find out how to badges. earn all these badges by Cookie Business ADD TO YOUR SKILLS! THIS COOKIE SEASON, In addition to learning and practicing skills to last a lifetime, each girlGuide can to earn annual pin getting The Girl's Girlan Scouting and *
e. Technology f. Money Management
ADD TO YOUR SKILLS!
t
checking yourProgram. Financial Literacy and entrepreneurial badges for participation in the Girl Scout out Cookie Badgesg.and are Safetya great Cookie Business badges. way for a girl to remember every adventure and show the world what she’s accomplished. COOKIE BUSINESS BADGES FINANCIAL LITERACY BADGES Learn e. Technology more at girlscouts.org/badgeexplorer. f. Money Management
nt
g. Safety
DAISY
COOKIE BUSINESS BADGES
FINANCIAL LITERACY BADGES
DAISY BROWNIE BROWNIE JUNIOR JUNIOR CADETTE CADETTE SENIOR SENIOR AMBASSADOR AMBASSADOR Learn how to earn the latest Cookie Activity pin for all levels, found on the Girl Scout Website at http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_activity.asp
*
Money Madness Patch Program:
Learn how to earn the latest Cookie Activity pin for all levels, found on the Girl Scout Website at http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_activity.asp
21
*
Take a “cents-ible” and entertaining approach to financial literacy with these patch programs designed to help young Girl Scouts learn about currency, earning, saving, and spending. Find separate Money Madness guidelines for Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors at sdgirlscouts.org/patchprograms. Patches available in Girl Scout shops. 14
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
at Available our local shop.
21
COOKIE ACHIEVEMENTS!
VIP Visitor patch
Girl Scouts San Diego board and staff members will present this exclusive patch (limit, 1,000) to girls who conduct themselves professionally and wear their Girl Scout uniform while marketing cookies.
Cookie keepsake coin
The top 100 Girl Scout San Diego cookie participants will receive an exclusive keepsake coin.
Cookie Program Lifetime Achievement Award
Girls receive a certificate when they reach 1,000, 2,500, and 5,000 total recorded packages over the course of their cookie program careers at Girl Scouts San Diego. Show the certificate at our stores to purchase a Lifetime Achievement patch.
CEO Letter of Recommendation
Girls in high school may request a personalized letter of recommendation from our CEO when they earn a participation patch every year they have been a member and complete an online form. These letters are a great way to build a resume when completing college or scholarship applications! FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
15
There are many fun ways to market your cookies!
You are the Cookie Boss! Booths
Starting Friday, Feb. 11, you can set up shop outside preapproved private commercial locations (e.g., grocery stores, banks, shopping malls), where cookie customers can see girls using their business skills. Cookie booths must be coordinated by troop cookie managers and may occur only at locations approved by Girl Scouts San Diego and legally open to, accessible, and safe for all girls and potential customers. Visit our website for up-to-date information on booths during the 2022 season.
Door Hanger PACKS Includes 50 pre-cut hangers to fill out with your goal and an adult’s contact information. Visit our council shops $5.95 to purchase.
It ’s G ir l S co u
t
Gir Plea
se
fill
l Sc out C
in th
ore
e nu
mbe
vari
r of
LEM
____ __/$ 5
e
____ __/$ 5
____ __/$ 5
Girl S
d ric
h!
TAGA
pack ag
Pea LONG nut S bu ____ pattie tter s __/$ 5 pa ckag e
e
cout Co
Sp
ecia
okies
like:
DO
i-D Pea OS ® san nu dw t bu ich tte coo r ART IFIC kie
NO
____ OR COLIALORSFLAVORS s __/$ 5 pa ckag e
S®
lty
coo Girl Sc ® out:__ kie ______ s ______ ______ GI ______ Ch S’MRL SCOU My goa First nam ______ocolat ORES T l is: ___ e only ___ e, ma gra ______ ham___ rsh__ ______ coo mallow kie ______ y s Email ___ TO ______ ____ FFEE order __/$ ___ to: ___ Glu -TAST Refer 6___ ___ ten pack ______ -fre IC To to age yo ______ e lea ______ rn moreur cookie Call in ______ visit pack your ord ____ ______ littleb ag __/$ er to: __ row e for the 6 pa ______ nie ckag .co mo ______ st cu m e ______ rre nt nu ______ trit _____ ion O al
THIN MIN Cri sp, TS ® and choco ____ mi lat __/$ nty! y 5 pa ckag e
TM
NO
ART
IFIC OR IAL FLAV COL ORS ORS
NO
Th
an
ky
Girl Sco door. uts: Please Do secure unintent not place on car the order ionally han windsh create ield or ger card to litter. the places where customer’s it mig ht
ou
fo r
TM
ART
IFIC OR IAL FLAV COL ORS ORS
pera
inform
tio donn Thin ati on Mint $__ ____ ____ __
yo
ur
o rd
ation
.
SM
er!
To learn more marketing ideas go to sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/for-cookie-entrepreneurs.html#digitalcookie
• Reach out to your family and friends! • Go door-to-door! • Set up a standabout! • Ask businesses! • Host a Cookie House Party! 16
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
Every girl and troop should participate at the level comfortable to them.
Cookies in hand
Customers pay girls and receive their cookies immediately.
Order card
Girls may take orders for packages they will deliver later. Cookie pro tip: Always keep order cards in your purse, car, cookie wagon, etc. Running out of cookies or not being able to carry enough packages for all potential customers is never a problem for girls if they bring an order card along.
ies ®
you wou ld
-S
pack ag
e
MOA
y an
s
TREF OI
sho Tradit LS ® rtb rea ional d coo kie
pack ag
SA
Chew
Co ok
etie
pack ag
es
ON
coo Crispy -UPS TM ins kies lem piring baked on me wit ssa h ges
How Girls Participate
Girls may leave an order card in a visible spot at their caregiver’s workplace, accompanied by a note from them outlining their goal and plans for the proceeds. Even if an adult helps make the connection, it is the girl’s responsibility to fill all orders, oversee their delivery, and thank her customers!
Digital Cookie
Girls receive orders through their personalized Digital Cookie website where options for shipping or girl delivery are available. More details at sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/for-cookie-entrepreneurs.html#digitalcookie
Caregivers, Be Informed, Be Prepared • • • • •
Review ways to participate, benefits, basic facts and standards, and safety guidelines. Visit our website, submit the participation agreement, send a copy to your troop cookie manager. Ask your girl’s troop cookie manager (TCM) for the information below to help you complete the form. Pick up cookies from your TCM. Ask your TCM for a receipt every time you turn in money or receive cookies.
You have the right to: • •
Determine how many cookies you will accept responsibility for. While cookies may not be returned to Girl Scouts San Diego, your troop might accept returns if they can be used at cookie booths or for another girl’s inventory. Ask your TCM for details. Participate at a level that is comfortable for you and your Girl Scout, regardless of the council recommendation or troop goal.
Note: Troop proceeds belong to the troop, not individual girls, and while there is no pre-payment for cookies, troops may require payments owed before giving additional cookies.
You are responsible for: • • • •
Every cookie package picked up and signed for (by completing a receipt with your TCM). All customer payments collected, until turned in to the TCM and receive receipt for money turned in. Signing and retaining a receipt for each exchange of money/product between you and the Following through on girl delivery purchases accepted through Digital Cookie and coordinating with TCM if additional inventory is needed.
You should: • • • •
Safeguard all money collected immediately and do not send money to school with girls. Submit payments to the troop in their original form within five to seven days of receipt. If a customer pays $20 in cash, the same $20 must be given to the troop cookie manager. Do not write a check to the troop. Not accept payment from a customer using personal credit card readers or any third-party apps like Venmo, Paypal, or Zelle. Not deposit any funds into personal bank accounts (this includes using personal credit card readers); cookie funds deposited in personal accounts can be viewed as taxable income by the IRS.
COVID-19 consideration: Each troop has its own policies for money and package drop-offs, pickups, and exchanges. Connect with your troop cookie manger to see if families can make troop bank deposits directly, or if they’ve chosen to give caregivers access to pick up cookies at cupboards (access must be given by troop cookie manager only).
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
17
BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE
Safety First! The health and safety of our Girl Scout families is our top priority. Please refer to the recommendations of our county, state, and other governmental institutions when making choices regarding safety. Visit our website often for cookie program updates. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, always • Wear a mask over your nose and mouth. • Maintain social distance of six feet or more • Place signs reminding girls and customers to maintain distances, and remind them verbally. • Before, after, and during use, disinfect all high-touch surfaces (tables, handles, displays, wagons, money boxes) and any other shared equipment. Avoid using cloth or other table covers that are hard to clean at the site. • Follow sanitation and hand-washing requirements, including washing hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Girls must avoid in-person participation if: •
They or their families have been exhibiting signs of illness, such as fever, coughing, or sneezing;
•
They or anyone in their households have been exposed to COVID-19 within the previous two weeks; or
•
They or someone in their households have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and have not yet been cleared as non-contagious. If anyone involved tests positive for COVID-19 after in-person participation, immediately notify us at accidentreporting@sdgirlscouts.org or 619-298-8391.
In order to protect health, safety, and privacy, our staff will manage communications. For additional guidance, visit sdgirlscouts.org/COVID. Information for hosting in-person activities can be found under the dropdown menu COVID-19 Guidance for Volunteer-led Activities. For additional safety guidelines please visit this site: sdgirlscouts.org/en/cookies/for-cookie-entrepreneurs.html#safety
BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE SAFE • BE 20 22
FAMILY COOKIE COOKIE GUIDE GUIDE || 2021 2021 FAMILY
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2021
23
Important Things to Know about the Cookie Program Throughout the season Please model good behavior, assume good intent, and follow the Girl Scout Law: be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, respectful of others, and a sister to every Girl Scout.
Participation
All girls must be registered Girl Scouts for the 2021-2022 membership year, with a 2022 Product Program Participation Agreement submitted online.
Safety first!
Girls should: • Have adult supervision at booths (at least one registered and background-checked volunteer), standabouts, and when going door-to-door. • End the above activities by 8 p.m. • Never enter a customer’s house. • Protect their privacy by providing an adult’s contact information. • Respect authority and abide by all requests from residents, security, or law enforcement personnel(including instructions to stop marketing cookies and/or heed “no soliciting” signs).
Southern California Council Border Treaty
While girls may offer cookies to friends and family that reside within our neighboring councils’ boundaries, they may not market outside San Diego and Imperial counties. Please help us maintain our partnerships with our neighboring councils. Girls and families may not go door-to-door, hold a standabout, or a booth in Riverside, Los Angeles, or Orange counties.
Local restrictions
Cookie marketing is not permitted in the following areas: • City of Coronado (except for residential areas and approved booth locations) • Farmers markets that are not designated as booth sites • Military bases, including Camp Pendleton (regardless of caregiver access) Please help us avoid complaints from business owners and community leaders by marketing only in approved locations. Note: these guidelines are subject to change; girls should ask their troop cookie managers to relay any new restrictions that might arise during the season.
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
19
COOKIE FUN!
20
FAMILY COOKIE GUIDE | 2022
