Checklist For Training The Troop
Troop Cookie Manager’s
2013
Fill in IMPORTANT INFORMATION on the front of each girl’s order card before meeting.
DISCUSS THE FUN & IMPORTANCE OF THE COOKIE CAMPAIGN PROGRAM:
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Helps the troop realize its goal - trips, events, activities, service projects. Have each girl fill in troop plans on the top of her order card.
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Can help the girls on the new Financial Literacy & Cookie Business Badges
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Provides funds for service unit activities and events.
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PLUS girls can earn cookie patches and recognitions. Explain point system for selecting items. Your Service Unit Cookie Manager has samples
of the recognitions you may borrow to show the girls.
Cookie Program
Troop Manager's Guide Book
PRODUCT BASICS:
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All Girl Scout Cookies are $4.00 per box.
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Six varieties baked by Little Brownie Bakers.
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Approved by our national organization (GSUSA) for wholesomeness and are Kosher.
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All varieties have 0 grams of Transfat.
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Troop Proceeds - 60 cents per box. Cadette, Senior and Ambassador troops may choose recognitions or patches and 5 cents extra per box sold.
COOKIES FOR THE COMMUNITY:
Every girl scout is encouraged to ask her customer, after they have placed their order, to buy an additional box of cookies to be donated to:
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Local Food Pantry – customers write name/phone on line write # of boxes donated in the white column. If customers have not ordered other
cookies, they should pay for their donation at this time. Cookie varieties to be donated should be selected by the cookie manager to make full
cases of each variety for the initial sale
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Operation: Cookie – These donations should also be recorded in the white column on the girl order card & marked "OC." They are not to be
ordered with the initial order but are to be turned into your S.U. Managers on an Operation: Cookie form with a separate deposit slip. (These
cookies are ordered by the Council and shipped directly to the military installations by Little Brownie Bakers.) If you have any questions please call
(631) 543-6622 ext. 242 product sales.
ROLE PLAY - Have the girls act out or tell you what they would do if —
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Their name and address is asked for.
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They are asked to enter a house or car.
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
442 Moreland Road • Commack, NY 11725
(631) 543-6622 E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.gssc.us
• Someone inquires how much money they have.
• Someone says NO.
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A customer offers to pay when the order is taken.
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GIRL SCOUTS HONOR – Girls do not begin selling until January 4
Troop Cookie Managers should fill in the name of their Service Unit Cookie Manager.
DISCUSS POSSIBLE BOOTH SALE LOCATIONS AND DATES:
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Every girl who participates in a booth sale will receive a 2013 Booth Sale Patch!
DEADLINES AND THEIR IMPORTANCE:
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Make sure they know when orders and money are due. Let them know you have deadlines to meet.
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Proceeds issued to troop leader only when all product is paid for and all paperwork is completed.
TELL THEM HOW TO REACH YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS.
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Name:
Address:
Phone:
Yvonne Grant, President & CEO of Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
Product Campaigns Department
Ginger Todaro, Director of Corporate Purchasing
Eileen Driscoll, Director of Product Sales
Debbie Crossman, Cookie Committee Chairperson
Angela Murton, Administrative Assistant
Troop Cookie Manager
General Responsibility
The Troop Cookie Manager is responsible for handling the operations of the Council Cookie
Program at the troop level.
Authority and Accountability
The Troop Cookie Manager is appointed by the Troop Leader and accountable to the Service
Unit Cookie Manager.
Qualifications
Subscribes to the principles of Girl Scouts of the USA and is registered as part of the troop
committee. Willingness:
to promote enthusiasm for program.
to take necessary training.
to respect all deadlines.
to follow procedures.
WHAT CAN A GIRL DO?
Funding Your Troop's Plans & Projects
Girl Scouts, bling your booth
Step #1 Follow your Service Unit Trip Procedures
Step #2 Get permission from the Manager of the Store (location)
Step #3 Call your Service Unit Cookie Manager for permission several weeks ahead to get on the schedule.
*If you have a booth sale out of your area, you must have permission from the Service Unit Managers of
both areas. It is your responsibility to make all arrangements. Your Service Unit Cookie Manager will give
you the name of the other Service Unit Cookie Managers.
Step #4 Call the cupboard where you will pick up cookies for the booth sale, at least 1 week prior to your pick-up, with
the date, time and location of your sale. Booth Sale cookies are available at: our cupboards:
See Page 13 for schedule. Note: there are dates for pick-ups for February Booth Sales
• Council Headquarters, 543-6622
• Camp Edey, Welcome Center, 472-1625
• Riverhead Office, 369-9757
Step #5 Pick up cookies on the Thursday or Friday before your approved Booth Sale.
Step #6 Have FUN selling! Smile!
Step #7 Make your deposit at any Capital One Branch using pre-coded deposit slip.
Step #8 Return unsold cookies and the deposit slip on Monday or Tuesday to the same location where you received
them. This must be done by the date listed on the Booth Authorization Form or your troop will be charged for all
cookies taken. Receive Booth Sale Patches. If all cookies are sold, please call the cupboard and let them know
you have no cookies to return, & the date and amount of your deposit.
Booth Sales Patch:
Every girl who participates in the Initial Cookie Campaign AND at least one Booth Sale will receive a 2013 Booth Sale Patch!!!
Join our Walk-About Weekends in April.
Call Product Campaigns at 543-6622 ext. 242 for information.
A special gift can be yours for being fit together!
Note: For individual credit for girl recognitions, cookies sold at a Booth Sale should be
equally divided among all Girl Scouts participating at the Booth Sale.
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BOOTH SALES
Primary Duties
• Attends Service Unit Cookie Manager training meeting.
• Conveys program information to girls and troop-connected adults.
• Encourages girls to set personal sales goals and troop goals.
• Trains girls in use of forms, procedures, and guidelines.
(Borrow recognitions from S.U. Cookie manager to show the girls)
• Collects and compiles troop cookie orders.
• Picks-up troops’ initial cookies on date and at time specified by S.U. Cookie Manager.
• Arranges troop cookie booth sales.
• Collects payments, makes timely deposits and completes forms.
• Assists girls, parents, and leaders with problems or questions for the duration of the sale.
• Informs Service Unit Cookie Manager of any problems or concerns.
• Picks-up recognitions from S.U. Cookie Manager, and distributes them to girls in June.
Eight Easy "Booth" Steps To
BOOTH SALE - LEADER INCENTIVES!!
170 Boxes = SUCCESS!
Did you know that the average 4-hour Booth Sale in Suffolk County sells 170 boxes of cookies? That equals success!
Booth Sales are a great way to help your troop meet its financial goals and help Girls achieve their individual goals, too. The
cookies sold at a Booth Sale should be equally divided among all Girl Scouts who participate in the sale. The Girls can then use
those cookie points toward receiving the award(s) that they want. Holding Booth Sales also gets you closer to making the 21st
Century Super Troop Award (see page 6).
Girl Incentives
Leader Incentives
Every Girl who participates in the initial Cookie Campaign and at
least one Booth Sale will receive a 2013 Booth Sale Patch!
You Deserve Our Thanks!
8”W x 8”H
IMPRINT SIZE:
Full Color
R:
Centered
IMPRINT COLO
TION: Front
Blue
IMPRINT LOCA
3500 Royal
ITEM:
When planning Booth Sales . . .
Host 1 Successful Booth Sale(170 boxes)
and 2 leaders will receive CooKey Tees
. . . choose the right location at the right time:
• Grocery Stores
• Shopping Centers
(especially large chain stores)
• Malls
• Places of Worship
• Office Buildings
• Sporting Events
• Movie Rental Stores
• School Events
• Long Island Railroad
• Banks and
Credit Unions
Host 3 Successful Booth Sales(510 boxes)
and you'll both receive your choice of
a LOVE Sports Bag or a $10 Starbucks Gift
Certificate to share
Need Help With A Location?
Call us for information at 543-6622 ext. 236.
Time it Right!
Host 5 Successful Booth Sales(850 boxes)
and you'll both receive a $20 Applebee's Gift
Certificate to share.
Plan a Booth Sale for a day and time that the location you
choose is busiest.
Advertise
Ask the Manager at your Booth Sale location if you can display a poster a week before your sale. Use the window posters
provided with your materials at training.
Decorate
Use your GOAL poster to show your customers what the troop will do with the funds raised at the Booth Sale. Decorate your
table. Dress up in the Cookie costume (available at the Cookie Cupboard, please reserve in advance). Display cookie packages.
Have the Girls in Uniform. Smile! Share the troop's goals with customers.
Involve a lot of Girls, share the work and the rewards!
After booking a Booth Sale, make a schedule of the hours that you will be selling and invite all of your Girls to sign up! Let Girls
commit to a 1 to 2 hour time slot. That spreads out the work and allows more Girls to share in the cookie points generated
from the sale.
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Girl Scouting teaches girls to connect with and care for their community. Our Council's
special project "Cookies for the Community" will focus on areas of need. Girls should
be encouraged to ask each customer to buy one extra box of cookies to be donated
to either the local food pantry, or to the service men and women stationed overseas
through "Operation: Cookie". (See page 11 of this book for more information.)
Walk-About Weekends:
Your neighbors want Girl Scouits to
ask them to buy cookies.
On Saturdays and Sundays in April — Join Girl Scouts of Suffolk County, by doing
a walk-about sale in your neighborhood. Have your whole troop participate
to increase your troop's cookie sale profit and earn additional points toward
your girls' cookie recognitions and leader booth sale incentives. See page 10
for more information. Girls and adults can go door to door selling cookies in
their neighborhood - Girls and adults can receive a gift. Call the product sales
department for information about this special offer, 543-6622 ext. 242.
Thanks for your help, and support.
Yours in Scouting,
Yours in Scouting
Yvonne Grant
President/CEO
Deborah Crossman
2013 Cookie Committee Chairperson
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DEAR VOLUNTEER
Where?
What can a girl do?
A world of good!
Volunteers:
Cookie Facts
Cookie Cupboards
Purpose - Premier youth "entrepreneur" program in the country
Purpose
Teaching Girls Financial Literacy:
Goal Setting
Decision Making
Money Management
People Skills
Business Ethics
For
• To ensure that extra cookies are conveniently available to Troops.
• Completing initial orders.
• Obtaining cookies for Additional orders, re-orders and Booth orders.
Who
• Service Unit Cookie Managers, Service Unit Coordinators, Troop Cookie Managers
and Troop Leaders may pick up cookies from a cupboard. Identification must be shown.
Cost
$4.00 per box. (All varieties.)
Returns?
• No returns! • Damaged boxes are replaced (box for box).
.60 ¢ per box*. Troop rebate will be sent to Leader of record within 2 weeks of receipt of deposit slips.
4/1 - For Booth Sales held in February and first 2 weeks in March
4/15 - For initial sale
4/30 - For catch-ups, and later booth sales
*Cadette, Senior, & Ambassador Troops
May choose recognitions or 5¢ extra per box sold. Ask your S.U. Cookie Manager for request
form or go online to www.gssc.us/productsales/cookies.
Service Unit Bonus for 2013!
Each Service Unit that exceeds the number of cases sold
during the 2011 campaign will receive a bonus as follows:
Cupboards Dates
Cupboards open March 4th or 5th
Council Facilities — Convenient locations throughout Suffolk County:
Early Booths may be picked up by appointment from February 14 - March 1.
Council Headquarters
442 Moreland Road, Commack
(631) 543-6622
Extended Cupboard Hours –
3 Weeks Only at Council Headquarters
$150 - 5% over 2012 sale
$200 - 8% over 2012 sale
$250 - 10% over 2012 sale
Camp Edey, Welcome Center
Lakeview Avenue, Bayport • 472-1625
• Tues. & Thurs. 10 am - 12 noon
• Wed. & Fri. 2 pm - 4 pm
• Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
March 4 through March 22:
• Mon. - Fri. 10 am - 4 pm
• Sat. 10 am - 12 noon
• (Begins Sat. March 9th)
Riverhead Office
854 Main St., Riverhead • 369-9757
• Tues. & Thurs. 2 pm - 4 pm
• Wed. & Fri. 10 am - 12 Noon
Week of March 19 for Late Initial Orders
• Sat. 10 am - 12 Noon
March 25 through May 11:
Sale Dates
January 4 - May 5, 2013
Supplier
Little Brownie Bakers
• Mon. /Wed./Fri. 10 am - 3 pm
• Tues. & Thurs. 12 noon - 5 pm
• Saturday 10 am - 12 noon
Varieties - THE SUPER SIX
Samoas, Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils,
Tagalongs, and Savannah Smiles.
No cookie pick-up
or booth returns on
Mondays at
Camp Edey or
Riverhead office.
Note: All Cupboards will be closed from 12 Noon,
Friday, March 29 through Sunday, March 31.
All Cookies are Kosher
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PLEASE NOTE . . .
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CALENDAR/CUPBOARD DATES
Troop Rebates
WHAT CAN A GIRL DO?
DO?
COOKIE TIME LINE...
Distribute girl materials, set girl & troop goals, and instruct girls on
Cookie Campaign facts. Borrow a set of awards from your SU Manager to show to the girls.
January 4 - 28
INITIAL COOKIE SALE (Orders taken by girls).
Week of January 28
Completed girl order forms due to you.
Distribute Catch-Up Order forms to girls.
Prepare Troop order and forward to your Service Unit Manager no later than 2/17.
Order only the cases you need. Do not order up!
Complete the "Operation Cookie" form for initial sales and forward to your SU Manager.
Contact your Service Unit Cookie Manager to apply for Booth Sales.
January 28 - April 19
CATCH-UP ORDERS
Payment of catch-up orders is due 2 weeks after picking-up cookies. On an ongoing basis,
forward copies of deposit slips to your Service Unit Cookie Manager.
April 22 - May 8
Cookies may be purchased until May 8 at all cupboards.
Week of March 3
Cookie deliveries. You will be notified by the Service Unit Cookie Manager where and when
to pick up cookies.
February 15 - May 5
BOOTH SALES
March 26 **
Deadline for payment of initial sale. ** Payment for initial order due two weeks after Service
Unit delivery of cookies but no later than April 4. Deliver one copy of deposit slip to Service
Unit Cookie Manager. (Bank should give you two copies.)
Of that $3.04*,
100% comes back to the girls in this way:
$.81
(26.6%)
Is returned directly to Troop and Service Units. It’s spent on their activities
throughout the Girl Scout year like this:
Of the $.81
$.60 (19.7%) Directly to the troop as troop proceeds.
April - May
WALK ABOUT WEEKENDS (see page 10)
April 22
All final catch-up cookie money from girls due to you.
April 22
FINAL DEADLINE Final deposit slips, along with girl award order, due to Service Unit Cookie Manager.
Cookies may still be purchased at the cupboards through May 8.
June
PICK UP GIRL RECOGNITIONS from your Service Unit Cookie Manager. Distribute
recognitions to the girls, congratulate them on achieving their goals and earning money for
their Troop, Service Unit and the Council.
Note:
Of the $4.00 sale, it costs us .96¢ to buy the
cookies from the manufacturer. Therefore, the
Girl Scouts get to keep $3.04* per box, or 76%!
That is considered a spectacular percentage in
any business!
We cannot guarantee availability of recognitions ordered after April 22.
Girl Award orders received after April 22 will not be ordered until June 15.
(This will be your last opportunity to order them.)
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$.15 (4.9%)
Girl recognitions.
$.03 (1%)
Service Unit Proceeds.
$.03 (1%)
Leader Incentives
$.67
(22.%)
To girls for financial aid for camp, after school programs, recreation
programs and troop trips. Bringing girls into the Girl Scouts through membership
recruitment. Delivery of field services.
$.85
(28%)
To girls for year-round camp programs and maintenance and operation of camp
properties.
$.62
(20.4%)
To girls for educational workshops, travel opportunities, and girl/adult programs.
$.05
(1.7%)
For Council Headquarters operation — council publications, community relations,
mailings and administration.
$.04
(1.3%)
Uncollectables and bad checks.
$3.04
100%
* Numbers have been rounded
Based on the 2011 Budgeted Expenses
Finance and Product Campaigns Departments 9/12
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COOKIE FACTS
Beginning of January
What Happens to the $4.00 Price Per Box?
Recognitions for Girls
Earn the following patches:
2013 Numeral Patch
50+ Patch
80+ Patch
Theme Patch
150+ Patch
Super Patch
300+ Bar +
Sell 12-49 boxes
Sell 50-79 boxes
Sell 80-99 boxes
Sell 100-149 boxes
Sell 150-199 boxes
Sell 200-299 boxes
Super Patch
Sell 300+ boxes
Girl Scouts can help honor our service women and men by asking each customer if they would purchase
a box of cookies to send through our partnership with the military as a "taste of home".
Join Our 100 Club
Sell 100 boxes or more and
receive a GSUSA Theme Pin in
addition to the recognitions
you choose with your points.
Sell 100 boxes or more on your
INITIAL SALE (Troop order must arrive
at Council no later than February 20)
and receive a Cookie Star Pin!
Troop Recognition
21st Century Super Troops
If your troop averages sales of 200 boxes per girl, and the troop is paid in full, the troop receives
$20 per girl toward a CookieCelebration.
For descriptions and full-color photographs of the patches
and awards, check out our website at www.gssc.us!
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Please give each girl an "Operation: Cookie" form* to give to a business or special donor.
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When a girl receives an order for cookies plus an "OC" donation, she can collect money for all of
the cookies at the time of delivery.
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When a girl receives a donation only from a customer, she should collect the money at the time
the order is placed.
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"Operation: Cookie" donations should be recorded in the first, white column of the girls order card.
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When girls turn in their order cards, record the "Operation: Cookie" donations on the 3-part report
form you were given.
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Note how much money each girl collected in advance and how much is still due.
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The cookies ordered for this campaign are not to be included with your initial cookie order. (You
will not actually receive these cookies. They are shipped directly from the bakery to the military.)
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Please deposit all funds collected when the orders were placed on one of the four deposit slips
you were given with your troop number on them.
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Mark the slip "OC", and attach it to the white and yellow copy of the O:C report form.
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Forward the report form and deposit slip to your SU cookie manager with your initial order or
send it directly to the Council's Commack office.
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In March when girls deliver cookies to customers who have also donated boxes for "Operation
Cookie" the girl should at that time collect all funds due. You can deposit these funds with the
traditional cookie funds on another deposit slip.
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Girl Scouts will track your deposits and record your troop's donations in April, and mail you a
check for the $.60 rebate for each box in late April.
*If you need additional forms, download at www.gssc.us/productsales/gscookies
or call the Council office at(631)543-6622 ext. 242
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OPERATION: COOKIE & WALK ABOUTS
Sell 50 or More Boxes and You Also Get An Award(s)!
Each girl is encouraged to ask every cookie customer to donate a box of cookies to "Operation: Cookie".
Donating a box to our service personnel is the perfect suggestion for those customers who say they are on
a diet or buy their cookies from a Girl Scout in another council. Giving people the opportunity to donate
to such a noble cause makes them feel good. This campaign lasts throughout the cookie campaign, from
January through May.
Walk-About Weekends:
Girls and Adults Get "Fit Together"
Great opportunity for girls and adults to get fit together,
earn awards and money for your Girl Scout troop.
Back by POPULAR DEMAND, the EASY booth sale.
Point System For Selecting Recognitions:
Each girl earns one point for every box that she sells.
She may use her points to choose awards from any
point level, as long as the total awards that she picks
does not exceed her points. For example,
150 boxes=150 points. Awards chosen may be: 1 @ 150
points OR 1 @ 100 points and 1 @ 50 points OR any
other combination adding up to 150 points!
50-79 Points:
Flip Flop Pouch
100-149 Points:
Love T-Shirt
80 -99 Points:
Love Hand Warmers &
Flower Power Wristlet
200+ Points:
Secret Pocket Pillow OR
Designer Daisy Satchel
Girls and their parents (or guardians) may take up to 8 cases of cookies on
consignment; sell them door to door on the weekends, after school or during
Spring Break in March and April, and return what is unsold to the cupboard.
Girls selling at least two cases will receive a gift.
Girls and parents selling at least 4 cases may each choose a gift each.
Girls can use the cookie sale activity to help them earn the "Girl Scouts are FIT!"
patch, available in our Girl Scout Shoppes.
150+ Points:
Golden Retriever Plush
300 Points:
Flower Power Volleyball
AND Blanket with Carry Wrap
500/ 1000/ 2000 Club Broadway Play - June 2013
500 Club: (500 Points) An exclusive patch and an invitation to a NYC musical
1000 Club: (1000 Points) An exclusive patch and an invitation for you and a
parent or guardian to a NYC musical
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Millennium Club: (2000 Points) An exclusive patch and a invitation to a NYC
musical for you and a parent or guardian
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GOAL SETTING & INCENTIVES
• Troop can go door-to-door in their neighborhoods on weekends, during
Spring break or after school, selling cookies during the month of April.
• Troops selling at least 170 boxes AND averaging at least 24 boxes per girl can
earn a choice of gifts for each girl in the troop.
Girl Cookie Recognitions
Troop Cookie Manager's Checklist
Troop Cookie Manager's Checklist
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ATTEND YOUR SERVICE UNIT’S COOKIE MANAGER'S TRAINING - pick up troop materials.
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READ AND SIGN TROOP COOKIE MANAGER JOB DESCRIPTION.
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REGISTER WITH GSUSA. - through your daughter’s troop.
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CONTACT TROOP LEADER FOR TROOP ROSTER - obtain all girls' and parents' (or guardians')
names, addresses and phone numbers.
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WEEK OF MARCH 3 - delivery of cookies. You will be notified by your Service Unit Cookie
Manager when and where to pick up cookies. Count cases carefully before signing for them.
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NOTIFY GIRLS TO PICK UP COOKIES - separate cookies into individual girl orders. Have each
girl and her parent/guardian recount cookies and sign your T-1A for the number and variety of
cookies received. Be sure adult is aware they are now responsible for cookies they signed for.
Remind them of the date money is due back to you. (within 2 weeks).
LIST GIRL INFORMATION ON THE TROOP COOKIE MANAGER'S ORGANIZER &
WORKSHEET (T-1A).
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PREPARE GIRL MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION BEFORE JANUARY 4, - fill in the girl order
card with due dates and your phone number.
PAYMENT IS DUE TWO WEEKS AFTER SERVICE UNIT DELIVERY DATE (But no later than 3/26.)
collect money from girls frequently and deposit money at least once each week 3 pre-numbered
deposit slips are provided for your troop, but you can call one of our offices and get more.
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WORK WITH TROOP LEADER - to set goals and coordinate the sales effort of the girls in the
troop. This is a must for a successful sale!
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ATTEND TROOP MEETING - instruct girls about the Super Six Cookie sale facts and how to use
the girl materials as you have learned. Make sure girls and parents know all important due dates.
Borrow awards from your S.U. Manager or download photos from our website: www.gssc.us.
DEPOSIT SLIPS - your deposit slips are the ONLY PROOF that your Troop's cookies have been
paid for. Capitol One Bank - use ONLY those deposit slips pre-printed with numbers designated
for your Troop. Do not use last year's deposit slips or those with other troop numbers. Call the
Council Office 543-6622 ext. 242 and request additional deposit slips. Do not use a generic bank
slip or another troop's slip.
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YOU WILL RECEIVE 2 DEPOSIT SLIPS BACK FROM THE BANK. FORWARD ONE COPY of each
deposit slip to your Service Unit Cookie Manager. Retain a copy for the troop’s records. DO NOT
THROW AWAY DEPOSIT SLIPS!
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CHECKS - all checks must be made payable to the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County. Checks must
have name, address and phone number of customer, and troop and service unit number on
them. Endorse check with: "For Deposit Only, Girl Scouts of Suffolk County" and write the account
number that appears on the deposit slip (last 10 digits). There will be a $30 service fee for all
unpaid returned checks.
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HAVING PROBLEMS COLLECTING FUNDS? - after all efforts have been made, complete an
Outstanding Cookie Account form, (your S.U. manager has them) attach required paper work
(parent permission slip and signed troop worksheet) and forward to Council Headquarters no later
than April 22.
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CONTINUE TO FILL GIRLS' CATCH-UP ORDERS UNTIL APRIL 19 - pick up additional cookies at
the nearest cupboard. Payment of catch-up orders is due 2 weeks after receiving cookies. On an
ongoing basis, forward copies of deposit slips to your Service Unit Cookie Manager. (Keep a copy
of each deposit slip for the troop’s records.)
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GIRLS & TROOPS MAY PURCHASE COOKIES from April 23 to May 8.
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PLACE TROOP RECOGNITION ORDER - hand in to your Service Unit Cookie Manager by April 22.
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CONGRATULATE GIRLS - Receive girl awards from S.U. Cookie manager & distribute to the girls
in June. Congratulate them on reaching their goals.
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MAKE SURE YOUR Service Unit Cookie Manager has a copy of every deposit slip.
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SHOW GIRLS THE COOKIE CLUB INFORMATION ON THEIR ORDER CARDS...
IT'S FUN TO JOIN!
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ASSIST WITH GOAL-SETTING - have girls set individual and troop goals. (Clearly explain "Cookies
for the Community" Project, see pg. 3 and back cover, and Cookie Order Card for suggestions).
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REVIEW WITH THE GIRLS safety rules listed in the girl order card.
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COLLECT SIGNED PARENT PERMISSION AND RESPONSIBILITY FORMS - must have signed
permission slip before giving out girl order forms and cookies. Hold on to all permission slips.
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EXPLAIN POINT SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AWARDS - your Service Unit Cookie Manager has
samples of the awards you may borrow to show the girls. (page 7).
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WEEK OF JANUARY 28 - girl order forms are due to you. Distribute Catch-Up Order forms to
girls. Review cookie awards with girls. Verify “Cookie Stars” selling 100 or more boxes on the
initial sale.
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PREPARE TROOP ORDER FORM (T-2A) AND LIST OF COOKIE STARS, AND FORWARD TO
YOUR SERVICE UNIT COOKIE MANAGER NO LATER THAN FEB. 8 - total the girls' orders on
form (T-1A) and transfer total cases of each variety needed to form T-2A. Order only enough to fill
your orders, including cookies for the local food pantry. Do not order booth sale cookies on
this form. Loose boxes to complete your initial order will be available for pick up at the nearest
cupboard the week of March 3. Do not round-up order. (See page 13 for cupboard locations and hours).
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ARRANGE FOR A COOKIE BOOTH SALE - Clear date and time with your Service Unit Cookie
Manager. (page 15).
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TROOP COOKIE MANAGER’S CHECKLIST
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