COOKIE PROGRAM 2020 Manual Supplement Cookie Sale Dates & Timeline KEY DATES Sale Dates Are January 20 – March 1, 2020
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COOKIE PROGRAM 2020 manual supplement Cookie Sale Dates & Timeline KEY DATES Sale dates are January 20 – March 1, 2020. The Exclusive Booth Round date and time will be announced when Fry’s Food Stores Booths are granted to Council and the majority of Wal-Mart booths have been confirmed. The Product Program Team will make the best effort to schedule the Exclusive Booth Round during a time convenient to most volunteers. November 2 Cookie Booth Round 1 – starts at 9 am – two slots November 9 Cookie Booth Round 2 – starts at 9 am – two slots November 23 Cookie Booth Round 3 – starts at 9 am – three slots December 7 Cookie Booth Round 4 – starts at 9 am – three slots December 14 Cookie Booth Open Booth Slots – starts at 9 am December 15 Initial Troop Order due in eBudde by 11:59 pm January 3 Digital Cookie email sent to ALL registered girls January 10-17 Extended Area Cookie Delivery Before the Program January 18-19 Metro Phoenix Cookie Delivery January 20 Girl Scout Cookie Program starts Jan 21 – Mar 1 Cupboards open – check eBudde on our website for hours and locations Money due in troop account for first ACH February 3 ($1 for each cookie package picked up through 2/2 and money owed for t-shirts) February 6 Money owed withdrawn from troop account Money due in troop account for second ACH (This falls on a Saturday because the bank is February 15 closed on Monday, 2/17, for President’s Day: $1.50 for each cookie packaged picked up through 2/15) February 20 Money owed withdrawn from troop account February 23 Digital Cookie closes for Girl Delivery Cookie Program Feb 28 – Mar 1 National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend March 3 Girl Scout Cookie Program ends March 8 Final Rewards - troop submits final rewards March 9 All money due in troop account for final ACH withdrawal March 9 Parent/Guardian Outstanding Balance Form due March 12 Money owed withdrawn from troop account All Council Contest entries due, except Cookie Pro March 12 (Please see GSUSA website for details on Cookie Pro) After Program May-June Girl Reward Events and Girl Rewards Distributed 2020 Girl Scout Cookie Season Welcome to the 2020 Girl Scout Cookie Program! As a Troop Cookie Manager, you have the privilege of instilling passion and drive in girls so they can achieve their goals. This exciting program has empowered millions of girls with entrepreneurial and financial knowledge for over 100 years. With your guidance, the girls in your troop will develop the skills needed to become independent women of the future. With the support from your Troop Leader, Service Unit and the Council, you’ll be prepared to lead the girls in your troop. In this safe environment, you’re never alone because there’s a network of people to support you. Your primary responsibilities: Dž Complete volunteer training with your Service Unit Cookie Manager or through the Council Volunteer Academy. Dž Manage the cookie program in eBudde, the online cookie management system (either on the desktop version or the eBudde™ Troop App Plus). Dž Distribute materials and support parents. Have questions or Dž Work with your Troop Leader to incorporate Badge Work into the Girl Experience. need support? Dž Schedule booths in eBudde. Contact your local Service Unit Dž Enter orders from girl order cards and keep eBudde up to date. Cookie Manager, your Member Support Executive (MSE), or Pick up cookies and re-order as needed. Dž the Product Program Team at Dž Distribute cookies to girls/parents. [email protected] Dž Collect money from cookie pickups and issue receipts. or (602) 452-7175. Dž Enter and distribute girl rewards. Important Links » Troop Product Manager Agreement – http://bit.ly/troop-product-manager-agreement Troops must sign this online agreement before a troop can participate in the cookie program. » Initial Order and ACH Calculator – http://bit.ly/initial-order-calculator This link helps you calculate the cookies to order (by flavor) on your Initial Order. It can also calculate the amount of money you need to have in your troop account prior to the ACH dates. » Digital Cookie – https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org » Little Brownie Bakers – littlebrowniebakers.com and youtube.com/LittleBrownieBakers A great source for clip art, activities, videos and blogs about goal setting, volunteer success, selling tips, Cookie Rookie information, Take Action Projects, and more. » Cookie Tutorials and Knowledge Check – http://training.girlscoutsaz.org » Full Cookie Program Manual – www.girlscoutsaz.org/cookie-training » Cookie Contests – www.girlscoutsaz.org/cookie-contests 3 Cookie ™ LEMON-UPS® Support Confidential GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ™ Every year, we have NEW and EXCITING Introducing Lemon-Ups, the the Girl Scout information to share about the cookie season. newest addition to the Girl Scout Cookie™ lineup! For maximum awareness, this is only shared Movement with the public at the beginning of the Girl Scout Inspired by real girls in the Girl Scout Cookie Cookie season. We can’t do it alone. As part of Program,® and created for all Girl Scout “Cookie Confidential,” we need your help keeping Cookie lovers, these new lemon cookies are The Power of Cookies! positively fun. Just like G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, this information private until we’re ready to Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader),™ each cookie The Girl Scout Cookie Program announce it to the public during the launch of the has something bright and motivating to say. has funded Girl Scouting for over 2020 cookie season on January 7. 100 years and has provided the resources for millions of girls to What’s confidential in 2020? experience Girl Scouting. From 1. New Lemon-Ups Cookie—more delicious camp and travel to STEM and opportunities for success! everything in between, the cookie I am a GO-GETTER program provides the funding. 2. New Girl Scout Cookie packaging—this is a big deal! I am an INNOVATOR When girls participate in the 3. Girl Scouts featured on cookie packages cookie program, they are honoring along with their stories—showing the power I am a RISK-TAKER girls that came before them and of the Girl Scout experience! leaving a legacy for future girls to I am a LEADER enjoy the opportunities that Girl Scouts provides. Whether you sell Things to Start Doing NOW 10 boxes or 1,000 boxes, you are » Get familiar with the new cookie contributing to the success of the packaging design Girl Scout Movement in Arizona. » Train girls, volunteers, and parents on what’s new and the importance of 100% of cookie proceeds stay in keeping this information classified the Arizona Cactus-Pine Council » Sample the new Lemon-Ups cookies Remember to keep the new to benefit local Girl Scouts. Cookie Lemon-Ups cookie confidential until January 7, 2020. I am BOLD proceeds fund 66% of our Council’s operating expenses. Things to AVOID until January I am CREATIVE Did you know? Council proceeds » Allowing external parties to sample new I am STRONG generated from a typical troop of Lemon-Ups cookies Perfect for sharing Grab one that expresses I am GUTSY 10 girls provides the resources to » Taking and/or sharing pictures of the your personality, or give fund 10 camperships and other new Lemon-Ups cookies one to a friend! Girl Scouting activities for all! » Sharing any of this confidential news on your social media 4 GIRL SCOUTS–ARIZONA CACTUS-PINE COUNCIL, INC. ™ LEMON-UPS® GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ™ Introducing Lemon-Ups, the newest addition to the Girl Scout Cookie™ lineup! Inspired by real girls in the Girl Scout Cookie Program,® and created for all Girl Scout Cookie lovers, these new lemon cookies are positively fun. Just like G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader),™ each cookie has something bright and motivating to say. I am a GO-GETTER I am an INNOVATOR I am a RISK-TAKER I am a LEADER Remember to keep the new Lemon-Ups cookie confidential until January 7, 2020. I am BOLD I am CREATIVE I am STRONG Perfect for sharing Grab one that expresses I am GUTSY your personality, or give one to a friend! 5 Basic Tools for Budding Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneurs Cookies for the Workplace Sales Community Girls can either make pitches to local Don’t underestimate the power of community. businesses or go with a parent to their Many customers will buy additional cookies workplace to sell cookies. They can make to support a worthy cause, others would posters or flyers to promote their sale! rather donate a box than eat the cookies. Ask all potential customers if they would like to Social Media donate a box, rather than if they would like to buy. If they want cookies to eat, they will For Girl Scout entrepreneurs 13 and older, stop, but this simple change of words may get social media is a great way to spread the others with no intention of buying a box to word and market their cookies (not sell them). stop to support your cause. Girls must have parental permission, post only on private accounts, not to take orders Digital Cookie and follow GSUSA’s online safety guidelines. On this online selling platform, girls can Order Cards personalize their Digital Cookie site and send emails to invite friends and family to buy When girls are visiting friends and family and cookies with the option of getting in-person don’t have their cookies with them, they can delivery or direct shipment to their home. The use their order card or Digital Cookie App to Digital Cookie App can be used to take credit take orders to deliver later! card payments on walkabouts or to friends and family.