CAREGIVER GUIDE 2020-2021 GIRL SCOUT COOKIE PROGRAM - Everything you need for a successful cookie season
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2020–2021 GIRL SCOUT COOKIE PROGRAM
CAREGIVER GUIDE
Everything
you need for
a successful
cookie season
Dear Girl Scout Family,
This Girl Scout Cookie Season, we are celebrating the spirit and creativity of all Girl Scouts as they
sell America’s favorite treats and Know We Are In This Together.
Whether embarking on a brave new adventure or finding the courage to talk to her first customer,
every girl finds her own type of spirit in the Girl Scout Cookie Program®. Girls have amazing
experiences and build lifelong skills, friendships, and confidence along the way.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is a council-sponsored money-earning opportunity that enables
troops to earn funds at the beginning of the Girl Scout year. It also allows family and friends the
opportunity to support their daughter’s Girl Scout troop and Girl Scouting in their community.
100% of the proceeds from the program stays locally within our council.
The theme of this year’s program is
Know We Are In This Together!
We can’t wait to take this journey with you!
— Your Product Program team
Girl Scout cookie program Caregiver Permission &
Participation Checklist Responsibility Form
You and your Girl Scout can prepare for the best possible New this year, fill out and sign the online Caregiver
experience by gathering a few tools for a successful cookie Responsibility & Permission form for each girl participating
program: in the program. This form demonstrates your willingness to
be held accountable for program deadlines, orders taken
� M ake sure you are and delivered, and product and money received. The form
registered for the 2020–2021
is mandatory and a critical requirement for troop financial
membership year.
management of the program and should be completed before
� A ttend caregiver meeting submitting paper and online girl delivery orders. You will not
provided by your troop to get be allowed to pick up products until you have completed the
all of the information you’ll form.
need for the cookie program.
� T he online Caregiver Permission & Responsibility Form is
accessible at GirlScoutCookieTime.com.
� Y ou will need the troop cookie manager’s and/or troop
leader’s email address when submitting the online form
as a confirmation will be sent to you and the troop’s email
you entered on the form.
Learn more about the Cookie Product Program at
GirlScoutCookieTime.com.
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6 Steps to Success Important Info
Girls succeed when families get involved. You can support
to Remember
your girl by giving her love, guidance, and inspiration.
� Adhere to all cookie program dates.
(See back cover for important dates).
Help your girl set goals and show how she can
1 reach her goals. � Check with your troop for the dates that the
weekly orders are due.
• Discuss your girl’s goals with her and come up with a game
plan for how she can achieve them.
� Verify the date that cookie funds are due to your
troop.
isit your family and friends, and support more
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2 ways to sell in person! � Accept financial responsibility for all products and
money received.
• Nothing beats a face-to-face connection through Cookies on
the Spot sales. Go door-to-door with cookies and visit family
and friends. If they are not home, leave your business card so � When picking up her cookies, you must count
your inventory to confirm you received all cookies
they can shop online later.
you ordered.
• Volunteer to assist at a cookie booth or help her troop in
other ways. � Make sure you sign and get a copy of your receipt.
• Consider hosting house parties, Lemon-Ups™ stands, and
mobile booths.
� Cookies are not returnable to troop or council.
• Be safe and follow COVID-19 In-Person Meeting Guidelines at � Collect payment when your Girl Scout delivers to
gswcf.org/covid. the customer but not before.
Register and participate in Digital Cookie � Turn in troop cookie money when stated.
3 • Participating in Digital Cookie has never been so fun and � Check your girl’s Digital Cookie site weekly to
view all “Girl Delivery” orders. If you don’t have
exciting. Girls can customize their avatar, set up their online
storefront, and start sending emails to family and friends in a enough cookies to fulfill your orders, you must
matter of minutes. contact your troop cookie chair to get the cookies
you need.
• On Jan. 2, 2021, girls can register on Digital Cookie, create her
avatar, and start sending emails. � When picking up extra cookies, remember to sign
and get a copy of the receipt.
4 Share on social media
• Before participating in any money-earning Girl Scout activity, � The troop cookie chair is responsible to report all
parents with outstanding funds to council after
it is important that girls and adults review the following
materials, and remember to print and sign the forms listed the program.
below.
� Any caregivers with outstanding funds on
• Internet Safety Pledge Mar. 12, 2021 will be reported to the Product
• Product Sale Activity Checkpoints Program department for collections.
• Girl Scout Online Safety Pledge
• Online Activity Checkpoints � Provide your troop cookie manager with cookie
• Practical Tips for Parents orders. Don’t forget to include her girl delivery
orders!
• Remember, girls and parent cannot post on Marketplace,
Nextdoor, garage sale, community pages, eBay, Craigslist, or � IMPORTANT: Do not store cookies in a car, direct
any other retail/resale site. sunlight, a garage, on a cement floor, porch,
patio, or in any warm place as well as a location
5 Track your progress and celebrate success!
• Check your online page so you can track your progress to
where animals, bugs or water can get to them.
Remember, you are responsible for these cookies,
even if they get wet, melt from heat, or otherwise
hitting your goal.
become unsaleable.
6 Celebrate success with your Girl Scout!
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What’s New in How the Cookie Crumbles
Ever wonder what the cost of cookies covers? Here’s a breakdown of how
the funds are distributed per box.
•N
EW Cookie Dough Option
You are now able to transfer your
Cookie Dough to a GSUSA online Gift
Certificate
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EW Credit Card Option
Clover Go and Cheddar Up
Customers look forward to our cookies every year
Girl Scout Cookies® are $5 per package for core varieties.
Specialty cookies are $6 per package.
Core Varieties Specialty Cookies
Do-si-dos® Girl Scout S’mores®
Lemon-Ups™ Toffee-tastic®
Samoas®
Tagalongs®
Thin Mints®
Trefoils®
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5 SKILLS Safety Guidelines
FOR GIRLS
Show You’re a Girl Scout
Girls should wear Girl Scout membership
pin, uniform, or Girl Scout clothing (i.e. a Girl
Scout T-Shirt) to clearly identify themselves
as a Girl Scout.
The Girl Scout Cookie Use the Buddy System
®
Program teaches Always use the buddy system. It’s not just
safe, it’s fun.
5 ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Be Street Wise
that will last a lifetime Become familiar with the areas and neighborhoods where you will be
and help girls develop an selling Girl Scout products.
entrepreneurial mindset. Partner with Adults
Adults must accompany Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors
when they are taking orders, selling, or delivering product. Girls in
grades 6–12 must be supervised by an adult when selling door-to-
door and must never sell alone.
Plan Ahead
GOAL SETTING
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Be prepared for emergencies and always have a plan for safeguarding
money.
Girls learn how to set
Do Not Enter
goals and create a plan to Never enter the home or vehicle of a person when you are selling or
reach them. making deliveries.
Protect Privacy
Girls’ names and home or email addresses should never be given out
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to customers. Do not share customer information unless necessary
DECISION MAKING for the product sale.
Girls learn to make decisions Be Safe on the Road
on their own and as a team. Always follow safe pedestrian practices, especially when crossing
at intersections or walking along roadways. Be aware of traffic when
unloading product and passengers from vehicles.
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Be Net Wise
MONEY MANAGEMENT
Girls must have their parent/guardian’s permission to participate in
all online activities, and must read and agree to the GSUSA Internet
Girls learn to create a budget and Safety Pledge before conducting any online activities.
handle money.
Things to Think About
As we navigate through a potential continuation of social
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PEOPLE SKILLS distancing, here are some things to think about as they pertain
to paper card order and delivery of products to customers:
Girls find their voice and • Encourage girls to participate in the online platform to
build confidence through take orders
customer interactions. • Encourage girls to print door hangers to leave on
customers’ doors
• The potential need for girls to schedule porch drop offs of
customers products
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• Need to collect payments from customers via credit card
BUSINESS ETHICS •
for paper card orders (Clover option)
Need to collect caregiver payments via credit card
Girls learn to act ethically, (Cheddar Up option)
both in business and life. • Follow GSWCF COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
Additional information will be communicated to
troops, girls, and caregivers if the need arises.
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Selling Strategies
Girl Scouts have a number of options to reach customers during
the Girl Scout Cookie Program®: Online Instructions
Cookies on the Spot
for Digital Cookies
(In-Person Orders) 1. Go to gsdigitalcookie.com/gswcf
After girls receive their cookie inventory, 2. If you participated in the 2020 Fall Product Program or used
they can visit family members, friends, Digital Cookie in 2020, click on the “LOGIN” button. If you do
and neighbors and sell cookies right then and there. Want to get a not remember your password, you will be able to reset it after
jump on it? You can use your paper order card to take preorders. hitting the login button.
Once the cookies arrive in February, you deliver the preorders and 3. If you have never participated in either Product Program online,
collect payment. click on the “REGISTER” button.
4. Enter your zip code.
Girl Scout Cookie Booths 5. Watch the mandatory safety video. You will be able to
Troops obtain cookies from a cupboard (locations across the continue registering once the video has finished playing.
council supplied with cookie inventory) and sell them directly to
6. Read the Girl Scout Parent/Guardian Internet Safety Pledge.
customers, often at booths in high-traffic areas such as grocery
stores, malls, or sporting events. Booth sale times and locations 7. ave the girl read the Girl Scout Participant Internet
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are either organized by our council or approved by the Service Unit Safety Pledge.
Cookie Manager. 8. You will need to read the entire pledge and agree in
order to continue.
Digital Cookie® — 9. You will find a lot of good information and links to additional
Direct Ship information that can help you navigate through the program.
Girls create a customized webpage 10. Next, enter your 5-digit troop number or select it from the
and send emails with a personalized drop down menu. If you don’t know or see your troop number
message to family and friends asking them to buy Girl Scout listed, click on the box that says, “I don’t know/see my troop
Cookies®. Customers purchase cookies through the webpage and or group#.”
they are shipped directly to their home (shipping and handling 11. If you click on the box, GSWCF will need to verify the girl’s
charges apply). Orders appear automatically in eBudde and girls troop number and will move her into the correct troop.
can track their progress and send follow up messages.
12. If you see your troop number, select it and then choose your
girls name from the list. If you do not see the girl’s name,
Digital Cookie® — Girl Delivery select “I do not see her name” and type it in.
Girls who have customers that are local and wish to offer them the 13. Council will verify she is a registered Girl Scout and you will
ease of shopping online without the adding costs of shipping, can receive an email to proceed with the set up.
recommend the “Girl Delivery” option. 14. Answer the questions about your girl and what scouting
means to you and click next.
Girl Delivery orders after the initial order period can be fulfilled
through the troop’s extras or cupboard transactions. These girl 15. Girls can customize an avatar to their likeness by choosing
delivery cookies can then be picked up along with any additional skin tone, hair style and color, eye shape and color, and face
goal-getter sales you might have. It is important to notify your shape. Girls can also add their own recorded message about
troop Cookie Manager when you have Girl Delivery sales so they their cookie goals.
can check to see if they have adequate inventory or schedule a 16. Girls will earn virtual rewards for their avatar by taking various
cupboard to pick up. actions in the system.
17. Share the news of your cookie program with family and
friends by sending emails and sharing it on Facebook.
Go to GirlScoutCookieTime.com for more details.
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Girl Scout Cookie Booths
Troops sell cookies directly to customers, often at booths in high-
traffic areas such as grocery stores, malls, or sporting events. Your
troop leader will reach out to you when booth times and locations
Cookie Booth Etiquette Rules
are scheduled. Caregivers and girls must follow the rules at booths.
• A minimum of two registered and background-screened adults
The rules and guidelines put into place are to ensure girl safety and
and at least one registered girl must be present at booths.
a successful, fair, fun, and safe cookie season. If rules are broken,
Siblings or tag-a-longs may not attend.
the troop and/or girl could be penalized.
• Arrive and leave on time. Pack up 5 minutes before the end of
Caregivers are not allowed to secure booth sites at “Big Box” stores the shift to allow arriving booth participants time to set up.
such as (but not limited to) Publix, Walmart, Winn-Dixie, Dunkin’,
• Booths should be set up a minimum of 15 feet from doors or
and JOANN Fabrics and Crafts for their troop. If you know a small
remain in the location designated by the store.
business owner who would like to have your troop hold a cookie
booth at their location, notify your cookie chair to get the service • Booths at Publix locations must conclude by 7 p.m.
unit cookie manager’s approval. All booth sites MUST be approved • Store locations cannot grant permission to stay any later than
by the service unit cookie manager and product sales department the allotted time as GSWCF has agreements with corporations
before a booth sale can be held at that location. for specific times/dates.
• Store managers may cancel booths for any reason.
Mobile Booth Sales • If a store manager asks booth attendees to leave the store
• A decorated car, van, truck, or even a wagon filled with delicious location, do so immediately. Politely thank the store manager
Girl Scout Cookies®. Be creative and visit events happening in and notify the Service Unit Cookie Manager or Product Program
your community. department.
• Can be a troop activity or done by individual girls (with a caregiver). • Do not ask the store location to make announcements regarding
• Remember that “mobile” means mobile. You may not bring booth sales.
tables, chairs, or tents. • Girls should allow entering/exiting customers to approach them.
• Limited to no longer than 30 minutes at each location. Never approach customers as they enter/exit the store.
• Girls and troops cannot approach any high-traffic locations • Girls are in charge of selling. Adults are there to provide
(such as grocery stores, malls, and universities) or any location guidance and handle money for younger Girl Scouts.
where there is a cookie booth set up or planned. • Donation jars are not allowed anywhere on or near your booth.
• Mobile booths begin Jan. 30. • Bling Your Booth with posters and other items to attract
Lemon-Ups™ Stand customers; no graffiti.
• Set up a simple stand similar to a classic lemonade stand. • Do not allow girls to write on store property.
• Stands may only be set up on residential property where the girl • Girls must remain close to their booths at all times; no running
or close family member (grandparents, aunts, uncles) resides. around or approaching people inside the store location.
Stands must adhere to local city/government ordinances • Girl Scouts are polite and should never yell to customers
and/or HOA approval. to attract sales, block access to store entrance, or employ
• Never leave cookies and/or money unattended at a stand. aggressive sales techniques.
• A parent/adult must be present to supervise. • Eating and smoking are not permitted at booth locations.
• Lemon-Ups stands begin on Jan. 30. • Keep cell phone use to a minimum and focus on customer
engagement.
• Remove all trash (including empty cookie boxes) yourself. Store
Money Management trash receptacles are not for public trash or recycling.
• Before leaving the location, one girl and one adult should thank
Caregivers are financially responsible for all cookies received and management at the store location.
all money received from customers. Handling money is a serious
matter and any misuse of girl funds collected is a criminal offense. Consequences
• There are NO cookie returns to the troop or GSWCF. If girls and/or troops (including troop parents) are not participating
• Payment for cookies: Schedule date and time with troop’s within the established rules and guidelines, they may be
cookie manager to give cookie payments. Make sure you get a penalized in the following ways:
receipt every time you hand in the payments.
• First offense: Verbal counseling regarding any
• Safeguarding the money collected is important. Large amounts offense outlined in the guidelines.
of cash should be left in the hands of caregivers, not girls.
• Second offense: Removal from troop’s next
• Verify with troop leader regarding accepting checks. scheduled Council Level booth location.
• Caregivers with outstanding funds owed will be reported to • Third offense: Girl/troop will not be allowed to
council for collections. hold any further cookie booths for the season.
• Girls with outstanding caregivers will not receive rewards
and will not be able to participate in future product programs.
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Troop Proceeds Rewards
Troop proceeds are based on a per-girl-average (PGA) Rewards are based on an individual girl’s sales. All rewards and
basis with a chance for troops to earn greater proceeds patches are cumulative except for the Extreme Team Rewards.
with a higher PGA. Troops must have a minimum of two GSWCF reserves the right to substitute rewards based on
participating girls in the cookie program to receive troop availability. For a full list of rewards, please view the girl order
proceeds. Troops with only one participating girl are card or visit GirlScoutCookieTime.com.
not considered a troop and the girl will receive council
credits only (see the Juliette Cookie Program Insert at Council Dough
GirlScoutCookieTime.com to learn more). New this year, we are expanding our girl Council Dough
eBudde will automatically calculate troop proceeds,
™ choices. Girls are now able to make a choice to convert all or
adjusting for PGA. Troops must enter total cases of cookies part of her GSWCF Council Dough to an online Cookie Dough
picked up into eBudde for troop proceeds to be determined gift certificate, which can be used to purchase items online
correctly. through GSUSA’s Girl Scout Store. Online Cookie Dough gift
certificates can only be used to make online purchases and
Girl Scout Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador level cannot be used for membership registration or GSWCF council
troops can opt out of rewards to receive additional proceeds. events, destinations, or any other such event. This is strictly
All girls in a J/C/S/A troop must agree as a whole troop to for online only purchases at girlscoutshop.com. All GSWCF
opt out of rewards. While troops who opt out will not receive Council Dough converted to an “Online Cookie Dough gift
general rewards, they can still earn patches and rewards certificate” will expire on Dec. 30, 2021.
for starting inventory orders (SIO), Digital Cookie and Gift
of Caring sales, as well as the Top-Seller reward. Multi-level Girls who do not elect to transfer portions of their GSWCF
troops with girls below Juniors do not qualify to opt out of Council Dough to the online format will continue to receive
rewards. the printed GSWCF Council Dough cards. Council Dough cards
can be used at the council shop as well as membership
Troop Proceeds For J/C/S/A registration, summer camp, GSWCF programs and events,
with Rewards Opt Out Destinations, and service unit encampments.
Troop PGA Troop Proceeds
Digital Cookie Rewards
Less than 200 $0.87/box
Packages Sold Girl Reward
200–274.99 $0.89/box
50+ packages Straw with Pouch
275 or more $0.92/box
100+ packages $7 Council Dough
*Proceeds earned belong to the Girl Scout troop and do not
become the property of individual members. 150+ packages Backpack Purse
Gift of Caring Rewards
Send 25 Packages Sold Girl Reward
Digital Coo ®
kie 12+ packages Gift of Caring Patch
emails and
get 30+ packages Pillow
a Cookie Te
chie 60+ packages Padded Padfolio
patch 100+ packages $15 Council Dough
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Council Gift of Caring
and Hometown Heroes
The Hometown Heroes (HTH) program is a community service
The Council Gift of Caring (GOC) program is a Girl Scout opportunity where troops/girls choose a local organization to
community service project that provides donated Girl Scout receive donated cookies. Recipients can be “heroes” in the
Cookies® to active overseas military men and women through community such as non-profit organizations, shelters, firefighters,
Support the Troops, Inc. GSWCF also disperses some of the police departments, blood banks, or food banks. Girls should
donated cookies to Feeding Tampa Bay. contact the selected organization for their approval prior to
collecting cookie donations.
How the program works:
For various reasons, some customers may not want to buy cookies for themselves. Through the Gift of Caring and Hometown Heroes
programs, they have a chance to give to others while supporting Girl Scouting at the same time.
While taking regular orders, girls communicate to customers that they can purchase cookies to donate to troops (through Gift of Caring) or
to the chosen Hometown Hero. Using the Gift of Caring/Hometown Heroes poster, girls explain that this is a Girl Scout community service
program, which will send Girl Scout Cookies® not only to active overseas military personnel and veterans organizations, but also to local
non-profits.
• E ach cookie box donation for the Gift of Caring/Hometown Heroes
program is at the $5 level.
• Girls who get a minimum of 12 or more GOC/HTH orders
earn the Gift of Caring patch • Gift of Caring cookies can be purchased in-person or online.
Girls should email relatives and friends (especially those who live
• For 30 or more GOC/HTH orders, girls also receive outside of their area) and ask them to donate for your council Gift
a pocket pillow of Caring program.
• For 60 or more GOC/HTH orders, girls also receive • Hometown Heroes cookies can be purchased in-person only at
a padded portfolio cookie booths or during Cookies on the Spot.
• For 100 or more GOC/HTH orders, girls also receive • Since there are no products to deliver to customers who support
$15 in Council Dough council Gift of Caring, girls should collect money from customers
at the time of the order and turn it in to the troop cookie manager.
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S’MORES CLUB
The S’mores Club is exclusively for GSWCF girl members and adult product program volunteers
who excel in both the 2020 Fall Product Program and 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Program.
Girls and volunteers who earn a place in the S’mores Club during the 2020–2021 membership
year receive a special S’mores Club patch and an exclusive sterling silver bracelet with uniquely
designed charms.
Girls who became members of the 2020 S’mores Club and meet the requirement for both the
2020 Fall Product Program and 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Program will receive the current year’s
mascot charms to add to their bracelets and the exclusive S’mores Club patch.
To qualify for the S’mores Club, girls must sell:
• 70 items during the 2020 Fall Product Program, and
• 400 packages during the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Program
To qualify for the S’mores Club, product program volunteers* must:
• Have a minimum of two girls in their troop who participate in both the 2020 Fall Product Program and the 2021 Girl Scout
Cookie Program
• Have total sales of at least $2,000 in the 2020 Fall Product Program
• Have a PGA of 350 packages during the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Program (based on girls participating)
* Only the troop fall product manager (TFPM) and the troop cookie manager (TCM) are eligible for rewards.
If the TFPM and TCM are the same person, only one reward will be given.
4 FOR MORE
get more + give back!
4 For More is a new sales incentive to help girls/troops
increase their cookie sales by encouraging customers to
PINS AND BADGES spend a minimum of $20 when they make a purchase from
one of our Cookie CEOs. This is a replacement for the 5 for
When a Girl Scout places a pin or a
5 Program and now includes a give-back component that
badge on her vest or sash, it symbolizes
supports either Gift of Caring or the troop’s designated
an important achievement. Cookie
Hometown Hero. With 4 For More, a customer will be given a
Entrepreneur Family pins recognize
receipt with a unique code for every four boxes purchased.
the five skills girls learn as they begin
This code lets them enter into a contest where they could
to think like entrepreneurs through
get more + give back
win three cases of their favorite Girl Scout Cookie AND give
the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Cookie
back by donating an additional three cases to either our Gift
Business badges demonstrate that a
of Caring Program or a troop’s designated Hometown Hero
girl has developed specific skills related
(where applicable). Be sure that your girls write their troop
to running her own business. When a Girl
number on each receipt. Get details at gswcf.org/4formore.
Scout wears these emblems, she lets the
4more!
world know she’s a real-life Cookie Boss!
Earning the year-by-year Cookie
Entrepreneur Family Pin is the best way
to make the Girl Scouts Cookie Program
for
a family affair! Cookie Business badges
give Girl Scouts the chance to hone their skills and
gain an understanding of the world of business.
For more information and to download all level
criteria, go to GirlScoutCookieTime.com and look
for Badges & Resources under the “For Cookie
Sellers” page.
102021 Patches
Cookie Crossover Patch Cookie Captain Patch
Did your daughter’s troop participate in the 2020 Fall Product This program is designed specifically
Program? Girls who sent at least 15 emails in the Fall Product for Girl Scout Juniors, Cadettes,
Program can earn this personalized Crossover Patch by also selling Seniors, and Ambassadors who
270 packages of cookies during the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Program. want to use their years of cookie
program experience to help younger
Cookie Rookie Patch girls succeed. Girl Scout Daisies and
The Cookie Rookie patch is for first time Brownies look up to older girls, so
cookie sellers ONLY. Parents, troop there’s no one better to teach them
cookie chairs, troop leaders, or Cookie the cookie program!
Captains help new cookie sellers learn all
Participating in this program is easy! Become a Cookie Captain
about the cookie program while having
by participating in any of the activities below. You can do any
fun. All Cookie Rookies who complete
activity more than once, but you must work with different troops.
the program will earn this patch. For full
For example, if you help out Daisy Troop 12345 at a cookie booth
details go to gswcf.org/cookierookie.
as well as Brownie Troop 67890, this counts as completion of two
Cookie Booth Patch requirements. However, if you help Daisy Troop 12345 at a cookie
booth twice, it would only count as completion of one requirement.
Booth sales are a great way to increase your team’s
success. Contact your troop cookie manager to
sign up for booths. Girls who sell 36 packages or
more from a booth or booths will receive the booth
sales patch. Activities Required for Cookie Captain
Complete 1 activity: You’ll receive the Cookie Captain patch.
Complete 2 activities: You’ll receive the Cookie Captain
patch and $10 Council Dough.
Complete 3 activities: You’ll receive the Cookie Captain
patch and $25 Council Dough (awards are not cumulative).
• A
Cookie Rally. When your service unit holds its cookie
rally, pitch in and take ownership of a cookie rally station.
Plan an activity (it can be a game or a craft) that will help
girls learn more about the cookie program, prepare the
supplies needed, decorate your activity site, and then help
girls at the rally with your game or project.
• F
ind a troop that has a lot of first time cookie sellers.
Ask your troop cookie chair about the Cookie Rookie patch
requirements and help Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies
become Cookie Rookies. Show them the Cookie Rookie
video and complete at least two activities.
• B
e their Cookie Captain when booth sales start.
Cookie Captains can join the troop at their cookie booth
to provide selling tips, product information, help make
changes, and be an example of how Girl Scouts should
treat their customers and their cookie booth location.
…and Go to gswcf.org/cookiecaptain for more details
and application.
more!
11We hope you have an exciting
season and we are always here
for you if you have any questions.
Important Dates
JANUARY 2021
Jan. 2: Cookie program begins (girls will begin accepting
orders via their Digital Cookie website)
Patricia Hemenway
Jan. 11: Troop Starting Inventory Order (SIO) due
Vice President of Girl Experience
Jan. 30: Girls begin Cookies on the Spot, Lemon-Ups stands,
Phone/fax: 813-262-1838 and mobile booths
productsales@gswcf.org
FEBRUARY 2021
Feb. 4: Cupboards open (hours of operation vary by location)
Feb. 12: Cookie booths begin!
Feb. 12: Bling Your Booth contest begins
Esther Rivera
Feb. 19–21: National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend
Product Program Coordinator
MARCH 2021
Phone/fax: 813-262-1763
productsales@gswcf.org Mar. 1: Bling Your Booth contest ends
Mar. 1: Last day customers can choose girl delivery
Mar. 7: Cookie program ends (On the Spot and online sales)
Mar. 12: Outstanding caregiver/parent information due
Jessica Hadley
APRIL & MAY 2021
Product Program Coordinator Rewards sent to service unit for distribution to troops
Phone/fax: 813-262-1839
productsales@gswcf.org
Sabrina Canty-Hart
Product Program
Experience Manager
Phone/fax: 813-262-1787
productsales@gswcf.org
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