Family Guide 2018 Girl Scout Cookie Program - Girl Scouts of Badgerland Wisconsin
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2018 Girl Scout Cookie Program
Family Guide It’s time for the largest girl-led
business in the world: the Girl Scout
Cookie Program! Whether she’s a
first-year Daisy or an experienced
cookie seller, this guide will help
answer some of the most common
questions about the Cookie
Program. This year’s theme is:
The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls
develop these 5 lifelong skills:
And isn’t that what Girl Scouts is
all about? Standing up for what
you believe in and making a
How You Can Support Her Cookie Program difference? We think so, too!
yy Attend the troop cookie meeting.
yy Volunteer to help the troop.
yy Return the permission slip before selling.
yy Help her set goals and track progress.
yy Help her use all the tools of success, including creating a Smart Cookies account.
yy Support her selling by taking her to your workplace, assisting with phone
orders and volunteering at the troop’s cookie booths.
yy A Girl Scout is always honest and fair and waits until February 3 to start selling.
Info To Know
Cookie Program Sale Dates Cookie Questions? Cookie Costs
Starts: February 3 Ask Your Troop Cookie Coordinator or Cookies: $4 per box
Ends: March 11 800.236.2710 | info@gsbadgerland.org Gluten-free: $5 per pouch
4 Ways to Sell Cookies
DIRECT SALE allows girls to have packages of cookies in-hand to sell door-to-door to family, friends and neighbors. Girl
Scouts exchange cookies and payment in one easy step.
ORDER TAKING requires girls to make two trips to a customer’s house - once to ask them to order cookies and a second
time to deliver the cookies. Girls collect money at the time of delivery only.
BOOTH SALES are usually a troop event scheduled by the troop. Girl Scouts gather together at public places (grocery stores
are popular!) to sell cookies. At booth sales girls work together to achieve troop and individual sales goals.
ONLINE SALES (also called Digital Cookie) are ideal for Girl Scouts with family members living too far away to support her
cookie sale. Girls send a Smart Cookies Direct Ship eCard, via email, inviting family and friends to order cookies from her
online. Cookies and shipping costs are paid online using a credit card, and the cookies are shipped directly to their home.
Digital Cookie Sale Instructions
Send Smart Cookies Direct Ship eCards to your customers. 1. Look for an email from abcsmartcookies.com.
Choose from these two eCard options: - This contains a link for your girl to get started.
1) Ship cookies directly to your customers without having to - Click the link to begin. Complete the profile page
worry about money collection or hand delivery. Your customer which includes selecting a username and password.
will place and pay for their cookies (and shipping) online. - Click submit to complete the registration.
2) With this eCard, the customer can make a “promise order.” 2. Look for an email confirming her account set-up.
They can complete the online order form and let you know what - Save the email because it has the username and
they intend to buy but they don’t pay online. Instead, you will password which you’ll need each time you log in.
fulfill the order, deliver their cookies and collect their payment 3. Log in to her account at abcsmartcookies.com and
in person. help her set up her dashboard and sales goal.
4. Select the ‘eCard’ tab, add contacts, then generate
eCards to family and friends.
Direct Sale > Important Dates Order Taking > Important Dates
February 3 February 3
Cookie sale begins. She has picked up her cookies from her troop Cookie sale begins. Girls start taking orders.
and begins selling them. If she runs outs of cookies, she can Remember, you do not collect any money until
continue selling by taking orders. Collect money at time of sale. you deliver the cookies in March.
By February 10, 17, 24 & March 3, 10 (weekly) February 22
Turn in money collected from cookie sales to your Troop Cookie Double check your math on your order card
Coordinator and place an additional order for cookies if needed. then submit the order to your troop co-leaders.
By February 21 Between March 2-6
Return any unopened, non-written on cases of cookies to your Troop Pick up your cookies from your troop and begin
Cookie Coordinator for return. This is your only opportunity to do so. delivering to customers and collecting money.
March 11 March 11
End of Cookie Sale. All cookies should be sold and money collected. End of Cookie Sale. All cookies should be
Turn in all money to your Troop Cookie Coordinator. If you still have delivered and money collected. Turn in all
unsold cookies keep selling! It is your responsibility to sell all your money to your Troop Cookie Coordinator.
cookies and turn in all money collected.
ACTIVATE COCO TO WIN
Troop
Troops with a 204 boxes per girl selling average will earn the Troop Reward.
February 8 - February 12
2018 Troop Reward Choices
Girl Scouts who activate their COCO account and
Rew ards • Kalahari
• Discovery
Resort
set at goal
a cookie
World
every
Wisconsin
Tickets
day that
will be Dells > Sunday
entered May,
to win fun 20 | Sunday, June 3 | Sunday, June 10
goodies
week!> use anytime by September 30Cookie FAQs Safety First
What are the cookies for sale? yy Buddy up. Always sell with another person.
There are eight varieties: Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, yy Wisconsin law requires children under 9 to be
Peanut Butter Patties, Shortbreads, Thanks-A-Lots, supervised by a person 16 or older when selling
Lemonades, Peanut Butter Sandwiches and, returning this or delivering a product.
year, S’mores. yy Girls do not give her phone number, address or
How much do the cookies cost? last name to customers.
$4 per box. Cookies must be sold at this price. yy Never enter another person’s home. All cookie
sales are made at the door.
What about gluten free cookies?
We’ve got those too and it’s up to each troop whether to sell yy Girls should not carry large sums of money.
gluten free cookies, which cost $5 per pouch. Each troop All money needs to be turned in promptly and
frequently by a responsible adult rather than
was invited to pre-order these cookies and supply is limited.
sending it to school.
Check with your troop co-leaders to know if your troop is
selling gluten free cookies. yy A Girl Scout should always wear her uniform
when selling cookies!
What if we run out of cookies?
No worries. Contact your troop co-leaders to get restocked.
What happens if I don’t choose a reward?
Cookie Money
If a girl does not submit her rewards form by March 19 she Customers make checks payable to your troop or
Badgerland Council.
will receive Badgerland Bucks as her reward.
Money is collected from customers when cookies
are delivered. Customers may pay in cash or
with a check payable to your troop or Badgerland
Cookie Share Council.
A customer never writes out a check to a parent
A Community Service Project or girl. If this is done and the check becomes NSF,
Cookie Share allows customers to purchase cookies that will Badgerland will not be able to help in collecting
be donated. Customers pay for cookies but do not receive the funds from the customer.
them. The troop coordinates delivery to their chosen cause,
such as a food pantry or a Ronald McDonald House.
These orders are written in the Cookie Share column on
Cookie Returns
Parents are financially responsible for all cookies
the order card. The cookies are included in girls’ totals and received. If your Girl Scout is unable to complete
count toward rewards. All Cookie Share money must be her cookie sale, some cookies may be returned.
turned in to your Troop Cookie Coordinator so the cookies Parents may return unopened, clean cases of
can be delivered to the troop’s chosen cause. cookies to their troop co-leaders on or before
February 21. This is the only opportunity to return
Every Girl Scout who participates in Cookie Share earns the cookies.
Cookie Share patch!
Where the $4 per box goes* How Cookie Dollars Are Spent
Girl Scout Rewards Troop Proceeds After paying the baker for the cookies,
$0.19 $0.63-0.75 100 percent of the money that
Badgerland troops raise through the
Girl Scout Cookie Program stays local.
Girl Scout and *The cost breakdown is different for Girl Scouts not in a
Pay the Baker: troop and selling as Individually Registered Members. See
Volunteer Services your IRM info for details.
$2.025-$2.145 Cookie Cost - $1.035ALL REWARDS ADVENTURE
POINTS
36—59 boxes Theme Patch 1 Point yy Elephant Duffle Bag
60—107 boxes Drawstring Bag yy Illustory Jr. (book publishing kit)
yy luminAID Pillow (additional pillow donated in your name
108—167 boxes Bandana OR Stationery Set OR to the Kikulu Foundation)
$5 Badgerland Bucks yy Virtual Reality Goggles
168—203 boxes Carabiner Light OR Wristband Wallet OR yy Wisconsin State Park Pass
$5 Badgerland Bucks yy 2019 Girl Scout Membership
204—251 boxes Journal OR Charm IT! Elephant Charm 2 Points yy Adopt an Elephant (The Elephant Sanctuary)
OR $5 Badgerland Bucks yy 14-n-1 Solar Robot
252—299 boxes Sitting Elephant Plush OR Elephant yy Custom Designed Sleeping Bag
T-shirt OR Wet/Dry Bag OR $10 yy $75 Badgerland Bucks
Badgerland Bucks 3 Points yy American Girl of the Year Doll
300—347 boxes Bucket Hat OR Marquee Board OR yy Hanging Chair
Custom Designed Elephant Socks (You yy The Bed Tent (fits twin bed)
get one, we give one! A pair of socks will yy Razor E100 Electric Scooter
be donated on your behalf.) OR yy $125 Badgerland Bucks
$15 Badgerland Bucks 5 Points yy Badgerland’s St. Louis Adventure (girl fee only)
348—407 boxes Both Elephant Plushes OR Travel Organizer yy Kalahari 1-Night Stay for 4
OR 2019 Girl Scout Membership OR $15 yy Teton Sports Mountain Ultra Tent (4-person)
Badgerland Bucks yy $250 Badgerland Bucks
408—599 boxes 1 Adventure Point 7 Points yy 1 Summer Camp Session of Your Choice
yy Badgerland’s St. Louis Adventure (girl and adult fee)
600+ boxes Official Badgerland Top Cookie Seller! yy iPod Touch (128 GB)
600—803 boxes 1 Adventure Point yy Thingmaker 3D Printer
804—1007 boxes 1 Adventure Point yy $400 Badgerland Bucks
1008—1211 boxes 2 Adventure Points 10 Points yy The Lincoln Experience: Two 1-Day Passes to the
Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, IL, plus a
1212-1415 boxes 2 Adventure Points 2-Night Hotel Stay
1416-1619 boxes 3 Adventure Points yy Trek Bike
1620-1823 boxes 3 Adventure Points yy The Ultimate Outdoor Package (2 person tent, backpack,
sleeping bag, sleeping pad, luminAID Pillow and a State
1824-2017 boxes 3 Adventure Points Park Pass)
2018 boxes 3 Adventure Points yy $600 Badgerland Bucks
13 Points yy Boundary Waters Trip: 2-Night Stay at Grand Ely Lodge
Want to keep selling? For every 96 boxes of cookies sold over 2018
boxes, you will earn 1 more Adventure Point. plus a 1-Day Guided Day Trip for Two with Ely Outfitting
Company in Minnesota
yy Dell Inspiron 15.6” laptop
Philanthropist Reward 16 Points
yy $800 Badgerland Bucks
yy Me & My Adult Family Space Camp Experience
Or, choose the Philanthropist Reward and a donation will be (program fee only)
made in your name to one of these nonprofit organizations: yy iPad Pro (12.9inch, 256GB, wifi)
yy Windsurfing Stand Up Paddle Board
Boxes Donation yy Girl Scouts of Wisconsin-Badgerland yy $1000 Badgerland Bucks
yy The Elephant Sanctuary 19 Points yy Discover Boston Trip for 2 (5 days/4 nights)
60-107 $5
yy National Forest Foundation yy Walt Disney World for 2 (5 days/4 nights)
108-167 $5 yy Smithsonian National Air and Space yy Unlimited Camp Sessions for Summer 2018
168-251 $5 Museum yy $1200 Badgerland Bucks
252-299 $10 Like rewards, donations are cumulative. Choose one
See details for all rewards and travel experiences on the cookie page at
gsbadgerland.org. Limit one 19-point trip per girl.
300-347 $10 organization per girl. Girls will still receive cookie
program patches or bars she earned plus a special Adventure Points cannot be shared among girls. If an item or event is not
348-407 $10 philanthropist patch. available, it will be replaced with a similar item or event of equal value.You can also read
