2016 Cookie Program!

Family Training for this year’s Cookie Program

What We’ll Cover Today:

1. Theme | Cookies | Vendor2. 5 Essential Skills3. Safety Guidelines4. Resources for Success5. How Girls Sell Cookies6. Tech Tools

7. Program Dates8. Managing Money9. What Troops & Girls Earn10. Important Guidelines11.Our Troop Goals

Theme and Mascot

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Hallie the Hedgehog!

The Cookies

Thanks-A-Lot ®

Cranberry Citrus Crisps

Lemonades ™

Shortbread Thin Mints ®

Peanut Butter Patties ®

Caramel deLites ®

Peanut Butter Sandwich

Trios

ABC Bakers is the oldest and most experienced licensed Girl Scout Cookie baker. We became “Official Girl Scout Cookie Bakers” in 1937. ABC is part of Interbake Foods, LLC, a Richmond, Virginia-based manufacturer that has been baking cookies and crackers for 100 years.

$4.00 per package (12 packages per case)

$5 per pkg

5 Essential Skills

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5 Essential Skills (Cont.)

Safety Guidelines

1. Show you’re a girl scout

2. Use the buddy system

3. Be streetwise & safe on the road

4. Adults, be present

5. Plan ahead

6. Do not enter

7. Sell in the daytime

8. Protect privacy

9. Be net wise

Family Resources

(Not shown: Money

Envelopes)

How Girls Sell Cookies

Order-Taking•Take order then delivery & collect

money later.

Direct Sale•Exchange product

& money in one visit.

How Girls Sell Cookies: Order-Taking

Girls collect customer orders, then return to deliver product & collect money.

New dedicated order-taking period this year! February 1-11

Girls can continue to take orders through March 13

How Girls Sell Cookies : Booth Sales

Troops onlyCookieFinder app uses zip

code search to promote booth sales!

Cookie Share

Customers give back to their community & support Girl Scouts.Donate locally or to the council partner: Iowa Military &

VeteransInformation in the Family Guide & online

www.girlscoutsiowa.org > Cookies > For Cookie Sellers > Resources

Tech Tools

Cookie Command (COCO): Tools & resources to reach customers virtually & manage their cookie business online!

Ecard Marketing: Send ecards to collect orders & deliver product later. Perfect for those that live close by.

COCOdirect: Optional COCOdirect ecard that includes a secure link for customers to order, pay and have cookies shipped to their door!

Girls can use COCOdirect from February 1- March 20

Tech Tools (Cont.)

COCOmobile: This app allows girls with a COCO username and password to set, track and take orders from any iPhone ®, or Android device ™. You can access COCOdirect through COCOmobile.

Program Dates

Girl Order-Taking | February 1 - March 13 Direct Sales | February 12 - March 20 COCOdirect | February 1- March 20

Managing Money: Collecting from Customers

Acceptable Forms of PaymentCash Check | Make them out to GS Troop##, GSGI, or Girl Scouts

Customer Orders through COCOdirect

Managing Money: Credits for Online Sales

For this to work: Girls’ names HAVE to match between their Cookie Command account & Snap

What They Earn: Troop Proceeds

The Basic Plan

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Start at $0.45/pkg

Troop reaches 185 PGA = $0.50/pkg

Troop reaches 250 PGA= $0.52/pkg

Start at $0.55/pkgTroop reaches 185 PGA = $0.60/pkg

Troop reaches 250 PGA= $0.62/pkg

Older Troop (C,S,A) the Opt-Out Plan

What They Earn: Troop Proceeds (Next Year)

Or, if you’re taking over an existing troop…

Troop reaches 185 PGA = $0.50/pkgTroop reaches 250 PGA= $0.52/pkg

Troop sells 1% more than last year = $0.53/pkgTroop sells 2% more than last year = $0.54/pkgTroop sells 3% more than last year= $0.55/pkg

What They Earn: Cookie Dough

o Earned by individual girls. o Used towards her Girl Scout Experience. o Base Cookie Dough + optional additions.o Credits are emailed directly to each family.o EXPIRE September 15, 2016

Recognitions: Items & Patches

Patch layout & descriptions in Family GuideAchievement Bars New Troop Incentives!New Lifetime membership! (Graduating Girl Scouts only)

Recognitions: Items & Patches

Important Guidelines

1. Register for the 2015-2016 Girl Scout year

2. Fill out and turn in a Permission Form to their TPM

3. Receive your program materials

4. Wait until February 1 to start contacting customers

Online Resources

Girlscoutsiowa.org > Cookies > For Cookie Sellers > Resources

o What’s New for 2016!o Frequently Asked

Questions (FAQ’s)o Cookie Dough Policyo Cookie Command Center

Guides & Videoso Cookie Share Guideo Safety Resourceso Getting Started with

MyGS

Cookie Kick OffsNew! Cookie Kick Off x 3 (New event locations!)January 16th at 4 PM (4:30 PM in Mason City)Registration is open now!

Omaha Des Moines Mason City

Cookie Rally

ABC

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