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Julie Miller, Troop 925 Cookie Chair * 818-522-1228 * julie@gstroop925.com
Troop Forms are below, click the Down Arrow to download them.
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This year GSGLA is offering a Super Six variety of cookies, a premium selection of customer favorites: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-So-Dos, Trefoils, and Savannah Smiles.
General Guidelines
Some Cookie Rules to remember:
1. You may sell to your teacher ONLY-no other teachers. This rule is good for ALL schools. This will not be taken lightly if violated. All of the rest of school staff is fair game. Teachers are receiving an email saying that it is cookie season and that they should buy from girls in their class ONLY and to tell other girls no thank you.
2. If someone asks you to leave a booth site and you are not scheduled to be boothing there, call Julie immediately, and politely pack up and go home. Likewise, if you see someone boothing in a place that they shouldn't be, call Julie immediately. Cookie Booths on your own property can not be shut down by anyone other than the police-yes last year, some booths in LA County were shut down. We DO have a permit to be selling and running a business but it is not worth arguing with the police over this matter.
3. Your girls may only go Door-to-Door with an adult.
4. Be kind to other girls, yes we all have goals but remember, this is not a competition and certainly is not worth upsetting a child over.
5. You must have contact with the person to sell cookies, this means no "internet based" sales: ebay is off limits :) You can sell online-I did today in fact, on Facebook! But it will be delivered IN PERSON, WITH A GIRL PRESENT.
6. THE GIRL NEEDS TO BE THE SALES PERSON!! Please take order forms to work with you but when possible, please have your daughter deliver cookies. At the very least, your daughter needs to send a thank-you note FROM HER if she can not deliver cookies in your office.
This is not a parent sale! Cookies teach girls about business, about personal relations with adults, about how to handle money carefully, about gaining courage to ask people if they would like to help out, about properly handling a rejection or No answer, and mostly about the work/reward relationship. Cookies are not just a money earner-they are about learning a skill set that girls learn by actively participating. Cookies are not all about $$ and prizes.
Important Dates!
January 24 - Sales Start Initial Order Taking
February 7 - Initial Order is due to your Leader
February 22 - PRE ORDER Cookies are delivered to your leader who will arrange with you when you can pick them up.
February 25 - Boothing begins. DO NOT set up a personal booth prior to this date.
February 25 - Second Orders Due to leader (additional orders can be sent in anytime after this)
March 23 - Money is due to your leader. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you can not turn in your money this day, do it prior to.
March 23 - Last day of Cookie Sales.
Cookie Club: Click Here
What is Gift Of Caring? : Click Here
Cool Contests for 2014
Cool Contests for 2014
Cookie Mobile Contest - decorate your car, wagon, or other mobile and win a pizza party for your troop!
PRIZES!!: Click Here
Q and A's
What is my initial order? Initial orders are any sales you make between January 24th and Feb 7th Only. On February 20 (pending) will pick up cookies that you order on February 7th ONLY.
So do I stop selling cookies on February 7th? No, keep selling and any orders you collect between February 7th and February 25th will be your SECOND ORDER that is due to your leader on February 25th. After February 25th, you can submit orders to your leader anytime until the sale is over. Your leader will let you know when you can pick up additional orders-usually 24 hours after you ask for them but sometimes as much as 3 days depending on when the "Cookie Cupboards" are open for us to go get more.
How do I submit an order? Send your order in to your leader, she will send it to me. Orders will be accepted via e-mail ONLY. This is to protect you, and ensure that you get the right cookies that you ask for. Remember, your leaders are VOLUNTEERS and this is a HUGE job for them so please understand that in order to keep things running smoothly, we are taking orders via email only. If you do not have email access, contact Julie directly at 818-522-1228
Wait, you only gave me part of my Initial Order, what happened? This year, our troop is going to be enforcing Girl Scout's policy of 'Only $300.00 of product may be released to any Girl at a time.' Yes, we know that this is inconvenient and means that you might not only get part of your order but it is to protect the girl's bank account funds. Only $300 of product per person is Insured. Yes, that is 75 boxes-even if your initial order was for 200+ in order to receive the incentive.
How do I get the rest of my cookies then? You can collect more cookies when you have turned in money to your leader. You may not pay for all of the boxes upfront and then collect money from your customer because this jeopardizes Girl Scout's Non-Profit Status with the IRS. Every box of cookies we sell is a donation in funds to GS so we need to collect up the cash and not have large checks from each family covering the whole amount.
What are the incentives? How many boxes should I sell? That is up to you. The girls earn incentives based on the number of boxes they sell, the incentives are listed on the back of the order forms. Each group has a goal based on an activity that they would like to do with their cookie money. That goal is the target you should try to reach. Effort is rewarded, we know that not every girl will meet these goals and we will work with you if you can not meet the goal but put forth 100% effort. This includes attending booths and cookie sales events.
Can I take a check, and who does it get made out to? Simply, no. We do not take checks because we have had problems with them bouncing in the past. Every bounced check costs the troop $35. IF you want to take a check from Grandma, or Aunt Sally, that is fine but not from customers. You must write Grandma or Aunt Sally's phone number on the check. Checks from family are made out to "TROOP 925" If the checks bounce, we will attempt to reach the person that wrote the check, if they can not be reached, the girl's family will be responsible for the fees.
What is Boothing? Boothing is when we go sit outside of a market and ask customers if they would like to buy cookies. You will get a Volunteer Spot Sign Up for Boothing.
Can I do my own Booth? Yes, you can booth ON YOUR OWN BLOCK anytime you like after February 27th. If you would like to set up a private booth anywhere else, we encourage you to do so! Please contact Julie directly at 818-522-1228 and I will help you set up a private booth. You will only be given cookies to fill these booths if they are set up in the computer system-otherwise you have to work with your 75 boxes that you can pick up. Private booths are split equally among all girls that work them.
I am going to be out of town on March 23, can I turn in the money when I get back? No. If you do not turn in the money to your leader on or before March 23, you are not going to receive your prizes that you earn from selling cookies.
What do I do with these Receipts? SAVE EVERY RECEIPT WE GIVE YOU! We make mistakes. We are human. They are the proof that you owe us for cookies you have picked up. Likewise, they are proof that you have PAID us. If you do not have receipt proof of paying us, then GS will try to collect at the end of the sale. DO NOT take cookies or turn in money without a receipt-ever. Do not trust us, we love you and love that you love us, so please do not loose your receipts in-case we make a mistake.
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