Getting Started A successful cookie program is girl-led. Work with girls to create a year-long troop activity plan, then set cookie goals to support the troop budget. o Complete the required paperwork: o If you need to be introduced to your o Troop Cookie Coordinator (TCC) service unit cookie manager, please Volunteer Agreement (eBudde). call customer care at 317.924.6800. o 2020-21 Annual Girl Permission o Once you have completed the Form (all caregivers must mandatory gsLearn track you will complete for their girls). receive an email from the cookie portal with a registration link. The mandatory o Enter troop banking Information on settings training video can be found on your tab by January 15. gsLearn dashboard. Please note: you must also be a registered Girl o Review the gsLearn training track for all Scout. in-depth Cookie Program training modules. o TCCs are responsible for the following o Ensure each girl has cookie selling in eBudde: materials. These materials were mailed to the troop cookie coordinator the week of o Enter troop initial order January 4. o Sign-up and manage booths o Allocate packages to girls o Order card o Order rewards o Goal getter order card (paper) o Manage troop cookie finances o Money envelope o Booth postcard o Philanthropic/destinations info sheet
CUPBOARDS Cupboard pick-up slots: Many of our cupboards will use cupboard pick-up slots in 2021. This means only one troop is arriving at a time to ensure social distancing.
How to Place a Cupboard Order: To ensure that we have accurate stock: 1
2 Select pick-up date and time
A few important safety precautions we ask that you take with all Girl Scout members while working on the Cookie Program is to ensure everyone is wearing a mask properly, social distancing, and following state and local guidelines.
JANUARY 2021 Hold a girl planning meeting and caregiver meeting. Early in January the troop cookie manager will receive Vital Mobile credit card information. 4 Girl materials mailed directly to the troop 15 Troop starting inventory order due in eBudde by 9 p.m. Banking information due in eBudde 18 Penny pull / troop leader access to Digital Cookie 1 Cookie Order Cards begin / booth sign ups begin 2 Cookie delivery through Feb 7 10 Cupboards open 12 Hot spot cookie booths begin 14 Digital cookie rewards due in eBudde by midnight 19 First ACH withdrawal
4 Enter quantities by variety (orders can be in single packages)
VITAL MOBILE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING
SAFETY & COOKIES
Quick Bites
7 Online training live – eBudde opens Ensure you have completed your mandatory gsLearn training for eBudde access. 14 Parent/girl emails for Digital Cookie sent out 21 Digital Cookie Sales begin!
FEBRUARY 2021
3 Select the cupboard you intend to pick-up from
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DECEMBER 2020
2021 Cookie Program
On the Transactions Tab, click “Add a Transaction”
Cupboard orders may be edited up until you check them out.
You should have received an email with the set-up link from Vital Mobile in early January.
As cookie entrepreneurs, girls learn valuable life skills while earning money to fund troop adventures and activities like camping, community service projects, travel, and more. All of this is possible because of you, our amazing volunteers, who dedicate valuable time and effort to supporting girls in the cookie program. Thank you for everything you do to ensure this program is an enriching, safe, and exciting experience for all girls.
New This Year!
5 Click “okay” and then “save”
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana will be covering all fees for credit card transactions made through the Vital Mobile system. A Vital Mobile training video can be found on gsLearn for more detailed information
Welcome to the 2021 Cookie Program!
NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID INDIANAPOLIS,IN Permit No. 5677
MARCH 2021 12 Second ACH withdrawal 14 Last day of Cookie Program 17 Final rewards order due in eBudde by midnight 19 Past Due Cookie Account forms due by midnight 26 Final ACH withdrawal