An older Girl Scout that helps teach younger Girl Scouts about entrepreneurship and selling cookies!
Cookie Captain Program
1. Program Expectations + Skills
2. Cookie Line-up + Changes
3. Daisy Mentoring
4. Earning Hours
5. Recap
Expectations
• 20 Hours of Silver Trefoil Hours
• Mentor young Girl Scouts
• Leadership opportunity
• Prep, travel, and cleanup time is included in hours
• Volunteer with your service unit
• Have fun!
Skills for Cookie Captains:
• Leadership – A higher up role for older girl scouts to mentor younger girls, which comes with responsibility
• Planning – Organizing meetings, events, and booths
• Communication – Talking with troop leaders, council, and GAB to check in on progress
• Exploremores!
Rocky Road inspired!
Changes This Year
• New rocky road cookie replacing S’mores!
• Our Cookie Captain position being implemented!
• Booths will accept Venmo
• Caregiver and youth booths
• Black-footed ferret mascot!
Daisy Mentoring
• Meet with troop leader 2-3 weeks before to plan.
• Have fun + bring the energy!
• Choose your topic with the leader. Topics can include: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and/or Business Ethics
• Know the products to teach the daises!
• Practice safety and etiquette
• Badges - Cookie Goal Setter Badge, My First Cookie Business Badge Money Counts Leaf or part of Making Choices Leaf
5 Skills
Decision Making
People Skills
Goal Setting
Money Management
Business Ethics
Goal Setting
• Use an example of sliding down a high slide
• Discuss that big goals should be broken down into several small goals
Money Management
• Do a quick math scenario or two as a group to model the concept of money management
• Money should be handled by adults
People Skills
• Always be polite!
• Daisies should be on their best behavior
• Daisies will learn how to deal with a variety of customers
Business Ethics
• Giving back to your community
• Remember the Girl Scout Law!
• Be responsible, caring, and helpful throughout the sale
Decision Making
• Decision Making is in every aspect of the
• Girl Scout Cookie Program
Activities for Daises:
Goal Setting: Goal Darts + Create-your-own Goal Tracker
Money Management: Mock Booth + Count It Up
People Skills: Thank You Cards + Role-playing selling scenarios
Business Ethics: Thank You Cards + Operation Cookie Coloring,
Decision Making (and Safety): Booth Safety Bingo + Door-to-Door
Safety Play-Acting
Safety: WHO and HOW
Familiar Areas
Those on foot – Daisies should not approach vehicles People you know Daylight Hours
Keep the discussion based on the sale
Operations – Keys to Your Success
Log your hours!
If you need more hours, contact your service unit cookie manager
*Remember service hours can only count if spent in a Girl Scout activity.
Example of how to get your hours:
• 2 hours for training, quiz, and welcome letter
• +3 hours volunteering in any Girl Scout activities
• +3 hours with delivery day
• +6 hours at Daisy Booths
• +2 hours helping at a Daisy Meeting
• +4 hours planning and helping at a cookie rally
*Each participant gets a google drive link with resources and badge after completion!
What:
20 Hours logged in Cookie Captain hours log
How:
• Daisy troop meetings
• Daisy Booths
• Girl Scout activities
When:
Starting THIS cookie season!
Theme: Brave, Fierce, Fun!
