Build Skills and Con dence!
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. Through it, girls learn ve essential skills:
Goal Setting
Being able to set and reach goals will help girls succeed in school, on the job and in life. Deciding how to market and sell through the Girl Scout Cookie Program will help empower girls and build confidence.
Girls develop a budget and handle customers’ money. Learning this skill will help them manage their own money when they grow older.
Girl-led, Adult-supervised
As girls talk and listen to their customers they learn to perform better with group projects, teams and later at work.
Girl Scouts sell cookies with support from adults. (The adults should not sell for the girl.) The Girl Scout should be…
✓ Setting a goal for her sales
✓ Making decisions about how she will be selling cookies as allowed within the program
✓ Actively involved in setting up her Digital Cookie site
✓ Making signs and posters
Girl Scout Cookie Business is a Family Affair!
Behaving honestly and responsibly through every step of the Cookie Program will help girls grow into conscientious and positive leaders in the future. The Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin is a great way to support your Girl Scout in this program.
✓ Making the ask to all her customers and answering their questions
✓ Accepting payments and making change
✓ Filling orders
✓ Writing thank you notes
Cookie Program Do's and Don'ts Powered by Cookies!
All Cookie proceeds stay local and the Cookie Program is a driving force behind Girl Scouts and Troops funding their year! Where can Cookies take you?
Begin selling online or in-person on or after Jan. 18
Participate in approved booth sales beginning Feb. 14
Sell all cookies for $6 per package
Accept nancial responsibility for all cookies received
Use her personal Digital Cookie link to sell online
Use Digital Cookie to accept payments online
Be aware that a Digital Cookie link shared on a public-facing site could appear anywhere
Turn the payment into the troop in the original way it was accepted
Count and verify with the troop volunteer that your payments and cookies are correct before signing the receipt
Keep copies of receipts for all cookies received and payments made to troop
Take any orders or requests for cookies before Jan. 18
Set up booth sales without council approval and before Feb. 14
Adjust the price for any Girl Scout Cookies
Expect to return any unsold cookies to troop
Accept orders or payments online in any other way
Use Venmo, PayPal or other Third-Party Service Organizations
Promote or sell cookies on any resale site such as Facebook Marketplace, eBay, etc.
Keep cash and then pay the troop using a different payment method
Hand off cookies or money without verifying the amounts are correct
Rely on your memory for all troop transactions
Purchase program supplies for a great Girl Scout year
Fund Troop activities - planned BY girls FOR girls
Participate in Girl Scout programming, curriculum and events
Attend resident or day camp
Earn badges in STEM, outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship, and so much more
Take advantage of amazing travel opportunities
Safety Tips
• Show you’re a Girl Scout by wearing your uniform or pin.
• Girls should never sell alone - Adults must accompany girls in grades K-5 and supervise girls in grades 6-12.
• Sell in the daytime.
• Never enter the home or vehicle of a person when you are selling or making deliveries.
Digital Cookie
• Digital Cookie is a fun, educational tool that help girls run and manage their Girl Scout Cookie business online. The Digital Cookie app is an easy way to make and track sales on the go.
• Emails will be sent on January 10 inviting Girl Scouts to set up their online store.
• All Digital Cookie sales will be automatically credited and tracked for each Girl Scout.
• Always safeguard money –Turn money into troop at least once a week.
• Protect her privacy – Never give out a girl’s last name, address, phone number or email.
• Take the GSUSA Internet Safety Pledge before conducting any online activities.
• Be streetwise – Be aware of traf c and become familiar with the neighborhood.
• Caregivers must check the site frequently to approve girl delivered orders within ve days or the sales will default to either cancel or donate as selected by the customer.
Cut-out your own CPC card, if needed!
Rewards
Girl Scouts earn rewards and Cookie Program Credit (CPC) as they sell Girl Scout Cookies. Rewards will be distributed to troops beginning in May.
Girl Scouts use their CPC to support their Girl Scout program by paying for membership, council events and purchasing supplies in the Girl Scout Shop.