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Cookie ProgramPlanning Guide

Cost Of The Cookies (Updated for 2020) All varieties of cookies are one price - $5.00 per box.

Troop Proceeds Troop Earning Items Sold (Per Registered Girl Average)

$0.70 per box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-149 boxes sold$0.75 per box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-199 boxes sold$0.80 per box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200-249 boxes sold$0.85 per box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250+ boxes sold

Older Girl Proceed Option (Updated for 2020)Older-girl Troops that prefer to earn an additional five cents per box rather than the rewards can choose to opt-out of rewards.NEW: Older girl troops, Girl Scout Juniors and older, that prefer to earn additional proceeds rather than the lower level rewards, can earn an additional five cents per box. Then, at the 750+ level, they are able to continue to earn the larger reward items along with their additional proceeds.

For more information visit gsfun.org/cookies.

Top Cookie Seller

3,170 Boxes

All girls featured in this 2020 Cookie Program Planning Guide sold 500+ boxes of Girl Scout Cookies during the

2019 Girl Scout Cookie Program. This year’s 500+ Top Cookie Seller event will take place at

Girl Scout Family Night with the Lakewood BlueClaws on Friday, June 19th.

Get Started!Registered Girl Scouts can sell cookies online through the Digital Cookie (aka Digital Order Card/DOC) platform! There are two ways for Girl Scouts to sell. We encourage girls to use BOTH options to sell cookies. By using both, girls will reach more customers.

Traditional Order Card Digital Order CardFor customers who want to:• order face-to-face• pay cash• have a Girl Scout deliver

For customers who want to:• order online• pay with a credit card• receive long-distance delivery• Girl Delivery Option

• A valid parent email address is REQUIRED for girls to participate in the Digital Cookie program. Parents who provided an email address on their Girl Scout’s registration form will receive an email invitation in December asking them to enroll in DOC.• Girl names will be automatically added to eBudde prior to the sale.• Digital Cookie sales begin January 7 and end March 31. DOC orders will update in eBudde automatically (and girls will receive credit) as they are placed.• There are NO jurisdictional boundaries with Digital Cookie. A registered Girl Scout can sell cookies online to customers anywhere in the country. • Girls may choose to offer some local customers the option of purchasing and paying for cookies online with girl delivery. NEW! All girl-delivery orders will automatically transfer into eBudde and will be included with the girl’s initial order. Visit gsfun.org/cookies for full details.

February/March 2020

Order will be submitted to family/troop/eBudde. Cookies

delivered to troop as usual.

Immediately

Order will be processed immediately at the bakery and shipped as quickly

as possible.

Delivery

All girls featured in the 2020 Cookie Program Planning Guide sold

500+ boxes of Girl Scout Cookies during the 2019 Girl Scout Cookie Program.

They were celebrated at a special 500+ Cookie Seller event! This year’s

500+ event will take place at a Lakewood BlueClaws game on Friday, June 19.

Booth Scheduling In eBuddeTroop Sales Your troop should enter the sale location after receiving approval from location manager, along with the date and time. You will receive an automated e-mail from eBudde once council has approved the sale. In addition, the text in eBudde will become green once sale is approved or orange if it is denied.

Council Sales These are sale opportunities coordinated by council. They usually do not become available until the middle of February. If a listing is green, there is availability for the location; you can secure the date and time. No automated e-mail is generated for council sales. Your confirmation is your ability to select the date.

All incentives are cumulative, Council Cookie Credit Gift Cards can be redeemed for any council sponsored activity – program, shop, camp, trading post, etc.

2020 RewardsTheme Patch30+ Boxes

Origami Bandana75+ Boxes

Butterfly Flipbook Journal 135+ Boxes

Water Bottle215+ Boxes

Tshirt and $25 Jenkinsons Gift Card 300+ Boxes

$50 Target Gift Card AND 500+ Bar Patch500+ Boxes

Fitbit OR a $75 Council Gift Card750+ Boxes

$75 Gift Certificate to Design Your Own Vans Shoes 1250+ Boxes

Online SalesCookie Techie Patch

50+ Boxes Digital Sales

Mini Plush Dangler150+ Boxes Digital Sales

$50 Amazon Gift Card500+ Boxes Digital Sales

Bracelet w/ WOW Charm, Samoas 45th Charm, and Cookie Shake Charm 160+ Boxes

Sweet Success!

Troop Reward

Our Top Seller Event for girls selling 500+ boxes of cookies.

We will celebrate their success with exclusive activities and

opportunities at Girl Scout Night at the

Lakewood BlueClaws on Friday, June 19th.

Jersey Shore Cares Gift of Caring Program

Butterfly Flipbook Journal 135+ Boxes

Tshirt and $25 Jenkinsons Gift Card 300+ Boxes

Jersey Shore Cares Patch 10+ boxes donated

$325 Gift Certificate Toward a Bicycle from Belmar Bike Shop 2000+ Boxes

Kartrite Resort and Indoor Water Park Monticello, New York2 nights. 2 adults, 2 children.

3000+ Boxes

Apple iPad Pro 11 inches, 256 GB5000+ Boxes

Plush Butterfly & Super Patch will be rewarded to each girl selling when the troop reaches a PGA (based on number of girls selling) of 175+ boxes by the close of the sale. (Girls that choose to opt out of rewards will only receive the Super Patch)

To

p 10 Cookie Sellers

This summer, our top 10 Girl Scout Cookie sellers

will travel to the past on a

council-chaperoned trip to

Medieval Times! Each top seller will also

receive a Swag Bag filled with

exciting, mystery content.This is a

reachable goal; the Girl Scout

at tenth on the list last year sold 2,048 boxes of

Girl Scout Cookies.

Flying Disc 50+ boxes donated

Troop TimelineDecember 18 – January 6Emails will be sent to volunteers/parents with information to access Digital Online Cookie (DOC). This is an additional option, not intended to replace the traditional cookie order taking.

January 2Troops can begin registering for cookie booth sales using the booth scheduler in eBudde, the cookie ordering system. Troops are required to obtain permission from the booth location manager before submitting their booth requests. Troops can enter these sales that they secure by clicking on “booth sites” then “my sales” and then “add a location.” Enter the information and please remember to submit once completed. Once approved by council, you can expect to receive an automated confirmation email. Council sales will not be available until February due to the process of securing sites with corporate offices, etc.

By January 10 Attend a community meeting for training and distribution of cookie sales materials. Distribute sales materials to girls, review safety policies, and collect signed permission slips to be retained for your reference. Familiarize yourself with eBudde and verify your troop information, including your email address, troop level, girls listed.

January 7 – March 31Digital Online Cookie sales period. Girls can begin their online portion of the sale a week before the traditional paper ordering. Girls can now send out their emails to friends and family. NEW THIS YEAR! All digital online cookies sold, donated, to be shipped, and girl delivery, will automatically transfer over to eBudde. The cookies sold through DOC with the girl delivery option will have the same deadline as the girl’s paper orders, Feb. 2nd. This is to ensure that community deliveries include all cookies requested with the initial order.

January 15 – February 2The traditional girl order-taking period with the paper order forms. All varieties of cookies, specialty as well as the core six are at one price point this year. The cost for all cookies is $5.00 per box.

By February 4This is the DEADLINE to collect orders placed on the initial girl order cards and enter them into eBudde. Suggestion – have girls submit their paper order cards to you by February 3, to give you time to enter them into the system by your deadline. Troops planning booth sales can order their cookies with their initial order; use the booth line in eBudde and they will be included with the order. Booth sale cookies can also be ordered at a later date, as described below. Please keep in mind that all cookies ordered are the responsibility of the troop and are non-returnable.

February 22 – 29The transaction tab in eBudde opens for troops to place booth orders as well as any late orders to be picked up at the council cookie depots, which will begin hours on Monday, February 24. When placing additional orders, keep in mind the initial order rounds up to full cases so you may have loose boxes to consider in your inventory. Council policy is no returns on cookies, so please order carefully. Cookies can be ordered by the box rather than case when picking up at council depots. Community deliveries are scheduled this week. Your coordinator will advise you of your date/time for pick-up.

February 28 – April 11Scheduled booth sales take place. Troops enter their booth sales under the booth sites tab in eBudde for council approval. Please see instructions in this book titled “Booth Scheduling in eBudde.” The council cookie depots are open from 2/24 to 4/08. Troops place booth orders, when needed, under the transaction tab in eBudde at least 2-3 days before the pick-up date requested to give us time to fill all orders. Council cookie depots will be open from Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Fridays, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

March 9The deadline for girls to submit payment to their troops for their cookie orders. Check can be made payable to “GSJS.” IMPORTANT – Be sure to include troop number on the deposit ticket before submitting to your community coordinator so it can be properly credited to your troop. Keep a copy for yourself.

March 12First/preliminary deposits (before all booth sales are completed) are due to council. Please deposit any money received by girls up to now. Refer to the “sales report” tab in eBudde for the amount due to council.

March 30Final deposits are due from troops. Booth sales continue. Troops are not required to cover outstanding balances due by girl/parents. Notify the Product Sales Staff at productsales@jerseyshoregirlscouts.org with any delinquent payments. Be sure to include the amount due and girl/parent name. Begin allocating booth boxes under girls’ names by going to the “girl orders” tab. Select the girl’s name, “add transaction,” and “ok and save” when finished.

April 6Deadline to submit all girl-rewards in eBudde. Complete allocating boxes for girls before submittal.

April 8Council cookie depots end. Submit final deposits after booth sales are completed. Any late booth sale deposits are due the Monday after the sale.

Travel Scholarships All council-sponsored trips are eligible for travel scholarships. To qualify, Girl Scout Juniors and older must register for a trip before applying and must sell a combined minimum of $400 worth of product in the Fall Sale Program and 500+ boxes of Girl Scout Cookies.

Learn More: gsfun.org/travelscholarships

Girl Scout Family Nightat the Lakewood BlueClaws

Join the BlueClaws at the ballpark and show your Girl Scout pride!

Join us as we celebrate and recognize the top sellers from the Fall Product and the Girl Scout Cookie Programs.

Registration and additional information will be available at gsfun.org/BlueClaws.

Thursday, February 6, 20206:00 - 9:00 p.m.Asbury Lanesgsfun.org/TopCookie

Friday, June 19, 2020