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Cookie Program Resources

Are you ready for ADVENTURE with our new Adventurefuls cookie? Great. Let’s do it. Check out these great tools to help you reach your goals, and have your best cookie season yet.

2022 Cookie Important Dates

Have more questions?

Join us for Cookie Q&As on Wednesdays at 5:30 PM.

December

New Troop Volunteer Kickoff:

January

January 13:    Troop Initial Orders due

January 28:    Digital Cookie emails arrive to caregivers

January 29:    EntreprenHERs in Action Day for girls and families

  • K–3rd Grades: 9:00–9:45 AM  REGISTER
  • 4th– 5 th Grades: 10:15–11:15 AM REGISTER
  • For Caregivers: 12:00–1:00 PM REGISTER
  • 6th– 12 th Grades: 1:15–2:15 PM REGISTER
February

February 1: Digital Cookie shops open for business

February 4–13: Cookies arrive

February 14: Public booths open for business

February 18–20: National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend

March

March 12: Girl Scout’s 110th Birthday

March 27: Cookie businesses close

April–June

April: Reward communications to families for 600+ package achievers

May: Reward Card communications to families

June: Reward distribution 

Resources and Information

Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset

An entrepreneur uses creativity and imagination to figure out new, innovative ways to solve problems, evolve ideas and methods, or build a business to meet those needs.  Every girl can benefit, maybe even discover what she’s passionate about, by learning to think like an entrepreneur:

  • Be curious
  • Embrace challenge
  • Take initiative
  • Collaborate with others
  • Take creative risks
  • See failing as learning
  • Adapt to change

Take a Closer Look!

Juliette (Individually Registered Girl Scout) Participation

  • Juliettes are eligible to earn all the same rewards as girls participating in troops.
  • Juliettes earn proceeds in tiered amounts based on bands of total packages sold. Proceeds are issued on Reward Cards to power their Girl Scout experience.
  • Caregiver acts as the Juliette volunteer in eBudde, the Cookie Program’s inventory and money management system.

Please contact info@gsnorcal.org for more information.

ilovecookies.org Cookie Finder

Our exclusive Cookie Finder at ilovecookies.org connects our GSNorCal entrepreneurs to cookie-buying customers! ilovecookies.org will be promoted throughout our 19 counties as THE way to find cookies and support local Girl Scouts. Search results by zip code will include in person public booths and Digital Cookie shops that have been approved and published.

Approved and published Digital Cookie shops are automatically uploaded to the ilovecookies.org Cookie Finder. Have questions? Email  info@gsnorcal.org.

Digital Cookie Online Business

Last year, 1.9 million packages were sold through GSNorCal Digital Cookie shops! The shops had a record setting 196 package per girl average, and averaged 7 packages per order compared to our in-person shops averaging 4 packages per order.        

  • Digital Cookie app to easily take credit card payments from in-person customers | Android | iOS
  • Willow K., Troop 61561: Basics of Video Production | Video
  • Aditi G., Troop 31601: Advanced Video Production | Video
  • Pavhi E., Troop 60092: Digital Cookie Photo Tips | Video
  • Digital Marketing Tips for Cookie Entrepreneurs and Families | PDF
  • How to Set Up Your Site (Under 13) | PDF 
  • How to Set Up Your Site (13 and over) | PDF 
  • How to Market to Your Customers | PDF 
  • Cookie Delivery Settings | PDF
  • Girl Delivery Order Approval | PDF

 

Social Media Toolkit

Download our Cookie Social Media Marketing Toolkit for digital and booth strategy, sales tips, and social media copy for the below images! Please press and hold or right-click to open images in a new tab and/or save these images to your device

Social Media Images

Virtual Backgrounds

  • Cookie_Zoom_Girl_Scout_Smores
  • Cookie_Zoom_Thin_Mints
Girl and Family Resources
  • EntreprenHERs Adventure Packet | PDF
  • EntreprenHERs Caregiver Adventure Packet | PDF
  • 2022 Cookie Family Guide | English | Español
  • 2022 Cookie Reward | PDF
  • 2022 Caregiver Responsibility Agreement | English | Español
  • Girl & Family Inspiration Videos | Playlist
  • Digital Marketing Tips for Cookie Entrepreneurs and Families | PDF
  • Social Media Marketing Tips | PDF
  • Door Hanger | PDF
  • Girl Business Cards | PDF
  • Cookie Menu Board | English | Español 
  • Cookie Table Tent | PDF
  • Empowered by Cookies Infographic | PDF
  • Thank You / Reorder Slips | PDF
  • Cookie Recipes | Online
  • Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin guides | Daisy | Brownie | Junior  |  Cadette | Senior | Ambassador
  • Hardware Purchase Options using Product Program Reward Cards | PDF 
  • Reward Card Conversion Form | Online
  • Cookie Allergen Guide  | PDF
  • Cookie Allergen Disclosure FAQ |  PDF
  • Sustainable Palm Oil Toolkit for Kids | PDF
  • Sustainable Palm Oil FAQs | PDF
  • 2022 Cookie FAQs | PDF
  • Digital Cookie App | Android |  iOS
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Care to Share

Our “tenth” cookie variety, Care to Share, is our GSNorCal service project that gives customers the opportunity to give back by donating cookies to their community! Girls accept donations and council handles donating the packages at the end of the cookie program.

  • $6 per item, no specific variety

  • Available online and in-person

  • Per IRS regulations, all donations collected while participating in product programs should be toward Care to Share

  • Care to Share Flyer | PDF

  • Care to Share Box Wrap | PDF

  • Care to Share Customer Receipt | PDF

Volunteer Resources
  • 2022 Cookie Volunteer Adventure Packet | PDF
  • 2022 Cookie Troop Kickoff Presentation | PDF
  • 2022 Cookie Rally Guide | PDF
  • 2022 Cookie FAQs  | PDF
  • Family Meeting Resources | Daisy | Brownie | Junior | Cadette | Senior | Ambassador
  • Initial Order Planning Worksheet | Excel
  • Volunteer How-to Videos | Playlist
  • Digital Cookie - Troop Dashboard | PDF
  • Digital Cookie - Troop Shop Setup | PDF
  • Digital Cookie - Troop Shop Order Received | PDF
  • 2022 Cookie Booth Partnership Kit | PDF
  • ilovecookies.org Cookie Finder Flyer | PDF
  • 2022 Booth Inventory Sheet | PDF
  • DoorDash Adventure Packet  | PDF
  • DoorDash Store Operation Tips | PDF
  • DoorDash Sales Tracking by Girl | Excel
  • DoorDash Sales Tracking by Troops  | Excel
  • DoorDash Tablet Step-by-Step Guide | PDF
  • DoorDash Merchant Portal Step-by-Step Guide | PDF
  • DoorDash Merchant Portal Data and Reporting Tools | PDF
  • DoorDash Item Out of Stock Guide | Powerpoint
  • DoorDash How to Push a Girl Scout Cookie Variety Out of Stock| PDF 
  • ACH Credit Form | Online
  • ACH Debit Form | Online
  • Cheddar Up For Product Programs | PDF |  Online
  • Product Donation Form | PDF  
  • Sustainable Palm Oil Toolkit for Volunteers | PDF
  • Sustainable Palm Oil Talking Points | PDF
Safety Guidance

Girls and adults should adhere to all GSNorCal COVID-19 Guidance prior to engaging in product deliveries and/or marketing material distribution. We recommend all customer purchases be transacted through girls' online shops, ensuring minimal-contact financial transactions. Should a girl and adult choose to accept cash or check as payment tender in rare circumstances, we recommend appropriate safety precautions be taken. We also encourage parents to deposit these physical payments into their personal account then electronically transfer the funds to their troop volunteer in order to reduce touchpoints.