Please complete our short survey by Friday, May 31 at 8 p.m.

To thank you for your time, everyone who completes the survey will be entered in a drawing to win a $100 gift card to the winner’s choice of Target or Walmart.

Please email River Valleys’ Product Program team with any questions.

Don’t Say “Neigh” to Cookies

Troop 16218 wasn’t horsing around when they decided to raise funds toward their goal of going to horse camp. The troop sold enough cookies for their entire troop to attend camp in June.

Baking Up Some Fun

Troop 25091 baked up some cookie fun when their chefs sold cookies fresh out of the oven.

All In The Details

Troop 55639 focused on the details with a poster showing each girl’s goals, plenty of bling and a quilt displaying their troop number.

Daisy Garden

Troop 55398 decided to decorate their first cookie booth based on the Between Earth and Sky journey books. The booth has a green grass table cloth with flowers growing out of it and a tree above.

Rainbow Bright

Troop 16123 drew in their potential customers with a rainbow leading them straight to a pot of Girl Scout Cookies.

Flower Power

Troop 16671 took being Daisies to a whole new level. Their cookie booth featured a larger-than-life flower.

Entry Requirements

• Photo must be taken between March 15–17
• Photo can be from a cookie booth, door-to-door sales, mobile sales, etc.
• Photo must include Girl Scout Cookies
• Only one entry per troop

How to Enter

• Email your photo to Product Program and include your troop number and the names of the girls in the photo in the email
• We encourage you to also share your photo on River Valleys’ Facebook page

Photos are Due by Wednesday, March 20 at 8 pm

Prizes

• Winning photo will be featured in the 2014 Family Guidebook for the Cookie Program which is mailed to 35,000 Girl Scout homes
• Troop will receive a cookie table cloth, cookie banner, cookie balloon set and a Thin Mint cookie costume
• Each girl in the winning troop will receive a tote bag with a Girl Scout T-shirt, cookie journal, Girl Scout lanyard, cookie-flavored Lip Smackers and a Girl Scout metal water bottle

One troop will be selected from the qualifying entries by River Valleys’ Product Program team.

Help Girl Scouts Celebrate Our Tradition of Giving Back

The Buy 12 Give 12 promotion is back by popular demand. For each customer who purchases 12 packages of cookies between February 25–March 17, River Valleys will donate 12 packages of cookies to Second Harvest Heartland food shelf network.

Win a Troop Camp Experience!

For every customer who buys 12 packages during the promotion, your troop will earn one entry to win a troop camp experience.

• Each customer’s purchase must be included on a Buy 12 Give 12 form and then submitted to Product Program by March 22.
• If a customer purchases 24 packages, it will count as two entries.
• Only one troop will win.
• Maximum value of $1500.

The more customers your troop has participate in Buy 12 Give 12, the better your chance of winning!

How it Works

• Buy 12 Get 12 Instruction Sheet – guides troops and volunteers through the promotion.
• Buy 12 Get 12 Donation Form
• Buy 12 Get 12 flier/poster

Also, be sure to explore the new cookie packaging. Each package features:

1. New photos of Girl Scouts engaged in fun activities
2. The Girl Scout Gold Award
3. A Cookie Business or Financial Literacy Badge
4. A badge that relates directly to the image on the front of the package
5. A list of the five essential business skills girls learn from participating in the Girl Scout Cookie Program Activity

River Valleys’ Board Chair Deb Wilkinson recently visited Girl Scouts in Zumbrota, MN to help them practice for the upcoming Girl Scout Cookie Program. They worked on their sales pitch and learned how to count money.

As Girl Scouts progress through the Cookie Program over the years, so do the skills they learn. While the Girl Scout Daisies and Girl Scout Brownies who worked with Deb are learning how to make change, Girl Scout Seniors and Girl Scout Ambassadors are focusing on how to best market their cookies based on customer behavior.

How do your girls get ready? Share with us through Facebook, Twitter, or better yet, have your Girl Scout troop get together and record their best sales pitch to enter our video contest.

National Girl Scout Cookie Day

Celebrate the largest girl-led business in the world on February 8. Make sure everyone and anyone knows that Girl Scout Cookies aren’t only great-tasting, but they help build tomorrow’s business women.

Entry Requirements

• Girls must have adult supervision while filming and submitting their video. The supervising adult must acquire parent/guardian permission for all girls appearing in the video.
• Girls must identify themselves as Girl Scouts. They should be in uniform or wearing a Girl Scout t-shirt or pin.
• Girls may not say their last name, address, phone number of any other private informationin the video.
• Videos may not be longer than four minutes.
• Have fun!
• Limit of one entry per troop.

How to Submit Your Video

• Upload your video onto YouTube. (We recommend selecting “Unlisted” from the Privacy Settings.)
• Copy the URL link provided. It’s at the top of by page by the preview of your video just after “Upload complete! Your video will be live at:”
• Email the link to Product Program with “Best Pitch Video” in the subject line. Include your troop number and Girl Scout grade level in the body of the email.

 Videos Are Due by February 12 at 8 pm

Prizes!

There are two prizes of $100 in Cookie Credits for the troop and patches for each Girl Scout appearing in the video.

• One to younger troops: Daisies, Brownies and Juniors
• One to older troops: Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors

The Getting Started section has everything you need to sign up for a cookie booth.

Getting Started

• Cookie Booth Express Kit
• eBudde

Cookie Booth Resources

Before a Cookie Booth

• Girl Rewards and Incentives
• Troop Cookie Manager Guidebook
• Troop Cookie Manager Responsibilities Form
• Parent/Guardian Financial Responsibility and Permission Form
• 2012 Historical Cookie Booth Data
• Cookie Cupboards

During a Cookie Booth

• 5 for $20 Poster
• Good Booth/Bad Booth Worksheet
• Good Booth/Bad Booth Worksheet Answer Key
• Thank You Card
• Donation Program Receipt

After a Cookie Booth

Recording Booth Sales Instructions

• In eBudde
• Using Your Mobile Phone
• Booth Sales Recorder App
  • Google Play (Android Devices)
  • App Store (Apple Devices)

Banking

• Deposit Estimator
• Product/Money Problem Report

To access the online calculator:

• Returning troop leaders, visit cookiemanagers.com and enter in your troop number.
• New troop leaders, visit new.cookiemanagers.com and select your grade level.

Place your troop’s initial inventory order in eBudde and select your delivery time and location by January 8 at 8 pm. More information about the initial inventory order and deliveries is available on pages 18– 21 of your Troop Cookie Manager Guidebook.

Product Program will be available to help troops place their initial orders this Saturday from 10 am–3 pm. You can either call us at 800-845-0787 or  email us.

The Fall Product sale runs October 6–21 and is a great way to earn money early in the year. Last year, the average girl earned $27.50 for her troop.

Troops have the option to customize the program to fit their needs and time commitment. They may choose a combination of the options below:

• Nuts and chocolates
• Magazines
  • In-person orders
  • Online orders
  • Address booklets

Nuts and Chocolates

The nut and chocolate items available through Fall Product make great holiday gifts. The 2012 line-up features many returning favorites as well as some delicious new offerings. Troops earn $1.00 per nut/chocolate item sold.

Magazines (in-person and online)

Girls may sell magazine subscriptions or renewals either in-person or online. Friends and family benefit by getting their favorite magazines at up to 90 percent off newsstand prices. Troops earn $2.50 per magazine subscription sold.

Address booklets

If your Girl Scouts have family and friends that they would not normally contact during the Fall Product sale, they can write down their names and addresses, and QSP will mail them a magazine flier. Troops earn $2.50 per address booklet completed (limit one per girl).

Girls can earn great incentives, too!

Want to learn more?

Contact your service unit Fall Product manager or email our product team.

Check out the Fall Product Program resources