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Refer to The Cookie Press for end of season reminders and deadlines. Thank you for supporting young entrepreneurs gain the skills and confidence they need to change the world through your support of the Cookie Program.
The Girl Scouts River Valleys Cookie Program has ended for 2023.
VOLUNTEERS: Refer to The Cookie Press for end of season reminders and deadlines. Thank you for supporting young entrepreneurs gain the skills and confidence they need to change the world through your support of the Cookie Program.
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Participation Options (Ways to Sell Cookies)
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Selling Girl Scout Cookies is one of the most iconic activities Girl Scouts engage in. This program is flexible and customizable to fit the needs of every Girl Scout. Troops and Girl Scouts can choose to participate in one, two, or all three levels of participation: online, hybrid, and in-person. Cookie volunteers can use the ideas below as a guide to get started. Encourage Girl Scouts to check off all the options they want to try this season or have them brainstorm a few of their own!
Select any participation option below to learn more.
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Online Cookies: Direct Ship
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Smart Cookies Online Account - Set up your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery orders.
Phone or Text - Share your Smart Cookies sales link by text for direct-ship, local delivery, and donation orders.
- Call customers to collect orders for local delivery or to place direct ship orders.
Cookie Booths - Share your troop’s Troop Cookie Link to promote upcoming booth/Lemonades™ stand information, take online orders/payments, then set a time/place to delivery via curbside pick-up.
- Host a virtual booth with your troop, and share the Troop Cookie link to take online orders/payments then pack & deliver orders
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales - Go door to door to take orders with a cookie order card and then deliver the cookies later.
- Leave door hangers or business cards for customers who aren’t home.
Workplace Sales - Write a personal statement to leave with a cookie order card at a parent/ guardian workplace. Orders are collected, then cookies are delivered at a later date.
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales - Schedule a time to make a cookie pitch to a local business to sell cookies in bulk. Take the order(s) then deliver cookies later.
- Set up a time to make a cookie pitch to a community organization to take orders from members, then deliver cookies later.
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Hybrid Cookies: Order-Taking & Delivery
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Smart Cookies Online Account - Set up your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery orders.
Phone or Text - Share your Smart Cookies sales link by text for direct-ship, local delivery, and donation orders.
- Call customers to collect orders for local delivery or to place direct ship orders.
Cookie Booths - Share your troop’s Troop Cookie Link to promote upcoming booth/Lemonades™ stand information, take online orders/ payments, then set a time/place to delivery via curbside pick-up.
- Host a virtual booth with your troop, and share the Troop Cookie link to take online orders/payments then pack & deliver orders
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales - Go door to door to take orders with a cookie order card and then deliver the cookies later.
- Leave door hangers or business cards for customers who aren’t home.
Workplace Sales - Write a personal statement to leave with a cookie order card at a parent/ guardian workplace. Orders are collected, then cookies are delivered at a later date.
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales - Schedule a time to make a cookie pitch to a local business to sell cookies in bulk. Take the order(s) then deliver cookies later.
- Set up a time to make a cookie pitch to a community organization to take orders from members, then deliver cookies later.
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In-Person Cookies: Cookies on Hand
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Smart Cookies Online Account - Set up your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery orders.
Phone or Text - Share your Smart Cookies sales link by text for direct-ship, local delivery, and donation orders.
- Call customers to collect orders for local delivery or to place direct ship orders.
Cookie Booths - Share your troop’s Troop Cookie Link to promote upcoming booth/Lemonades™ stand information, take online orders/ payments, then set a time/place to delivery via curbside pick-up.
- Host a virtual booth with your troop, and share the Troop Cookie link to take online orders/payments then pack & deliver orders
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales - Go door to door to take orders with a cookie order card and then deliver the cookies later.
- Leave door hangers or business cards for customers who aren’t home.
Workplace Sales - Write a personal statement to leave with a cookie order card at a parent/ guardian workplace. Orders are collected, then cookies are delivered at a later date.
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales - Schedule a time to make a cookie pitch to a local business to sell cookies in bulk. Take the order(s) then deliver cookies later.
- Set up a time to make a cookie pitch to a community organization to take orders from members, then deliver cookies later.
Smart Cookies Online Account - Set up your Smart Cookies sales link for direct ship orders, donations, and local delivery orders.
Phone or Text - Text customers to set a time/day to visit them with cookies in hand.
- Call customers to set a time/day to visit them with cookies in hand.
Cookie Booths - Participate in booths at storefronts or in the community with your troop.
- Set up a Lemonades™ Stand at your residence or on private property.
- Team with your troop to set up drive-thru or pop-up booths in the community
Door-to-Door & Mobile Sales - Go door to door with cookie inventory on hand.
- Leave door hangers/business cards for customers who aren’t home.
- Use a wagon or sled to load up cookies to participate in mobile sales in the community.
Workplace Sales - Visit parent/guardian workplaces with cookie inventory, take payment, give cookies to customers
Business-to-Business (A.k.a. B2B) Community Sales - Connect with local businesses to set up a time to sell to staff (who doesn’t love a cookie break?).
- Connect with a community organization to set up a time to sell cookies on hand to members during a meeting.
- Connect with local businesses to purchase cookies as gifts for staff or customers
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