Cookie Advice for Troop Cookie Mangers and Troop Leaders

Crystal Peterkin, Troop Cookie Manager for Troop 1395

How do you get your troop excited for the Cookie Season?
I get my troop excited for Girl Scout Cookie Season by brainstorming new ways we can get out to meet the public, whether it be the locations they would like to do a booth sale at, plan mini groups of door-to-door sales, and how they can host home booth set ups at their home.

How does the troop set their goals for the season?
We talk as a group about realistic goals, knowing the girls outside commitments with school and family life, we talk truth and abilities.  We even talk about sharing sales towards the end depending on how close a Girl Scout is to making a reward goal.

How did your troop use Cookie proceeds from last year?
Our troop used cookie sales last year to stand out in unity with new troop attire (Troop hoodies and tee shirts), designed chosen by our girls, we also picked an indoor amusement park to attend (Urban Air) Our troop give back was not done this year because we want to double up to this coming year to make a bigger impact to a cause of choice, chosen by the girls.

What advice or information would you like to share with new Troop Cookie Managers?
My advice to new Troop Cookie Managers is to be as organized as possible when it comes to sales recording, inventory of cookie boxes, and the collecting of parent’s payments for boxes periodically during the cookie season and not waiting till the end for collection of funds. Also, try to get the girls out together for walkabouts in small groups and just let them do the talking about their product.