About the Cookie Sale Program
Click here to take 2008 Cookie Sale Program Survey.
The annual Cookie Program is successful because of the time and talent volunteers share with the girls. Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, girls develop “real-world” skills like goal setting, teamwork, and marketing.
The Girl Scout Cookie Program also helps finance the troops and girls. Troops earn $0.45/box and girls earn $5.00 cookie credit for every 25 boxes they sell.
123 Boxes Per Girl
Troops with an average of 123 boxes
sold per girl by March 16 will be
automatically entered into a drawing
for tickets to a local water park hotel
or $100 Girl Scout gift card. Extra
orders and cookie booth sales apply
toward average.
"10 More Than Before" Contest for Girls
Girls will receive one entry into a drawing for a Nintendo Wii or $250
Girl Scout gift card for every 10 additional boxes of cookies that a girl
sells after January 27 and before March 16. If a girl sells 30 boxes, she
will be entered three times. There is no maximum limit on entries.
Four winners will be chosen.
Sale Dates
Door-to-door sales: January 11-27, 2008
Booth sales: Feb. 29 - March 16 (These sales are for $0.45 troop profit & girl incentives.)
Extended Booth sales: March 17 - April 30 (These sales are for $0.55 troop profit.)
Training
Training will be offered through Service Area Meetings.
2008 Theme
Resources for Girls and Volunteers
2008 Products
$3.50/package
New!Cinna-Spins |
Thin Mints |
Caramel deLites |
Lemonades |
Peanut Butter Patties |
Peanut Butter Sandwiches |
Shortbreads |
Thanks-A-Lots |
For additional cookie information, visit
www.girlscoutcookiesabc.com/cookies.asp.
2008 Recognitions
All recognitions are cumulative! (If you sell 500 boxes, you will receive all the recognitions up to the 500 boxes recognition.)
1 box - Ready. Set. Go! patch |
65 boxes - pencil sharpener |
100 boxes - highlighter OR pewter figurine |
125 boxes - ear talkies |
165 boxes - messenger bag AND lip balm |
200 boxes - small "Dash" |
250 boxes - theme t-shirt |
300 boxes- theme journal |
400 boxes- disco ball |
500 boxes- mini tote bag AND $10 Build a Bear gift card |
750 boxes- $100 Girl Scout gift card |
1,000 boxes- $250 Girl Scout gift card |
Cookie Q & A's
QUESTION: The troop proceeds plan and cookie credit are different than what we had last year. How was this decided?
Answer: When the four councils merged, four completely different structures of cookie program sales had to be looked at. There was no way that the new council could financially afford to keep in place the biggest benefits from each of the four councils. For example, some councils gave more in recognitions, some gave more in troop profit, some gave more in cookie credit. We couldn't keep the best of the best in all cases or the sale would've been crippled.
So, we started from scratch. A volunteer finance committee of approximately 12 members was established with representatives from each of the four councils. They looked at the overall new council budget, which also consisted of forecasting a new budget regarding the potential of product sales. They also came up with a figure that GSEIWI could afford to give back to the troops/girls, while still being able to operate as an organization. The figure was $.75/box. Fortunately, they came up with an amount that was higher than the average of the four councils. This finance committee then gave the figure of $.75/box to a volunteer product sales committee. This volunteer committee also consisted of representatives from each of the four councils. This committee was to decide how to spend the $.75/box. $.65/box was set aside for troop profit and cookie program credit. $.10/box was set aside for recognition items, which was also higher than the average of the 4 councils.
QUESTION: The prize levels seem like they are set higher than what they were last year. How were they decided?
Answer: $.10/box was set aside for recognition items (determined by the volunteer finance committee). This amount was higher than the average of the four councils. Girls voted on the recognition levels online. Over 800 girls responded. The volunteer product sales committee took their responses and arranged them in the most beneficial order for the girls while not exceeding $.10/box. It was important to the volunteer committee to give the greatest benefits to the most girls possible. So instead of keeping higher priced recognitions at a level that not many girls reach, they decided to spend more money on recognitions at lower levels so more girls could benefit.
Remember that girls can earn recognitions throughout mid-March this year. Recognition earning stopped at the end of the sale last year in January. So booth sales and extra orders through Mid-March will also go toward their recognition items.
QUESTION: Last year we earned $250 in program credit for selling 500 boxes. Why is it so much higher this year?
Answer: Please refer to above answer.
QUESTION: Why do the girls have to sell in January?
Answer: There are several reasons why order-taking occurs in January.
- Many troops are not yet active in October.
- A fall cookie sale would compete with school fund-raising activities.
- We receive funding from United Way, which prohibits us from having fund-raisers during its early fall campaigning period.
- Having the cookie sale in the spring would not allow troops to receive their profit before summer.
Have a question about the cookie sale program? E-mail VP of HR/Product Sales.
