Get organized with this handy cookie adult volunteer checklist!
Men make great cookie "moms" too!
So do Senior Girl Scouts looking for service project hours.
If you can't find one person to do it all, ask two or three to share the job.
Take the team approach -- leaders and cookie managers should both attend.
Create a calendar with your troop/group and cookie volunteers, marking important sale dates.
Plan a family cookie training party with your girls.
Make a list of activities they want to do--Include a service project or philanthropy activity as part of those activities. How can they use money earned to help their community?
Suggest using cookie proceeds to pay for one or all of them.
Estimate how many boxes will need to be sold.
Set activity goals, number-of-boxes goals, and learning goals.
Teams that have goals have more successful sales!
For Brownie Girl Scouts, keep it simple.
Play training games at troop/group meetings.
Distribute last year's order cards so girls have a list of potential customers.
Encourage older girls to keep spreadsheets of their customers and utilize online tools.
Encourage girls to sell beyond their friends and family.
Invite parents and guardians to your cookie training party.
Emphasize how participation benefits their Girl Scout and girls across the council.
Encourage girls to share their learning and sales goals with their families.
Check with your council for sign-up procedures.
Research shows that grocery stores are the best locations, followed by large discount stores and malls.
Girls who sell at booth sales sell more cookies on their own, too.
Plan a cookie caravan -- a booth sale on wheels!
Use ABC’s Troop Goal Chart to track your team’s weekly progress.
Encourage girls to talk about their selling challenges and provide solutions.
Stress the importance of selling even after girls have met their goals.
Make sure the money is collected.
Complete reports and submit them on time.
Order recognition items if your council offers them.
Talk about what went well and what should be changed next year.
Celebrate not only accomplishments, but efforts too.
Say thank you to everyone who helped!
Make a ceremony of giving money or event of giving service using your group funds.
 
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