girl scout Cookie® program: BOOTH INFORMATION FOR LEADERS & tROOP COOKIE MANAGERS
Cookie Booth Sales are a simple way to increase sales by reaching customers who are not at home when girls take orders or sell door-to-door. There are three types of Cookie Booth Sites. A troop may choose to participate in any or all of these: LOCAL COOKIE BOOTH, RAILROAD COOKIE BOOTH, CORPORATE COOKIE BOOTH
Cookies for all types of Booth Sales may be picked up at our Council Cookie Cupboard.
Are you ready? Here's how to Build a Better Booth!
Want more? Find out about the Booth Brigade!
February 7 - March 28 (Contact Association Cookie Chair)
March 29 - April 30 (Contact Council Cookie Cupboard)
LOCAL COOKIE BOOTHS are held at supermarkets, shopping plazas, car wash, hardware stores, places of worship etc. within your Association.
TO ARRANGE A LOCAL COOKIE BOOTH:
Contact your Association Cookie Chair (ACC) to request a Local Booth. Your ACC will keep a schedule of local booth sales. Requests should include Troop number, date, time, location requested, name and phone of adult responsible. You may hold a LOCAL BOOTH in another Association only with permission of your ACC.
March 1 - March 28 (Contact ACC)
March 29 - April 30 (Contact ACC, No Incentives, Troop rebate only)
Railroad Cookie Booths are held at LIRR stations in Nassau County.
TO ARRANGE A RAILROAD COOKIE BOOTH:
Contact your ACC to request a LIRR booth. Your ACC will keep a schedule of local LIRR sales. Requests must be submitted to your ACC by January 30, 2010 and include Troop number, date, time, location, name and phone of adult responsible. You may hold a RAILROAD BOOTH SALE in another Association only with permission of your ACC.
CORPORATE COOKIE BOOTHS (Brownie through Ambassador)
WHERE:
CORPORATE COOKIE BOOTHS are held in major shopping malls, universities, and corporate office centers during school vacations and on weekends. GSNC has collaborated with these corporations to provide space for Girl Scout Troops to sell cookies. All arrangements are made through Council and individual Girl Scout Troops should not approach these corporations requesting a cookie booth. If you need to determine whether a particular site in your Association is designated as a GSNC CORPORATE BOOTH SITE, please contact your ACC.
WHEN:
Saturday, February 6, 2010 through Sunday, April 25, 2010
School Vacations (winter&spring), Weekends, Designated Weekday Evenings
NEW FOR 2010!
Log on to E-Budde on January 2, 2010 to see list of Corporate Booths (view only). See below for details. Additional locations will be added after Jan. 4. Sign-up (one booth per troop) begins at 5 AM, Jan. 15, 2010. Sign-up for 3 additional booths begins at 12:01 AM, Jan. 26. Unlimited Sign-up begins 12:01 AM Jan. 31.
HOW TO VIEW & SIGN UP FOR CORPORATE BOOTHS:
Preview begins Jan. 2, 2010. Sign-up for one booth begins at 5 AM, Jan. 15, 2010. Sign-up for 3 additional booths begins at 12:01 AM, Jan. 26. Unlimited Sign-up begins 12:01 AM Jan. 31.
TCM OR LEADER logs on to E-Budde website. Click on BOOTH SALES at top and ALL "+" SIGNS under NASSAU COUNTY BOOTH SALES to view the list of Corporate sites, dates and time spans. CLICK on a DATE your Troop is available. Time slots and booth details will appear on the right side of the page. To sign up for a booth, CLICK ON AN OPEN TIME SLOT and then CLICK SUBMIT.
IMPORTANT! After you sign up, CLICK ON "CURRENT SIGN-UPS" and PRINT your booth information to share with the Troop.
CLICK SUBMIT ONLY IF YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOUR TROOP AND TWO ADULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SUPERVISE THE COOKIE BOOTH.
E-Budde Corporate Booth SIGN-UPS will be monitored by GSNC Staff and your SIGN-UP is an obligation to attend the booth. Our corporate hosts will be expecting a Girl Scout Troop at the booth and the Cookie Booth Locator will advertise the sale. If a last minute emergency prevents you from fulfilling your obligation, please contact Seekampd@gsnc.org immediately so a replacement can be arranged.
COOKIE BOOTH BRIGADE (Brownie through Ambassador)
During the Corporate Cookie Booth Program, Council receives last minute cancellations and new opportunities for Corporate Cookie Booths. If you become a “Booth Brigade” troop, your troop must make a commitment to be “on call” during the Corporate Cookie Booth Sale Program. Booth brigade troops will be notified by email when a last minute booth site becomes available. When you sign up, include an email address that you check on a daily basis, so your troop doesn’t miss out on an opportunity!
Before the sale:
Plan on picking up your cookies close to sale date as possible.
Fill out a Trip Application arranging adult coverage in accordance with Safety-Wise. Collect Permission Forms from every girl (even if their parent/guardian is in attendance) and make sure the permission forms are available at all times.
Print out "Cookie Booth Etiquette" for each girl and have the girls and their parent’s sign the Cookie Booth Behavior Contract.
On the day of the sale:
Arrive in time to set up display and familiarize yourself with location.
Girls and adults should wear the Girl Scout pin, a uniform, partial uniform, or some article of clothing identifying them as Girl Scouts.
Bring a box with lid to store money and @ $50 in singles and change.
Girls should arrive in shifts - No more than 4 girls at a time!
Remember you are guests at the booth sale location. It is important that your girls be courteous to all prospective customers. You are representing Girl Scouts of Nassau County and of course, we want to be welcomed back in the future.
If you are at an LIRR station - stay off the platforms!
At the end of the booth sale, remove all empty cartons, debris, etc. Thank the manager of your booth sale location.
After the sale:
On the first working day after the sale, return any unopened cases of cookies, original seal intact to the Service Center.
OPENED CASES OF COOKIES CANNOT BE RETURNED!
Deposit all money collected in the Council Cookie Account using the deposit slip provided by your Association Cookie Chair. Include your Troop # and Association on the deposit slip.
Use the leftover boxes of cookies to fill additional orders, for future booth sales or walk abouts.
Order booth sale patches in eBudde for girls participating.
Divide the total number of boxes sold among the girls who attended the sale. Enter information in eBudde.
