Welcome to the 5th edition of The Cookie Press where each week we pass along program updates and share just in time reminders for the Cookie Season. Catch up on previous editions on Cookie Central.

For Troop Leaders and Troop Cookie Managers:

For Community/Area Product Leaders

All troop volunteers are welcome to attend our upcoming virtual training sessions along with completing local training sessions. Register using the links below:

 Returning Troop Training: Tuesday January 6, 7PM-8:30PM  

 New Troop Training: Saturday January 10, 9AM-10:30AM 

These virtual training sessions will be recorded and available in gsLearn. New Troop Cookie Managers should also complete the 477 Troop Cookie Basics Training in gsLearn prior to attending a virtual training session. 

GSUSA will officially launch the National Girl Scout Cookie season on January 6. Beginning then, the Girl Scout Cookie Finder will be live for customers searching by ZIP Code for nearby cookie booths or a local troop to support through a shipped cookie purchase. With this early national launch, we want local customers searching for cookies to have the ability to support a local troop for a shipped purchase. 

Troops have the option to activate their ship-only troop link in Digital Cookie to be included in the Girl Scout Cookie Finder for shipped orders. Digital Cookie registration emails for troop volunteers will be sent on January 5, allowing time for site setup. Once your troop’s site is complete, it will be added to the rotation of active troop links within your ZIP Code. Girl Scout Digital Cookie access and the remaining troop functionality will not be active until February 11, when online and pre-sales begin. The ship-only troop links should not be shared broadly—consider it a soft launch of the season to benefit our local troops, especially with interest in the new Exploremores.

Setting up your troop site is easy, check out our video instructions or the Site Set Up Tip Sheet. 

Any sales from the troop ship-only link will be credited to Girl Scouts in Smart Cookies. We recommend waiting until the end of the season to distribute these sales.

The Online Cookie Systems Guide for Volunteers is your go-to resource for navigating both Digital Cookie and Smart Cookies. Bookmark the page for easy access.

Stop in to shop and talk cookies on January 17 at both the St. Paul Retail Shop and Edith Mayo Program Center in Rochester from 10am-2pm. View the cookie rewards, enjoy samples of the new Exploremores, and register to win prizes too!

Community/Area Product Leaders have the option to use Digital Cookie to monitor digital sales as well as run reports for troops. This access will appear as a Service Unit role. If you hold multiple roles, you can select your Service Unit role after you log-in. Share the Online Cookie Systems Guide for Volunteers with your troops to ensure they know where to go for instructions on working with the cookie systems.

If you are not a troop volunteer and wish to view the troop experience in Digital Cookie, River Valleys can add you as a volunteer with a troop in your Community with the troop's permission, in Smart Cookies. Once done, you'll also be added to the troop's Digital Cookie site. Contact us to request to be added to a troop.

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