For Troop Leaders and Troop Cookie Managers

For Community-Area Product Leaders

Only two tasks remain for the cookie season: ensuring the troop is set for the final ACH and distributing rewards. Finalize deposits of cash/check into the Troop bank account. If families used mobile payment services (like Venmo or CashApp) to turn in money, verify the funds are credited to the troop account. View your Troop Balance Summary report in Smart Cookies for the troop financials including the final PGA, troop proceeds total, and the balance due for the final ACH on May 2. 

The end of the season means it’s time to reflect on what the Troop learned and make time to celebrate their accomplishments. Schedule an end of season wrap-up party while the cookie season is still fresh in their minds. Talk about numbers that mean something to them: 

Finally, encourage them to also make time to thank everyone in their cookie crew that helped with their sale.  

We’ve had so many excellent submissions each week and now it is time to bring it to an end and announce our Cookie Seller Spotlight of the Year winners! Congratulations to: 

Daisy/Brownie/Junior Winner: Troop 47959 (pictured: Vera B and Hope A.) 

Troop 47959 knows that teamwork is key to a successful cookie booth! They’ve assigned job roles to each scout, rotating through their shift to practice customer service, inventory management, and money skills. To make selling even more fun, they use a BINGO board strategy, which customers love, and scouts earn exciting rewards like spa nights, ice cream socials, and s’mores nights!  This year, they added a “Spin the Wheel” game to help undecided customers choose their cookies.

Cadette/Senior/Ambassador Winner: Troop 14572 (pictured: Lydia Mae W.)

Lydia Mae is passionate about giving back and ensuring her cookie donations stay local. With a goal of selling 3,000 packages, she’s become a familiar face at Northside Cub in Minneapolis, where loyal customers have supported her since she was a Daisy. Beyond selling cookies, Lydia Mae inspires young girls to join Girl Scouts and plans to start her own Daisy Troop after graduation—already enlisting her mom as Cookie Mom!

 Way to go, Girl Scouts! Winners will receive a Dave & Buster's Experience for their troop.  

Thank you to everyone who helped promote our Free Thin Mints for a Year Sweepstakes. Thanks to you we had over 4,200 total submissions – wow! Our winners are (each Troop that sold to a winning entry will receive $25 in Cookie Credits): 

Orders for this year's cookie sweatshirt are due by May 5. Place one order per Troop using our order form. Payment must be done by ACH from the troop account or for Juliette’s, a reduction in Juliette Program Credits. Sweatshirts will be shipped to the address on the form later this summer. The cost includes shipping and handling fees.

As cookie season winds down, so will The Cookie Press. The next email will be on April 24.  

Rewards shipments are scheduled to arrive the week of May 19. If you are planning to print out reward reports for packing items, remember that the initial order patches will be tracked outside of Smart Cookies. You will receive a packing list with the totals of the initial order patches by troop and Girl Scout in your shipment.  

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