For Troop Leaders and Troop Cookie Managers

For Community-Area Product Leaders

Welcome to the first edition of The Cookie Press for troops! Our staff has been hard at work designing a program to help your Girl Scouts succeed in 2025. No matter how your Girl Scouts participate this year, they will benefit by learning the five skills of the Cookie Program: decision-making, money management, goal setting, business ethics, and people skills. To get you ready for Cookie Go Day on February 21, we’ll deliver a new edition each week filled with program updates and “just in time” reminders to keep you on track. 

Bookmark Cookie Central, your go-to-hub for all cookie resources including the Troop Cookie Manager Guidebook, Smart Cookies and Digital Cookie instructions, family resources, and reward details. Share this resource with your troop families too. It’s updated regularly to keep you organized and ready for the season.

Completing cookie training each year ensures that you understand the important program updates, key dates, and your role during the season. Your Community-Area Product Leader will contact you to give you details of your training options.

Calling all new Troops! If you are a new Troop cookie manager, don’t forget to also review the 477 Troop Cookie Foundations video in gsLearn. This will help orient you to your role and responsibilities before learning more about the details of this year’s Cookie Program.

Save the date for a special Cookie Information Session for new troop leaders with the Product Program Team. It’s scheduled for January 9 at 6:30 PM. Registration details will come in a future edition of The Cookie Press.

Troop cookie materials will be shipping to Communities the week of December 30. These materials include:

Girl Scout materials (one per Girl Scout)

 Your Community Product Leader will be in touch to coordinate picking up your troop materials.

Troop leaders and cookie managers will receive their registration emails to access Smart Cookies, the online cookie management system for volunteers, the week of December 16. Digital Cookie access for troop leaders and cookie managers begins on January 24, with families receiving access on February 1. Watch for more details on the important first steps to complete in Smart Cookies and Digital Cookie registration in a future edition of The Cookie Press.

You're invited to join one of our Winter Wellness Sessions! As a thanks-a-lot for all you do as volunteers, we want to support your wellbeing as we head into cookie season.  We will be gathering for a morning of self-care and learning on January 11 in St. Paul or January 18 in Rochester. Register your volunteer team now for the no-cost session, Boundaries, Balance, and Wellbeing with Terri Allred. Light refreshments and fun take-aways will be provided!

The Community-Area Virtual Cookie Trainings begin tonight at 6:15 PM via Zoom. You may register anytime, up to the start of the event.

If you’re hosting a Cookie Rally for troops and Girl Scouts in your Community, this is your friendly reminder to order your cookies and optional Cookie Rewards kits. You’ll find more info in the first Cookie Press post  for 2025. No late orders will be accepted, so be sure to place your order by December 22.

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