For Troop Leaders and Troop Cookie Managers

For Community-Area Product Leaders

The first ACH (aka Automated Clearing House) withdrawal will be processed from the troop bank account on March 21. This amount is calculated by multiplying $1 by the total packages received by the troop as of March 14, minus any credit card, Venmo, and PayPal payments made through Digital Cookie. To review the Troop’s total packages, check the Troop Balance Summary Report in Smart Cookies.  The primary contact listed in Smart Cookies will receive an email with ACH details on March 17 or 18.

Here are a few examples of how this will work with digital payments:

Deposit all cash and checks into your troop bank account by March 18.  Check the ACH FAQ’s found on Cookie Central for more details. ACH withdrawal amounts will appear in Smart Cookies 1-2 days after the funds are withdrawn from the troop’s bank account.

If your troop is only participating in online sales and is due a refund for troop proceeds earned, River Valleys will process that refund to the troop bank account by ACH at the end of April.

All Girl Scouts are invited to our first-ever Cookie Game Show in Zoom this Wednesday, March 19, at 6:30 pm! Learn some fun facts, test your cookie knowledge, connect with other cookie sellers, and be eligible to win some great prizes too! Register today. Share this opportunity with your Troop to join in the event.

Cookie Walkabout Week continues through Wednesday, March 19. Submission are open now as Girl Scouts go door-to-door, bringing cookies straight to customers. Every participant earns an exclusive Cookie Walkabout sticker and four lucky winners will score a free pair of UGG boots or slippers (up to $150 value). To enter:

Now through the end of the sale, all Council On-Demand cupboards will allow full, bakery-sealed cookie case exchanges during their regular hours. For troops that utilize Regional Cupboards, check with your Regional Cupboard Manager for availability.

If you were unable to attend our recent Cookie Chat on donations, click on the links below to view the meeting recording and the donation resources:

This week’s Cookie Seller Spotlight Winners are:

Daisy/Brownie/Junior Winner: 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 57748 work together to engineer, build, and decorate their “Food Truck Cookie Booth" which they used for a full day of Walmart booths. It really upped the customer interest and the girls excitement to sell in this weekend’s beautiful weather.

With six years of experience selling together, they have shifted focus to team success over individual goals. This year they pushed to have more booths, which has been exceptional for their team focus. For the first time, inventory management has become a scout-led role—with adult volunteers stepping back into supervision. The troop has carefully planned their booth needs and troop inventory for on-hand sales of 3000 packages themselves!

Girl Scouts in the winning troops receive the 2025 Cookie Seller Spotlight patch. All weekly winners are eligible for Cookie Seller Spotlight of the Year and the grand prize, a Dave & Buster's Experience for their troop. Submit your troop or Girl Scout's story today.

This week’s Cookie Spirit Award Winners are:

Rebecca Peterson has been a Troop Leader and Cookie Manager for 14 years, helping both her daughters reach their goals, including selling over 1000 packages for two straight years! Her daughter says Rebecca has dedicated her to time to get her where she is in Girl Scouts and she’s thankful for all her hard work being put into her cookie goals.

Jessie Ayotte has been the troop leader from the start and the girls are now in 5th grade. She is always the biggest champion of cookie season including creating fun challenges for the girls to earn little prizes and rewards along the way. Plus she develops activities to encourage and empower girls, while making sure they have all the booths, cookies, supplies, and answers to their questions, all while managing her own family of 6!

Rebecca and Jessie will receive a Cookies On the Go prize pack. Nominate a cookie volunteer for consideration today. All submissions will carry over each week.

April is Volunteer Appreciation Month! To thank all of our volunteers for the many ways they make Girl Scouts happen we are hosting four events where volunteers can enjoy a day of fun and connection. Register to attend one of our Snack + Shop events! Stop in for snacks, a 15% off shop discount, gift bag, raffles, make and take activities, and more!

Now is a great time to check if troops have excess cookie inventory that can be transferred to troops in need. Review your Smart Cookies On Hand Inventory report to find Troops with 50+ cases in on-hand inventory. Reach out to the Troops to see if they need help with transfers or to confirm they will enter their transfers later in the sale.

Your Community’s rewards will ship to the address you have listed in Smart Cookies. To verify or update your address, go to Smart Cookies: My Service Unit>Service Unit Info, and review the information. If the address is correct, no action is needed. If the information is incorrect, make the corrections then click on Update Information to save your edits. Review and edit this information by April 7.  No changes can be made after that date. Don’t worry, we’ll give you another reminder ahead of the deadline.

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