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For Girls and Families

How to Participate | Get Started | Digital Cookie | Daises Can | Rewards
Troop Proceeds | Events & Contests | Ways Families Can Support
Important Dates

Welcome to the Girl Scout Cookie Program, the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world. The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps your girl succeed today and prepare for future success. With every box she sells, she builds on 5 essential leadership skills she can use for a lifetime.

Every Girl Scout in Greater Atlanta benefits from the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Whether it’s a trip to a breathtaking place they’ve never been, an opportunity to attend Girl Scout camp and revel in the power of the great outdoors, or the chance to try something new, every experience helps them find the G.I.R.L. ( Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-Taker, Leader)™ within to do amazing things for herself and for her community.

How to Participate

How to Participate

What is great about the Girl Scout Cookie Program is that as a family you can customize your experience by participating with a troop in all the ways below or picking what is right for your Girl Scout.

Order Card

Using the Girl Order Card is a Girl Scout’s best tool for reaching her goal. Use it to take initial orders from customers and re-orders from those who need just one more box of their favorite treat.

Initial Order Taking: Jan. 1 - Mid Jan. (deadline set by troop)

Goal Getter Order Taking: Jan. 20 – Mar. (deadline set by troop)

Digital Cookie: Jan. 1 – Mar. 13

The Digital Cookie platform is a fun, educational tool that helps girls run and manage their Girl Scout Cookie business online. Girls who pair Digital Cookie with the Girl Order Card sell on average 76% more cookie boxes.

Cookie Booths: Feb. 10 - April 30

Cookie Booths allow Girl Scouts to sell directly to the public with cookies in hand. Cookie Booths are scheduled by a troop to give girls the opportunity to work as a team. Cookie Booths begin February 10. Check with your Girl Scout’s troop to see how you can help take their business to the next level.

Smiles4Military

With the Smiles4Military program, customers have a chance to donate Girl Scout Cookies to those serving in the military at home and abroad. Donations are made in $4.00 increments with a Girl Scout on her Girl Order Card, online with Digital Cookie, or at a Cookie Booth. Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta will ship the donated cookies on your behalf to chosen military serving organizations. Girls who participate in Smiles4Military on average sell 250+ total boxes.

Get Started

How to Get Started in Girl Scout Cookie Program

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Be a registered Girl Scout for the 2019-2020 Girl Scout membership year

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Complete the Parent Permission Form and submit it electronically to the troop cookie volunteer

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Attend the troop’s Girl Scout Cookie meeting to understand how families can support a girl’s success

Digital Cookie

Getting Started is as Simple as 1,2,3.

1. Register for Digital Cookie

Each girl’s access to Digital Cookie is granted based on her membership record containing the following:

  • A. Valid membership for the 2019-2020 Girl Scout membership year
  • B. Date of Birth
  • C. Grade level
  • D. Parent/guardian name and email address

Using the email address of a parent/guardian, each girl will receive a registration link to establish a Digital Cookie account. Starting December 1, look for your Digital Cookie registration email from Girl Scout Cookies with the subject line: Register for the Digital Cookie Platform today!

2. Customize Your Online Store

In your Digital Cookie account, you can personalize your online store to make it all your own. Share your goals and cookie story with customers and upload your own videos or photo.

3. Promote Your Girl-Led Business

Market your Girl-Led business to family and friends!

  • A. Personalized Emails: Personalize emails through your Digital Cookie account to send to family and friends.
  • B. Social Media: Spread the word with family and friends about your business on a guardian’s Facebook and Twitter pages through your Digital Cookie account.
Important Dates
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Important Dates

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December 1: Digital Cookie Invitation Email

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January 1: Girl Scout Cookie Programs Starts and Digital Cookie Opens

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January TBD by Troop Leader/Cookie Manager: Troop Initial Order Deadline

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February 10: Cookie Booths Begin

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February 28-March 1: National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend

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March 6: Girl Delivery is no longer available in Digital Cookie

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March 13: Digital Cookie Closes for all orders

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April 18: Smiles4Military Cookie Recognition/Send Off Event

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May 16: Cookie CEO Club Event

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June 4-7: Universal Studio Trip

Family Tips
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Family Tips
 

Your encouragement will help your Girl Scout receive the greatest benefit from the Girl Scout Cookie Program. As a cookie entrepreneur, she will build five awesome skills:

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Goal Setting - Ask her about her goals and help her make a plan to achieve them.

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Decision Making - Let her decide how to run her business: online, Order Card or both!

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Money Management - Let her collect orders, accept payments, provide receipts and make change.

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People Skills - Help her coordinate places to take orders, people to ask and how she will market to potential customers.

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Business Ethics - Mark the calendar for January 1 – it’s the day her business opens and she can begin taking orders.

Events & Contests

Bling Your Booth

The weekly Bling Your Booth Challenge is back and this year, you could win an ice cream party for your troop! Entries are open from February 10-March 15. How to bling your booth:

1. Pick a theme like: Wow the World, Movie Glam, Bakery, Flower Power, or Go Green!

2. Create fun posters with your cookie goals, lots of awesome pictures, and maybe add balloons!

3. Dress up and use colored lights to invite customers to a cookie party.

4. Add anything that makes your booth stand out from the crowd.

5. Most importantly: Have fun!

Here are some rules to follow:

1. Take a photo of your troop in action at your booth starting February 10.

2. Submit your entry. All entries must be submitted by 8AM Monday morning to be considered for the week.

3. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges.

Cookie Pro

Unleash your unique cookie business smart for a chance to WIN an epic trip to Orlando!

Enter the 2020 Cookie Pro contest today! Twenty-four lucky winners will go on an exciting trip to Orlando, Florida, for full VIP access to G.I.R.L. 2020 – the largest event for girls in the world.

Every girl who wins will enjoy admission to all conference activities and experiences, breakfast with Girl Scouts of the USA’s CEO, backstage passes to celebrity speakers, and more!

Learn more and enter at the Cookie Pro Website. Entries will be accepted February 1 to March 31, 2020.

Limited-Edition Patch!
Cookie Pro Patch 2018

Every girl who enters the Cookie Pro contest will receive instructions by email on how to unlock this awesome, limited-edition Cookie Pro 2020 patch for optional purchase. You must be a registered Girl Scout selling cookies to take part.

Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneur Family

Bring the whole family together for tons of fun and learning with our brand NEW Girl Scout Cookie Program pin collection!

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Each Girl Scout grade level will have its own set of requirements to help families guide their Girl Scout as she runs her own cookie business year after year. Girls can earn all 13 pins in the collection-one unique pin for every year they participate!

Learn More about Entrepreneur Family

Girl Scouts at every level—from Daisies to Ambassadors—can earn rewards.

In addition to a fantastic line-up of items and experiences, Girl Scouts can earn Cookie Dough, which can be applied to membership fees, camp, Badge & Sash purchases, and more.

Initial Order

Initial Order Rewards can only be earned through the Initial Order period of January 1-19. The rewards are cumulative, so you can earn one, two or all three items!


Super Patch

Butterfly Carabiner

Butterfly Water Bottle
38 - 230 Boxes

2020 Year Bar Patch

WOW the World Patch & Mini Plush Dangler

Spa Set: Headband & Magic Cloth

Butterfly Journal

Goal Getter Patch with choice of: Plush Butterfly OR Tabletop Sign

Butterfly Pouch with Charm Bracelet & Cookie Shake Charm
300 - 650 Boxes

T-Shirt & WOW Charm

 


$50 Cookie Dough OR Sweet Success Room Decor: Inflatable Ottoman, Wall Decal & Portable Charger

$70 Cookie Dough OR Take Flight Room Decor Set: Tapestry, Light-Up Butterflies & Shadow Box Bank OR Cookie Shake Blanket Sack & Personal Necklace Fan

$100 Cookie Dough OR Cookie CEO Event at Georgia Aquarium (girl + 1) on May 16, 2020
800 - 1800 Boxes

$120 Cookie Dough OR Fitbit Ace 2 OR Butterfly Festival at Chattahoochee Nature Center (girl +1) with Souvenir Butterfly Bag

 


$170 Cookie Dough OR Vera Bradley Butterfly Backpack & Case OR Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit

Medallion, Certificate & Patch with Behind the Scene Tour at Cookie CEO with choice of: $200 Cookie Dough OR WOW the World Personalized Hoodie.

Universal Trip: 2-Night Resort Stay (share room, four people/room) & WOW the World Travel Set OR Converse Design Your Own Shoes ($85 value)

Universal Trip: 2 Day/ 3 Parks with Educational for Girl, Meal Vouchers (June 4-7, 2020) OR HP Sprocket 2-in-1 Photo Printer
2020 - 5000 Boxes

$300 Cookie Dough OR Nintendo Switch Lite

Great Wolf Lodge: Overnigh Hotel & Waterpark Passes (girl +2) $350 value OR Hover-1 Self-Balancing Scooter & Helmet

iPad Air & Apple Pencil
Digital Cookie

Cookie Techie Patch

Glow-in-the-Dark Flying Disc

Phone Stand

Mini Disco Ball
Smiles4Military

With Smiles4Military customers can give a Girl Scout Cookie donation to the honorable military servicemen and women at home and abroad. Every girl who participates can earn the cumulative rewards below.

Troop Rewards

Troops earn proceeds based on their troop Per Girl-selling Average (PGA).

PGA $ Per Box (Core) $ Per Box (Specialty)
1 to 199 $ 0.60 $ 0.70
200+ $ 0.70 $ 0.80
300+ $ 0.75 $ 0.85

Girl Scout Cadette, Senior and Ambassador Troops ONLY can opt out of individual girl rewards (and still receive participation patches) to earn the following:

1 to 199 PGA = $0.68 per box OR $0.78 per box for specialty cookies
200+ PGA = $0.78 per box OR $0.88 per box for specialty cookies
300+ PGA = $0.83 per box OR $0.93 per box for specialty cookies

 Have a Great Girl Scout Cookie Story to Share?

Ask your parent or Troop Cookie Manager to submit it today for a chance to be featured throughout the year on girlscoutcookies.org, the Girl Scout Blog, our Facebook and Twitter pages, and more—so cool!

SHARE YOUR STORY