Table of Contents Girl Scout Inspiration 2015 Cookie Program

Online Resources The Volunteer Cookie Team

Cookie Calendar Training & Resources

Safety Tips 5 Skills

Girl Rewards Online Marketing

Selling Tips Council Procedures

Mahalo! With Girl Scout Cookies and your guidance, she can do amazing things!

Thank you for volunteering to serve as a Troop Cookie Manager. Your efforts are extremely important to the success of the Cookie Program! Our council offers this program to increase opportunities for girls. Not only does it help girls develop five key business and leadership skills, but revenues generated from this program also create funds for “girl chosen” troop activities and projects, provide services and events for girls, maintain camps and develop quality training for adults. Without you, this would not be possible. We appreciate YOU!

Plus, with your guidance and the power of Girl Scout Cookies, girls can make positive changes in the world around them. A girl can speak for those less fortunate, foster changes where they’re needed and have a true impact close to home, or even on the other side of the world. Visit www.LittleBrownie.com, where we are showcasing amazing stories from across the country. When they see how other girls are making a big difference with Girl Scout Cookies, volunteers and girls dream bigger. And customers are inspired to help! This Cookie Season, encourage girls to set high goals and use some cookie money to make the world a better place. They will grow in ways you never dreamed possible.

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online resources

eBudde https://ebudde.LittleBrownie.com (Or visit www.LittleBrownie.com for a link)

Your Command Center for managing the cookie sale. Order cookies, track girl activity and order girl rewards.

VIP eTraining http://VIPeTraining.LittleBrownie.com/Login.aspx (Or visit www.LittleBrownie.com for a link)

Dynamic online volunteer cookie training available 24/7.

DOC Tap into the marketing power of the internet when girls send online order forms. Girls can track orders and goals online.

Council Website www.girlscouts-hawaii.org Visit our site to find procedures, forms, manuals and other helpful information.

Little Brownie Bakers

www.LittleBrownie.com (The website of our official Girl Scout Cookie baker)

Find activities, marketing ideas and clip art to help girls prepare for and learn from the Girl Scout Cookie Program.

Girl Scouts of the USA

www.girlscouts.org Info on the Girl Scout Cookie Program and national cookie badges and pins.

Cookie Locator http://CookieLocator.LIttleBrownie.com

Help friends and family locate the closest cookie booth with this app.

Volunteer Blog www.LittleBrownie.com Check out Little Brownie's volunteer blog for exciting girl activities and program resources.

2015 Cookie Program The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps girls develop five key business and leadership skills that last a lifetime:

1. Goal Setting — as she sets cookie sales goals individually and with her team, creates a plan to reach them, and develops Cooperation and Team Building skills all along the way. 2. Decision-Making — as she helps decide how her team will spend their cookie money, furthering her Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills that will help her throughout life. 3. Money Management — as she takes cookie orders, handles customer’s money and gains valuable and Practical Life Skills around financial literacy. 4. People Skills — as she learns how to talk to, listen to and work with all kinds of people while selling cookies. These experiences help her develop Healthy Relationship and Conflict Resolution skills she can use throughout her life. 5. Business Ethics — as she is honest and responsible at every step of the cookie sale. Her business ethics here reinforce the Positive Values she is developing as a Girl Scout.

The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led business in the country and generates immeasurable benefits for girls and our community. Through Girl Scout Cookies, girls are doing a World of Good! Visit www.LittleBrownie.com to learn HOW to guide your girls to do amazing things through the Girl Scout Cookie Program!

The Girl Scout Cookie Activity Pin: All girls who participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program are eligible to earn the annual Cookie Activity Pin, which recognizes the “5 skills” learned and practiced during the sale. Girls can collect a different colored pin every year to recognize growth in these 5 skill areas. Visit www.girlscouts.org for details.

Be sure to take advantage of the wealth of resources available to guide you through a fun and successful Girl Scout Cookie Program.

The Volunteer Cookie Team

A successful Girl Scout Cookie Program depends on dedicated volunteers like you. Understanding everyone’s role on the team insures a smooth running program.

Service Unit Cookie Manager (SUCM)

• Verifies Girl Scouts membership for all participants in the Cookie Program • Ensures that Cookie Agreement forms have been completed • Reviews and submits the initial cookie and girl rewards order for the entire Service Unit • Reviews data in eBudde for the entire Service Unit and submits final girl rewards order. • Receives girl rewards from Little Brownie Bakers and distributes to troops. • Supports the Troop Cookie Managers as needed

Troop Leader (TL)

• Works with Troop Cookie Manager to schedule, plan and lead the family meeting

• Works with troop to set goals and plan cookie learning activities (visit www.LittleBrownie.com for ideas)

• Works with Troop Cookie Manager to plan for troop’s participation in booth sales

• Assists with cookie pickup, storage and distribution (if needed)

• Supports girls throughout the program to review goals and progress • Supports Troop Cookie Manager with money collection and deposits as needed

• Receives and distributes girl rewards.

Troop Cookie Manager (TCM)

• Attends Cookie Training meetings and webinars and completes VIP eTraining on Little Brownie's website.

• Works with Troop Leader to schedule, plan and lead the family meeting

• Assist Troop Leader with setting goals and planning cookie learning activities (visit www.LittleBrownie.com for ideas)

• Updates troop and girl settings in eBudde

• Sets up Cookie Club accounts

• Reviews booth sites in eBudde to assist Troop Leader with booth sales planning and scheduling

• Collects order cards, distributes Goal Getter cards, calculates totals, enters needed inventory in eBudde, and submits the troop initial cookie and initial girl rewards order

• Schedules cookie pick-ups from delivery site and makes plan for troop cookie inventory distribution, and any storage as needed

• Collects money, issues receipts, and records payments in eBudde

• Deposits money to the Girl Scouts of Hawai`i bank account at Bank of Hawaii or First Hawaiian Bank and records deposits in eBudde

Service Unit #_______________________ Service Unit Cookie Manager Name______________________________ Phone______________________________ Email_______________________________

Service Unit #_______________________ Service Unit Cookie Manager Name______________________________ Phone______________________________ Email_______________________________

Service Unit #_______________________ Service Unit Cookie Manager Name______________________________ Phone______________________________ Email_______________________________

Programs for girls

46%

Troop bonus 2%

Recognition awards for girls

4%

Cost of Cookies 29%

Cost of cookie sale support

4%

Troop proceeds

15%

Cookie Calendar Checklist of Important Dates

Cookie Agreement Forms due November 28, 2014 Cookie Pre-Sale begins January 5, 2015 Booth Site Selection #1 January 12, 2015 Booth Site Selection #2 January 15, 2015 Booth Site Selection #3 January 19, 2015 Booth Site Selection #4 January 21, 2015 Cookie Orders due to TCM January 24, 2015 Cookie Orders/Rewards due to SUCM January 28, 2015 Kona Cookie Pick up February 25, 2015 Oahu/Kauai/Maui/Hilo Cookie Pick Up February 26, 2015 Booth Site Selling Begins March 6, 2015 Booth Site Selling Ends March 29, 2015 Troop Cookie Money due to TCM March 30, 2015 Troop Final Rewards Due April 1, 2015 SU Final Rewards due to Council April 5, 2015 CEO Event May 9, 2015 *Refer to GSH website for full listing of dates.

How the Cookie Crumbles

Training & Resources Training • Service Unit Cookie Managers will receive training in October • Troop Cookie Managers and/or Troop Leaders will receive training in October -February Online Training with Cookie VIP eTraining Little Brownie Bakers provides online volunteer cookie training that allows more flexibility for everyone’s busy lives. These online training videos are available 24/7. Available at www.littlebrownie.com – click on the VIP eTraining link to request access. Topics include: • Program • Cookies • Marketing • Council • Technology • eBudde Learning Modules Little Brownie Bakers also provides pre-recorded webinars with training and information regarding eBudde, the software used to manage your Cookie Sale. These modules can be accessed from the eBudde site by clicking on eLearning on the Menu bar. Cookie Program Resources Volunteer Guide – Little Brownie provides volunteers with an online guide to the Cookie Program to help you get started! Visit www.littlebrownie.com to download your copy. Online Resources – Remember to go online and experience the full range of the friendly program materials, such as age-appropriate activities that make it easy to teach goal-setting, money-management and business lessons that last far beyond Cookie Season. Volunteer Blog – Volunteers can now subscribe to their very own blog and receive inspiring ideas from Little Brownie. The blog will deliver easy, fun ways to teach the five skills of the Cookie Program. With selling tips, starter activities and crafts, the blog is sure to become a favorite resource. Sign up today to have exciting program content delivered right to your inbox. Visit www.littlebrownie.com to access: • Clip art for your signs and activities • Fun, cookie learning, girl activity and craft ideas with instructions. • Cookie Club link (a girl’s online order taking and goal tracking tool) • eBudde link – (a volunteer’s cookie sale management tool) • inspiring real girl cookie program videos • Cookie information • Volunteer resources • Teen resources • Family resources

Girl Rewards that Inspire Success

Troop Proceeds: • Troops will earn $0.80 per box sold. • An additional $0.02 per box sold over the 175 box per girl threshold. • Cadette/Senior/Ambassador troops can choose to receive money, $0.05, in lieu of

the individual rewards. The girls will also receive a participation certificate and relevant patches. The ENTIRE troop must consist of all Cadettes or all Seniors in order to exercise this option. Mixed groups are not eligible.

Girl Rewards: • Girls earn the symbols of accomplishment in the form of patches and other

recognition items. Girls who sell 700 boxes or more will be honored at a special CEO Club Event on May 9, 2015. This past year, 63 girls statewide achieved CEO status of which 25 achieved the Hall of Fame for selling 1000+ boxes! The CEO Event was held on the Star of Honolulu.

• This year all rewards are cumulative. That means, in addition to earning your choice at your level of a Hall of Fame reward, you will earn all rewards from the 700 box level and below.

Online Marketing:

HOW to Offer a World of Inspiration PRACTICE SAFE ONLINE MARKETING. Girls may use phones and email messages to ask friends and relatives to purchase Girl Scout Cookies. Girls who are 13 or older may use social networking sites to market product; however, they must follow council and GSUSA guidelines. Girls writing notes for recipients of product emails or announcements online should sign with their first names only, their troop/group number or name, and their council name. Personal emails or street addresses of girls should never be used. Use one of the following:

• A blind return address account where the girls’ name or personal email is not revealed to the customer and is instead hosted on a secure site.

• A group account monitored by an adult • An adult email account supervised by an adult

Girls are not permitted to collect payment online. Girls should deliver cookies and collect payment in person unless cookies are ordered via Digital Order Card.

Top Tips for Helping Girls Sell More

Sometimes we expect girls to naturally know how to sell cookies. The fact is that most girls need at least some guidance in the selling process. Here are some tips and techniques to help them achieve their goals. Did you know: 90 percent of the general public would gladly buy Girl Scout Cookies, but nearly 35 percent are never asked? DOOR-TO-DOOR SALES Encourage girls to canvass their communities with buddies and adult partners, leaving no doorbell unrung! • Girls should take orders, door-to-door, at the beginning of the Cookie Sale with their order cards. • Sell door-to-door with cookies in hand. One week after cookies are delivered, load up a wagon with cookies, make signs, and you are ready for a neighborhood Walkabout. SOCIAL NETWORKING Online social networking sites are a great place for teens (ages 13+ with parental permission) to ask for cookie orders. Be sure girls follow the GSUSA safety guidelines for online marketing. TELEPHONE SALES It’s fast and easy to sell Girl Scout Cookies by phone. • Girls can review order cards from previous years and contact these customers again. • Once cookies have been delivered, girls may want to call customers, thank them for their orders and ask if they need additional cookies. • Try a text-a-thon – Girls may want to text their friends and family to let them know it’s cookie time and to ask for orders. WORKPLACE SALES • Girls can contact business owners or managers to request permission to sell cookies at a workplace. • Girls can either make a quick “sales pitch” at a staff meeting or make sales calls around the office. • Once employee sales are completed, the business may allow girls to leave an order card in a visible spot. Leave a note from your team outlining their goals and plans for the cookie proceeds. An adult at work may oversee the card, but it is the girl’s responsibility to fill all orders, write thank-you notes, and oversee delivery. Girls should establish a date and time to pick up the order card and deliver the cookies.

BOOTH SALES HELP GIRLS REACH MORE CUSTOMERS Booth sales are a great way to increase your team’s success. Remember, you must have the appropriate permission from authorities and your council before the booth sale. Possible locations include:

• Grocery stores • Sporting events • Parks and playgrounds • Concerts and plays • Video and hardware stores • Banks • Car washes • Quick oil change shops • Places of worship • Universities and colleges • Malls • Retirement homes

TO MAXIMIZE SUCCESS, INVITE GIRLS TO CONSIDER THESE PROVEN TIPS: Make an attractive table display to gain customer interest. Remember to make a cookie poster to hang from your table or for girls to wear. Visit www.littlebrownie.com for ideas and easy clip art. Bring along your team goal poster and pictures of activities in which you have participated. To encourage multi-box purchases, suggest that girls bundle 3 cookie packages with a ribbon, and attach gift cards and/or attach recipes that use the cookies. Handmade cards such as “Happy Birthday” or “Thank You” will be especially meaningful to customers. Find resources at www.littlebrownie.com. If some varieties are not selling, open a box (which your team must purchase), break them into bite-size pieces, and let customers take a sample. This sample will likely spark interest among customers and increase your sales. HERE ARE OUR COUNCIL’S SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR BOOTH SALES: You will be able to view the complete listing of booth sites via eBudde prior to the allocation process. Booth site allocations will begin on January 12, 2015. It is imperative that there are adult members present at all times when the girls are participating In money-earning activities outside their troop meeting place. When attending an activity, each troop is responsible to make sure that the ratio of girls to adults is followed in accordance to the Girl Scout rules. The girls must be appropriately dressed. Either the Girl Scout uniform or Girl Scout t-shirt and wearing a membership pin. Adults should dress In a manner that is consistent with setting an example for the girls. Obtaining Selling Locations Corporate Booth Location: The Council will contact corporate and chain store companies directly for their support. Examples of this are stores like WalMart, Kmart, Foodland, Safeway, Longs, etc. Community Booth Locations: Community booth sites are those locations which are locally owned or small businesses, schools or places of worship that support Girl Scouts through sponsorship or allow sites on their premises. Service Units and troops are encouraged to gain support of their community and local small

businesses for booth sites. The Service Unit or troop is to notify Council of those community booth sites it is seeking to procure. The Council will work with the Service Unit or troop to coordinate the request. Military/On Base Locations: The Council will work with the volunteers who sell on the military/on base sites to secure the locations. The volunteers must notify the Council and Service Unit of the available sites for the on base troops.

Booth Sales Set Up

CM and or adults manning the booth must bring their own table(s), cash box with change, receipt books (provided by Council), chairs and booth signs. Please be sure you have ample change on hand or a means to go and get more change. As a practice, please do not ask the store to make change for your troop.

Top Tips for Helping Girls Sell More CUSTOMERS LOVE TO HELP GIRLS GIVE MORE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES COUNCIL GIFT OF CARING PROGRAM For various reasons, some customers do not want to buy cookies for themselves, or they have only a limited need. With Gift of Caring, they have a chance to give to others while supporting Girl Scouting at the same time. During the 2014 Cookie Season, the Council Gift of Caring Program provided over 5000 boxes of cookies. Donations went to the Medal of Honor Program; Brigade 24-25SBCT troops overseas; Good Beginning Alliance; Hawaii Food Bank; Relay for Life; Blood Bank of Hawaii; as well as Neighbor Island charities. HOW to guide girls in creating a Troop Gift of Caring project. 1. Choose a group to receive donated cookies. Hometown heroes like fire-fighters?

A homeless shelter? Military personnel overseas? 2. Communicate to customers that they can buy cookies that girls will donate to the

group they chose. 3. Donations collected should be used toward the purchase of the cookies to be donated to the troop's chosen

charity. Monetary donations to the charity is not an acceptable donation. For the Troop Gift of Caring Project, cookies must be the donation.

3. Deliver the cookies to the chosen group at the end of the Cookie Season. 4. DO NOT ENTER YOUR TROOP GIFT OF CARING COOKIE BOXES INTO THE COUNCIL GIFT OF CARING COLUMN IN

EBUDDE AS THE TROOP GIFT OF CARING PROJECT IS SEPARATE FROM THE COUNCIL GIFT OF CARING. 5. At booth sales:

• Display a sign that informs which group you are supporting.

• Create a drop box where customers can place donated cookies, and watch the donated cookies stacking up!

• Create a Tally Poster to track the number of donated boxes, so customers can see their donations making a difference.

6. During Door-to-Door Sales, Walkabouts or Workplace sales:

• Write on your order card the name of the group to receive donated cookies, and ask customers if they would like to purchase a box or two to donate.

Note: All Gift of Caring projects must have council approval and use appropriate delivery channels. Any shipments to the military must have an identified recipient.

eBudde Fingertip Facts:

Reaching Customers in a Busy, Social World At www.litttlebrownie.com, you’ll find a world of volunteer resources that make the season fun and easy, like girl activities, clip art and recipes. Plus, you’ll find links to these powerful tech tools:

It’s the most delicious app ever! Now Cookie Customers can use their smartphones to stay just a click away from their favorite treats. • FIND the booth sale closest to your GPS location or by zip code or city and state • CHOOSE the times you want to shop • MAP your way • ADD the sale date to your calendar • DISCOVER your cookie personality and tell the world about it • SHARE sale locations and more with friends on Facebook, Twitter and email! VOLUNTEERS: Please keep Booth Scheduler in eBudde up to date with your group’s times and dates. This data powers Cookie Locator and allows customers to find you. Check out the fun, easy-to-follow online training that gives you everything a volunteer needs to know about Cookie Season and how to help girls get the most from their experience. It’s available 24/7 so it fits your schedule. You’re a VIP – Very Inspiring Person!

eBudde is a cookie volunteer’s best friend. Here’s where you’ll order cookies, track deliveries and more. You will receive eBudde training that will help you use it to its full potential. Here are some quick reference facts.

USER LOGIN 1. Go to: http://ebudde.littlebrownie.com 2. Enter your email address and temporary password. Click LOGIN. 3. Change your password and enter contact information. Click SUBMIT NOTE: Passwords are reset each season - so returning users will also follow the steps above.

The system works through tabs at top of the page. CONTACTS TAB Review information and edit as necessary SETTING TAB

1. Enter number of girls selling and registered; goal in packages. 2. Mark “receives proceeds” if applicable 3. Enter banking information 4. Click UPDATE to accept all changes.

GIRLS TAB 1. Enter names of girls. 2. Enter GSUSA ID and grade. 3. Click box for registered. 4. Enter goal in packages. 5. Enter t-shirt size, if applicable. 6. Click UPDATE to accept all changes.

INITIAL ORDER TAB 1. Click each girl’s name; go to bottom of screen, click squares to begin entry. 2. TAB to enter your girls’ total cookie order in boxes by variety. 3. Press

a. ENTER (on keyboard) or OK button. b. Repeat for each girl

i. BOOTH – Click BOOTH, bottom of screen, click squares to begin entry. TAB to enter in boxes and variety number of cookies for booth sales. ENTER (on keyboard) or OK button

c. SAVE the page. i. Review the totals at the bottom, if correct click SUBMIT order. You cannot change order after it has been submitted. Contact your volunteer manager or the product sales staff at your council to make changes.

d. Print copy for your records.

eBudde Fingertip Facts: Sign Up for Cookie Booths DELIVERY TAB Review, and enter delivery information. SUBMIT information. REWARDS TAB

1. Click FILL OUT next to Initial Rewards Order. 2. Review girl orders if applicable. 3. Enter or review total rewards earned. 4. Click SUBMIT to submit your order.

BOOTH SALES TAB Council Sites

1. Click the Council Sales button. 2. Find booth sales you would like to sign up for, click date and time 3. Click time slot and click SUBMIT button.

REMEMBER: Please keep Booth Scheduler in eBudde up to date with your group’s times and dates. This data powers Cookie Locator (the app that customers can use to find you). FINAL ORDER

Girl Orders Tab 1. Update girl orders to include all additional packages sold and payments made. 2. Click Save to save your information

Transactions Tab 1. Enter troop-to-troop transactions. 2. Click Save to save your information.

INCENTIVE TAB 1. Click FILL OUT next to Final Rewards Order. 2. Enter or review total rewards earned. 3 Click SUBMIT to submit your order.

DEPOSIT TAB 1. Click add a deposit at the top of page. TAB through boxes, press ENTER on keyboard. 2. Enter bank, date, transaction number, and amount of deposit (use decimal points, 157.50).

SALES REPORT TAB

1. Review final package numbers. 2. Review your receipts

Council Procedures CM and SUCM AGREEMENT FORMS

Your first step to making this cookie season a hit is to make your troop official--sign the "Cookie Manager Agreement Form" If you are a troop Cookie Manager. If you are a Service unit Cookie Manager, sign the "SUCM Agreement Form". Both forms can be obtained by logging in to www.girlscouts-hawaii.org clicking on the "Cookie" tab and then "Cookie Resource" tab. Choose the appropriate form to fill out and submit.

FAMILY ADULT PERMISSION AND RESPONSIBILITY FORM FOR COOKIE SALE

All parents who's daughters will be selling cookies must sign and submit this agreement form to their troop Cookie Manager (CM to keep on file).

EBUDDE

eBudde makes ordering cookies and rewards on the troop level so easy! This year, whether if you are a returning or new Cookie Manager, you will have to initially sign on by January 5, 2015 with the default password 3095@RahRah. eBudde will then allow you to change your password after answering 4 security questions.

PROCEED DEPOSITS

Troop proceeds will be electronically transferred directly into the troop checking account. All troops are required to have a checking account by January 16, 2015 in order to receive proceeds. To ensure that Council has your troop checking account information, enter the checking account information into eBudde under the "Settings" tab.

GSUSA MONEY EARNING ACTIVITY STANDARDS

No individual can receive money from any money earning activity according to Safety Wise Standards 28, 29 and 30. All money earned for the troop/group belongs to the entire troop regardless of how many girls participate on behalf of the troop/group. Money cannot be designated to individual girls based on their sales. The Cookie Program is a troop/group activity and the goals are based on the troop/group's collaborative effort. A troop is defined by GSUSA as having a minimum of 5 girls. Therefore, should a troop/group have less than 5 registered girls, that troop will not be eligible to receive any proceeds. However, if the number of girls registered increases to a minimum of 5 girls before the pre-sale start date of January 5, 2015, the troop/group will become eligible to receive proceeds.

JULIETTE GIRL SCOUTS

The individual Girl Scout, Juliettes, are eligible to participate in the Cookie Program and will be eligible to receive individual rewards based upon the number of cookies sold. The Juliette order should be submitted into eBudde. There will be no troop/group proceeds paid as stated above. The Cadette/Senior/Ambassador option is not applicable to Juliettes.

CADETTE/SENIOR/AMBASSADOR OPTION

Cadette/Senior/Ambassador GS troop/groups can choose to receive money, $0.05, in lieu of the individual recognitions. The girls will also receive a thank you certificate and relevant patches. The ENTIRE troop must consist of all Cadettes and older In order to exercise this option.

CEO AWARD AND HALL OF FAME

Girls who sell 700 boxes or more will qualify for the CEO Award. This past year, 63 girls statewide earned the CEO Award, 25 achieving the Hall of Fame for selling 1000+ boxes!! The CEO Event was held on the Star of Honolulu this past May.

BANKING AND FINANCIALS

1. Troop must have a troop checking account--at the end of the cookie season upon receipt of final troop sales report, troop proceeds will be electronically transferred Into the troop account by Council. No checks will be cut to pay proceeds. CM is to ensure that Council has their bank account information by entering the bank Information into their eBudde account in the "Settings" tab. The deadline to get your troop checking account information to Council is January 16, 2015.

2. Troop information must be written on ALL deposit slips. Council will provide you with pre-printed deposit slips with Council's bank account number and a pre-printed section for the troop/group to fill in the troop number, name of the depositor, and the SU name. Failure to write these 3 pieces of information on every deposit slip will result in the troop not getting credit for that deposit.

3. Keep originals of the deposit slips. In case there Is a discrepancy on deposits, you will have proof of all deposits your troop made.

4. Troops who collect donations towards the Council Gift of Caring Program during the pre-sale period will be eligible for early proceeds in the month of March. Deposits on money collected must be made by January 31, 2015 in order to qualify.

5. Get your troop proceeds on time! Deposit your troop's cookie money by the deadline of March 31, 2015 to receive your proceeds by April 15, 2015. 100% of money collected from customers should be deposited Into Council's account. Your troop number should be written on the face of checks collected from customers.

COOKIE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY

Oahu troops/groups are to call or email by February 17, 2015 for alternative time slots if there is a conflict in schedule. Orders that will be picked up for combined troops and/or exceed 300 cases need to be flagged for the Council by February 17, 2015. Please email all of the above to lifrisbie@girlscouts-hawaii.org. Cookies are to be picked up by the troop/group Cookie manager or authorized adult member In the troop/group. These adults have the responsibility to ensure that all safety measures are taken and there should be no other passengers in the back of the vehicle as the cases may shift during the trip.

The vehicle that is transporting the cookies must be driven by an adult member with a current driver's license, current safety check and proof of car insurance. Trucks with open or flat beds must have a covering and ropes to tie down the cookies. If the troop/group has more than one vehicle for pick-up, they must all be present prior to the cookies being distributed. The Council may turn vehicles away which do not meet these safety requirements. Cookies not picked up on the pick-up date will be transported to the Cookie Buffer. The storing and delivery of cookies to the girls is the responsibility of the troop/group.

COOKIE BUFFER

The cookie buffer provides troops/groups with additional cases of cookies as an opportunity to increase sales. These additional cases of cookie are available to all troops/groups on a first come, first served basis. The cookie buffer hours are set by the Council or Service Center. Only troop/group cookie managers or adult members designated by the troop/group cookie manager are authorized to pick-up cookies from the buffer. These adults who handle the assets and cash for the troop/group must be a registered member of GSUSA and a volunteer with the Council. The cookie buffer Is available to all troop/groups on the first Friday following cookie delivery (subject to change). Orders may be emailed to elstone@girlscouts-hawaii.org for Oahu.

COOKIE ASSETS

There are no refunds or exchanges on cookies ordered or purchased (including cookie taken from the buffer). Each troop/group is responsible for the entire payment for the cookies ordered and received. All deposits must be made by March 31, 2014.

Cookies by the Carload

Use this guide to approximate how many cases of cookies will fit in your vehicle. The amounts assume the car will be empty except for the driver and uses all space except the driver’s seat. Amounts can vary depending on make/model and whether seats are in place, adjusted flat, or removed. Safety Note: Avoid carrying cookie cases and children in the passenger area of a vehicle at the same time.

Car Type Number of Cases

Compact Car 23 Hatchback Car 30 Mid-size Sedan 35 Sport Utility Vehicle 60 Station Wagon 75 Mini Van (seats in) 75 Pick-up truck (full bed) 100 Cargo van (seats in) 200