POWERED BY THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE PROGRAM2 0 1 9 F A M I L Y F L Y E R

Help your Girl Scout earnthe Initial order reward!

Sell 170 packages byFebruary 9th and earn

this 2019 themedcookie hoodie andgoal-getter patch!

New Direct Ship Gift box! Customers can purchase a Direct Ship Gift Box order online from the girl’s Smart Cookies link with five of their favorite cookies that includes a personalized note to be shipped to someone special!

Cookie Share Customers can donate to Cookie Share on the order form and online. $4per package paid at time of order. Over 18,800 packages of cookies weredonated to military personnel overseas and in WNY last year. (The CookieShare patch is available at GSWNY stores for $1 each.)

The BasicsCookies: $4.00 per packageGluten-free cookies: $5.00 per package (by special troop pre- order only. See your troop leader for details.)

...add 10 more!

Sell 180 by February 9th and receive this

limited edition GSWNY 10th

anniversary patch!

Get a head start! Online sales start December 21st!

Important DatesOnline Cookie Program: Dec. 21-March 31 Initial Order Taking: Jan. 12 – Feb. 9 Early Recognition Reward Ends: Feb. 9 Keep Goaling Orders: Feb 10 – March 31 Booth Sales: March 3 –March 31

Go to the family cookie information meeting. Sign and return all parent permission forms timely.Provide transportation for order taking and delivery.Help your Girl Scout network with family and friends, but let her do the “ask” so she can learn important business skills. Help her arrange to take orders at your place of work, worship, or other places where people might purchase cookies. Attend your troop cookie meeting to help out the group cookie coordinator when another adult is needed. Offer to be a supervising Booth Sale adult—there are lots of opportunities to lend a hand.Never do things for your Girl Scout that she can do for herself!

How to support your Girl Scout

How to ParticipateTraditional order-taking: Girl Scouts will take the order card door to door and call friends/family members asking them to support their sale.Cookie Booths: Girl-operated direct sale opportunities throughout the community where customers purchase cookies from the troop.Smart Cookies Direct: Girls send secure emails through Smart Cookies to ask customers to purchasing packages online.

Online Program

Girls can import a contact list and save this information from season to season. Girls customize and send e-cards to friends and family. Friends and family place orders online with a credit card and their order is shipped directly to them. Customers receive an automated thank you card when an order is placed. To get started, watch for a registration e-mail from "Noreply@abcsmartcookies.com with the subject line "Register for ABC Smart Cookies" to enroll in the program!

Social Media

Safety PledgeI will not give out information such as my address, telephone number(s), parent's or guardians' work address/telephone number, or the name and location of my school without the permission of my parent or guardian. I will tell an adult right away if I come across or receive any information that makes me feel uncomfortable. I will always follow the rules of Internet sites, including those rules based on age of use, parental approval and knowledge, and public laws. I will never agree to get together with someone I "meet" online without first checking with my parents or guardians. If my parents or guardian agree to a meeting, I will arrange it in a public place and bring a parent or guardian along. I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parent or guardian. I will talk with my parent or guardian so we can set up rules for going online. We will decide on the time of day that I can be online, the length of time that I can be online, and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission. I will follow all of the Girl Scout Terms and Conditions related to Digital Cookie, as well as all internet safety guidelines related to all other Girl Scout product sales. I will practice online etiquette (good manners) at all times when online by not spamming others, bullying or tolerating bullying (and will always tell a trusted adult if this is a problem)or use bad language. I will be guided by the Girl Scout Promise and Law in all that I do online.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Texts, Im's and e-mailsas online marketing tools to let family, friends, and former customers know about the sale . In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, children under 13 cannot create accounts without the consent of their parents or legal guardians . However they can use their parent or guardian’s online sites with their approval and supervision.

Girls may use

to find cookies now!Product Program Sales are never to be promoted on public sales pages. If someone asks where they can find a Girl Scout to buy cookies, it is NEVER ok to give out girl or personal information. Provide the location of your troop’s cookie booth. Cookies cannot be sold on eBay, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace or any other public online sales site. Orders cannot be accepted before online start date.

Help promote cookie booths by directing customers to our booth locator found on gswny.org

Sell 24 direct ship packages to earn the patch!

If you’re looking for more ways to reach customers, why not host a Cookie party? Invite friends and family over and have your Girl Scout give them her best pitch. Be sure to take photos at your party and share them with us on Facebook and Twitter!

Host a Cookie Party!

Be honest and fair!

No selling (except online) until

January 12th!

It’s True! The Girl Scout Cookie Program Has Gone Digital!Your Girl Scout and her troop have a customized web–based “business center!” Smart Cookies lets girls manage their cookie activities online. Download the Smart Cookies Mobile App, too!