Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey 2015 Cookie Program Dana Shapiro Nancy Giordano Peter Cridge Service Unit 72 Cookie Managers

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO

COOKIE TIMELINE  Initial Order Taking Period February 2nd - 25th  Troop Orders Due on eBuddeFebruary 27th at 11:59pm  Goal Getter OrdersFebruary 26th – April 26th  Cookie Delivery to HillsboroughTBD – March 21st or 28th  Booth SalesMarch 21st - April 26th  First ACH Pull (50%)April 14th  Second ACH Pull (Balance)May 5th

TRIVIA 1 How many boxes of Cookies did SU 72 sell in last year’s initial order?!

TRIVIA 1 - Answer 28,956 boxes Yes the cookies come to us on a big 18 wheeler!

What’s New for 2015? Cookie Varieties :  NEW Rah-Rah Raisins (Oatmeal Raisin)  NEW Toffee Tastic - (Butter cookie with toffee pieces)  Gluten Free  Only available via Cookie Cupboard sales, and NOT during initial orders  Limited Availability  Thank you Berry Munch and Dulce De Leche discontinued Digital Order Card (DOC) – ONLINE Selling  Girls can sell to family/friends who live far away! Cookies are shipped directly to buyer, not to Girl Scout seller 5 for 5  Sell 5 boxes to a customer, customer can win 5 cases of cookies and troop can win a pizza party

TRIVIA 2 What is the most interesting fact about THIN MINTS?

TRIVIA 2 Answer Thin Mints are (and have always been) vegan! The recipe has not changed!

What Stays the same for 2015?  Cookies remain $4 a box; Toffee Tastic Gluten free cookies are $5 a box  Initial orders will be in full cases  Gift of Caring (GOC) donations will be sent directly to operation Shoebox  No Cookie Returns

Incentives Opt Out  Cadettes can now join Seniors and Ambassadors to opt out of incentives and receive higher proceed amounts! (Girls are still eligible for patches)  Troops earn from $ $0.75 per box of cookies sold depending on # of boxes sold per participating girl  With Incentive Opt Out, troops earn between $ $0.80 per box of cookies sold, depending on # boxes sold per participating girl  Troops must notify council by February 20th - via at

Why did the cookie go to the doctor's office?

It was feeling crummy

COOKIE PACKET Envelopes  Each envelope contains one Pink 2015 Cookie Program Information Guide and all of the info/documents for each of the girls in your troop:  Trifold Cookie Program Family Guide  Goal Getter Order Card  Order Form  Money Envelopes  Receipt Booklet (one per troop)  The 2015 Cookie Program Information Guide has 99.99% of the answers you will need to conduct a successful troop cookie sale!  For the 00.01% of questions that may remain – please contact Dana, Nancy & Peter via at:  Please allow up to 48 hours for responses

Cookie Manager Prep!  Go into eBudde and ensure Cookie Manager contact information is UP TO DATE! If not, please make necessary corrections  COMMUNICATIONS to Cookie Managers will come via eBudde!!! Don’t miss out on important information!  Go into eBudde and enter your Banking Information, including bank name, routing number and account number - no later than February 1st  Rules for selling:  Each girl must be a registered Girl Scout for 2015 or she cannot participate in the sale – please ask your Troop Leader to remind the family to register her  Each girl must have a signed permission form returned to the Troop Cookie Parent or Leader

Why did the cookie cry?

Because his mom was a wafer so long

Booth Sales  Booth Sales continue as they have in the past  Booth Sales are from March 21st-April 26th  4 weekends: April 3-5; April 10-12; April 17-19; April  Sign up will be done at the February Leaders’ Meeting and not be scheduled via eBudde, as stated in the 2015 Cookie Program Information Guide

TRIVIA 3 How many booth sales did SU72 do in 2014?

TRIVIA 3 - Answer 51 (out of 313 time slots) That means only 16% of time slots were used

Guide to eBudde

Log In Information   Address – the one you used to register  Temporary Default Password is (case sensitive)  First Time users will have to change password to a permanent one  There is a MANUAL for your use!

Highlight your troop and choose Settings Choose Edit Settings

Scroll down to “Cookie Chair” – Do not edit any other section If you are adding a new Cookie Chair, you can add the information here. If you are changing Cookie Chair, you have to remove the person by selecting the ‘remove’ choice After your change, choose ‘update’’ on the bottom of the screen

Choose Contacts Choose Edit and update the Cookie Chair Information Then choose Submit at the bottom of the page

What is a monster’s favorite cookie?

Ghoul Scout Cookies

Choose Settings and Edit Settings to update the Bank Name, Account Number and Routing Number Then choose “update” at the bottom of the page Updating Bank Information

Distribution Day Pick Ups