The Girl Scout Cookie Season is Almost Here!
Hello Girl Scouts and Parents / Caregivers,

Our annual Cookie Program launches in less than two weeks; we want to make sure you're ready to go! Please take a moment and read through these updates!
 
All sales begin on December 17, 2018! Your Girl Scout(s) can begin face-to-face and online sales on this date. Please don't begin any sales (including teasers) prior to this date. Please remind customers who are ordering from your Girl Scout, for girl delivery, that cookies will not arrive until early February 2019.

We have new rules regarding social media posts. No posts allowed on Craigslist or any public facing social media platform. This also includes Facebook Swap & Shop sites, closed Facebook groups, and public facing posts to Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. You may post information on social media when the post is set to ‘friends’ (not public) and is not sharable. For more see our social media guidelines .

We have updates for girls regarding the Smart Cookies girl platform!
If your Girl Scout used the Smart Cookies Girl Platform in 2018 her user name and password has been saved. Visit abcsmartcookies.com to log in.
 
If your Girl Scout is new to the Smart Cookies platform (new Girl Scout, 2018-19 or didn’t use in 2018) you will receive, via the email you registered her with, an email from noreply@abcsmartcookies.com . This email will allow her to set up an online presence/portal for the Cookie Program.

From that portal, Smart Cookies, she (with your help if she is under 13) can send em ails to customers for both Direct Ship (customer orders, pays with a credit card, customer pays shipping charges and cookies are shipped to her/his home) and Girl Delivery (customer places order, girl gets order on portal*, girl gets cookies from troop, girl delivers cookies to customer, collects payment and turns in to troop). Girls and Troops receive credit for the sales in both cases. 

Exciting news for 2019 - customers who order via Direct Ship—orders shipping to the continental 48 states via regular shipping—will receive 50% off shipping charges ! 


Easy to Access & Short Support Videos
Smart Cookies Mobile
Here is a video to help you learn all about the girl portal of Smart Cookies.

And we have videos that walk you through each step of the online portal if you need assistance with any of the steps.

We also have an app, Smart Cookies Mobile, which girls can use to manage their Cookie Program.
Smart Cookies Mobile is an electronic version of the girl paper order card. It does not "talk" to the troop in any way. The app can be downloaded (free) from your app store on your mobile device. Your log in and password for the app will be the same as the one you set up with the online Smart Cookies presence. 

KEY REMINDERS....
·           Participation in the Cookie Program and the online tools presented in this Cookiegram are optional. You are welcome to participate the very best way for your Girl Scout and your family.

·          Parents should sign a permission slip and turn that slip into their leader and/or Troop Cookie Manager prior to taking orders.

·          The information a girl enters into the Smart Cookie girl portal and/or the Smart Cookie Mobile app is not communicated to the troop. Girls do receive credit for Direct Ship orders and that is communicated to the troop electronically.

·          *Girls and troops are not notified when a customer places an order for Girl Delivery. You must log in, review your dashboard and handle the order just like you would an in-person order.

·          The annual Cookie Program is a great way for girls to earn their financial literacy badges and leaves. By focusing on the 5 Skills: Money Management, Decision Making, Business Ethics, Goal Setting and People Skills our girls learn how to run their own businesses, how to work together for a goal and they have an opportunity to have a lot of fun! 

·          Please join us in participating in the largest girl-led business in the world-the Girl Scout Cookie Program! Your troop's Cookie Manager and/or Leader will provide you with tools (order card, money envelope, permission slip, 2019 recognition worksheet and a Smart Cookies info sheet) to help your Girl Scout. 

  If you have any questions please ask your Troop Cookie Manager or email us at cookies@gsksmo.org .

It's going to be an awesome year! Thanks for supporting your Girl Scout(s) in the world's largest business led by girls!!