Troop Cookie Managers and Leaders,

All initial deliveries complete to service units and the first weekend of booths sales is wrapping up! It's been a busy week for all our volunteers and families.

Thank you for all you are doing! For those of you who kicked off with booth sales this week, we hope you had a great kick off. People are asking about cookies and we are referring them to the booth locator. All council booths are put in, but be sure your troop scheduled booths are there as well. We did a significant digital advertising buy that is directing all customers to the booth locator.

You want to make sure your troop secured booth is in the system for approval and to show up in the locator. See Page 22 of your Troop Cookie Manager and remember 72 hours needed to ensure all this works!

Planned Orders Due by Sundays at 9:00 pm

It's Sunday! Yep, the Super Bowl is starting in less than 2 hours! Let's go, Chiefs!! Don't forget that your Planned Order is also due TONIGHT by 9:00 pm. If you need more cookies for next week, you must put a Planned Order in. See the details on how to do that on Page 17 of your Troop Cookie Manager Handbook.

All Things Booths

Refer back to our last Cookiegram to help you dive into everything DC24 and being prepared for your booth.

We got a little feedback from our generous partners about booth etiquette. Remember, the maximum number of girls working at a booth at one time should be 3-4 with 2 adults supporting (1 of these adults need to be registered). If you have a big troop, take turns for all shifts or during that one shift. And, remember that we don't want to block entry or exit points and respect the location that graciously allows us to be there. See Pages 24-25 of your Troop Cookie Manager Handbook to review those best practices. Thanks!

Get Ready for ACH Pull #1

Join us for our Cookie Coach session on February 12 at 6:00 pm to learn how this first ACH pull works. Can't join? No worries, the session will be recorded and we will add it to the Cookie Coach tab by Tuesday.

This first pull takes $1 from each package sold per date, but remember credit is given for all those payments made through the DC24 link. In many cases, troops won't even have a first pull because of this credit. You just want to make sure that all the cash collected so far is turned in by families to you and you deposit in your troop account by Friday, February 16 at 2:00 pm. See page 30 in your Troop Cookie Manager Handbook for details.

The FIXIT Form

The FIXIT Form from initial delivery is scheduled to turn off today. If you entered a form and haven't heard back, thanks for your patience! We are still working through some of those forms. We will be in touch! If you have an issue and the form is off, please email cookies@gsksmo.org and we will be prepared to support you.

Roasterie Coffee - EmpowerMINT Blend Coffee Collab

This is a cool new collab opportunity that just firmed up! We are thrilled that Roasterie Coffee is bringing back a great coffee flavor called EmpowerMINT. This packaged coffee will be sold in their cafe locations and some grocery stores in the KC Metro area beginning this weekend. As part of the opportunity, we got new booth locations and they are helping us spread the marketing of our cookie booths!

They are offering a booth sport from 8:00 - 10:00 am on February 17 & 18. If you are interested in one of the locations below, please email prdept@gsksmo.org with the date and location. We will be running a quick lottery for these shifts on Monday.

1. Roasterie Brookside 6223 Brookside Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64113
2. Roasterie Factory 1204 W 27th Street Kansas City, MO 64108
3. Roasterie Leawood 4511 119th Street, Leawood, KS 66209
4. Roasterie Woodside 2250 W 47th Place, Westwood, KS 66205
5. Roasterie State Line 1310 Carondelet Dr. KCMO 64114

Booth Marketing Support Materials

We've got signage and social media graphics now available to help you market your upcoming cookie booth. Just hit the blue booth marketing button at the top of our Cookie Volunteer web page to see and download.

Need help? Email cookies@gsksmo.org

Thank you!

The Product Program Team

PS - Looking for past Cookiegrams or other resources? You can find these on our volunteer cookie web page. This page includes the Troop Cookie Manager Handbook, calendar and more.