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2009-10 Cookie Program
Cookie Delivery Day Saturday, March 6, 2010 is the Cookie Delivery Day for Glastonbury. Cookie Shop Visit the Cookie Shop page to see what dates and locations are available. From there, using the cookie shop form, you can request your date and location. Once you have your cookie shop date and location you must order your cookies from the cookie cupboard. Cookie Cupboard Location: Shelley's House, see cookie team for more information You can email her at cookiecupboard@glastonbury-scouts.org Type Cookie Cupboard in memo line Cookie Order: By 6:00 p.m. on the Sunday prior to your cookie shop. Use the form to order cookies from the cupboard. It has suggested orders for a typical booth sale. If your order is not in by Sunday at 6:00, we cannot guarantee amounts for your sale. Please call Shelley to insure your order is received if you have not received a confirmation by 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Cookie Pick-up: Thursday's from 6:00-8:00 p.m. You will go to Shelley's home and count out your shop order. She will give you a receipt for cookies withdrawn. Cookie Return: Sunday's from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Return any leftovers to Shelley and she will give you a receipt of your cookie return (cash stays with the troop). DO NOT leave cookies without receiving receipt from Rita! If cookies are left and then damaged outside her home (think rain or snow), your troop will be responsible. If you do not return your leftover cookies by Sunday at 6:00 p.m., your troop will be financially responsible for them. NO EXCEPTIONS! Council will automatically charge your troop for any cookies not turned in by deadline. Council is holding extremely low inventories this year and cannot afford to build up leftover inventory. 2009-10 Cookie Timeframe Remember that you must be registered to sale cookies.
Permission slips are inlcuded in tha annual consent form. Check the GS of CT web site to download the annual consent form. THE FACTS There is only one Girl Scout Council in Connecticut and we sell cookies @ $4.00 per box. We are using the Little Brownie Bakers Cookie prices are set by individual councils board of directors to support their local programming. The vision for Girl Scout cookie sales is to develop these activities in ways that will: • Maintain these activities as important life-learning experiences for girls. • Enhance the perception of these activities as a way to support Girl Scouting in general. • Continue cookie activities as the premier program-related revenue source in this country and as a source of substantial pride and revenue for the Girl Scout movement. What is Important about Girl Scout Cookie Program Activities: • Girl participation is voluntary, and parent/guardian permission is required. • The safety of girls is the number one concern in managing cookie activities. • Girls are the primary beneficiaries of cookie activities. They learn and gain experience while participating in these activities, and they benefit from the program and services made possible by the proceeds generated. • Teamwork, cooperation and the support of the entire council are necessary for successful cookie program activities. • The adult role is to encourage and support a girl's participation in cookie activities. • For the American public, Girl Scout cookies are a symbol of Girl Scouting. In presenting this activity to families, volunteers, and the public, the focus should be on the program behind the symbol. • Girls should be motivated to participate in cookie activities by "what they get to do" rather than "what they get." Awards and incentives recognize achievement and are consistent with Girl Scout program goals and objectives as well as with troop goals. • Through an activity that is related directly to its purpose of serving girls, Girl Scouting advances that purpose and is able to generate a significant portion of the money it needs to fulfill its purpose. • Council-sponsored product sales activities are not fund raising. They are program activities that generate proceeds which are used to support Girl Scouting, including the proceeds that goes directly to the troop selling the cookies. We Would Like you to Know: • Selling Girl Scout Cookies is a Girl Scout program activity aimed at helping girls develop real life skills. Therefore, cookie activities are directly related to our mission. We conduct product sales in a manner consistent with the ethics and values of Girl Scouting. • We have every confidence in Girl Scout Cookies and the quality of our product. • The public wholeheartedly supports Girl Scouts selling cookies because it sees Girl Scouting as a positive influence in the lives of girls. We are confident that public support will continue throughout our next cookie season. To support our overall strategy to communicate these messages all Girl Scouts are also reminded that: • Girl Scout troops/groups participate in no more than two council-sponsored product sale activities each year, and only one of these may be a cookie sale. Product sale activities have a limited timeframe with specific starting and ending dates. Girl Scout Cookies are not sold year round. (Safety-Wise and Council Performance Assessment) • Daisy Girl Scouts and their parents may not sell cookies or other products. (Safety-Wise, Standard 30) • The selling of Girl Scout Cookies or other council-sponsored products may not be conducted by adults. Adults serve in a supporting role for girls but should not assume sole responsibility for sales. (Safety-Wise, Standard 30) • Girl Scout Cookies can not, and must not, be sold in commercial stores. No Girl Scout council can give permission for Girl Scout Cookies to be sold in a commercial setting. • Girl Scout Cookies are not sold in licensed Girl Scout council shops. As council shops are set up as commercial stores, without any girl involvement, selling cookies in a commercial council shop does not support our position that this is a girl program activity. Health and Safety As in all Girl Scout activities, including selling Girl Scout Cookies, the health and safety of our girl members are of paramount importance. We encourage troops to make safety an integral part of all communications with parents and girls. The standards included in Safety-Wise Standard #30, "Council-Sponsored Product Sale Activities" (page 75) and the activity checkpoints for Girl Scout Cookie/Council-Sponsored Product Sale Activities (page 131) should be consistently expressed, including: • Each girl's participation is voluntary. • Parents and guardians must grant permission and are informed about the girls' whereabouts when they are engaged in product sales activities. • Girls must work in pairs and be identifiable as Girl Scouts by wearing a membership pin or a uniform or by carrying a membership card. • Appropriate times and places for selling and delivering cookies must be approved by parents and troop leaders. • Girls (or anyone else) may not engage in selling Girl Scout Cookies on the Internet. |