Service Unit Info Sheet 2024 Materials Printed Girl Scout Cookie Program materials will be mailed directly to troops.
Troops will receive: • • • • • • • • • •
Quick Bites: 1 per troop Receipt book: 2 per troop Cookie booth information card: 2 per troop Cookie Program for Entrepreneurs: 1 per entrepreneur Caregiver agreement: 1 per entrepreneur Order card: 1 per entrepreneur Goal getter order card: 1 per entrepreneur Money envelope: 1 per entrepreneur How the Cookie Crumbles: 1 per troop Booth reporting form: 5 per troop
Note: You will get extra materials for troops. Troops were sent materials based on their Girl Scout registration numbers as of November 1.
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Service Unit Cookie Manager Training Track Troop Cookie Manager Training Track
Your role: Ensure troops know when packets are coming and provide extras to troops as needed
eBudde reports tab Several reports are available to the service unit. You are welcome to run as many reports as you would like. Brief descriptions of the reports you are most likely to use are below: • Initial Order Report – shows all troops in your service unit that have submitted an order. • Troop Rewards Summary – shows all troops’ reward orders. • Girl Rewards Summary – shows all entrepreneurs (grouped by troop) in your service unit along with the rewards they earned. • Troop Sales Summary – shows all statistics related to your troops’ sales (number of cases, amounts due, etc.).
Service unit cookie bonus Earn a service unit cookie bonus by increasing your Girl Scout participation by 5% over the previous year. For every Girl Scout over 5% growth your service unit will earn $10/Girl Scout. You can track your girl participation on your service unit dashboard in eBudde! Your role: Work with your service team to determine how your bonus would be spent and share that with your troops as motivation. Update your troops on their progress throughout the season to keep them motivated!
New this year!
Check out girlscoutsindiana.org or littlebrownie.com for a world of resources available to you and your entrepreneurs including fun activity ideas, goal setting, and much more! For cookie information, call the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Customer Care Line at 317.924.6800.
Program calendar DECEMBER 2023 4 - Troop online training live in gsLearn - Troop mailings arrive to troop cookie managers in early December JANUARY 2024 5 - All trained Troop Cookie Managers gain access to eBudde by 5 p.m. 8 - Program begins in person and digital cookie! 12 - Deadline for troops to verify banking info in eBudde is correct on Settings tab 15 - Booth sign ups begin - First round booth sign-up in eBudde at 6 p.m. (4 booths, limit 1 per chain) 16 - Second round booth sign-up in eBudde at 6 p.m. (4 booths, limit 1 per chain) - Deadline for caregivers to enter Initial Order online by 11:59 p.m. 17 - Third round booth sign-up in eBudde at 6 p.m. (25 booths, limit 5 per chain) 18 - Troop starting inventory order due in eBudde by 8 p.m. - Service unit starting inventory order due by 11:59 p.m. 19 - Test ACH Payment withdrawal - $1 24-28 - Cookie delivery 30 - Cupboards open FEBRUARY 2024 2 - Mall booths begin - Begin no limit on booth sign-ups 10- Hotspot cookie booths begin 16 - Fourth round booth sign-up in eBudde at 6 p.m. (no limit) 16-18 - National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend 20 - First ACH withdraw - 50% of "Amount you owe council" on Sales Report tab minus monies already collected via Digital Cookie MARCH 2024 10 - Last day of cookie program 14 - Final rewards order due in eBudde by 11:59 p.m. 15 - Past Due Cookie Account forms due by 11:59 p.m. 22 - Final ACH withdrawal - 100% of "Amount you owe council" on Sales Report tab (all cookie reward costs included) **Calendar is subject to change.**
Checklist: Remind troops to verify/enter banking info Verify all troops with Initial Order have chosen a delivery location Do NOT submit Initial Order (Council staff will finalize roll up) Remind troops of 50% pull on February 20 Do NOT submit final rewards (Council staff will finalize roll up)
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