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2025 Girl Scout Cookie Program Resources

To help you better manage the 2025 Girl Scout Cookie Program we have consolidated all of the resources you will need into your Troop, Service Unit, and Family Cookie Program Guides. Troop Cookie Chair Program GuideService Unit Cookie Program GuideFamily Cookie Program Guide Cookie LingoCookie Program FAQCouncil Credit Information Key Program DatesTrainingCare to ShareBadges-2-Business Event […]

How to Transform Your Troop Meeting into a Digital Cookie Day

If you haven’t heard about Digital Cookie yet, you’re in for a treat! In a world that is increasingly virtual, the Digital Cookie platform helps Girl Scouts take their business skills beyond the booth with mobile and online channels. Our troop used one of our meetings for our very own Digital Cookie Day, helping each other get […]

Council Credit (Reward Card) Conversion

What are Council Credits? Reward dollars will be totaled and put onto one virtual card, called Council Credits, for each entrepreneur for the Fall Take Action or Girl Scout Cookie Program. Council Credits are emailed directly to the email address that we have on file for each entrepreneur’s parent/guardian. Council Credits can be used by […]

Where can I access my Cookie Training?

Girl Scout Cookie Training for Service Unit Cookie Chairs, Troop Cookie Chairs, and Troop Leaders/Helpers can be found on your Home page in gsLearn, in either the “Not Started” or “In Progress” tabs. You can also locate the Cookie Chair learning paths and courses from the Content Library. For assistance with finding and logging into gsLearn, check […]

Your Role in the Cookie Product Program

You play an exciting role in giving your girls opportunities to practice the five skills as they learn how to think like entrepreneurs in a girl-led setting. Some of the things you’ll do include: Not only can girls sell individually, both in person and with the online tools provided by each vendor, they can also […]

Product Program Safety

Safety is the top priority while selling Girl Scout Cookies and other products. Volunteers, families, and girls should be familiar with and practice the safety guidelines outlined in local program resources as well as those available in troop leader resources and in Safety Activity Checkpoints. Selling Cookies OnlineWill your troop use the Digital Cookie® platform to manage its cookie business? Check the […]

Learning to think like an entrepreneur? Developing business smarts?

Getting to know customers and building lasting relationships? There’s so much more to that box of Thin Mints®. Introduction to Girl Scout Product Program  As the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world, the Girl Scout Cookie Program and the Girl Scout Fall Take Action Program are foundational experiences during which girls learn to think like entrepreneurs and […]

ilovecookies.org Cookie Finder FAQ

This resource is meant to inform entrepreneurs and their families about our council Cookie Locator, ilovecookies.org, and their options for participating. What is ilovecookies.org? www.ilovecookies.org is Girl Scouts of Northern California’s resource to help entrepreneurs boost their sales and stay relevant in their communities.  On this website, customers can locate where Girl Scouts host cookie […]

Programming – Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset

Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset An entrepreneur uses creativity and imagination to figure out new, innovative ways to solve problems, evolve ideas and methods, and build a business to meet those needs. When Girl Scouts learn to think like an entrepreneur, they learn to: Why is entrepreneurship important for Girl Scouts? Having an entrepreneurial mindset prepares them […]

Entering Cookie / Fall Proceeds on the TFR – Troop Finance Report

On the second page of the Troop Finance Report  “Troop Income” Fall Take Action Program Profit – The amount shown as Troop Proceeds on your final report from M2 Cookie Product Program Profit – The amount shown in ebudde on the ‘Sales Report’ tab in the section next to the field “Troop Proceeds” NEVER – enter money collected […]