Happy New Year Gemini leaders! We have some cookie sale updates and important information for you! We’ll try not to spam you with too many of these emails, but cookies season is a very special time and we want to make sure that everyone gets the info that they need!
Cookie Sale Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
Here’s a quick list of all the upcoming cookie-related deadlines and happenings that you need to know!
- January 2 – Council Cookie Booth Lottery for Walmart and Winn-Dixie booth locations
- January 4 – Council test ACH withdrawal of $0.02 from troop accounts – please make sure your bank account information is up to date in Ebudde.
- January 8 – Council / Duffy’s Give-a-box / Get-a-box lottery submissions are due before noon today. Lottery will take place at noon and winners will be notified shortly after.
- January 8 – Gemini Leader Meeting – Cookies will be a hot topic on the agenda
- January 9 – Troop initial orders are due in Ebudde today
- January 22 – Gemini Service Unit Cookie Booth Lottery
- January 27 – Initial Order Delivery Day
- February 1 – Booth Sales Begin
- February 16 – Duffy’s Give-a-Box / Get-a-Box event
- February 20 – First ACH Withdrawal
- February 29 – Booth Sales End
- March 1 – Last Day to opt out of rewards
- March 7 – Final ACH Withdrawal
- March 10 – Reward Selection Due
Help Us Secure Booths!
We need your help in securing booths in order to have a successful cookie season!
As in previous years, we have a spreadsheet posted on the website with a list of all our potential cookie season host locations. Please check with a few of the locations on the list and help us secure those spots.
Please use the Cookie Booth Permission Form that was included in your cookie season packets, or print the one that’s linked on the webpage. If you have questions or need help updating the spreadsheet please contact Joe at (772)940-9456 or [email protected]
Cookie Delivery Day – We Need YOU!
January 27 is our cookie delivery day, and we need your help to make it as smooth and efficient as previous years. As in the past couple of years, we’re being generously hosted by Renaissance Charter School at Tradition. We need both girls and adults to count, stack, and load boxes into cars and trucks. Delivery times are to-be-determined. Due to the physical demands of these tasks, this volunteer opportunity is appropriate for Juniors and older. Please contact Joe at (772)940-9456 or email [email protected] with any questions.
Gemini Service Unit Cookie Rally
We have an opportunity to hold a cookie rally this year alongside the Girl Scout Grand Prix on January 14 but we need some volunteers to help run it.
If you are interested in volunteering to help run this year’s cookie rally, please call or text Joe at (772)940-9456 or email [email protected]. We need a couple of volunteers to lead the event, and can get supplies and support materials from council.
If nobody volunteers to lead this event, we will not be able to hold a cookie rally this year.
Council Cookie Booth Lottery – Jan 2
Council is holding a cookie booth lottery on January 2 for the booths that they secured at the council level (Wal-Mart and Winn-Dixie locations in our service unit.)
Starting on Jan 2, those booth locations and times will become available in Ebudde to select for your troop. The initial lottery period will be January 2 – 8. During this time period, troops of 12 girls and under may make TWO booth selections PER DAY for a total of 14 booth selections during that week period. Troops of 13 or more girls may make FOUR booth selections PER DAY for total of 28 selections during that week. Troops of 25 or more girls may make SIX booth selections PER DAY for a total of 42 booth selections during that week.
All booths must be selected from within the boundaries of a troop’s service unit only.
For the week of January 9 – 15, troops may select as many booth in Ebudde as they would like, provided that they only select booths located within their own service unit boundaries.
After January 15, booth selections will be open to anyone in GSSEF.
Duffy’s Give A Box / Get A Box
Council is running this year’s Give-A-Box / Get-A-Box promotional event. This is an annual partner event between Duffy’s and GSSEF where girls sell cookies at their local Duffy’s on Friday Feb 16 from 5pm – 9pm. For each box of cookies sold during this promotion, GSSEF donates a box to Cookies For The Military. Unlike previous years, girls will be providing their own cookies to sell for the promotion. This event requires that girls be able to conduct the entire cookie sale transaction independently, and as such is most appropriate for older Girl Scouts. If you would like to be considered for participation in GAB/GAB click the button below. Sign ups are due by Jan 8.
Leader Meeting January 8
Don’t forget our monthly leader meeting on January 8. We’ll have lots of stuff to talk about and will be answering burning cookie sale questions.
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