Barbara McGrogan has graciously volunteered her time and her home as our cookie cupboard for this season. (It’s where you can go to get more cookies, place an order using the Transactions tab in eBudde.) Please give her a big “thanks” when you see her, as this is NOT a small undertaking.

Inventory Update

As of this morning, Friday Feb 2, the cupboard is out of Toffeetastics and Do-si-dos. We may be able to get some back in stock, but as of now there are none to be had. Those flavors have been marked as “out” on eBudde. If you already had a transaction approved before today, your order will be filled.

How to Schedule and Pick Up a Cupboard Order

• Place your order on Ebudde then call or text Barbara at 609-320-8718 to confirm the order and schedule a pickup time.
• Print and bring your transaction receipt (the one with three parts to it.)
• Make sure you bring enough help to load your vehicle, and that you have enough space to transport your order.
• Bring an extra dolly or cart if available. (Barbara has one dolly and 2 carts.)
• Please back into the driveway on one side or the other, not the middle (so that two people can pick up at the same time.
• No pickups will be available on Feb 10 or 11
• Please reach out with any questions or challenges.

Cookie Booth Lottery is Monday, Jan 22

Gemini’s first cookie booth lottery will take place on January 22 at 7pm.  It will take place using the OnlineDraft platform with a Zoom session running for discussion and support.

To register for the service unit cookie lottery, please send the name and email address of the person who will be picking for your troop, along with your troop number to Laurie Bannister at troop40238@yahoo.com TODAY.

If you have not participated in this lottery before, please visit onlinedraft.com and set up an account using the same email address that you send to Laurie some time before the lottery date of January 22.

You will need a computer to effectively participate in the booth lottery.  While it is not impossible to use a phone or tablet, it does get very cumbersome so please plan to use a computer for this session.

We will use the regular leader meeting Zoom link for the lottery.

If you have any questions about the booth lottery, please reach out to one of the Service Unit Team.  We’re here to help!

Cookie Delivery Day – Jan 27

Also don’t forget about Cookie Delivery Day, next Saturday Jan 27.  Make sure that you have selected a delivery slot in Ebudde.

Our delivery location is Renaissance Charter School at Tradition, and will begin at 9:00am.  Please ignore the delivery time in Ebudde and come early.  We have a pretty efficient and practiced crew to run our delivery day, and we will take you on a first come – first served basis.  Please bring your patience as it sometimes takes a little time to get things moving, but once they are going it’s smooth sailing.

Please bring enough vehicles to carry your entire order, and if you are using multiple vehicles please wait until they have all arrived before entering the pickup line.

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 gstroop40038@gmail.com

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 gstroop40038@gmail.com 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 gstroop40038@gmail.com. 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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