Girl Scout Cookie Program 2008
NOTE: Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana is extending the cookie program through Saturday, March 22, 2008.
Please use this extension as an opportunity to schedule additional cookie booths and continue to take and fulfill other cookie orders.
Lights, cameras, action! Let's get ready to make it a hit and kick off the 2008 Cookie Program for Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana. Girls will shine as they learn new skills, explore leadership possibilities, and have fun striving to reach new goals through the Girl Scout Cookie Program. The Cookie Program is much more than just another sale. It is one of the top entrepreneurial opportunities for girls nationwide. Girls learn responsibility, goal setting techniques, improve math and leadership skills, and gain self confidence.
From training the troop cookie chairs to setting goals and spending troop profit, we all have important responsibilities in making our cookie program successful for the Girl Scouts in Kentuckiana. Each girl will discover that, individually, she can make a difference, but together she and her troop can impact an entire community. Our customers look forward to their favorite cookies, and they will soon be looking for Girl Scout Cookie booths in their neighborhoods. Our work has just begun, but what a difference we can make this year if we are prepared, enthusiastic, and confident in our abilities! Remember to encourage recycling of those cartons and boxes.
Thanks to all of our cookie customers! Remember, the cookie program runs through March 16. If you want to purchase cookies or if you would like to donate cookies to Kentucky Harvest or another organization, please let us know.
Council Goal: 2.3 Million Packages
Important Dates 2008
January 11-24
Girls take advance orders, No money is collected at this time, just pre-orders (exception is Hometown Heroes program).
January 24-March 14
Girls may continue to take orders. These cookies will be filled as additional cookies to the troop. They will not be in the troop's original delivery.
January 25
Girl Scouts turn in order cards to troop cookie chair.
January 28 (or before)
Troop order is due to your service unit cookie chair.
February 18-23
Cookies will be delivered. Girls can deliver their pre-orders. Money is collected only upon delivery.
February 28-March 22
Additional order taking and booth sales. Additional cookies can be obtained. Details in the troop booklets.
March 5
Money due to troops for pre-order sales. Please make sure girls' individual order money is turned in often and early.
March 24
Cookie money due from girls to troop cookie chair for deposit into troop checking account
March 26
Troops must turn in completed reports and full payment to service unit cookie chair to guarantee incentives.
March 31
Service unit money due to council
By May 15
Incentives available for pick up through service unit managers
2008 Cookies
Trefoils
tasty shortbread cookies
Thin Mints
thin wafers covered with mint chocolate
Do-Si-Dos
crunchy oatmeal cookies with peanut butter filling
Samoas
vanilla cookies covered with caramel, rolled in toasted coconut and striped with chocolate
Tagalongs
peanut butter-covered cookies with a chocolate coating
All Abouts
shortbread cookie with Girl Scout messages embossed on top and fudge coating on the bottom
Lemon Chalet Cremes
NEW! lemon creme-filled sandwich cookie
Sugar-free Chocolate Chip
NEW! sugar-free cookie with real chocolate chips
NEW SUGAR-FREE COOKIE!
Thanks to the many cookie-lovers who suggested we carry a sugar-free cookie, our council will offer sugar-free chocolate chip cookies in 2008.
A NOTE ON TRANS FATS
We are pleased to announce that all of the Girl Scout Cookies offered in 2008 in our council have 0 grams of trans fat per serving.
Is the purchase of Girl Scout Cookies tax-deductible?
No, if the customer keeps the cookies. Individuals who buy Girl Scout Cookies and take the cookies home, or consume them, have purchased a product at a fair market value. For this reason, no part of the price of a box of Girl Scout Cookies used in this way is tax-deductible. Yes, if the customer leaves the cookies with Girl Scouts. Many Girl Scouts ask customers to pay for one or more boxes of cookies for use in their community service project, for example, collecting for a food pantry. The customers not receiving any Girl Scout Cookies do not benefit directly from paying for them. Those individuals may treat the purchase price of the donated cookies as a charitable contribution. Individuals with specific questions should seek advice from a tax accountant.
Thanks to all the volunteers who help make the Girl Scout Cookie Program such a great fundraiser!
- Remember that cookies sell for $3.50 a box and are not to be sold on the Internet.
- Daisy Girl Scouts, leaders, and parents DO NOT sell cookies.
- And remember, parents, that girls should be selling most of the cookies themselves.
- Don't forget to write your ordering customers a thank-you note!
2008 Incentives
Every registered Girl Scout (Brownie through Senior level) is invited to earn individual incentives for herself and money for her troop. Incentives cumulate at each level.
25+ PACKAGES
Samoas Lip Balm and Theme Cookie Program Patch
75+ PACKAGES
Compact Light-up Mirror
100+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
125+ PACKAGES
Glamour Backpack
175+ PACKAGES
Fluffy Photo Frame
200+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
225+ PACKAGES
Plush Dog on a Pillow
275+ PACKAGES
Megaphone Autograph Pillow
300+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
325+ PACKAGES
Boa-trimmed Fleece Blanket
400+ PACKAGES
Camera Lamp PLUS one $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
500+ PACKAGES
Trunk with Stars and Theme Towel PLUS one $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
600+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
700+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
750+ PACKAGES**
Director Chair
800+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
900+ PACKAGES
One $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
1000+ PACKAGES
Choice of iPod, iPod Accessories, or Digital Camera (may not be same as pictured) PLUS one $10 sheet of Cookie Dough
BAR PATCH
A bar patch will be awarded to each Girl Scout selling 100+ packages of cookies
SUPER TROOP
Troops may become a super troop by holding a cookie program training for girls and parents, setting a goal and submitting with initial order, averaging 175+ packages per girl, and paying entire cookie balance by March 19. In addition to the patch, super troops will receive an extra $.05 per package profit.
New this year:
Troops reaching the 175 per girl average will be entered in a drawing for a free weekend at one of Kentuckiana's Girl Scout camps or the troop house at the PLC in Louisville. See your troop book for specifics on this incentive.
ADVANCE SALE INCENTIVE
Girls with at least 200 packages on their original order cards will receive the 2008 "Star Performer" light-up pin.
TROOP INCENTIVE
In troops averaging 175 packages of cookies per girl, each girl selling cookies will receive a fashion t-shirt.
HOMETOWN HEROES
Check your troop level cookie program booklet for more information on the Hometown Heroes program.
Troop Earnings
Troops earn 55 cents from each package of cookies plus possibly qualify for a bonus, which is based on troops averaging 175+ packages per girl.
Cookie Dough
Cookie Dough is redeemable only at Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana offices in Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Owensboro, Paducah, and Louisville and is valid until December 19, 2008. It can be used toward resident and day camp fees, national membership dues, the Girl Scout Shop at Council, the adventure program, GSUSA destinations, service center-sponsored activities, and amusement park tickets purchased through the Council office (prices announced in April).