Cookie Sale 2004
What to do if this happens to you
Help . . . I need more cookies!
by Susan Hunter and Trenka Hereford

What to do . . .
(1) Check with your troop cookie manager to see if they have the extra cookies you need. If they do not, arrangements can be made to place a reorder from a Cookie Cupboard.

What is a Cookie Cupboard?
A Cookie Cupboard is a place where you can get more Girl Scout Cookies.

(2) Decide who will be picking up the cookies. Your troop cookie manager may do this for you, or they may ask that you pick them up.

Who may pick up the cookies?
Anyone with an authorization card from their troop cookie manager may pick up cookies. The card must be filled out and signed by the troop cookie manager.

(3) Decide which cupboard location is most convenient for the person picking up the cookies.

Where are Cookie Cupboards?
Cookie Cupboards are typically in a Girl Scout volunteer's home and are located throughout the Council area. Your troop cookie manager will have information on all Cupboard locations, including dates and hours of operation. There is also a Cookie Cupboard at the Girl Scout Center, 3110 Southwest Freeway, Houston.

(4) Contact the Cupboard to make arrangements to pick up the cookies. All reorders must be done in full cases (12 packages), but may be of mixed variety. The person picking up the cookies must have an authorization card from the troop cookie manager to pick up the cookies. The Cookie Cupboard volunteer will issue a receipt for the cookies being picked up. This receipt must be turned in to the troop cookie manager.

Cookie Sale Training Information, click here

It's a volunteer thing!
It is often asked why Girl Scouts don't sell cookies more than once a year. The short answer is that the national organization, GSUSA, only allows one Cookie Sale per year in each council. The long answer is that it takes a whole year and a lot of volunteer hours to administer a cookie sale. The GSSJC Cookie Sale is a volunteer driven sale. All the planning and organizing for each sale is implemented by a volunteer group, called the Cookie Committee, who are advised by staff members of the Product Sales Department. For the 2004 Cookie Sale, the Cookie Committee consists of 19 volunteers from	all around the Council who plan every aspect of the Cookie Sale from selecting a baker to developing forms. In addition, many adult Girl Scouts volunteer to host Cookie Cupboards in their homes, or serve as area shop keepers, to help assign shop space at businesses. There are also 118 volunteer service unit cookie managers and 2,400+ troop/group cookie managers who administer the sale within their respective areas. Last, but not least, are the 25,000+ Girl Scouts who sell the cookies and all the parents who help their daughters deliver the products. Many thanks go out to all the hardworking volunteers who really make	the Cookie Sale the wonderful success it is. Without all the volunteer effort, the camps and program opportunities within the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council would not be of the high quality that we have enjoyed for many years. Thanks for the part you play in the Cookie Sale, but be happy it only comes once a year!