changes to cookie manual cover: 1/2-11: mega drops = initial order pick up 1/4, 1/11: booths =...
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Clearances If you are a volunteer (no matter what role) and you are responsible for the welfare of the girls and/or handling of funds, you are required by Pennsylvania State Law to be cleared. – ALL Leaders – Anyone who is in charge of the girls at any time – Anyone sleeping with the girls – Anyone who you arrange with to drive any of the girls (families are allowed to arrange their own carpools without clearances) – Cookie Managers – Adults at cookie boothsTRANSCRIPT
Changes to Cookie Manual• Cover:
• 1/2-11: Mega Drops = Initial Order Pick Up• 1/4, 1/11: Booths = COUNCIL RUN Booths• 3/19: OCFH Drop Off = I will deliver if I have them at my house by
3/18• 3/26: OCFH Drop Off = another time to drop off cookies for OCFH but
YOU will be responsible for delivery• Add 4/1 – Final Paperwork Due to Cindy
• Page 5 under Operation Cookies From Home, point number 1 – change “the OCFH troop” to “Troop 900621”
• Page 7 now obsolete
• Page 10 - left column• Username is your e-mail address• Initial Password is cookies for new accounts
• Returning accounts: passwords were carried over from last year
Cookie Sale 2016
January 14th-March 13th
You may advertise that the sale is coming but you may
NOT take any orders or money prior to 1/14/16
Clearances• If you are a volunteer (no matter what role) and you are
responsible for the welfare of the girls and/or handling of funds, you are required by Pennsylvania State Law to be cleared.– ALL Leaders– Anyone who is in charge of the girls at any time– Anyone sleeping with the girls– Anyone who you arrange with to drive any of the girls (families are
allowed to arrange their own carpools without clearances)– Cookie Managers– Adults at cookie booths
Clearances
• Criminal Background Check (all volunteers)
• Child Abuse Clearance (all volunteers)
• Disclosure form (all volunteers)
• FBI Criminal History Record Information – only if you have not lived in PA for the entire last 10 years
Upload at http://www.gsep.biz/vms/Pages/VolApp-Document-Submit.aspx
Detailed directions in Volunteer CBC Processing Packet on GSEP.org > Volunteers > Become a Volunteer
RockUnitedGS.weebly.com/cookies
Happy 10th Anniversary!!
Gluten Free TriosChocolate chips nestled in a gluten free peanut butter oatmeal cookie.
Gluten Free is picked up with initial order
Ordered separately in September – check with your leader to see if any were ordered
Gluten Free cookies are $5.00/box
(are transferrable this year)
All other cookies are $4.00/box
(troop proceeds vary according to per girl average – see pg 7 in manual)
SNAP+• www.abcsnap.com
– Login: your email address (Troop Cookie Managers and Troop Leaders have been given access)
– Password for new users: cookies (must change)– Password for returning users is carried over from last
year• Update troop info (pick a Delivery Station)• Girls MUST be registered and in your troop hub
(only leaders who have assigned themselves the role can see) to appear in SNAP (will be updated about once a week)
Initial Orderdue in SNAP by 12/7
• Log in to Snap• Click My Troop, then select Edit Troop Information• Update all of the information, and select the Delivery Station Location (Neil Armstrong
currently has pickup times available (1/8-9), Read’s has pickup times 1/5-7)• Click Save
• Placing the Initial Order:• Click on the Cookies icon then select Initial Order• Place your Initial Order! You can save it and come back later, but be sure to commit the order
to be able to select a delivery date and time
• After you commit your order, you'll schedule it for delivery:• Click on the My Troop icon, hover over Delivery, and click Schedule Pick Up• Move the calendar to January• Click on "Available Slots"• Select the time that works best for you by clicking the green plus sign
REORDERS• Closest reorder locations:
– PLANNED orders: • READ’S Moving and Storage, 2600 Turnpike Drive,
Hatboro, PA• Neil Armstrong Middle School located at: 2201 Street
Rd Bensalem PA, 19020 (past Knights Road intersection)– UNPLANNED orders
• READ’S Moving and Storage, 2600 Turnpike Drive, Hatboro, PA
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http://www.gsep.org/cookies/for-cookie-sellers/cookie-delivery-stations/
REORDERS, cont…• PLANNED ORDERS
– www.abcsnap.com, under cookies, under planned order.
– Order needs to be placed by NOON the day before – no pick ups Sundays or Mondays
– NO T-8 needed– If you do not pick up the order on the scheduled
day, it will not be there in the future, you will need to place another planned order
– Pickups are ALL OR NOTHING– You may NOT change your order at the location!
REORDERS, cont…• UNPLANNED orders
– Take T-8 to delivery station at schedule times• Read’s • Other locations/times will be available• Maximum number of cases you can pick up is 50• Pick-up is limited to the cases available at the location
• Pick up cookies at truck• Pull forward to Stop Sign to confirm order – Will need to
provide Troop # and PIN• PIN = Contact 1 phone # (Edited in Snap+ in My Troop/ Edit
Troop Information)
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PIN
Online Ordering Through CoCo Command
• Girls send e-mails through CoCo Command (when girls register for CoCo Command their names must EXACTLY match the Troop Hub (which is viewable by troop leaders through the Online Registration System at www.gsep.org) and SNAP)
• Friends and Family can order through the link in the e-mail (e-mail may not be forwarded)
• Recipient pays for shipping
• Orders limited to 6 or 12 of a single flavor or 8 package Sampler (1 package of each flavor)
• Sales will be automatically uploaded into the Snap system and shipped within 24 hours
• TCM does nothing
TRANSFERS• Even exchanges/trades between troops or
between your troop and the service unit cookie cupboard – NO PAPERWORK REQUIRED
• Uneven exchanges/trades and transfers REQUIRE A T-8• Provider enters trade into Snap+
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BOOTH SALESLocal Booths – Bonnie [email protected]
MONEY• All money goes into your troop account• Council will pull out its portion at 3 different
times– You will get 2 emails warning how much is coming
out from [email protected]– You are able to get a 1 week extension with a
Sweep Extension Deadline Form (available at www.gsep.org)
ACH SWEEPS1st Sweep 1/28/16 15% of troop’s
inventory2nd Sweep 2/25/16 35% of troop’s
inventory3rd Sweep 3/25/16 100% minus troop
proceedsReconciliation
SweepAs Necessary
PROCEED PLANS• Recognitions
– Cumulative Plan (all ages)– Adventure Credits (all ages)
• 200 package minimum• For GSEP only
– Older Girl Travel Plan• 500 package minimum• Can bank for up to 2 years
• Older Girls can earn an extra 5¢ per box (still get patches)
– Troop must have a minimum per girl average of 160 packages
Girl D
ecision
Troop Decision
Recognitions• At www.abcsmartcookies.com
– Online Marketing Patch for Girls– Goal Getter Patch for Girls– Gluten Free Patches – girls must sell 6 GF packages
• The Cookie Activity Pin– Requirements found at
https://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/pdf/2016_cookie_activity_pin.pdf
– Available for purchase at www.girlscoutshop.com
CONTESTS• Bling Your Booth
• Buy 5 Club
• Choose your own adventure– Awarded to the top seller in each grade level in the council– Package options awarded at the end of the sale
Important Dates12/7/15 - Initial Orders due in Snap - schedule a pick-up time and
location
1/2-1/11 - Cookie pick-up
1/14/16 - Official first day of Cookie Sale
1/28/16 - 1st Sweep (15% of inventory)
2/25/16 - 2nd sweep (35% of inventory)
3/13/16 - Official end of cookie sale
3/25/16 - 3rd sweep (100% less troop proceed)
4/1/16 - Final Paperwork Due to Cindy – No Kidding