My Cookie Captain Notes

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Being a Cookie Captain is an honor; the skills you built during past Girl Scout Cookie Programs have prepared you to help younger girls on their own journeys to success. Thank you for mentoring yourCookie Rookies.

Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!

You’re a superhero

ACTIVATE!

• Educate your Cookie Captain team

• Set your goals

• Budget your troop proceeds

• Simplify your goals

ENGAGE! • Create an action plan

• Lead a goal setting meeting

• Train your Cookie Rookies

• Share a real world experience

IGNITE! • Volunteer at the service unit or council level

Cookie Captain requirements:

(See Adult Guide for full details)

Your missionComplete 10 hours –

ACTIVATE!

ENGAGE!IGNITE!Submit commitment form by start of cookie program.

Earn the Service to Girl Scouting service bar (available for purchase in council shops) by completing an additional10 hours.

Receive an exclusive Cookie Captain patch.T-shirt available by pre-order.

We completed our troop training on ____ / ____ / 201__.

We decided how to use our troop proceeds.

We created our budget.

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Cookie Knowledge

�All about cookies

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How to Sell

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Basic Facts & Standards

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Safety

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Marketing

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This is how I will teach first-timecookie sellers these important skills.

My action plan

ENGAGE!

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What do you remember about your early cookie experiences? The first time I sold Girl Scout Cookies…

Great to meet youYounger girls will be thrilled that you are helping them learn to sell Girl Scout Cookies®. Some girls have been looking forward to this experience for a long time. Other girls may have no idea what all the fun is about. But ALL the girls want your time and attention. You’re their role model!

Now that you’re older, you can understand how important it is for young girls to have positive role models – older girls who help them understand how to live healthy, positive lives and make good choices. Now, that’s you!

Write in your

name here!

Making a great first impression:

• Introduce yourself.

• Ask if any girls have eaten a Girl Scout Cookie!

• Explain what the Girl Scout Cookie Program is all about.

• Ask if they have any questions–some questions you can answer right away and other answers will be part of your meeting with them.

What do you think is the most important job of a Cookie Captain?

Secrets toworking with younger girls

How have you seen your teachers or Girl Scout volunteers maintain a group’s attention? What works best?

Younger girls have shorter attention spans. They may have trouble paying attention for more than a short period and they may be easily distracted by their friends. They’re also full of energy! Here are some tried and true tips for working with younger girls.

• Don’t talk for more than 10 minutes at a time.

• Break up your teaching with activities and games to get girls active.

• Get help from other captains or adults.

• Establish a way to get their attention if they get too loud or distracted. You can use a simple phrase like,

“If you can hear the sound of my voice, touch your nose.” Speak softly and repeat with ear, lips or chin until you have everyone’s attention.

Wouldn’t it be great to have a short, kid-friendly video you could show? You do! Checkout Cookie Rookie, a 10-minute online video created especially for first-time cookie sellers. You might want to share it with the girls you’re mentoring.

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Who was your role model? When you were in first or second grade, was there a teen you looked up to? Maybe it was a sister, cousin or neighbor. Write the name of someone you admired at that time:

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My Service Unit

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IGNITE!How I can help:

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The biggest surprise was ...

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The girls learned ...

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ENGAGE!

IGNITE!The biggest way I helped was ...

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By being a Cookie Captain I learned ...

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Thanks for being a superhero

®, TM, © 2015-2016 Kellogg NA Co.

The GIRL SCOUTS® name, mark and all associated trademarks and logotypes, including GIRL SCOUT COOKIES®, GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE®, THIN MINTS®, TREFOILS® and the Trefoil Design, are owned by Girl Scouts of the USA. Used under authority of Girl Scouts® of the USA. SAMOAS, TAGALONGS and DO-SI-DOS are registered trademarks of Kellogg NA Co.

Copyright ®, TM, © 2015-2016 Kellogg NA Co. Little Brownie Bakers is an official GSUSA licensed vendor.

The GIRL SCOUTS® name, mark and all associated trademarks and logotypes, including GIRL SCOUT COOKIES®, GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE®, THIN MINTS®, TREFOILS® and the Trefoil Design, are owned by Girl Scouts of the USA. Used under authority of Girl Scouts® of the USA. SAMOAS, TAGALONGS and DO-SI-DOS are registered trademarks of Kellogg NA Co.

Copyright ®, TM, © 2015-2016 Kellogg NA Co. Little Brownie Bakers is an official GSUSA licensed vendor.

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