Materials for You
We hope you’re as excited and ready as we are to get the Girl Scout Cookie Season started! As a Troop Cookie Chair, you play a large role in the success of your troop’s Cookie Program, and even get to experience first-hand the girls’ growth in character and confidence as they learn new skills!
Troop Cookie Chair Role Overview 
Goal Setting with Your Girls and Troops
One of the most important lessons girls can learn through selling Girl Scout Cookies is how to set and reach their goals. It’s one of the five key skills built during the Cookie Program. Need help knowing where to start? Troops that participated in the 2023 Cookie Program earned an average amount of $1,531 in total troop proceeds!
Tips for Setting Troop Goals
- For new troops, talk with your fellow Troop Leaders, Service Unit Cookie Chair, or Volunteer Support Specialist for a recommendation based on your troop’s Girl Scout grade level.
- For returning troops, review your 2023 total sales. Discuss with your troop how to meet or exceed last year’s sales.
- Discuss with the girls how they can help each other reach the troop goal and what they want to do with their proceeds.
Goal Setting Idea: Consider setting Initial Order goals with your girls! New this year—girls with 125+ Packages on their initial order will receive the Goal Getter patch. And girls with 250+ Packages on their initial order will also receive the Axolotl Small Plush! These new rewards will be delivered to Service Units prior to Initial Deliveries so girls can enjoy the first taste of success heading into Direct Sales!
Tips for Setting Girl Goals
- Discuss individual goals with each girl. Talk about the recognitions that each girl would like to achieve.
- For returning troops, compare each girl’s goal with last year’s sales information in Smart Cookies. Discuss with her if she feels the goal is reasonable and how she plans to reach this year’s goal.
- Include the caregivers! Do they agree with the goal? The Family Cookie Meeting is the time to make sure caregivers are on board with both the girl and troop goals.
Host a Family Cookie Meeting
Girl Scouts are Always Prepared
Ultimate Troop Cookie Chair Checklist
Before the Program
Initial Order and Direct Sales Period
Wrapping Up the Program
Cookie Season Merchandise
