GSCSNJ will support 2022 Booths if community safety guidance and conditions allow.
Each type of Cookie Booth may have its own unique guidelines. Please check sections below for more information on each type.
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Cookie Booths
We know that cookie booths will look different in 2022 and, therefore, how we run cookie booths must look a little different to support it. Safety will always be at the forefront of these decisions.
Troops have a range of booth-hosting options—from virtual to differing levels of in-person—to support a comfortable, safe experience for all girls.
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Follow All Safety Guidelines
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Contactless Payments
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Contactless Cookie Delivery
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Traditional Booths
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Traditional Booth (i.e. in front of Home Depot)
Max Attendance Individual Girl Troops Uploaded in Smart Cookies Tracked by SU Booth Coordinator 2 adults/ 4 girls* - - A majority of merchants require Cookie Booths to be outdoors. Due to the season, some may change their protocols based on weather conditions. Indoor Cookie Booths can be considered at the troop volunteer’s discretion, providing merchant and Council Cookie COVID Guidelines are followed and girl safety remains the top priority.
- Face coverings should be worn at all times.
- You should have a supply of hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and gloves available.
- GSCSNJ is strongly encouraging troops to use the Smart Cookies Credit Card Processing function, whenever possible, for contactless transactions. Remember - council will be paying ALL credit card transaction fees for the 2022 Cookie Program.
- If you choose to accept cash from customers, make sure it’s under adult supervision and secured at all times. Arrange for cash to be removed from the site periodically. When you do travel with money, have someone accompany you to your vehicle and/or the bank. Remember to lock car doors and hide cookies/cash from plain sight.
- Ensure that you have adequate space at the booth to allow for social distancing and safe passage by pedestrians and cars.
- Warm layers of clothing– each girl should bring a hat and gloves and dress for the weather.
- Wear the Girl
Scout uniform, Membership Pin, or other Girl Scout branded
clothing.
View more Booth Safety and Etiquette in the
Troop Cookie Manager Guide.
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Pop-Up Booths
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Pop-Up Booth (i.e. Lemonade Stand)
Max Attendance Individual Girl Troops Uploaded in Smart Cookies Tracked by SU Booth Coordinator 2 adults/ 2 girls* - - - A Cookie Booth hosted outside of a Girl Scout's home
- 2 adults & 2 girls (same family & 1 adult MUST be registered and background checked)
- Families should inform the Troop Leader who will then ask them to complete the 2022 Pop-Up Booth Agreement Form
- Pop-Up Booths will NOT be posted on the GSUSA Cookie Finder App
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Drive-Thru Booths
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Drive-Thru and Virtual Booth (i.e. large parking lot)
Max Attendance Individual Girl Troops Uploaded in Smart Cookies Tracked by SU Booth Coordinator 2 adults/ 2 girls* - Your troop will be able to share your virtual cookie booth link to friends and family using social media, text, email, or web meetings (like a Facebook Live event). Your troops can share a link just for direct ship OR for curbside pickup. Troops can announce and share the date, time, and location of their curbside pickup and customers can order, pay online, and then pick up cookies, while staying in their vehicle. Troops have orders ahead of time so they know what to bring.
- Ideally held in parking lots that can accommodate an easy flow of traffic - first in, first out. Think fast-food drive-thru or bank on a Sunday!
- Drive-Thru Booths are coordinated by the Service Unit Cookie Booth Coordinator so that it can be added to Smart Cookies, GSUSA's Cookie Finder link, and added to SU Booth lottery.
- Drive-Thru Booths should have traffic cones and signs directing traffic and adhere to the COVID-19 Cookie Safety Guidelines.
- 2 adults/2 girls max at each station
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Virtual Cookie Booths
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Virtual Booth (Direct Ship Only)
Attendance Individual Girl Troops Uploaded in Smart Cookies Tracked by SU Booth Coordinator Virtual - 
Virtual Cookie Booth Guide (PDF)
A step-by-step guide for volunteers, girls, and families! Virtual booths—hosted on social media—give girls a way to achieve their sales goals and help others in their community from home. In fact, girls may find this allows them to discover new ways to take the lead in their cookie business and stay connected through virtual means.
Your troop will be able to share your virtual cookie booth link to friends and family using social media, text, email, or web meetings (like a Facebook Live event). Your troops can share a link just for direct ship OR for curbside pickup. Troops can announce and share the date, time, and location of their curbside pickup and customers can order, pay online, and then pick up cookies, while staying in their vehicle. Troops have orders ahead of time so they know what to bring.
- A troop secured Virtual Booth event allows customers to order cookies via the troop link and pay via credit card for either Direct Ship OR in advance of a pick-up event (see Drive-Thru Booth in dropdown above). This pick-up event will be held at a designated location and pre-determined date/time before the Virtual Booth begins.
- Easy. Safe. Touchless transactions.
- All Virtual Booth pick-up date, time, and locations must be reported to the Service Unit Cookie Booth Coordinator.
- If your troop is comfortable with this level of in-person sales, consider making your pick-up date/time correspond with an additional Drive-Thru Booth! Customers that have already purchased can pick-up their cookies and new customers can drive up and purchase on the spot.
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GSUSA Cookie Finder
Cookie Booth Resources
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Setting Up Cookie Booths in Smart Cookies
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Credit Card Payments at Booths
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Girls can accept credit card payments (with NO expense to the girl or troop!) through Smart Cookies on any device - smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers. No card reading device is required.
Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ will pay all credit card processing fees, allowing girls to focus on achieving their 2022 Girl Scout Cookie goal!
When taking in-person orders for girl delivery, record them in Smart Cookies using the following steps:
- Select Take Cookie Order from the My Orders tab.
- Enter in the required information.
- To record a customer’s address and phone number for future delivery, select Optional Information, and enter in those details.
- Click Next.
- Enter in the number of packages the customer has requested. You can see the total packages and total amount due at the bottom of the order sheet.
- Record the delivery and payment details. Select Ordered if a customer ordered but has not received cookies. Select Delivered if they ordered and received their cookies. This will help you and your Girl Scout keep track of orders by knowing which customers need to receive cookies and/or pay for cookies.
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Select Yes if they have paid or No if they have not. When you select yes, you will need to indicate the payment method: cash, check, or credit.
- Select Next
- If Credit is chosen, enter the credit card information
- Select Pay Now
- You are done! (the customer should get an email almost immediately)
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The Manage My Orders page will automatically load, so you can see this order and all other orders your Girl Scout has taken.
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Printable Assets
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Order Girl Scout Cookies Here! (JPGs)
Girl Scout Cookies Sold Here! (JPGs)
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Digital Assets
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Social Media Images
Share with friends and family when your troop/girl is hosting a Cookie Booth!
A reminder that individual girls running Lemonade Stand style booths should not share the location of their booth with the general public for safety reasons.
Zoom Cookie Backgrounds
Great for Virtual Cookie Booths and Troop Meetings! Click the thumbnail below to download the graphic.
