For Cookie Sellers | Girl Scouts

Supercharge your sale and crush your goals with these handy resources.

There's so much more to Girl Scout Cookies than what’s in the box—there’s the magic that is you!

When you sell Girl Scout Cookies, you're doing more than helping your customers stock up on delicious treats (and having lots of fun).

You have a goal in mind: to power life-changing programs, experiences, and learning for yourself and your troop all year long.

Because no matter what obstacles pop up, we know that you’ll face them with resiliency and creativity—it’s the Girl Scout way.

Through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, not only do you become an entrepreneur and gain hands-on experience running your own small business, you develop concrete skills (Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics) that last a lifetime.

Yet, even with all of that great learning and earning, year after year girls tell us the number one reason they participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program is because it’s FUN!

Ready to get started?

Check out all the resources that make it easy to sell more cookies this year than you ever thought possible.

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What a Girl Scout Needs to Participate

A parent or caregiver will need to complete the 2026 Girl Scouts of Nassau County Cookie Program Parent/Caregiver Permission Slip and Acceptance of Financial Responsibility and submit it to your troop leader or troop cookie manager (or council if participating individually)

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Order Card

Girl Scouts can use the card to track customers and their orders. Contact friends and family over the phone or bring the order card to an in-person family activity.

Online Sale

Use Digital Cookie to reach customers near and far. Your Girl Scout can promote her site by emailing friends and family, creating videos to share on social media, and hosting a virtual cookie booth where she makes her pitch online. There are endless ways for your child to get creative in spreading the word about her Digital Cookie site. And the best part for you? All of the cookies are paid for online so no money to collect or hand in!

Watch your email in January for an invitation for your daughter to set up her Digital Cookie site. If you don’t receive the invitation by January 5, click on the email request prompt at: digitalcookie.girlscouts.org

Direct Sales

This happens after your Girl Scout has cookies in hand; no need to keep customers waiting! Depending on government and council guidelines during the cookie program, girls can go door-to-door, pull a wagon through their neighborhood, and more (all with help from a parent or guardian).

Cookie Booths (in-person and virtual)

Cookie pop-up sales in areas with lots of foot traffic are a fun way for your child to connect with her community and practice her sales pitch with new customers. Booth locations must be approved by your troop cookie manager and our council and take place within our council jurisdiction. And participants must follow all council guide-lines about setting up, running, and taking down a booth. Your Girl Scout can also host virtual cookie booths to promote her cookie business, where she makes her pitch via video and directs customers to her Digital Cookie® site. Look for communication from GSNC and your troop regarding booth sale regulations that may change after this booklet is printed due to any updated government and council guidance in place when booth sales are taking place.

Donation Program

Customers who are looking for ways to support your Girl Scout, but don’t want to purchase cookies for themselves, can donate packages of cookies to GSNC’s Gift of Caring program. With the generous support of DHL Express, cookies will be donated to the U.S. military locally and throughout the world through our Operation Cookie program and we will be continuing to donate cookies through the Hometown Heroes program. Customers can support Gift of Caring through any of the above selling methods. Donations also count toward girl rewards and troop proceeds.

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Date	Event
January 5	SALE BEGINS! Online and in-person order taking begins
January 10	Cookie Rally (Samenea Mall)
February 9	Initial Order Deadline
February 19	Booth Sales Begin
February 28	Initial Order Deliveries Begin
April 16	Order Taking Ends

Rewards

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#5Skills

Looking to learn and develop your entreprenurial skills? Here are skills to work on during the 2025 Girl Scout Cookie season.

Week 1: Goal Setting
Girl Scouts are Goal Getters! What will you be your goal this season? Use the goal chart on the Girl/Family Cookie Dashboard on the OLC to track your progress!

Week 2: People Skills
Have you reached out to friends and family yet? This week try sending 10 emails, making 2 phone calls, and sharing your personalized link with 5 customers!

Week 3: Business Ethics
Being an entrepreneur requires honesty and responsibility! Learn about the different cookie flavors, so when you have a customer asking about ingredients and allergies, you have the right information to share.

Week 4: Money Management
Take out your Order Card! Look at all the in person orders you have taken and add up the total amount of money you will be collecting when you deliver the cookies to your customers. Keep track of the money collected in your Money Envelope.

Week 5: Decision Making
Time to decide! Decide on which reward you will choose if you reached the reward levels that have options.

Each week, share with us which of the #5skills you are mastering. Tag us on social media (FB: @girlscoutsofnassaucounty | Instagram: @girlscoutsnassaucounty) or email your story and photo to marketing@gsnc.org.

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Girl/Family Cookie Dashboard on the OLC

Girl Order Card

Girl Order Summary

Family Guide & Permission Slip

Little Brownie Bakers Site

Cookie Program Social Medial Toolkit | 2026

All proceeds from Girl Scout Cookies® stay local!

When your friends and family purchase Girl Scout Cookies from your young, bright entrepreneur, they’re supporting their success today and tomorrow.

Girl Scout Cookies’ proceeds…

Cover the costs of running the Girl Scout Cookie Program, including the costs of cookies, materials, and logistics.
Fund Take Action projects for the community and amazing girl-led adventures for troops.
Help our council provide financial assistance so all Girl Scouts can have amazing experiences in STEM programs, the outdoors, life skills, and entrepreneurship, as well as camp, leadership training, and more.

Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin

Make Girl Scout Cookie season a family affair. Earning Cookie Entrepreneur Family pins makes spending time with family even sweeter.

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Resources for Cookie Sellers