Bling Your Booth Contest
When? March 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013
How? Submit one (1) photo per troop by April 4, 2013. Winners will be notified by email after Thursday, April 25, 2013 and announced in the first May weekly newsletter. Each photo must include troop number, service Unit, first and last names of all girls in the picture, date, time and location of cookie booth. All girls must be registered Girl Scouts. If a girl pictured selling cookies is not registered, the photo is disqualified. Cookie Booth time and location must also be a valid booth registered through EBuddie or photo will be disqualified.
Mail your submission to Katrina Garley, 4000 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 or email to kgarley@gs-nmtrails.org.
Decorate your cookie booth to promote the 5 skills learned by participating in the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Think outside the box!
Booths will be judged on the following criteria:
- Creativity
- Marketing ideas
- Displays (including troop/group number and goals)
- Promotion of the Gifts of Caring Program
Photos will be judged on the criteria stated above by council staff and board members.
Winning troop/group will earn a pizza party for the troop/group AND a Girl Scout Cookie Booth Kit, including table cloth, cookie yard sign and car magnet for next year!
How to Sell Cookies
Everyone knows how tasty Girl Scout cookies are, but a lot of people don’t know what we learn by selling them. We’re talking about things like goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—stuff we need to know to be successful. This year, we made a super-simple guide to help you get the most of your cookie-selling experience.
10 Steps to Cookie-Selling Success (pdf, English) (pdf, Spanish)