dear cookie gram readers

top sellers of 2010Let’s recognize our top three 2010 cookie sellers for our Council:

Elizabeth M. sold 3,372 boxes (left)Mary R. sold 3,354 boxes (right)Stephanie U. sold 3,121 boxes (center)

These young ladies did an amazing job! Congratulations!

how the cookie crumblesCouncil proceeds are used to: provide activities such as summer camp and community programs; recruit girls and adults; train

volunteers; maintain and expand council program and resource centers; and provide staff support to

membership.

Figures are based on an average from sales over a three year period.All proceeds remain in Southern Arizona.

$2.18

$0.92cost of cookies potential troop

and service unit proceeds

financial assistance

and opportunity funding

girl recognition

awards

$0.66

$0.12

$0.12

Welcome to Cookies 2011 and the year of the Super Six! Whether your girl is a brand new Girl Scout or a veteran, cookies are always an exciting part of the Girl Scout journey. I have just completed my first year as Sahuaro Girl Scout Council CEO and I have had the opportunity to speak to many women about the Girl Scout movement and cookies regularly come up in the conversation. I am proud to share with you that many of our corporate, business and community leaders all attribute being a Girl Scout as a key to their success. Selling Girl Scout cookies has given literally thousands of women the skills and confidence to succeed.

Through participation in the Cookie program girls will be learning 5 key Skills to help them become leaders and managers of their own cookie program. These are the same 5 skills that business women across our community use daily to manage their organizations. Girls will set goals, make decisions, manage money, learn people skills and develop business ethics. These 5 Skills are going to help our Girl Scouts throughout their lives.

The cookie program should be a wonderful experience for you and your girl. Please encourage her to lead the way as she determines how she is going to run her business. You are a vital part of her cookie team and I appreciate your willingness to support her efforts. I know that you will be very proud of your daughter’s accomplishments and you will see her grow and blossom as a leader and manager of her cookie program.

Together we are building girls of courage, character and confidence who make a difference in the world.

Yours in Girl Scouting,

Debbie RichChief Executive Officer, Sahuaro Girl Scout Council

Sahuaro Girl Scout Council

All recognitions/awards are cumulative except for Cookie Dough

My personal goal is to sell2011 Cookie Program Recognitions2011 Cookie Program Recognitions

Participation Patch(Parche del Tema)

1+ Box

Cookie Dough$5 Earned for every 50 boxes, starting at 200(”Masa para galletas” Dinero que se puede usar para registraciónes, la tienda, y programas de

Girl Scouts. $5 ganados por cada 50 cajas vendidas, empezando después de 200)

Troop Recognition(Reconocimiento de Tropas)

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Pewter FigurineTroops averaging 200 boxes on average per selling girl earn this pewter figurine.(Figurita de peltre para las tropas que venden más de 200 cajas.)

2011 Girls Rock! Camp creditTroops averaging 200 boxes per girlwill earn credit towards the 2011Troop Camp. (crédito de campamento para las tropas que venden más de 200 cajas.)

Bandana (Pañuelo)25+ Boxes

Disney Turn-Around Trip* or Daisy/Brownie Alternative**(Viaje a Disneyland de un día o

alternative para Daises y Brownies)June 3-5, 2011

800+ Boxes

Girls Rock T-Shirt(Camiseta)300+ Boxes

Kiley Kangaroo & Baby Katie

(Canguro de Peluche)250+ Boxes

Bangle Watch(Reloj)

400+ Boxes

Beach Towel & Sunglasses(Toalla de playa y gafas de sol)

650+ Boxes

Nintendo Wii - OR - Flip Video Camera

(Nintendo Wii o camara de video)

2000+ Boxes

Laptop Computer-OR- 32” Flatscreen TV

(Computadora portátil o televisión)3000+ Boxes

Free week at Camp (Hacienda Day Camp or

Whispering Pines Resident Camp)(Semana gratis en el campamento

Hacienda o Whispering Pines)1500+ Boxes

500+ Club EventMay 7, 2011

(Invitación al Evento de Club de Galletas)

500+ Boxes

Drawstring Backpack(Mochila de cordon)

65+ Boxes

Waterbottle(Botella de agua)

115+ Boxes

Journal(Diario)

165+ Boxes

Bar Patches(Parche con número de

galletas vendidas)Earned at highest level sold

Girl Recognitions(Reconocimientos para niñas)

iPod Shuffle(2G)(Color not as shown)

(Color no como se muestra)1000+ Boxes

*In accordance with Safety-Wise standards, Daisy and Brownie program partcipants must select one parent/guardian each to accompany them on the turn-around trip. The parent or guardian will be provided with transportation but will be responsible for Disney entrance fee and meals. Turn-Around Trip date is firm, no substitutions.(De conformidad con las normas del libro de Seguridad de las Girl Scouts, todas las Daisys y Brownies que participan debe seleccionar un padre o guardian para acompañarlas en el viaje a Disneland. Girl Scouts va a pagar el transporte para cada padre o guardián, pero tendrá que pagar su propia comida y entrada a Disneyland. La fecha del viaje es firme, no sustituciónes)** Daisy/Brownie Alternative: In the event that a parent/guardian cannot attend the Disney Turn-Around Trip, Daisy or Brownie Girl Scouts will recieve a Disney gift card of comparable value. Disney Gift Card may be used at Disney parks, stores, and online.(En el caso de que un padre o guardián no puede asistir a el viaje a Disney , las niñas recibirán una tarjeta de regalo Disney de valor comparable. La tarjeta de regalo de Disney puede ser usada en los parques de Disney, en las tiendas de Disney, y en la red)

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The Girl Scout Cookie Sale is lots of fun! Just be sure to stay safe when you’re selling cookies. Please use these simple rules for a safe and successful cookie activity:• Wear the Girl Scout membership pin and/or Girl

Scout clothing to be identified as a Girl Scout.

• ALWAYS use the buddy system.

• Be familiar with the areas and neighborhoods where you will be selling Girl Scout cookies.

• Adults must accompany Daisies, Brownies and Juniors when they are taking orders, selling or delivering cookies.

• Girls 11-17 must be accompanied by an adult when selling door to door.

• Girls should NEVER enter the home of a person they are selling or delivering cookies to unless accompanied by an adult.

• ALWAYS have a plan for safeguarding money (and checks) as collected. Avoid walking around with cookie money. Give proceeds to supervising adults as soon as possible.

• Sell ONLY during daylight hours.

• NEVER sell cookies on the Internet.

• ALWAYS have adults present at a cookie booth in any public place.

• NEVER give customers girls’ names, home addresses or e-mail addresses. INSTEAD, give the troop number and a contact phone number, e-mail or adult volunteer’s phone or e-mail address for information, reorders or com-plaints.

• ALWAYS use safe pedestrian practices, especially when crossing at intersec-tions or walking along roadways.

• ALWAYS unload cookies and passengers from vehicles safely.

safety is of top priority

Cookie Club will allow girls to ...Your girls now can “ask” customers online!Supercharge her cookie sales by taking orders online with the Cookie Club™!• Send e-mails to friends and family asking for

cookie “promises”• Watch online orders stack up using her Goal

Tracker• Deliver cookies and accept payment in person

Joining the Cookie Club™ begins with girls’ adult volunteers, who must set up her ac-count. It’s fun! It’s safe! And it works!

get her cookie t-shirt at the girl scout shop!shop info520.319.3145 520.795.3318 fax1.800.331.6782 x 3145

hoursMonday ...........10am–5pmTuesday ..........10am–5pmWednesday ...10am–5pmThursday ........10am–5pmFriday ...............10am–3pmSaturday .........10am–3pm

Only $10!

Troop to Troop is our council-wide Gift of Caring project where Girl Scouts help support our military troops overseas. In partnership with Little Brownie Baker and Operation Gratitude, we have created this virtual process in which girls collect the monies for the box of cookies; there will then be an order placed in which the cookies will go directly to troops overseas. Girls can encourage customers to write cards to soldiers which will be delivered with the boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Our goal is to send 11,000 boxes of girl scout cookies to troops overseas in 2011.

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5 skills for girlsFrom Daisies to Ambassadors, girls will learn important skills during the cookie program. These include goal setting, deci sion making, money man agement, people skills, and business ethics.

Why are these 5 skills important?• When she learns

these skills, she is setting herself up for a successful future, no matter what she wants to do!

• Not only are these skills important to her, but they are important to her cus tomers as well. They might know that when they buy cookies they are helping her troop and community, but do they know how they are helping her?

Support Your Girl Scout

Offer to be a supervising adult—there are lots of opportuni-ties to lend a hand.

Share your business expertise and help link the Girl Scout Cookie Program with the wider business world.

Follow your Girl Scout Council and group guidelines on how to handle cookie proceeds.

Never do things for your Girl Scout she can do for herself!

Listen to her practice her sales pitch. Do role-playing.

Review cookie materials together and visit Girl Scout Cookie and cookie company Web sites with her to help her learn more about her product.

Guide her to set practical and useful goals about what she wants to learn and earn.

Have fun with her!

Sahuaro Girl Scout Council will be participating in an exciting pilot cookie program in 2011. This year, girls will only offer customers the Super Six, a premium selection of the best-selling Girl Scout Cookies ever! These varieties include:

• Thin Mints • Samoas® • Tagalongs®• Trefoils • Do-si-dos® • Lemon Chalet Cremes™

Nonprofit Org.U.S. Postage

PAIDTucson, AZ

Permit No. 663

4300 E. Broadway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85711-3506520.327.2288 | 1.800.331.6782 www.GirlScoutsSouthernArizona.orgPostmaster: Dated Materials

for more infoMegan BlackProduct Program Coordinator520.319.3171 | c 520.262.9109MBlack@sahuarogsc.org

every cookie has a mission: to help girls do great things

cookie contests!Cookie Mobile ContestDecorate your cookie mobile, send us a picture and win awesome prizes! What is a cookie mobile? Anything that can hold cookies! Each girl may submit one photo of herself and her cookie mobile. Deadline for entries is January 15th. Cookie Mobile starter kits with color copies of cookies and characters are available in the Council Retail Shop for $1.

Video ContestTroops and individual girls can send us their best cookie pitch! Prizes will be awarded for Best Use of the Super Six Theme, Motivation and Inspiration, and Overall Impact. Video cameras will be available for check out at the Council Resource Center. Please call ahead to reserve a camera. Deadline for entries is January 1st .

Find all of the details at: http://www.sahuarogsc.org/index.php/programs_activities/cookies/cookie_info_for_girls/

COOKIE COUPON $5.00 offyourpurchaseof$25.00ormoreofselectcookieitemsfromthecookiemarketingcorneratthecouncilretailshop(excludesnon-cookieitems).Couponmustbepresentedatthetimeofpurchase;onecouonpercustomerortransaction. Expires2/28/2011