COOKIES!

...as Cookie Monster would enthusiastically say.

They are sorted and ready for pickup!  Thanks to Luisa Bianco, our cookie mom, who has sorted through the 744 boxes!

Please plan to pick up your orders at Luisa's home, 407 STOUT AVE, at one of the following times:

Wednesday, March 21 - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
OR
Thursday, March 22 - 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

***Please submit the money for the cookies NO LATER than April 12.  If you have collected all the money by our next meeting on Wednesday, March 28, you may also submit it at that time.

 We have some extra boxes that need to be sold, so be sure to let Luisa know if you'd like some extra to sell from the following:

3 Thin Mints
3 Tagalongs
2 Do-Si-Does
1 Samoa
1 Savannah Smiles (Lemon)
1 Trefoils

Volunteers, Bingo, and More...

Our last meeting with GS Troop 40751 was so much fun.  Special thanks to Dawn Mattos and Nicole Virga for hosting our troop!  It was a great time getting to bond with the other girls and share SWAPs.  Pictures will be posted shortly!

Some of you might have received a flyer about another event we'd like to participate in.  BINGO BASH will take place on Friday, March 23rd  at St. Bart's from 4:00pm -6:00pm.  Space is very limited for this very popular and fun event, so we'll need to act fast to hold our spot.  It's $13 per Daisy, and from what I've heard it's lots of fun with great prizes for everyone.  Click on the link above to download the form and submit it to Maila or myself NO LATER THAN Wednesday, February 29th if you'd like your girl to participate.  Depending on how many girls attend, we'll also need some volunteers to accompany us; if you are available to help us that evening, please let us know!  (Adding a comment below is probably the easiest way to do that!)

Also, we'll need some chaperones and drivers to attend the Spring Lambing event on Wednesday, April 18th.  It's at the Long Valley Creamery in Long Valley, NJ.  We'll be leaving right after school and returning by 6:00pm.  Please let us know if you'd be available to attend this event as well.  We already have 12 girls signed up, so we'll definitely need some help!

And finally, thanks to all of you who participated in our cookie sales!  Our troop has collected orders for a grand total of 918 boxes!  That's a lot of cookies!  =D  Special props to Jenai B., who accounted for nearly a quarter of those sales!

And lastly, if you have any questions about this or anything else, don't hesitate to let us know!

February Update!

Hello!

We are postponing our originally scheduled meeting from February 15 to NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22.  The joint meeting we originally planned to have last month with the other School One Daisy Troop is now set for that date; that is the reason for the change.

In preparation for this joint meeting, we are trying to gather ahead of time to make additional SWAPS (Special Watchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere).  If your girl was NOT able to attend the SWAP event last Saturday, she will need to make at least THREE (or more) SWAPs to trade with the girls in the other troop.  I will follow up with another blog post with some more detailed guidelines and suggestions to help your Daisy along in this.

How are your cookie sales going?  Please feel free to comment below with your progress or questions.  It would probably be an encouragement to us all to see everyone's progress so far!

Online Cookie Promise Website

The online cookie promise website is now available for our troop!  PRIOR to allowing the use of this site, Luisa will need an additional permission slip (click on the link) completed and signed from each girl's parents.  She will then forward an ID and password for each girl.  The permission slip for the cookie promise website is a separate one from the regular permission slip needed to sell the cookies, which most of you have already submitted so thank you!  Remember that the taking orders via the cookie promise website is completely optional.  


Once you receive the ID and password, you can take requests online via this link:
https://cookieclub.littlebrownie.com

Cookies!

I don't know about you, but the mere mention of Girl Scout Cookies makes me so giddy inside, and I know I'm not the only one! I hope your cookie selling is off to a good start. There are a few things I wanted to bring to your attention:

Online Order Taking

A few of you may have tried accessing this site to help you with your cookie sales with no success. We're in the process of trying to resolve this issue with the Cookie Club Support Team, so we'll be sure to let you know more information as we get it! I know I am very eager to implement this medium to help along with our cookie sales, so we appreciate your patience in this matter.

Just a reminder that if and when this tool becomes available to our troop, it's only a way for patrons to send email requests and obtain "promises" as far as what they will actually order. You can't actually place online orders, perform any transactions, or arrange any deliveries of the cookies themselves.

Permission Slips

There are still a few girls in the troop that haven't yet submitted their permission slips yet. If you need another copy of the permission slip, just click on the link above or download the Word version of the permission slip here. If it's convenient, you can send a scanned copy to our cookie mom, Luisa Bianco (luisabianco@comcast.net). Otherwise, you can drop it off at Maila's house or even pass it along at the "Me and My Guy" dance this Saturday 1/28.