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Hello, Girl Scout volunteers. Thank you for all that you do in assisting the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Our cookie season starts on December 12!

We'll be sharing more exciting updates, helpful tips, and everything you need to know right here on our page as we count down to cookie season.

In the meantime, don't forget to grab your tickets to the Cookie Rally. 🎉 Join us for a fun-filled celebration to kick off the season with games, activities, and plenty of Girl Scout spirit.

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  • October 20, 2026 Service Unit Cookie Manager Training (in-person session)  - Register Here
  • October 21, 2026 Service Unit Cookie Manager Training (in-person session) - Register Here
  • October 22, 2026 Service Unit Cookie Manager Training (in-person session) - Register Here
  • October 28, 2026 Service Unit Cookie Manager Training (virtual session) - Register Here
  • December 7, 2026 Digital Cookie Training For Parents - Register Here
  •  December 8, 2026 Digital Cookie Training for Leaders  - Register Here
  • December 12, 2026 Girl Scout Cookie Program starts and Digital Cookie Invitation Emails are sent to registered girls.
  • December 12, 2026 – January 21, 2027 - Initial Order taking period 
  • December 12, 2026: GCNWI Cookie Rally 
  • January 6, 2027: Booth Site Selection 1 to  eBudde Training (session 1) - Register Here
  • January 10, 2027: Booth Site Selection 1
  • January 17, 2027: Booth Site Selection 2
  • January 19, 2027: Families can enter their Girl Scout’s in-person order (order card orders) into the Digital Cookie site by 11:59 p.m. CST
  • January 19 - 20, 2027: Open Mic Nights, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. CST 
  • January 20, 2027: Troop leader submits Initial Order (IO) and initial reward orders by 11:59 PM CST.
  • January 20, 2027: Digital Cookie girl-delivered sales for Initial Order (IO) ends at 11:59 PM CST. To ensure that girl-delivered orders are included in the initial order, they must be placed and approved by January 20, 11:59 p.m. CST
  • January 24, 2027: Booth Site Selection 3
  • January 31, 2027: Troop Booth Site
  • January 28, 2027 – February 7, 2027: Initial Order Period Cookie Delivery (*Troop leader will notify families when their cookie orders are ready for pick up. )
  • February 1, 2027: Cookie Cupboards, including gathering place cupboards, open for additional cookie pick up.
  • February 1, 2027: Goal Getter program begins.
  • February 2, 2027: eBudde Training (session 2)- Register Here
  • February 5, 2027: Cookie Booth Weekend 1
  • February 12, 2027: Cookie Booth Weekend 2
  • February 19–21, 2027: National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend
  • February 19, 2027: ACH #1
  • February 19, 2027: Cookie Booth Weekend 3
  • February 26, 2027: Cookie Booth Weekend 4
  • March 5, 2027: Cookie Booth Weekend 5
  • March 12, 2027: Cookie Booth Weekend 6
  • March 17, 2027: All online sales  (for Girl Delivered orders) will stop at 11:59 p.m. CST. No more online sales.
  • March 20, 2027: Cookie Program Ends (in person and online)
  • March 23, 2027: Loop Day 1
  • March 25, 2027: Loop Day 2
  • March 31,, 2027: Loop Day 3
  • March 31, 2027: ACH #2
  • May/June: Reward pick up (Girls will be notified when rewards are available from the troop leader

 

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Service Unit Cookie Manager Training

Troop Cookie Manager Training

First-time/New Troop Cookie Manager
(virtual session)
November 4 at 6:30 PM

Troop Cookie Training for Seasoned Troop Cookie Manager (virtual session)
November 12 at 6:30 PM

Digital Cookie Training

For Parents
December 7 at 6:30 PM

For Leaders
December 8 at 6:30 PM 

eBudde Training for Troop Volunteers

Session 1: Navigating eBudde & Initial Orders | January 6 at 6:30 PM

Learn how to navigate eBudde and complete everything needed through the Initial Order period, including:

  • Entering and editing girl orders
  • Ordering cookies for booths
  • Submitting the troop order
  • Preparing for cookie delivery
  • Key tips, deadlines, and more!

Session 2: Booths, Allocations & Rewards  | February  2 at 6:30 PM

Dive into managing your cookie season after delivery, including:

  • Managing booths in eBudde
  • Ordering additional booth cookies
  • Allocating additional cookie sales to girls
  • Submitting rewards
  • Running reports and wrapping up the season
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Troop Cookie Manager Guide

Service Unit Cookie Manager Guide

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2027 Rally Guide

Little Brownie Baker’s rally guide is perfect for planning a cookie rally for your service unit or troop.

Social Media Guide 

GSUSA and Little Brownie Baker’s social media guide includes tips and tricks for volunteers, caregivers, and entrepreneurs to reach more cookie customers.

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Facts about What We Stand For:
During Girl Scout Cookie season, our most visible time of year, people sometimes perpetuate rumors or false information about what Girl Scouting stands for as an organization in order to secure media coverage of their own platform issues or because they simply do not know the facts.

To ensure our members and their families can confirm that Girl Scouting does NOT have a relationship with Planned Parenthood and does NOT take a position on abortion or birth control, we are providing you with a fact sheet that explains this in writing. We encourage adults who are supporting girls during the cookie program to print out this fact sheet and carry it with them in order to provide accurate, factual information about our position on several divisive social issues.

  • Statement about What We Stand For
  • Get the facts about Girl Scout Cookies

The Girl Scout Cookie Program, the largest entrepreneurial program in the world, gives a host of invaluable entrepreneurial skills, including goal setting, money management, decision-making, people skills and business ethics. Each box of cookies sold allows Girl Scouts to develop an inextinguishable entrepreneurial spirit, gaining courage, confidence and character as they conquer new feats and embark on new adventures.  Girl Scouts of the USA is aware of recent concerns raised regarding the presence of metals and trace glyphosate in some food products, including Girl Scout Cookies. The health and safety of our members and our customers is our top priority.  All Girl Scout Cookies are produced by our trusted licensed bakers, who are leaders in their industry and adhere to rigorous food safety standards and comply with regulations set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state, and other relevant health authorities. These standards ensure that products meet all legal and safety requirements for consumption. 

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