Volunteer Cookie Resources
Find information and resources pertaining to the Girl Scout Cookie Sale that will further enable you to help girls set goals, make a plan, manage money, and gain confidence.
Girl Scouts of Manitou Council's Important 2026 Cookie Sale Dates:
- December 28, 2025 - Volunteers get Digital Cookie email from Girl Scouts of the USA to help troop's manage the sale. email@email.girlscouts.org
- December 29, 2025 - Parents get Digital Cookie email from Girl Scouts of the USA to help their daughter's set up their slaes website. email@email.girlscouts.org
- January 1 – January 25 Digital Cookie and door-to-door sales begin. Girls will have four weekends to sell cookies using Digital Cookie and/or traditional sales methods.
- January 25 Girl orders due to troop cookie manager.
- January 26 11:59 pm Troop orders submitted via the troop cookie sale online ordering system eBudde.
- January 25-March 22 Digital cookie sales will be open for shipped and donated orders only.
- February 5 Cookies may be picked up from a local cookie cupboard during scheduled cupboard hours. Volunteers must place their cupboard order via eBudde.
- February 6 Troops can begin holding booth sales.
- February 12-23 Cookie delivery. Community Cookie Sale volunteers will know their delivery date by November 2025.
- March 6 Girls’ Monies due to Troop Cookie Sales Manager.
- March 9 Troop Cookie Managers deposit all cookie monies into the TROOP ACCOUNT. Troop Cookie Sale Managers should avoid taking large checks from parents as they may result in non-sufficient fund check fees to the troop account. Troop leaders should set up a phone app payment system such as Venmo, PayPal or Apple Pay with their troop account. Contact Marina Ritter marina@gsmanitou.org for help with this. Parents can obtain payment from traditional sales customers using these phone payment Apps and pay the troop for their daughter’s cookie order via an App.
- March 10 Council will debit troop accounts 65% of the total amount owed to the council.
- March 24 Troop Cookie Sale Managers will submit their FINAL troop reward order in E-budde.
- March 24 council will begin to debit troop accounts for the balance owed to the council.
- April 22 (approximately) Troop Cookie Sale Managers will receive girl rewards.
We also have a great resource available for troop leaders and troop cookie sale managers that outlines all the cookie business and financial literacy badges Girl Scouts can earn. Be sure to check it out as you lead your troop through the cookie sale!
We had many volunteers ask about our fun, cookie-themed virtual backgrounds during the October 2024 Troop Leader Meetings. You can access and download all these virtual backgrounds to use as needed during cookie season!
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