How does Operation Cookies From Home (CFH) work? Operation Cookies From Home is a partnership between GSEP and the USO to provide Girl Scout Cookies to men and women of the Armed Forces throughout the world.

Troops may have taken orders for Cookies From Home and the money ($3.50 a package) should have been collected at the time the donation was made. Girl Scouts selling CFH get credit for this sale just like any other package of cookies sold. Below please find the Operation Cookies From Home procedure:  

• At the end of the Cookie Program, the Troop Cookie Manager should add up the entire Cookie from Home orders from all the girls and booth sales. 
• If the troop has any cookie inventory remaining, those cookies should be applied against the Cookie from Home orders. For example, a troop has collected CFH donations for 50 packages and has 36 packages of Thanks a Lots remaining from their sale. Those 36 packages can be turned into the locations at the dates/times listed below. The personnel at the designated locations will use the M3 Receipt Book to accept the cookies. The M3 will have the SU#, Troop#, cookies by variety in packages, and the signature of the person turning them in. Council personnel will counter sign the M3 and issue a receipt to the providing troop/Service Unit. The troop still needs to acquire 14 packages of cookies to fill their CFH order. Using the method below, this troop must transfer the needed 14 packages into their troop account in Snap™ from the CFH Cupboard. This is called a "CFH Virtual Transfer."  
• Steps to complete CFH Virtual Transfers in Snap™:  

1. Click on the COOKIE icon  
2. Select "Create a Transfer Order"  
3. Select "From a Troop to a Troop"  
4. Choose "CFH Cookies From Home" as the Service Unit and "900900" as the troop
5. Transfer to your Troop#  
6. Use "CFH" as the Order Reference number  
7. Fill in the number of packages needed  
8. Save

Physical packages of cookies for Operation Cookies From Home may be turned in at the locations and times listed below:  

• Location near Jane Seltzer TBD, Saturday, March 10 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM 
• Delaware County Service Center, Saturday, March 10 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM  
• Schuylkill Valley School District Building, Saturday, March 10 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM  
• Shelly Ridge Service Center, Saturday, March 17 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM  
• Valley Forge Service Center, Saturday, March 17 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM  
• Lehigh Valley Service Center, Saturday, March 17 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Please try to place cookie varieties in their appropriate case (i.e. place Shortbread packages in Shortbread cases, Thin Mint packages in Thin Mint cases, etc.). Also, please do not seal up the cases. These simple steps will help our Cookies From Home process to run efficiently.

We are looking for approximately 10 Cadette, Senior or Ambassador Girl Scouts to assist at each Cookies From Home drop location. If you know girls interested in helping us out, please contact Amanda Harrity at aharrity@gsep.org. Girls will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis at each location.

February 11 and 12: Wawa Weekend!

Here is the list of participating Wawa Markets for the 2012 Cookie Program. See below for information regarding Wawa Cookie Booths:

• Wawa Corporate has already sent a confirmation letter to their store managers, alerting them to the Girl Scout Cookie Program.
• Specified Dates: February 11 and February 12
• Specified Time Slots: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This timeframe is firm. Service Units can decide how they'd like to break up timeslots between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. All Wawa booths will be located outside of the store, so please tell your troops to dress accordingly.
• Wawa will not supply tables and chairs. Your troops will need to bring their own.
• Message from Wawa concerning Cookie Booths: "Individuals that will be representing your organization during solicitation must be at least 10 feet away from the main entrance door and remain in the location designated by the Store Manager on Duty. No solicitation is permitted inside the store. A solicitor’s vehicle must be parked in the space directly in front of the solicitors and must remain there unless the manager requests that it be moved. An adult must be present at all times if minors are making the solicitation (only two minors are permitted at any time). All participants agree to abide by all rules and restrictions imposed generally by Wawa or by the Store Manager on duty. The solicitation must be limited between the hours of 10:00 am – 2:00 pm."

It is the responsibility of Service Unit Cookie Managers or Service Unit Cookie Booth Managers to schedule troops to fill the 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM time slots for February 11 and 12 at Wawa.

Cookie Goal Getters

Photos from troop 53451 in action!

Bling Your Booth!

For more information visit http://www.gsep.org/cookies/cookie-events-and-contests.php.

Walk About Weekend!

February 4 and 5 are great days to catch people at home watching the "Big Game."  Gather up your cookies and canvas your neighborhood for a great opportunity to sell some cookies during this Council-wide event.