How the program works:
Before the cookie sale starts, each troop decides which charitable organization they would like to visit and deliver Girl Scout cookies to (food bank, military troops via Operation Shoebox, S.H.I.P., women's/children's shelters, etc.). Be sure to contact the organization in advance.
A Gift of Caring card is then attached to the front of the girl order forms showing customers the name of the organization the troop will visit and deliver cookies to.
While order taking, each girl will ask her customers if they would like to purchase an additional box of cookies for that troop's chosen charity. She can explain that this is a Girl Scout community service project and show customers the "Gift of Caring" card.
- A "Cookie Share" column has been added to the order card (to the left of the first cookie variety column) for the "Gift of Caring" packages.
- Each customer may write in the number of packages they wish to purchase for donation by entering a number in the "Cookie Share" column on the same line as their own order.
- Each troop will add up the total number of "Gift of Caring" packages for all girls in the troop and then convert that total into their troop "Gift of Caring" order. The troop selects the varieties. Those figures are entered on the "Cookie Share" line at the bottom of the T-1 form.
- When the troop receives their cookies, all of the "Gift of Caring" packages would then be separated from customer orders.
- Each girl would collect the money for customer orders and "Gift of Caring" cookies when delivering to customers.
- Each troop would then deliver the "Gift of Caring" cookies to their chosen charitable organization; meeting with the people they chose to help. Be sure to take the Gift of Caring Troop Report with you for completion.
- Troops that participate in the "Gift of Caring" program may purchase Ready, Set, Go! Share! patches. Patches are ordered on the Gift of Caring Troop Report and should be turned in with the troop's cookie payment with a separate check.
- If you choose to donate cookies to a Food Bank, be sure to contact them first.
- Dunellen FISH - 732-356-0081 -456 New Market Rd. Piscataway
- Flemington Area Food Bank - 908-788-5568 - 110 Broad St., Flemington
- Food Bank Network of Somerset County - 732-560-1813 - Building 9-E on Easy Street, Central Jersey Industrial Park, Chimney Rock Rd, Bound Brook
- NORWESCAP Food Pantry - 908-454-7000 - Phillipsburg
- United Methodist Church Food Pantry - 219 Hardwick St, Belvidere
- If you choose to donate cookies to Operation Shoebox, please deliver them to one of the following locations (not to the Council Service Center):
- The Reporter office, 44 Veterans Memorial Drive East, Somerville
- Somerville U.S. Postal Service Office, 39 Division St, Somerville
- Mannion's Pub & Restaurant, 150 West Main St, Somerville
- Wachovia Bank, 1 West Main St, Somerville
- Somerset County Administration Building lobby, Grove Street, Somerville
- Commerce Bank Ballpark, 1 Patriots Way, Bridgewater
- Curves for Women, 1321 Prince Rogers Ave., Bridgewater
- Somerset County Parks Commission headquarters, North Branch Park, 355 Milltown Road, Branchburg
- Louka's Last American Diner, Route 22, Branchburg
- Operation Shoebox New Jersey headquarters, Veterans Industrial Park, 152 Route 206 South, Hillsborough
- Shop Rite, Routes 31/202, Flemington
- Knights of Columbus Council 10627, St. Joseph's Church, 59 Main St., High Bridge
- Postal Annex, 29 Race St., Frenchtown
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