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Resources for Troop Leaders

1. Financial Transparency Have copies of your troop bank statements available at meetings for review by girls and parents. Juniors and above can be involved with keeping track of and reporting on troop finances. Check out the Troop Money Record

2. On Time Patches will be available at January Service Unit meetings!

3. The "How" of Girl Scouts Leaders, don't forget to help your girls learn leadership skills by using these three steps (more):
Discover - girls learn something new
Connect - girls connect what they've learned to their life, their family, their community 
Take Action - girls see a problem, find a solution and create a plan to bring the solution to life

The Girl Scout Cookie Program 

It’s the Largest Girl Led Business in the World! The dates for the 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Sale are January 16th-March 1st. Help her build a lifetime of skills and confidence.
 
1.COCO is a great place for Volunteers to communicate with girls! With COCO, your troop/group and your girls can have a customized online "business center!"
 
2.Girl Scout Cookie Selling?  We’ve got an app for that!
Find out more about the latest technology COCOmobile allows girls to sell Girl Scout Cookies and track sale progress right from their mobile device. COCOdirect allows for online ordering, direct delivery to the consumer and credit card processing. It is accessible via COCOmobile and online marketing
 
3.Management Mondays start with SNAP: Update Transfers, Returns, and Financial Payments more… Log into SNAP
 
4.As a volunteer, you donate an amazing amount of time and effort to your troop. Remember, you don’t have to go it alone. The families of the Girl Scouts in your troop can serve as your support network. Here are a few tips.

5.Remember to practice the Girl Scout Law during the cookie season.  Girl Scouts, and adults helping with the cookie sale, should be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, responsible for what they say and do, respect themselves and others and be a friend to every Girl Scout.
 
6.Don’t forget about Cookies Now! on January 17

Great Deals in the Girl Scout Shop

During the month of January, the shop will be having their SEMI ANNUAL CLEARANCE BLOWOUT EVENT! Be sure to visit your local GS shop to find great deals. And remember, the online shop is always OPEN! www.girlscoutshop.com 

Upcoming Events 

(Registration for events closes 1 week prior)
  • January 17: Cookies Now! - This is NOT a troop event (no registration is required)! This event is for individual girls and their parents to pick up starter sets for their cookie sale. 
  • New Member Orientation - Webinar Get prepared for your position as troop leader in the convenience of your own home. January 21February 12
  • January 31: Annual Council Meeting 
  • February 7: Color Your World at Frontier Texas - Brownies will have the chance to explore the museum and all its many art pieces. After the tour, girls will get a chance to paint using different styles, materials and colors. Girls will complete all requirements for the Painting badge.  
  • Save the Date: World Thinking Day (February 22) Girls from all over your service unit can come to celebrate different cultures and experience the entire world in one day! Check with your service unit to see when your event is. 

Abilene Area Office and Shop
278 South Pioneer Dr., Suite 107, Abilene, TX 79605
Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Friday 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. 
(*Abilene shop closes 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.)
325-670-0432 | 888-670-0432 | Fax 325-670-0981 

 
 
Here's handy dandy pdf of everything above.
(It's the same information all in one document for printing or uploading to yahoo groups etc!)
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