The first tier was to participate in 2 booths and sell 150 boxes and the troop would pay for custom t-shirts from https://picturethisclothing.com/ (I will have an upcoming post about this project).
The second incentive was participate in 5 booths and sell 300 cookies and earn a custom project from a local business called Sip N Stain paid by the troop.
The third tier was participate in 8 booths and sell 400 cookies earn Build a Bear paid by the troop.
All of the girls in the troop were offered these rewards even if they did not meet the goals, but at the family's expense.
To be honest, the incentives did not increase the cookie sales in the manner my co-leader and I hoped, so we will not be doing it again going forward. However, starting this fall, most of our troop will be old enough to start a savings account from fundraising that can be used for travel and we feel confident being able to easily correlate fundraising to a dollar amount will increase efforts.
Nonetheless, the two field trips we have done so far because of the cookie incentives were a very enjoyable experience for all!
The Sip N Stain owner, Jennifer, worked with each individual girl to create a custom masterpiece! Jennifer also spoke with our troop earlier this Spring for one of the Financial Literacy badges!
Since Build a Bear is a national franchise I will provide additional information for fellow Girl Scout Troop Leaders (Sip N Stain is a local, one of a kind business). The Build a Bear experience was very well done! I spoke with an employee of the store to set the time and the number of custom Girl Scout Smore's Build a Bears. I received several follow-up emails and an additional call to verify the Girl Scout accessories. We choose a Wednesday afternoon for the party to avoid the mall crowds and had most of the store to ourselves. Our employee, Courtney, was great with keeping the girls engaged and moved them through the process of stuffing their bear, cleaning their bear, and then finally dressing their bear. My recommendation - keep the party small (at 8 girls we were pushing it) and choose the one type of bear for all the girls. I was surprised that there wasn't a party room for us to be in so I would not recommend bringing food or drinks. The cost was $30 per girl for the Girl Scout Smore's bear and two Girl Scout accessories. I was told the Junior vests were out of stock so chose other options for those girls but then they had plenty we we arrived. We had kindergarten through 5th grade girls and the little ones definitely were more interested in the bears than the older girls but they all were pleased.
Caroline getting ready to stain her board
Grace with her finished masterpiece
Grace waiting to stuff her bear
Caroline giving the bear a squeeze
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