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Free tools, comparisons and working documents

• TroopBooth compared with the tools troops already runThree straight comparisons for the leader deciding what will carry her troop through eight weeks of booths, cases and cash.
• TroopBooth vs SignUpGeniusSignUpGenius is built to fill slots for volunteer events of any kind, while TroopBooth is built for a season where every filled slot also carries product and cash.
• TroopBooth vs TroopTrackTroopTrack is built to hold a unit together across the whole year, while TroopBooth is built for the eight weeks when cases and cash are moving every weekend.
• TroopBooth vs Google SheetsA shared spreadsheet does whatever you build it to do, while TroopBooth arrives with a booth season already modeled and no formulas for you to maintain.
• Booth season calculatorsTwo working calculators for the arithmetic every cookie manager does on the back of an envelope in January.
• Booth Shift EarningsEnter your own site traffic and council terms and see the proceeds a single shift produces and what the season adds up to.
• Booth Coverage PlannerWork backward from cases to selling hours, shifts and the fair share each family carries this season.
• Resources for running a booth seasonEverything here is built for the eight weeks when cases, shifts and cash are all moving at once.
• Booth Weekend RunbookEvery step a cookie manager has to hit from two weeks out to the final deposit, in the order the weekend actually happens.

Home page

• TroopBooth home: the full picture of booth signup, case tracking and season settlement.
• Where booth seasons leak money: the four places cases and cash go missing during a selling season.
• How it works: the numbered path from opening a booth roster to closing the books.
• Features: the six tools leaders use most, from shift claiming to per family balances.
• Season results: the numbers troops report after a season on TroopBooth, and how each one is earned.
• Leader reviews: named troop leaders, treasurers and service unit managers on what changed for them.
• Pricing: One Troop, Service Unit and Council Support, monthly and cancellable at any time.
• Questions: six straight answers on cost, setup time, member data, integrations and cancelling.
• Request a walkthrough: the form that reaches the publication director directly.

Booth Season magazine

• Booth Season: the magazine index, with all nine articles for volunteer leaders running a fundraising season.
• How do I set up a booth sale permit and site agreement before our first weekend?: the paperwork order for site permission, council approval and any local permit before your first shift.
• What is the real difference between council issued inventory and consignment for our troop?: how debt based council inventory and initial order models differ, and who absorbs the cases nobody sells.
• Which money handling mistakes cost troops the most at the end of a season?: the cash custody, card fee and transfer errors that turn into a shortfall at settlement, with the fix for each.
• What do child protection and volunteer screening rules require of us at a public booth?: adult to youth ratios, screening, supervision and consent rules that govern a public booth shift.
• How did one troop clear four hundred cases in three weekends without burning out parents?: a mid size troop that raised its volume across three weekends while cutting the hours each family worked.
• Where is youth fundraising heading as fewer families carry cash to a booth?: what card readers, digital storefronts and shipped orders have changed about the booth itself.
• What should be in my booth kit box before I load the car on Saturday morning?: the full packing list for a booth kit, grouped by money, product, site, safety and paperwork.
• How much does a two hour booth shift actually bring in for our troop?: how to build a realistic per shift earnings figure from your own council proceeds and site traffic.
• What actually happens during a cold weekend booth shift outside a grocery store?: an hour by hour field report from a February shift outside a grocery store, setup to handoff.

About the publisher

• Author: Jimenez Julien: why he built TroopBooth, how he works with troop treasurers, and what he is accountable for.

Legal and policies

• Legal notice: publisher identity, registration numbers, publication director and hosting details.
• Privacy policy: the exact form fields collected, retention periods, US state privacy rights and GDPR rights.
• Terms of service: subscription and billing terms, cancellation, data ownership, availability and governing law.

Utility pages

• Site map: this page, listing every destination on troopbooth.com.
• Request received: the confirmation shown after the contact form is sent, with the reply time we commit to.
• Page not found: the friendly detour shown when a link points at a page that does not exist.

Reach a person

If you cannot find what you need here, write to jimenezjulien42@gmail.com and describe the season you are running. Every message is read by the publication director, and most questions about booth rosters or case reconciliation are answered the same business day.