Cheddar Up | Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

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Easily Collect Online Payments for Your Troop or Service Unit!

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio wants to make your life just a little bit easier! We’ve partnered with Cheddar Up-the leading group payments platform-to give your troop or Service Unit an easy tool to collect payments (as well as forms and information) for troop and Service Unit expenses online with ease at no cost to the collector! With Cheddar Up you can collect online payments for dues, uniforms, supplies, activities, product programs, or events making paper, cash, or checks a thing of the past!

Cheddar Up Resource

Additional training videos are available for troop and Service Unit volunteers on gsLearn.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Cheddar Up is a digital payment and tracking tool that will help your troop or Service Unit easily collect money online for Girl Scout activities or events. Your troop or Service Unit bank account will be linked with your Cheddar Up account so you can quickly accept online payments for your activities including:

Troop dues
Uniforms
Supplies
Badges
Product Program collections from families
Outings and events
Camp and Camporees
Event registration

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Cheddar Up simplifies collecting for organizers. Its payment and tracking toolset helps volunteers streamline the task of collecting funds and forms from numerous people. Cheddar Up tracks payments, provides reports, and stores forms electronically-all easily accessible on your laptop or from the Cheddar Up app.

Here are just a few of the features that your troop or Service Unit can enjoy when you create your free account with Cheddar Up:

Online Payments: Accept payments by credit card or echecks. You’ll be able to track online as well as offline (cash or check) payments.Payers will not need to open an account or download the app to make a payment.
Online Forms: Add form fields to your collection to eliminate paper and move all information-collecting online.
Automatic Tracking: Cheddar Up automatically tracks all payments and information received online. In one click you can easily export to Excel. Download the Cheddar Up app for on-the-go access.
Complete Oversight: Securely transfer funds directly to your troop or Service Unit's bank account with an online record of all transfers.
Easy Hand Off: Every volunteer’s dream... replicate collection pages year after year with saved history for always-there online records.

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Here is how Cheddar Up can make collecting Girl Scout-related payments a breeze!

Create your FREE Cheddar Up account. Just follow the instructions you will receive in Your Welcome Email from Cheddar Up.
Create your online collections. The easy-to-use builder allows you to create collections from scratch or use the built-in GSNEO item library to get started.
Share with your troop or Service Unit members. Simply copy the collection link and share with your troop/Service Unit-via email, text, or any communication channel.
Troop parents or Service Unit members can pay instantly online.  Without having to download an app or create an account, members can easily make online payments for their troop and Service Unit activities and events.
Receive your collections. Sit back and watch your collections come in! When people pay you, Cheddar Up keeps your funds safe and secure until you’re ready to transfer the money into your troop/Service Unit bank account. You can easily manage and track all the payments via Cheddar Up’s reporting feature!
Transfer funds. Securely transfer funds directly to your troop or Service Unit’s bank account with an online record of all transfers.

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Troops and Service Units may use Cheddar Up as long as the troop or Service Unit bank account is tied to their Cheddar Up account and funds are collected and managed responsibly. Here are some ways you could use Cheddar Up!

Collect Payments for Product Programs: Troop leaders can easily collect product program revenue from parents online without meeting in person or trips to the bank!
Collect Activity or Event Fees: Have an event coming up and need to collect payments plus parent/caregiver contact information or a permission form? This new tool allows you to add custom form fields to your collections so you can collect any amount of information associated with payments.
Set Up Recurring Payments: Want to collect monthly dues from Girl Scout families? Cheddar Up’s recurring payment option allows families to commit to monthly dues once and have the rest of the payments happen automatically behind the scenes.
Purchase Uniforms and Supplies: Are you a new troop or a troop bridging to the next level and need to purchase all new uniforms and program books? No problem! Simply create a collection, enter images and costs, and share with your troop families. Parents/caregivers can pay online, indicate the sizes and you can make the purchase online or in-person at our retail shop!

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Cost For Troops and Service Units Who Are Collecting Payments: FREE! Collecting on Cheddar Up is always free. There are no setup/hidden fees or out-of-pocket expenses. GSNEO troops and Service Units will have free access to all the features of Cheddar Up’s Pro and Team plans. Collected funds are stored in Cheddar Up until the account owner withdraws the funds online to their troop or Service Unit bank account.

Cost For Payers (parents/caregivers, troop leaders, or other payers) Who Are Paying for Troop or Service Unit Expenses:

Credit or Debit Card Payments: Payers provide their credit/debit card number securely online. Payers pay a convenience fee of $0.59 per transaction for credit/debit card payments plus 3.5% for credit card processing.
eCheck Payments: Payers provide their checking account routing number and bank account number securely online. Payers pay a $0.59 per transaction convenience fee (Less than the price of a stamp)!
Offline Cash or Check Payments: FREE! For a no cost option, you can accept and track cash/check payments paid to you offline (in person). You would then deposit the cash/check in your troop or Service Unit bank account and then log the payment as received in Cheddar Up! Make sure to toggle this option “on” in your Cheddar Up account settings so you can log and track these types of payments.

NOTE: GSNEO receives no financial or other compensation or benefits for offering Cheddar Up. GSNEO is working with Cheddar Up to offer this service to make collecting payments easier for both leaders and parents/caregivers. By developing this relationship, we have been able to offer premium functions on the Cheddar Up platform free of cost to troops and Service Units and build custom templates and collection assets that will make Cheddar Up even easier for our leaders to use. Activation of your account and use of Cheddar Up is entirely optional for troops and leaders.

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All first signers on a new troop or Service Unit bank account will receive a Welcome email from Cheddar Up (the “from” email address will be  “friendlysupport@cheddarup.com”). The email will have GSNEO branding and will have the subject line of “Complete account setup: Welcome to your new online platform for troop payments.” Established troops and Service Units that don’t yet have an active Cheddar Up account will receive a seasonal welcome email. These emails are typically sent in August/September and then again in January/February. If you do not receive a Welcome email, please complete the Troop and Service Unit Cheddar Up Account Request so an email can be resent. Once you receive your email, you will follow the on-screen instructions to create your free Cheddar Up account so you can start collecting!

Notes:

In order to receive the free benefits (free access to Pro and Team Plans) of the Cheddar Up platform, you must sign up via this Welcome Email process.
Each troop or Service Unit may only create ONE Cheddar Up account.
An email address can only be used with one Cheddar Up account. A unique email address will be needed for each Cheddar Up account if a volunteer is listed as the first signer on multiple troop/Service Unit bank accounts.