Fall Product Program

Everyone knows we sell cookies in the winter, but did you know we also sell goodies in the fall? By participating in the Fall Product Program, your Girl Scouts can start earning funds near the beginning of the membership year without having to wait for the cookie program! They'll be eligible for sweet rewards and exclusive program opportunities, and they'll get to practice five skills that will last a lifetime: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Girls can safely participate online by creating their own M2 digital storefront where they can upload photos, video, and even create their custom avatar! The Fall Product Program, which runs Sept. 12-Nov. 10, is fun, low stakes, and can be completely paperless! Check out the resources below for everything you need to get started.

This year's mascot is the Asian Elephant. Learn more about this magnificent creature in the 2024 Activities Guide or at this link! LEARN MORE

Resources for Families

To sign up for the Fall Product Program, first check in with your girl’s troop leader to see if the troop is participating. Then complete the online Parent/Guardian Permission Form. The program kicks off Sept. 12, with product delivery running from the last week of October through the second week of November.

How the Program Works

• In person by taking orders using the nut order card and collecting payments.
• Online by inviting friends and family to place an order. Customers can choose to have nuts, chocolates, or magazines shipped directly to them, or they can select from a group of nut and chocolate products that girls can deliver.
• Go solo. Individual Girl Scouts (also known as Juliettes) who may not be part of a troop or a Girl Scout whose troop is not taking part in the Fall Product Program can still participate and earn cool rewards!

Action Steps Before Program Begins

• Connect with your troop fall product manager to verify your troop is participating in the 2024 Fall Product Program. If not, contact Customer Care at 713-292-3000 to learn how your Girl Scout can join without a troop.
• Complete the online Parent/Guardian Permission Form to approve your Girl Scout's participation in the program or download the agreement form to print and return it to your troop fall product manager.
  
• Obtain fall program materials, including the paper order card and download Family Guide. Printable order cards will be available Sept. 12.
• Review the Fall Product Guide for details on setting up your M2 site, list of products, and rewards with your Girl Scout.
• Set goals. Which reward level does she want to earn?
• Review this web page for more details, tutorials, and downloadable content.

Let’s “Embrace Possibility” in the 2024 Fall Product Program, starting Sept. 12!

Action Steps During Program

Support Your Girl Scout

• Go to the family information meeting.
• Provide transportation for order taking and delivery.
• Assist your Girl Scout in networking with family and friends but let her do the “ask” so she can learn important business skills.
• Help her arrange for a time to take orders at your place of work, place of worship, or other places where people support her.
• Attend your council training to become the troop fall product manager.
• Offer to be a supervising adult — there are lots of opportunities to lend a hand.
• Share your business expertise and help link the Girl Scout program with the wider business world.
• Follow your Girl Scout council and group guidelines on how to manage proceeds.
• Never do things for your Girl Scout that she can do for herself!

Coach Your Girl Scout

• Listen to her practice her sales pitch.
• Review materials and set up the M2OS site together.
• Visit the vendor site with her to help her learn more about her products.
• Ask her questions – even pretend to be a potential customer and do a little role play!
• Guide her to set practical and useful goals about what she wants to learn and earn.
• Listen to her describe what the troop's goals are for the money earned through the sale.
• Be a role model for business ethics and safety rules!
• Have fun with her!

Remember, the Girl Scout Fall Product Program is a part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, which is girl driven. Let your Girl Scout take the lead in selling products and reaching goals. Your encouragement, coaching, and guidance will be key to a successful experience for her.

Check out this website to learn more about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.

Important Dates and Deadlines

• Sept. 12 – Program begins. Online ordering opens, and girls may start taking orders.
• Oct. 13 – Last day to take orders on the order card and the last day for online girl delivery orders.
• Oct. 14 – All orders received in person must be entered into the online system.
• Oct. 28 – Nov. 2 - Nut and chocolate items will be delivered to Community sites for pick up.
• Nov. 9 – Deadline to send 18 plus emails to customers to earn the Cookie Crossover patch.
• Nov. 10 – Last day for online orders for magazines and shipped nut and chocolate items.

My Digital Store Front

Tutorials

Having trouble creating your Girl Scout’s avatar? Access our screen recordings for help. This year, we are introducing Tiny Tutorials on our GSSJC YouTube channels. Watch our short video tutorials to help you navigate the M2OS site.

• Creating Your Avatar
• Entering Order Card items
• Options for Contacting Supporters
• Personalized Patch
• Recording Voice Message
• Sending Emails
• Share my Site
• Tracking Progress & Girl Dashboard

Fall Product Guide

Help your Girl Scout make the most of this opportunity by reviewing the 2024 Fall Product Guide. For even more family fun, check out the 2024 Fall Product Program Activities (coming soon).

Fall Product Rewards

The 2024 Fall Product Program theme is “Embrace Possibility,” and our mascot is the Asian Elephant! The lineup of awesome rewards that girls can earn by participating in the program will be coming soon!

Project Thank You

For those customers who may not want to purchase nuts or candy for themselves, the Project Thank You donation program is a perfect solution! Customers simply pay $7 and GSSJC will donate an item to Operation Gratitude supporting our military men and women. Last year, our council donated more than 6,108 items!

To participate, a customer simply pays the funds and marks "Project Thank You " on the order card or in the online storefront.

When a girl collects six (6) donations, she'll earn the Care to Share patch!

Product Pick Up

The troop fall product manager will let you know the date/time and location to pick up the girl-delivered nut and candy items sold by your Girl Scout.

• Count the items with your troop fall product manager and sign a receipt showing the total of items ordered, picked up, and the amount due.
• Loose cans/packages of chocolate items should be shaken gently to verify that none are melted.
• Do not accept product that you believe is melted. *Melted products cannot be returned or exchanged.
• Transport in a climate-controlled vehicle (72 degrees) to prevent melting of chocolate products. Transport immediately to a climate-controlled location. Southeast Texas temperatures can be brutal for chocolates.
• The damaged item should be returned to your troop fall product manager.

Deliver Products to Customers

• Use the order card and the online Girl Delivered Order Report to deliver to customers.
• Call ahead to make sure the customer knows the amount due.
• Set a convenient time for delivery.
• Write thank you cards to customers.

Delivery Products to Customers

• Use the order card and the online Girl Delivered Order Report to deliver to customers.
• Call ahead to make sure the customer knows the amount due.
• Set a convenient time for delivery.
• Write thank you cards to customers.

Resources for Volunteers

The Fall Product Program gives troops the opportunity to offer candy, nuts, and magazines to raise proceeds that help fund their next adventure. Girls also learn important life skills like goal setting and money management, and they can earn fun rewards too! Girls can sell in person to their friends or family or ask through the M2 secure online system for the program.

Be sure that your troop has a designated troop fall product manager! This person will be the volunteer in charge of the program for the girls. They need to be registered as a troop fall product manager for the 2024-2025 year and complete the Troop Fall Product Position Description form on the Volunteer Onboarding site. Log in using your myGS account information.

Beside Manager Position Description Form, click “View Form.” This agreement form must be completed before access can be granted to M2, the online system you will use to manage the Fall Product Program.

Connect with your Community fall product manager to pick up your program materials.

Visit the Important Dates and Deadlines section to help you complete your tasks on time.

How the Program Works

This financial literacy program allows girls to be entrepreneurs by offering family and friends the opportunity to purchase delicious nuts and candy from Ashdon Farms and magazines from M2 Media. There are multiple ways to participate:

• In person by taking orders using the nut order card and collecting payments.
• Online by inviting friends and family to place an order. Customers can choose to have nuts, chocolates, or magazines shipped directly to them, or they can select from a group of nut and chocolate products that girls can deliver.
• Go solo. Individual Girl Scouts (also known as Juliettes) who may not be part of a troop or a Girl Scout whose troop is not taking part in the Fall Product Program can still participate and earn cool rewards!

Action Steps Before Program Begins

• Renew or register your membership and add the Troop Assistant - Fall Manager role to your name through your MyGS.
• Ensure that all Troop Financial forms have been completed, including the Bank Info Form on the Online Community. Log into your myGS account to use the link.
• Sign and submit the Troop Fall Product Manager Position Description online form on the Volunteer Onboarding Site. Log in using your myGS login.
• Attend your Community Fall Product meeting to get additional information and to pick up a Fall Program envelope!
• Complete Fall Product Program Training on gsLearn available Aug. 28.
• Review the materials, products, and rewards with girls.
• Hand out paper order cards to girls and caregivers.
• Verify parents/guardians have completed the Parent/Guardian Permission form online. They can also download and print the form.
• When you receive access, set up your M2 account to manage your troop's program.
• Review all important dates and deadlines.
• Follow emails for more details regarding product pick up dates, times, and locations.

Troop Fall Product Manager Tasks

• Keep up to date on the latest news using the Online Community.
  
• Make regular deposits into the troop bank account and ensure funds are available for withdrawal.
• Inform girls and parents/guardians of the processes of the sale.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Review/enter orders in the M2OS site.
• Pick up product and rewards from the CFPM and distribute to girls/guardians.

Important Dates and Deadlines

• Aug. 28 - Online training for troop fall product managers opens.
• Sept. 12 - Order taking begins for all troops.
• Oct. 14 - Troop orders are due.
• Oct. 28 – Nov. 2 - Fall products are delivered.
• Nov. 17 - Money due in troop bank accounts.
• Nov. 17 - Due date for the Financial Discrepancy Report. No late submissions permitted.
• Nov. 22 - ACH debit of balance due to council and credit to troop bank accounts from online sales begins.
• First week of January - Rewards begin shipping to Community fall product managers.

My Digital Storefront

As troop fall product manager, you will get access to M2 to manage your troop's program once your Troop Product Manager Agreement Form has been completed and the program is ready to begin. Caregivers and girls can set up their M2 online storefront starting Sept. 12.

Be sure to check out the Tiny Tutorials and webinars pages on the Online Community for more tutorials to help you navigate through using the M2 system.

Trainings and Webinars

Learn about the ins and outs of the Fall Product Program in our 2024 Troop Fall Product Program Training on gsLearn, August 28!

We're introducing our new Tiny Tutorials! These are brief demo videos to walk you through certain topics. The screen recordings will provide you with how-to guides for just-in-time information!

• Choosing Pick Up Time & Location
• Dashboard Tour
• Delivery Tickets
• Entering Paper Order Card Items
• Financials
• Launching Parent Adult Email Campaign Emails
• Move Products
• Reward Earners
• Your Personalized Patch

Fall Product Guide and Order Cards

Review 2024 Fall Product Guide below.

Order Card coming soon.