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2017Fall Product Program

Service Unit Guidebook

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Fall Product ProgramReady, set, glow! Explore your dreams!

It’s a new year and we are gearing up for another successful Fall Product Sale. Our fall product program is a great way to inspire leadership and teach girls the 5 skills:

Goal Setting

Decision Making

Money Management

People Skills

Business Ethics

We know how hard you work, and this year we’ve added some tools to help. Thank you for being such an integral part of the Fall Product Program. We are here to help.

Questions? Contact the Product Sales Department at productsales@gssc.us

What’s New This Year • Both Magazines & Nuts Sales End December 5 • More than 3 Billion Avatar Combinations!

Girls can now earn the Avatar patch for selling 2 magazine subscriptions and 40 Units of nuts during the entire sale.

• New Product! Peppermint Holiday Mix The perfect holiday treat with chocolate & peppermint coated pretzel bites,red & white non-pareils, and delicious almonds.

• Celebrate the Outdoors! Mint Trefoils in an adorable Girl Scout Camping Tent Tin!

• Online Training Available Webinars from the training dates will be recorded so they can be used for reference.

• Troop Chair Guidebook We’ve given the Troop Chairs their own guide to help get them started. We’ve added best practices and checklists to use during the different aspects of the sale, including what to do at a parent’s meeting.

• Awesome Rewards & Patches PLUS Super Sellers can earn a week of Summer Camp!

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Important DatesSeptember 2 - Initial Sale Begins

October 7 - Fall Product Sales Rally At Vanderbilt Planetarium - visit www.gssc.us/fall-rally for info.

October 13 - Initial Sale Ends Forms are due to the Troop Chair so they can be entered into the M2 system.

October 18 - Initial Sales Entered into M2 All initial sale orders need to be entered into M2 at www.gsnutsandmags.com/gssc

October 20 - Booth Sales Begin Check out our special Booth Sale Weekends and earn an additional patch. See pg. 8 for info.

October 20-22 - National Nut Weekend Host a booth sale, sell 70+ nut items & earn the special weekend patch. See pg. 8 for info.

October 28 - Delivery of Products Begin You will be sent an email in early October asking you for the location of your delivery site and 1 to 2 dates. Once scheduled, you will be contacted by email or phone confirming your date and time.

Please be aware that weekend date availability is limited.

November 17-19 - “Nuts Are Super Awesome” Weekend Host a booth sale, sell 70+ nut items & earn the special weekend patch. See back page for info.

November 18 - Initial Sale Money Due All initial sale money is due to be deposited into a Capital One Branch using the deposit slip that is

assigned to your troop. Make sure to keep a copy for your records.

December 1-3 - “Mint to Be a Girl Scout” Weekend Host a booth sale, sell 70+ nut items & earn the special weekend patch. See back page for info.

December 4 - Rebates Deposited into Troop Accounts If the bill is paid in full and the ACH form is on file, the money will be deposited into your account.

December 5 - Sale Ends For both Nuts & Magazines

December 8 - Allocate Products to Girls in the System All product needs to be allocated to the girls in TNOS via the M2 website in order for your troop to

receive the proper rewards.

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Rewards are CumulativeNut Item = 1 Unit / Magazine Subscription = 2 Units

Rewards

Sell 150+ units = a Camp Life Pillow AND a LED Tent Light

Sell 50+ units = a Small Plush Bunny

Sell 100+ units = a Large Plush Bunny

Sell 200+ units = a Week of Summer Camp

Sell 75+ units =a T-shirt AND Emoji

Earbuds

Initial Sale25 units =

Goal Getter Patch35 units =

Hair Pom Pom

Patchesa. 6 units Donated = Care to Share Patch

b. 12+ units = Explore Your Dreams Patch

c. 30+ units = Unearth Your Future Patch

d. Girls who send 12 emails = Ready, Set, Glow Patch

e. Fall Personalized Avatar Patch 1. Create your M2 Avatar2. Send 12 Emails3. Sell 2+ Mags & 40+ Nut Items

f. Reach For S’more Personalized Avatar Patch

1. Create your M2 Avatar in the Fall2. Send 12 Emails in the Fall3. Sell 150 Boxes of Cookies in the

2018 GS Cookie Program

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RebatesTroop

$0.80 per Nut Item and $1.50 per Magazine Subscription

Service Unit $0.02 per Nut Item and $0.20 per

Magazine Subscription

Vanderbilt PlanetariumFeaturing the Fall Product Sales Rally!

Join us for a fun-filled day at the Vanderbilt Planetarium—where history and your imagination come alive! Get the info about the Fall Product Program, how you can earn a commemorative Avatar patch and more. Enjoy a planetarium show, mini tour of the mansion, exclusive Girl Scout activities & more! PLUS Girl Scouts will receive the Fall Rally Patch. Family and friends are welcome!

Date: Saturday, October 7 from 10AM-3PM Place: Vanderbilt Planetarium 180 Little Neck Rd, Centerport, NY 11721 Cost: $15/Person (4 & Under Attend for FREE!)

Register Online at www.gssc.us/fall-rallyDiscount tickets are ONLY valid on October 7, 2017. Tickets must be purchased no later than October 4, 11:59AM. Tickets will be mailed up until a week before the event. After mailing, tickets will be held at will call table at event.

Questions? Email productsales@gssc.us

Rally Patch

Email: productsales@gssc.us • Call: (631) 543-6622 ext. 242

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How to Get Started

Pre-Sale

� Be sure to fill out your Service Unit Fall Chair agreement and hand it in to the Commack office. Once completed, you will receive an email link so you can have access to all the troops in your service unit.

• We suggest you create a new email address that is used strictly for the Fall Campaign This helps emails from getting overlooked in your personal account.

� The Product Sales Department will send you information on your SU to get you started. You will receive a list of:1. The ACH forms we have on file.2. Your registered troops, and how many girls are in each troop. 3. Any troops that still owe money from previous campaigns.

If you don’t receive this information, please contact productsales@gssc.us

� Plan your SU Training! Speak with your Coordinator about setting up a Fall Product Program training for all the troops in your area. It can be a separate meeting, or it can be held during the SU’s first meeting of the year. BE SURE TO INVITE ALL TROOP FALL CHAIRS. The leader of the troop may not be the person in charge of the campaign. • This year, you will have the recorded training webinars to use as a base

to convey the information. • The troop guide has a place on the cover for you to put your contact information

so you can keep the Troop Chairs informed. • Make it fun! Have a door prize raffle for people that attend. GSSC can help by

putting together a small gift set. Email productsales@gssc.us to get started.

� All the forms that you receive in the mail need to be separated by troop and the number of girls in each troop. See next page for list.

� Each Troop Fall Chair must sign the Troop Chair Agreement. You MUST send this to GSSC so we may add them to the M2 and TNOS system. The agreement may also be emailed. No one will be added to the system without this agreement on file.

� Give all troops deadlines of when you need things done. We suggest telling them a day or two earlier than the due dates, so that you have time to review everyone’s data.

� Decide how your SU would like to do booth sales. Some SUs have their SU Chair as the contact for all of the stores. Others have the leaders contact the stores on their own and you keep the calendar of the sales. Share your procedure with the troops.

� GSSC will contact you about your initial sale delivery. Start scouting out some locations if you cannot use your home. Let the troops know you will be in touch with them with the delivery plan once everything is finalized.

Use this handy checklist to help navigate your way through the sale!

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During the Sale

� Communicate with the troops on a regular basis at SU meetings and via email. Remind them of deadlines.

� Be accessible for questions via phone and email. Give the troops specific times that work for you to assist them.

� If you are unsure of an answer to a question, email productsales@gssc.us. We’re here to help!

� Right before the initial sale is due, go into the M2 system and check to see who has not entered an order. Send them an email and offer them assistance—they may need help getting started.

� During initial sale delivery, make sure that everyone signs for the product that is picked up. Do not give out any product unless you have a signed Troop Fall chair agreement and they sign for the products.

Post-Sale

� Just before the end of the sale, remind your troops to allocate all the catch-up orders and booth sales. Products must be correctly allocated so that the rewards will calculate accurately.

� Follow up with troops that still owe money. Let them know to deposit what they have on hand and follow up with a second deposit if necessary. If a troop has a parent/guardian who has not paid, assist the troop with filling out an outstanding form for those families if necessary.

� Once rewards arrive, separate them by troop and schedule a time for the troops to pick them up.This could be at your home or even at a SU leader meeting.

Materials

Please notify the Product Sales Department if you need additional materials. You should receive the following materials before your training:

� Troop Guide Book – One per troop� Nut Order Card – Every troop gets enough for each girl registered� Money Envelope – Every troop gets enough for each girl registered� Parent Permission Slip – Every troop gets enough for each girl registered� Troop Fall Chair Agreement – One per troop� ACH Form – One per troop� Magazine Flyer – Every troop gets enough for each girl registered� Catch Up Form – One per troop

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CupboardOPEN OCTOBER 16

Catch up sales will not be filled until the week of October 31.

...Main Office, Commack(631) 543-6622 - Habla Español

442 Moreland Road Commack, NY 11725

Mon/Wed/Fri: 10 AM - 2 PM Tue/Thu: 1 PM - 5 PM

Sat/Sun: Closed...

Camp Edey, Bayport(631) 472-1625

1500 Lakeview Avenue Bayport, NY 11705

Mon: No Pick-Up Tue/Thu: 10 AM - 12 PM

Wed/Fri: 2 - 5 PM Sat/Sun: Closed

...East End Office, Riverhead

(631) 369-9757

854 East Main Street Riverhead, NY 11901

Mon: No Pick-Up Tue/Thu: 2 - 5 PM

Wed/Fri: 10 AM - 12 PM Sat/Sun: Closed

CLOSURESNovember 10 - Veteran’s Day

November 22 - After 12PM Nov. 23-24 - Thanksgiving

Booth SalesOCTOBER 20- DECEMBER 3

Remind customers that nuts and candy make great hostess, bus driver, and teacher gifts! (Wrap a few cans together with colorful ribbon for display & watch the sales soar!)

1. Find a location in your area to have your booth sale. If you are having trouble locating one, call your SU for help. Great locations include banks, supermarkets, and houses of worship.

2. Confirm the date, time & location with your SU Fall Chair.

3. Call your cupboard at least 1 week prior to the booth sale OR go to www.gssc.us to reserve your booth sale. Product must be picked up and returned to the same location.

4. Have fun! Sell, Sell, Sell!

5. Deposit funds collected to the nearest Capital One Bank with the deposit slip from your booth sale pickup. DO NOT USE A BLANK SLIP FROM THE BANK.

6. Return any product that was not sold to the cupboard with the receipt from your deposit.

7. After the booth sale has been entered into the system (about 1 week), be sure to go back to www.gsnutsandmags.com/gssc and assign the product sold to all of the girls that attended that day.

SPECIAL BOOTH WEEKENDSHost a booth sale during these weekends, sell 70+ of nut products, and earn these special patches.

October 20-22 National Nut Day

November 17-19 NASA “Nuts Are Super Awesome”

December 1-3 “Mint to Be a Girl Scout”

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Booth Sale Patch