Girl Scouts of Gateway Council

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Girl Scouts of
Gateway Council
2009 Fall Product Program
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Welcome
Thanks for your interest and
Thanks for making a Positive Difference in Girls
lives!
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Girl Scouting builds girls of Courage,
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Confidence
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and Character,
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who make the world a better place
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Fall Product Sale Benefits

• Great Learning Experience for the Girls
• Important Early Troop Start-Up Funds
• Supports our Council

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Our 2009 Theme
Girl Scouts Investigate
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Investigate Solve it Together

• Each year, our Investigative Team will lead girls
  through challenging and
  thought provoking activities designed to
  encourage girls to utilize their greatest
  tool Their Minds!

Vanessa
Snoops
Megan
Sonya
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Our GSI Mascots
Snoops
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3 Excellent Girl Activities
- All in One -
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Troop Leader Classified GSI Kit

• Program pieces work together to incorporate
  activities that foster teamwork
• Designed for easy and hands-on use by troop
  leaders

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Teamwork Puzzle Piece

• Troops decorate the puzzle piece showing how they
  have worked together to help others
• Each girl is extraordinary in her own way with
  special talents
• While one girl can accomplish great things, if
  she combines her energy and efforts with those of
  her troop members, they can accomplish so much
  more
• Each troops piece will fit together with others
  to create a Big Picture

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Girl, Troop, SU Pieces Fit Together
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Troop Goal Setting Activity

• Setting goals is the key to a
  successful sale
• Goals can be more than just financial or monetary
• Give girls the tools to help them achieve their
  personal goals as well as their troops
  goals
• The user friendly design of the program piece
  makes it easy for your troop to participate

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Additional Online Activities www.AshdonFarmsGSI.co
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• Activities closely relate to Girl Scout program
  so that girls can also earn patches, badges and
  try-its
• Design their own puzzle piece
• Have fun with the flash coloring page
• Unlock the mystery of fingerprints
• Memory match game
• Handwriting analysis
• Become a Super Sleuth

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Online Goal Investigation CertificateGirls
simply check off each item of their
investigation....... and
submit their application!
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The Certificate Automatically Fills In!
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Be a Reader
Available Online in Spanish
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Address Adventure
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GOAL 1 Every Girl Receives an Envelope
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Activity For Every Girl

• Included in every girl envelope is an activity
  for girls
• Girls solve puzzles and complete other brain
  teasers

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• TIME is the Largest Publisher in the USA
• Each Month, One Out of Every Two
  American Adults Reads a TIME, Inc. Magazine

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Why Magazines?

• People ALREADY Buy Magazines!
• The Average Family Subscribes to 4 to 5 Magazines
  a Year and Spends Over
  125 Per Year.
• People Can Support Girl
  Scouts Without Spending Any
  Additional Funds!

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Who Benefits?
Magazines Purchased Through Girl Scouts
Cost The Same Price As Purchased Directly
From The Publisher.
45 of Your Subscription Dollars Can Either
Benefit Our Girl Scouts. OR Go To The
Publisher!
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QSP/TIME Customer
Guarantee
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• Girls participate in a learning activity about
  online safety.
• 2. Next, girls are given an opportunity to
  practice these skills
  by sending personalized emails
• 3. Friends and family can order
  and/or renew their subscriptions online

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Online Magazine Program

Landing Page
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Registration Page
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Online Safety Learning Activity

• Program Online Safety
• Available in 3 Different Age
  Level Versions
• Girls Have to Complete the
  Activity First

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Sending Emails
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Entering Emails
Emails are ONLY used
for this program NEVER rented or sold!
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Your Online Magazine Store
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Online Orders
Girls Earn Incentives Troops Earn Profits
for ALL Orders Patch for Completing Online
Activity 12 Email Addresses
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Benefits of Online Ordering

• Quick and Easy
• Pay with Credit Cards Customers Purchase More!
• Magazines arrive 6 to 8
• weeks sooner
• No paper order forms
• No money to handle
• Nationwide customer base
• Its the future

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Encourage Girls to Enter Emails FIRST !
3 Emails are sent one week apart. Let Emails
work while girls sell Nuts Magazines from the
Catalog
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At the END of Sale... Girls Log back in
Print a One
Page Report Turn in to Troop Leader
Parent name
Troop
Girl name
Units Sold
Dollars Sold
Check back send more emails to reach your
goals
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Address Booklet

• Girls personalize postcards
• for family friends they have
  not already contacted

Ashley Braxton
Gateway FL
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Address Booklet Postcard
Girls Complete Postcards With Names Addresses
of Friends Family
Grandma
Gateway FL
737
Ashley Braxton
Ashley
Mrs. Kristy Parker
526 Happy Lane
Hi Grandma -Thanks for supporting
our Troop!
Chicago IL 55473
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What Happens Next?

• Booklets are given to QSP/Time, Inc.
  

QSP/Time, Inc. GUARANTEES that Names Addresses
will NOT be Rented or Sold
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Personalized Mailings Sent
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What Happens Next?
When the mail
is received
RENEW Current
Subscriptions Without
Spending Any NEW Money. Or Purchase
NEW
Magazine Subscriptions
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What Happens Next?
Recipients can send a
Thank You Card
to the girl
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What Happens Next?
A Reminder Mailing
is sent out

2 to 3 weeks later
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Benefits of Address Booklet

• Takes 10 minutes
• No money collection
• No product to deliver
• Troops earn 2.00 per booklet (10 complete
  cards)
• Each Girl earns Investigate Patch
• Opportunity for every girl

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Nuts and Chocolate
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Words Make a BIG Difference
Dont Say Would you please buy
some nuts magazines? Instead Say Would
you Please Help Me Reach My Goal
of ______
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Chocolate Covered Almonds
7.00
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Girl Scouts Reflections Tin
Malted Milk Balls
7.00
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Pistachios
7.00
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Butterfly Tin
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
7.00
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Cranberry Nut Mix
5.00
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Whole Cashews
5.00
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Chocolate Covered Raisins
5.00
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Honey Roasted Peanuts
5.00
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Salsa Mix
5.00
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Gummi Berries
Fat Free
5.00
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Deluxe Pecan Clusters
5.00
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Peanut Butter Dreams
5.00
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Dates to Remember

• September 11 Sale Begins
• October 11 Order taking ends.
• October 15 Last day to print Detailed Order
  Report for QSP online activity
• October 12 15 Place girl orders and
  incentives on web site. Detailed Order Report
  due to receive credit.
• October 16 or date given by your Service Unit
  Product Activity Manager initial paperwork due
• October 21 Troop paperwork due to Council
• November 16-19 - Incentives and products arrive
  in Service Units
• December 7 or date given by your Service Unit
  Product Activity Manager All money and
  paperwork due to SUPSAM
• December 11 All paperwork due to Council

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Before the
Sale Begins
Return the bottom portion of the Troop Fall
Product Sale Manager Job Description to your
Service Unit Fall Product Sale Activity Manager
before the sale begins. You will not be given
access to the web site until it is received. The
Troop Instructions are your reference throughout
the sale.
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Family Information
Give each family a copy of the Dear Girl Scout
Family sheet. Instructions and dates are on
this sheet. Incentives are on the order
card. Each girl must be a currently registered
Girl Scout and turn in a completed permission
form to the troop before she may participate in
the sale activity.
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Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors ONLY

• Girl will receive any earned patches with the
  exception of the Super Seller patch which is part
  of the cumulative incentive for selling 100 items
  and the Goal Achiever Patch which is part of the
  Troop Average incentive.
• Vote must be unanimous and signed forms turned in
  with initial paperwork
• Troop Fall Product Sale Activity Manager must
  click on without incentives from the drop box
  to the right of Proceeds Plan when checking or
  entering your troop information on the web site

Girls may vote to opt out of receiving
cumulative incentives Troop will receive an
additional .05 per item sold
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T-2
T-2 Incentive
Good news! Replacing the initial and final order
forms are the T-2 and T-2 Incentives reports!!
Simply check and verify the information, print 2
copies of each to turn in with your paperwork due
by October 16 to your Service Unit Fall Product
Activity Manager or the date they give you, and
sign to verify information. You will again
verify, print, and sign the T-2 for your final
paperwork due by Dec. 7. Now how easy is that?!
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• Lets Investigate Our Troop
  Proceeds Girl
  Incentives

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Troop Proceeds

• (Based on troops actual per girl average do
  not round. Girls participating in any way are
  considered as selling)
• 1 25 items .50 per item
• 26 50 items .60 per item
• 51 75 items .70 per item
• 76 or more items .80 per item
• Registered Cadette, Senior or Ambassador Troops
  may vote to Opt Out and receive an additional
  .05 per item. A unanimous vote of all girls
  participating is required.
• 2.00 per Address Booklet (10
  complete cards)
• 2.00 Per Magazine Online Order
  (placed by Oct 15, 2009)

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How Much Can Your Troop Earn?

• Troop with 10 Girls
• Each Girl sells
• 3 QSP Orders
• 20 Nut Items
• 1 Address Booklet
• Troop Earns
• 180 Profit
• Great Early
  Start Up Funds!!!

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3 QSP Orders

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6 QSP Orders

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10 Nut/Chocolate Items

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15 Nut/Chocolate Items

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20 Nut/Chocolate Items

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25 Nut/Chocolate Items

Or
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30 Nut/Chocolate Items

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40 Nut/Chocolate Items

OR
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50 Nut/Chocolate Items

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75 Nut/Chocolate Items

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100 Nut/Chocolate Items

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125 Nut/Chocolate Items

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Troop PGA of 30 Items

1 EACH Per Girl
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Incentives Are Cumulative

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Interlocking Patches

Collect All 7 Patches
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Reminders

• Order what you need no
  reorders
• Chocolate Melts
  Eat or Distribute Immediately
• Troops and Service Units May Order to the Piece
• Deposit tickets are encoded with your troop
  number. Do not share deposit tickets.
• If you have questions, refer to your training
  materials, or call the council offices

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Ashdon Farms Home Page http//gsorders.ashdonfarms
.com
Enter Your Login Password. Login GSHG (plus
five digit troop number) example
GSHG12345 Password fallsale Then make sure to
select the 2009 Fall Product Sale Campaign. Click
sign-in.
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Click the Edit Pencil to Update Troop Information
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Update Troop Information
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Add New Girl Order
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Add New Girl Order
Demo Only Nut and incentive items will be
different for our Council.
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Edit Girl Order Entry

• Upon Log In, Under Troop/Girl Orders Tab Select
  Girl Orders

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Enter Girl Magazine Nut Order
Demo Only Nut and incentive items will be
different for our Council.
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Select Incentives
Demo Only Nut and incentive items will be
different for our Council.
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Troop Order (T2) Report
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Thank you for using the Ashdon FarmsSystem!
Once the Council has submitted the Nut
and Incentive Order to
Ashdon Farms ALL Girl Orders will be LOCKED. NO
edits or transfers can be made and NO
new Girl Orders can be
added. QSP items will always remain open for
editing in the Troop Special Order ONLY.
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Materials List

• Fall Product Sale Activity Manager Agreement
  must be given to Service Unit Fall Product
  Activity Manager before troop is given access to
  Nut-e.
• Troop Instructions
• Money and/or Product Receipt (2-3 per troop)
• Be A Reader, Address Adventure and GSI Activity
  booklet
• Girl Permission forms. Must be completed before
  girl is given materials (1 per girl)
• Dear Girl Scout Family information sheets (1
  per girl)
• Girl order cards (1 per girl)
• Money collection envelopes (1 per girl)
• Opt Out Program forms Cadette, Senior and
  Ambassadors only (1 per girl)

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You Are the Messengers
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Working Together
As A Team
Maximizes Your Success
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--Thank You For All You Do-- We Appreciate It
More Than You Know