Nuts & Magazines 2012: Information for Troops

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Fall Nut and Magazine Sale: Information for Troops

Looking for dates, varieties, and general information about the Nut & Candy Sale? Click here! To buy from a troop near you, email info@girlscoutsnorcal.org.

Pre-orders – September 28-October 12, 2012
Pre-order Deliveries – October 26-November 1, 2012
Direct to Public Sales – November 2-18, 2012

Girl Scouts will be taking pre-orders from family, friends, and neighbors from September 28-October 12, with service unit deliveries starting on October 26. Look for Girl Scout booths starting November 2!

Post-Sale Survey

Troop leaders, click here to take the survey once you complete your Fall Sale.

New Resources to Maximize Your Fall Sale!

Family Training Video!

Is your girl selling Fall Sale products? Click here to watch a short video that will teach you the basics about this year's sale!

Fall Sale Customizable Media Kit

Help promote the Fall Sale to local media in your area with these materials that you can easily customize and send. Click here for media materials.

What Can a Girl Do?

The program activities offered during the fall sale focus on ways to help girls to set goals and create a plan to fulfill them. Working together as a team will show the girls that each team member contributes to the final solution to a project. This year’s theme, Investing in Today/Success for Tomorrow,:

Focuses on leadership, collaboration and exploring personal values through discovering, connecting and taking action to help girls discover their future potential.
Looks at business with a emphasis on planning for the future.
Offers activities about money, business plans, investing, and designing on a budget

QSP Magazines

Troops earn $2 for each of the following:

1 completed address booklet (minimum of 7 postcards - 1 booklet per girl maximum)
Submission of 12 valid email addresses through the QSP Online Program) maximum of 48 emails)
Every new/renewed subscription (paper subscriptions or online).
Note: Troops with 13+ magazine subscriptions earn $4 per subscription.

QSP Online Program

This QSP program is an online learning activity for girls and a way for your family and friends to purchase magazines online.

Then follow these simple steps:

On/After September 28, click the online magazine program button and register. (Troops receive credit for sales between September 28 and November 18.)
Complete the interactive learning activity
Personalize part of the message
Order your family’s subscriptions and invite other family members and friends to shop online.

In addition to a special patch for the girls, troops earn the same proceeds for online magazines that they do for paper orders. You can also check throughout the sale to track your progress and enter additional emails to meet your goals quicker! QSP does not rent or sell e-mail addresses or use them for any other purposes. We respect everyone’s right to privacy. Click here to get started!

At the end of the sale, a Detailed Order Report will be emailed to the registered email address. Print the report or email it to your troop leader no later than November 18, 2012.

Benefits of the QSP Online Program

All major credit cards are accepted
Subscriptions start faster – saves 3-4 weeks on average
No paper order forms to complete
No need to collect money
Digital subscriptions available through the online site only.

Troop Nut/Candy Proceeds

Troops will earn the following proceeds based on the unit price:

Unit Price	$4	$5	$6	$7	$8
Troop Earnings	$0.90	$1	$1.10	$1.20	$1.35

Program Activities

The QSP Be A Reader Address Adventure Poster is provided for every troop. All aditional learning activities will be available online at www.whatcanagirldo.com. These activities are fun for all ages and offer printable pages from the Be A Reader booklet.

Care to Give Program

Care to Give is a council sponsored service project. Some customers may not want to purchase nuts and candies for dietary or other reasons, but still want to support Girl Scouts and their local community. Care to Give is the perfect solution! Through this service project girls sell "virtual" nut and candy products to be donated to local non-profit organizations. Fall Sale customers may choose to buy products and then have them donated to the military or a local food bank. Council will make all of the arrangements for the product donations.

New! Troop Bonus Incentive

Product Sales is offering a special Girl Scout logo Pop-Up Awning. Troops will need to meet certain requirements during both the Fall 2012 and 2013 Cookie Sales. For more information download our Troop Bonus Application.

Troop Resources

Survey Monkey Evaluations

Troop Leader Evaluation Survey (Available mid-November)
Service Unit Evaluation Survey (Available mid-November)

Timeline for Troops

Initial Orders 2012
Sept 28 - Oct 12	Pre-Orders Girl Scouts take initial orders for nuts, candies, and QSP magazine subscriptions.
Oct 13	Girl initial orders are due to troop leader.
Oct 14	Orders must be entered into Nut-E by 11:59 p.m. Troop leader turns in first batch of magazine subscriptions.
Oct 12 - Nov 18	Girls continue to take and fill orders for all fall sale products except the Caramel Treasures in the holiday tin.
Public Sale/Booth/Site Sales 2012
Oct 26 – Nov 1	Pre-order Pick-up and Delivery Troops pick up initial order and start delivering products.
Nov 2 – Nov 18	Booth sales and other orders continue.
Nov 13	First Cupboard return deadline. Please be sure to review the return policy carefully.
Nov 18	Online magazine subscription orders must be completed.
Nov 19	Girl money and Detailed Order Report for online magazine subscriptions are due to troop leader.
Nov 20	Second Cupboard Return Deadline. Last Day for Cupboard returns. Please be sure to review the return policy carefully.
Nov 22 – Nov 27	Troop leaders complete paperwork and banking.
Nov 27	Final troop paperwork due to Service Units. Troops will not be able to access Nut-E after 11:59 p.m.