2024 Fall Product News: Service Unit Product Managers 

The Fall Product Program Begins Sunday, September 15, 2024! 

We are looking forward to an exciting, fun and easy Fall Product Program! To participate, Girl Scouts can register online beginning September 15th on the M2OS website. 

Did you know that sales from the Fall Product Program provides your troop with funds to pay for activities, events and supplies. Your troop will earn 12% of total Troop sales for every nut, chocolate, Care to Share, Magazine, BarkBox and Tervis tumbler sold in Troop proceeds. What a great way to get your troop up and running! 

Customers will have the opportunity to purchase a variety of products, including Care to Share donation items, online with the option of having their favorite Girl Scout deliver their products or having their order shipped directly to them (shipping and handling fees will apply). 

Make sure you are registered for the 2025 Membership Year so you don’t miss anything – including a Fall Mailing Packet sent to each registered Girl Scout. Register/Renew today! 

Check out these announcements on our Fall Product Sales website: 

• Review the Fall Program Girl Rewards and Patches to start setting goals with your Girl Scouts 

• Each year, every troop must File Your Troop Banking Form 

• Don’t do it alone, Create Your Troop Fall Product Team 

Find forms, links, blog posts and everything you need at gscookiesetc.org/fallproduct! 

And don’t forget to submit your Troop’s Order for Gluten-Free GS Cookies by October 14, 2024 

Welcome to our Fall Product Program and THANK YOU for volunteering!

SU Product Manager Quick Checklist

August – September

❏ Notify Troop Product Coordinators of training and create a TPC Roster
❏ Remind Troops to submit Troop Banking Form
❏ Recruit Service Unit Fall Product Team members.
❏ Select Service Unit Product Manager role selected in MyGS by September 7, 2024 (Service Unit Earned Cash Bonus requirement).  If role is not found, email CustomerCare@GirlScoutsOC.org
❏ Complete Service Unit Product Manager online training. You will receive an email from gsLearn about this training being ready for your review.  Remember, you will need to log into your MyGS account to access gsLearn for online trainings. Training starts August 26, 2024.
❏ Let us know if you have recruited volunteers to help you with the nut distribution and/or Girl Scout fall rewards and we will assign the appropriate online training. They will receive an email from gsLearn when their training is ready for them to review. Remember, they will need to log into their MyGS account to access gsLearn for online trainings.
❏ Complete SU Nut Distribution Day Request Form (1^st come, 1^st served for Saturday delivery requests).

Find forms, links, articles, and everything you need here on https://gscookiesetc.org/fallproduct/

Troop Training Packets

Troops will receive training materials (Troop Plan Book, Family Guide, and more) in the mail this week. Troops who did not receive a training packet in the mail can contact customercare@girlscoutsoc.org with “Fall Troop Mailing Packet” in the subject line and one will be sent to them. Troop Mailing packet resources are also available digitally on GSCookiesetc.org/fallproduct on the Resources page under the Fall Mailing Packets menu.

Girl Mailing

Girl Scouts will receive a Fall Product Packet containing a Family Guide, M2 Media flyer, and more in the mail prior to the beginning of the Fall Product Program on September 15.  Girl Scouts who have not receiving a packet by September 9th should contact customercare@girlscoutsoc.org with “Fall Product – Girl Packet” in the subject line and one will be sent to them.

Welcome to our Fall Product Program and THANK YOU for volunteering!

Training is live now in gsLearn and has been assigned to volunteers that hold the Service Unit Product Manager role for the 2024-2025 membership year.

Beginning September 9 and later (Service Unit Plan book page 4) M2OS Access

On September 9^th, you will receive an email with registration information for the M2 Operating System (M2OS).  Be sure to do the following:

• Add delivery station and reward delivery information.

• Enter appointed Troop Product Coordinator’s information.

• Create your avatar!

Service Unit Check List

❏ Remind Troop Product Coordinators to ensure they have their Troop training packet consisting of the Troop Plan Book, Family Guide, M2Media Flyer and Parent Responsibility form they received in the mail.  If Troop did not receive a training packet in the mail, please have them contact us by emailing customercare@girlscoutsoc.org with “Fall Product Troop Packet” in the subject line and one will be sent to them. 

❏ Appoint Troop Product Coordinator and send “Welcome” email using the template found on www.gscookiesetc.org/fallproduct/service-unit to Troop Product Coordinators. (No more than 2 per Troop).

❏ Enter Troop Product Coordinators into M2OS on September 9.

❏ Submit the Service Unit Fall Product Goals by September 15^th (Service Unit Plan book page 7)

❏ Complete SU Nut Distribution Day Request Form (1^st come, 1^st served for Saturday delivery requests) to let us know the location, date and time preferred for your Service Unit delivery. If you don’t yet have a location, please fill in your preferred date and time.

❏ Review the Service Unit Plan book page 10 for Delivery & Distribution information.

Based on your valuable feedback, the Entrepreneurship team is piloting a new approach to the Fall Product Program training this year. For 2024, the Troop Product Coordinator (TPC) training will be optional. Please note, this applies only to the Fall Program TPC training—all Cookie Program trainings will remain mandatory.

For those who wish to learn more about the 2024 Fall Product Program, the optional TPC Training will be available on gsLearn, supported by the Fall Troop Plan Book. All Troop Product Coordinators should still rely on the Fall Troop Plan Book as their primary guide.

All Service Unit Product Managers are supported by the Council to instruct TPCs who may need extra support to take training.

Reminder: Please follow-up with any TPCs who are not registered, screened, trained or need to submit their Troop Banking form. Do not forget to keep your TPC roster updated.

Do now:

• Continue to encourage troops and girl scouts to participate.  Remind parents and troops that this is a great way for troops to earn funds for their troop activities and girls can earn fun rewards and patches.  It also prepares troops, girls, and parents for the cookie program.  Here’s how!

• Troops – By participating in the fall product program, troops will know all their girls are officially registered for the membership year 2025, their troop banking information has been submitted, and it gives them time to ensure their Troop Cookie Coordinator is registered, role is chosen in their MyGS, and background screened prior to the start of the cookie program.

• Girls and Caregivers – Girls, with their parent’s support will get to practice designing their online store front, making their pitch online, their online marketing and customer service skills.  This gives the girls and their parents a small glimpse into will be a little better prepared for the cookie program.

• Beginning September 9 and later (Service Unit Plan book page 4) M2OS Access. Enter appointed Troop Product Coordinator information.

• Add/Update delivery station and reward delivery information in M2OS by Tuesday, September 24, 2024.  See page 5 of the Service Unit Plan Book.

• Remind Troops who are missing their Troop Banking form to complete and submit the form right away.

• Complete SU Nut Distribution Day Request Form (1^st come, 1^st served for Saturday delivery requests) by Tuesday, September 24, 2024.  This will let us know the location, date and time preferred for your Service Unit delivery and help the delivery agent to start preparing their delivery schedule. If you don’t yet have a location, please fill in your preferred date and time.

Avatar Party
Service Units can start planning Avatar Parties. Avatar Parties are a great way to increase participation and make sure Girl Scouts start the Fall Product Program off on the right track. Service Units should plan to have Avatar Parties starting September 15, 2024 when Girl Scouts can launch their Fall Product Program store sites in M2OS. Click HERE to learn more about Avatar Parties.

Service Units who hold an Avatar Party should make sure to take attendance of Girl Scouts who participate in the Avatar Parties. To reward Girl Scouts who try something new by attending an Avatar Party they will earn the Fall “Online” patch. Please send an attendance list of Girl Scouts to Council, and we will mail the patch with a certificate! Please send an email to nuts@girlscoutsoc.org with subject “Service Unit Avatar Party Participants”.