Nuts & Magazines

The Girl Scout Fall Product Program is a great opportunity for troops to earn start up money to blast into the new Girl Scout year! On average, troops can earn $135.00 just by participating, and now it is even easier! Girls can choose to participate in the online sale, the order card sale, or both. The nuts and candy are delicious and designed specifically for the Girl Scouts, and the magazine sale is a great opportunity to renew your favorites or try something new!

COVID-19 and Safety Guidelines

Please read our guidelines for returning to in-person Girl Scout gatherings before participating in the 2021 Fall Product Program. As the risks associated with the pandemic continue to change, we will modify these guidelines accordingly.

See COVID-19 Safety Guidelines here.

Mark your calendar!

9/10/21: Early access for troop volunteers.
9/17/21: Sale begins online and in-person!
10/31/21: Last day for in-person and online girl-delivered ordering.
11/1/21: Family deadline for entering in-person orders into M2OS. Online girl-delivered items should not be re-entered.
11/1/21: Deadline for troops to enter any missing orders or edit in-person sales.
11/2/21: Deadline for service units to enter/edit any in-person sales.
11/2/21: Online sales for direct-ship nuts and magazines ends.
11/3/21: Last day for girls/troops to make reward choices.
11/17/21: Council ACH sweep.
11/18-11/19/21: Delivery of in-person nut/chocolate items to service units. You will be notified of your pick-up time by your service unit fall product manager.

Adding girl orders into M2OS

Leaders must enter any orders not entered by parents into M2OS.

Choose "Paper Order Entry" from your dashboard.

Click the pink pencil next to the girl’s name to edit/enter orders. DO NOT enter online girl-delivered products.

Enter her total nut/candy items by variety from her order card. Click "Update" and make sure the totals match.

There is no submit button! Orders are transmitted for fulfillment automatically after the cutoff date.

If a girl does not turn in money at scheduled time, do not place her order. Contact her parent/guardian immediately. Keep the troop leader/service unit leader informed of all contact attempts and document the information. Orders should not be placed unless payment has been received by the troop.

Money for all online orders shows as already paid to council and final ACH will be adjusted for the troop to earn proceeds on these sales.

If your troop decides to accept checks, be sure to have a phone number and driver’s license number listed on the check. We recommend you only take checks from people you know and are comfortable contacting if there is a problem.

Participation and proceeds

Fall Product Program Participation Options

Care to Share Program

The Care to Share Program is a great way for customers to give back to our troops! Girls collect Share donations (in $6 increments) and Ashdon Farms, on behalf of Girl Scouts of Maine, takes care of delivering the product!

Each donation is credited to the girl’s sales and the troop receives proceeds per each donation sold. Girls can earn the Care to Share patch by selling 5+ Share donations.

Volunteer M2OS Access

In-depth volunteers will receive an email invitation from M2 that explains how to access the site and get started. If you have not received an email invitation to access the M2OS site by September 14, 2021, please visit www.gsnutsandmags.com/admin and select “Forgot your password?”. If you need further assistance, please contact your service unit product manager or M2 Customer Service.

Your access email will prompt you to create a password to access your M2OS Volunteer account. If you are a returning user, login using your existing credentials.
You will be prompted to complete certain account information, as applicable—watch a short system training video, enter a mailing address, create your Avatar, and send access emails to the participants in your troop.

Forms and videos

Fall Product Program Supervisor Position Description & Agreement
Volunteer Agreement Code of Conduct
Juliette Annual Permission Form
Troop Bank Account Form
Fall Product Program Order Card
Fall Product Shipping Chart (coming soon)
Fall Product Program Activities
M2 Database Guide for Caregivers and Girl Scouts (coming soon)
M2 Database Guide for Troops (coming soon)
M2 Database Guide for Service Unit Mentors (coming soon)

Just for Juliette girls

Dear Girl Scout Parent/Guardian,

Welcome to a wonderful year of Girl Scouting. We are excited to tell you about the two Product Programs your daughter is eligible to participate in each year: the Fall Product Program and the Girl Scout Cookie Program. Through the Girl Scout Product Programs, girls learn five key skills: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills, and Business Ethics.

The 2021 Fall Product Program allows girls to earn money and cumulative recognition items by selling nuts/candy and magazines to their friends and family. The program begins on September 17, 2021 with online sales continuing until October 31, 2021. Girls have the option to sell in-person, online, or both. With deliveries just before the holidays, these make great gifts!

As a currently registered Juliette (an individually registered girl who works on her own either by choice or while waiting to be placed in a troop), your daughter is able to participate in Girl Scout Product Programs. Participating in the Fall Product Program is fun and a great way to earn money to fund her Girl Scout experience.

The money she will earn from her Product Program sales is placed in a special fund just for Juliettes. She may use the fund to pay for badges, pins, and awards earned by Girl Scout Juliettes or to request money for a Girl Scout Juliette’s annual membership registration fee, uniform, Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) program materials, registration for Girl Scout events, or a community service project.

All of the materials you will need to participate in the Fall Product Program can be found here on our website.

If you would like your Juliette to participate, or you have any questions about the 2021 Fall Product Program, please contact the Product Team at productsales@gsmaine.org.

What’s next for Juliettes?

From GSME you should have received:
• Order Card
• Deposit Slips
• Money Envelope
Contact the Product Program team at productsales@gsmaine.org to register your girl for the Fall Product Program.
You will receive a welcome email with contact information for your service unit supervisor. Please complete the Juliette Annual Permission Form and forward to the Product Program team at productsales@gsmaine.org.
Follow the link sent to your email address the week of September 17, 2021 to access the M2OS site. If you haven’t received your email by the end of the week, contact your service unit fall product supervisor or Customer Care at customercasre@gsmaine.org.
Complete M2OS system training.
Girls create their personalized storefront in M2OS and send emails to friends and family. Girls cannot begin online account registration until the sale launch date.
Girls can take in-person orders from family and friends (following the GSME/State COVID guidelines), as well as receiving online orders that are generated from the emails she has sent out.
Deposit all cash and checks from in-person orders with the KeyBank deposit slip you received in your packet. Orders will NOT be entered into M2 if payment is not complete. Deposits should be made no later than October 31, 2021.
Turn in a copy of your order form to your service unit supervisor by October 31, 2021.
Turn in the pink deposit slip and validated bank receipt from KeyBank to your service unit supervisor by October 31, 2001.
Check with your service unit supervisor for the date and time of nut/candy/reward pick-up. Product will be delivered to service units on November 18, 2021. You will be asked to count to make sure you received everything you needed and will need to sign saying all was received.

Earn a free session of camp

3 Easy Steps to earn a Free Session at Camp

Patches (special/personalized)

Fall Girl Personalized Patch
To earn this patch:

Create your avatar
Send 18+ emails
Sell 5+ magazines & 35+ nut/candy items

Adult Personalized Patch
To earn this patch:

Create your avatar and reach $1,300+ in total troop sales

Girl Scout Cross Over Patch
To earn this patch:

Create your avatar in the fall and send 18+ emails
Sell 250 packages of cookies during the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie Program

Fall Product Program Care to Share Patch

Care to Share Patch – Operation Gratitude
To earn this patch:

Sell 5+ care to share items

Rewards

Check out the back of your nut/candy order card to see all of the great rewards you can earn this season.
When you register online, you can track your progress and select rewards as you earn them.
Rewards are automatically calculated. Please note that rewards will take 1-2 hours to update after adjustments have been made to products sold.

Troop banking

Troops must have a bank account. Contact your Volunteer Support Specialist for additional details or assistance.
No troop bank information on file, fill out this Troop Bank Information Form and submit to your Volunteer Support Specialist.
Payment is collected at the time of ordering; make checks payable to Girl Scouts of Maine.
Deposit all money into your troop bank account and keep all receipts!
Amount owed to the council will be deducted via an ACH debit on November 17, 2021. Amount due is calculated automatically in M2OS.
Find balance due by clicking the “Banking and Payments” link on your troop dashboard. You will see an overview of all sales and proceeds information for your troop. The “Reports” link shows even more detail. View the "Troop Orders Report" or download your troop’s delivery ticket and toggle on financial information for another view.
If a girl does not turn in money at scheduled time, do not place her order. Contact her parent/guardian immediately. Keep the troop leader/service unit leader informed of all contact attempts and document the information. Orders should not be placed unless payment has been received by the troop.
Money for all online orders shows as already paid to the council and the final ACH will be adjusted for the troop to earn proceeds on these sales.
If your troop decides to accept checks, be sure to have a phone number and driver’s license number listed on the check. We recommend you only take checks from people you know and are comfortable contacting if there is a problem.

Full Product Program After Wrap Up!

FAQs

My girls are attempting to register and get a “Campaign is Currently Unavailable” message.

Girls cannot begin online account registration until the sale launch date.

I entered the email addresses to send access notifications to the girls in my troop, but they haven’t sent, it says “Queued for Sending”. How long does it take to send?

Access emails will not be sent to the participants until the launch date of the sale.

I am a volunteer and have a daughter participating. Can I use the same email address for my volunteer and girl accounts?

Yes! You will be notified upon login as to which account you are signing on to. Access accounts here: Volunteers | Girls

One of my girls received an online girl-delivered order that the family is unable to deliver. How do I remove it?

The parent/guardian (or customer) will need to contact M2 Customer Service to have the order cancelled and removed from the system. This cancellation MUST be completed before the sale end date.

My girl received/entered orders that put her over the next reward threshold, but the system isn’t showing that she earned the reward.

The system can take 1-2 hours to update the rewards section once additional sales have been received/entered.
You will be able to see a list of pre-uploaded girls. Don’t worry if not all girls show up on this list at the beginning of the sale. Any girls not pre-loaded can simply register here once the sale begins. They will then be added automatically to your troop roster.
Girls can launch their accounts on September 17, 2021. Please note that the system will not accept any early participant activity; girls must wait until the sale launch date.
Participants can enter their own paper orders into their accounts through November 1, 2021. If they do not enter their orders, you will need to do so through your volunteer account.