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MagNut - Fall Product Program

MagNut - which stands for magazines, nuts and candy - is a great way to help your Girl Scout fund the fun she'll have this year. Whether she's in a troop or an Indie Girl Scout, she can participate online, in-person (or both!) to reach her goals. The more ways she participates, the more funds she has for her Girl Scout adventures!

MagNut comes at the perfect time of year, since the products make fantastic stocking stuffers and holiday gifts for family, friends, teachers, neighbors and anyone else on your list.

Get started!

The 2018 MagNut program began October 1, 2018. This year you can expect:

  • A more simplified online process
  • Additional cookie proceeds for troops who participate in the fall MagNut program
  • Girls and volunteers can create their own likeness avatar and earn it on a patch
  • A new Crossover Cookie patch is available.
  • Fun with W.P. Moose on the Loose
  • Magazines sales will be online only
Key Dates & To-Dos
  • Monday, Oct. 1: MagNut Program beings, direct order taking begins and online storefronts go live!
  • Monday, Oct. 22: Parent in-person nut/candy entry due by 11:59 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Oct. 23 & Wednesday, Oct. 24: Troop in-person nut/candy entry due by 11:59 p.m. There is no submit button.
  • Week of Nov. 12-15: Nuts/candy delivered.
  • Sunday, Nov. 25: Online sales end at 11:59 p.m.
  • Thursday, Nov. 29: Recognitions close at 11:59 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Dec. 11: ACH Sweep.
Resources & Links for Product Sellers

Resources for Product Sellers

Find important dates, forms, training resources and more! 

Personal Online Sales Sites

Click here to get started!

How it Works
 

Girls can offer a variety of products to family and friends in two ways.

  1. Online via gsnutsandmags.com/gswpa 
    Our new mobile friendly online platform makes it fun and easy for girls and troops to participate!

    Girls can get started on October 1! They do not need to wait for an invitation email. 

    Girls and their leaders will have fun creating their unique avatar that looks just like them. The girls can even earn their own avatar patch!

    Girls then send emails to friends and family to purchase nuts/candy, magazines online (with the New Online Girl Delivered Option, formally known as Nut Promises) and/or Operation: Sweet Appreciation donations.

  2. In Person
    Take the traditional route and help your Girl Scout go door-to-door in your neighborhood. Ask friends where you worship and family to help her reach her goal with the Nut Order Taker. She can leave her personalized business card with her customers so that they may shop for magazines online. Nuts & candy payments are collected when she delivers the product.

    Customers can also help your Girl Scout send honey roasted peanuts to the military at-home and overseas by adding a donation to Operation: Sweet Appreciation on their order!  

    OR...Girls can do both online and in person sales! 
Product Offerings

Customers can choose from a variety of great snacks that are perfect for gifts or just to enjoy in-person!

Customers can purchase 16 yummy treats on the in-person nut order form, or from an expanded online line-up and have it shipped directly to them. View product line-up.

Interested in ordering magazines, nuts and candy but don't know a Girl Scout? Just complete this brief form and we'll be in touch with more information about how to place an order.

Program Benefits

Five Skills and Online Learning
Like the Cookie Program, the MagNut Program helps girls to develop five skills they'll use throughout their lives, including goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. 

Girls also learn online business skills by setting up their own personalized online sales sites, promoting it to family and friends, and tracking their goals online. 

Troop Proceeds
Troops receive 15 percent of all sales, which totaled more than $300,000 last year! Council proceeds are used to subsidize programs and services for our members and maintain our beautiful camps. Junior level troops and above can opt out of individual recognitions to earn an additional 5 percent in proceeds. 

Girl Scout Bucks and Recognitions
Girls can earn fun Recognitions or can opt for Girl Scout Bucks that may be used for GSWPA camps and programs, service unit-sponsored day camps, Council Shops and Girl Scout registration fees. Girl Scout Bucks earned through Magnut DOUBLE in value when used toward GSWPA-sponsored camps. View the 2018 girl recognition selections on page 4 of the MagNut Program Family Guide. 

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Personalized Avatar Patch
Earn this avatar  patch that looks just like you by sending 15 emails and selling 4 magazines and  a total 25 nut/candy item in-person or online.

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Personalized Cookie Crossover Patch
Earn this by creating your avatar during the MagNut program and sending 15 emails, and by selling 250 packages of cookies in the 2019 Cookie Program. Your personalized patch will be sent directly to you in late Spring.

Super Seller Status
Any girl achieving Super Seller status by selling $1,000+ in products will also receive an invitation to the exclusive Super Seller Event in the spring! This year girls will have a choice to either hop aboard for a vintage train excursion or sail on the Gateway Clipper!

Operation: Sweet Appreciation
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Help GSWPA send Honey Roasted Peanuts to our military at-home and overseas by donating to Operation: Sweet Appreciation (and encouraging others to do the same).