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Mark Your Calendars
Nuts About Reading Program
September 17–October 22, 2012
Kick off the school year by earning funds for
trips and activities through our Nuts About
Reading Program! Ask family and friends
to help your troop by purchasing delicious
nuts and candy or popular magazines.
Nuts About Reading Rally for
Daisies, Brownies and Juniors!
Valley Forge Service Center
Saturday, September 22, 2012
1:30–4:00 PM
Cost: Free!
Note to Adults: Adults in attendance are
welcome to stay with their girls or may
attend an adult-only session where they
can sample our nut and candy products
and learn more about our Nuts About
Reading Program.
Daisies, Brownies and Juniors won’t want
to miss our 2012 Nuts About Reading Rally!
Register for this fun-filled event and learn
all about our Nuts About Reading Program
through crafts, taste-testing and fun learning
exercises. Plus you’ll receive a Nuts About
Reading Rally Patch just for coming!
The Nuts About Reading Program Experience
by Zoe J.
In the fall, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
can participate in something called the NAR
Program, or the Nuts About Reading Program.
For the past couple of years, my own troop, Troop
77126, has hosted the Nuts About Reading Rallies,
which provide a fun experience that motivates girls
from second to fifth grades to join the NAR Program.
My name is Zoe, and I’ve been in Girl Scouts for
eight years. I’ll be a Senior Scout this coming fall,
and I’ve always enjoyed the NAR Program. It not
only helps us become successful, but it also helps
our troops pay for fun trips. For example, my troop got to go to Lancaster
County’s Red Caboose Motel; there, we got to participate in a large corn maze
in the dark. It was fun for everyone, and we would’ve never been able to go if not
for the funds we made from the NAR Program.
The NAR Program isn’t just successful for me, but also for the other Girl Scouts
that participate in it as well. It teaches us about setting goals and reaching
them--challenging ourselves to always do better. The program also encourages
good teamwork with our troop and learning about how to handle money. I’ve
also enjoyed running the Nut Rallies for the younger girls, and doing different
fun activities with them.
I think the NAR Program is a productive and fun way to teach younger girls some
invaluable marketing skills, and it should continue with more scouts to come.
Girl Scout Cookie Program
January 17–March 3, 2013
Be a part of the time-honored tradition
of selling Girl Scout Cookies! Participating
in the Girl Scout Cookie Program is
a fun and fantastic way for your
troop to earn funds. Through the
Cookie Program, you will have the
opportunity to learn amazing lifelong
skills such as communication,
money management, goal-setting,
business ethics and
decision making. The
Cookie Program is what
you make it—just
ask a top seller!
need an
incentive?
On top of earning funds for
your troop, you’ll also have
the opportunity to earn fun
incentives for yourself. This year
we are offering a credit voucher
recognition option that will give you
credit toward:
• Purchases in GSEP Retail Stores
• GSEP Programs and Events
• GSEP Summer Camp or
Neighborhood Day Camps
1 Dulce de Leche
2 Peanut Butter Bears
3 Mint Penguins
4 Wasabi Almonds
5 Cashews with Sea Salt
5 new
delicious
products you’ll
be able to sell
8 gsep.org • spark • fall/winter 2012