2016 Nut, Candy & Magazine Program Top Sellers

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois’ 2016 Nut, Candy & Magazine (NCM) Program was a great success as approximately 3,892 girls participated, raising more than $602,910. 

Also, through generous support of this year's “Project Thank you” campaign, GSSI is able to send 2,019 cans of honey roasted peanuts to U.S. service members.  

“We had a great program this year,” said Kelly Jansen, Director of Product Programs. “The success of GSSI's NCM program is due largely to the dedication of our girls, their parents, our fantastic volunteers and of course everyone who supported the girls by purchasing an item.” 

Girl Scout Product Programs provide opportunities for girls to develop leadership and valuable skills such as goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Troops use product programs to raise funds for activities, community service, trips and more.  Proceeds also help GSSI provide girl programs, camp maintenance, adult volunteer training and financial assistance. 

2016 Nut, Candy & Magazine Program 

Top Sellers By Service Unit

Alton/Godfrey/Wood River/Roxana: Elisabeth Preston - Troop #792, Wood River Belleville/Swansea: Edyn Richie - Troop #571, Belleville Bethalto: Katelynn Norman - Troop #253, Bethalto Bond County: Gabby Hahs - Troop #8806, Sorento Centralia: Morgan Smith - Troop #8352, Centralia Clark/Cumberland Counties: Jersey Lowe - Troop #2262, Marshall Clay County: Chelsea Beck - Troop #8783, Clay City ClinClair: Rylie Bridges - Troop #536, Trenton Clinton County: Kaleigh Voegeli - Troop #8834, Carlyle Collinsville: Elizabeth Burr - Troop #180, Collinsville Crawford/Jasper Counties: Kayellen Stewart - Troop #2216, West York East Marion County: Aubrey Ritter - Troop #8852, Salem East St Louis/Cahokia/Centreville: Maranda Sheard - Troop #148, Cahokia East Williamson County: Sophie Walker - Troop #8084, Johnston City Eastern Coles County: Ariana Sluder - Troop #2643, Ashmore Edgar County: Kelsey Johnson - Troop #2080, Paris Edwardsville/Glen Carbon: Jayden Henschen - Troop #954, Hamel Effingham County: Rory Tewell - Troop #2032,  Effingham Fairview Heights/Caseyville: Ahmani Tillman - Troop #43, Fairview Heights Fayette County: Evie Moreland - Troop #8392, Ramsey Granite City/Madison/Venice: Bradyn Kremers - Troop #381, Granite City Highland: Allison Workman - Troop #936, Highland Jackson County: Emily Williams - Troop #8164, Makanda Jefferson County: Sydney Fenton - Troop #8653, Mt. Vernon Jersey/Calhoun Counties: Samantha Lott - Troop #1149, Grafton Johnson/Pope Counties:  Addyson Underwood - Troop #1333, Goreville Lawrence County: Sophie Snyder - Troop #8716, Lawrenceville Massac County: Brilee Bailey - Troop #8695, Goreville Millstadt/Columbia/Dupo/Smithton: Abby Shoeman - Troop #582, Dupo New Athens/Marissa/St. Libory/Freeburg: Ella Birkner - Troop #557, New Athens North Franklin County: Olivia Tipton - Troop #8925, Sesser North Randolph County: Alaina Smith - Troop #8081, Ruma O'Fallon/Shiloh: Barbara Wilson - Troop #1071, O'Fallon Perry County: Brooklyn Neville - Troop #8139, Pinckeyville Richland County: Lillian Toliver - Troop #8515, Noble Shawnee (Saline/Gallatin/Hardin Counties): Onalaya Hernandez - Troop #8287, Shawneetown South Macoupin County: Emilee Wendling - Troop #1076, Gillespie South Randolph County: Kamryn Patterson - Troop #8313, Steeleville Troy/St. Jacob: Kaylee Kitchen - Troop #717, Troy Union/Pulaski/Alexander Counties: Brianna Flick - Troop #8492, Cobden Wabash/Edwards Countes: Linden Stevens - Troop #8480, Allendale Washington County: Anna Carr #8747 Hoyleton Waterloo: Haley Bode - Troop #90, Waterloo Wayne/Hamilton/White Counties: Dixie Green - Troop #8927, Carmi West Frankfort: Alyssa Cremer - Troop #8006, West Frankfort West Williamson County: Alexis Compton - Troop #8060, Carbondale Western Coles County: Cheyenne Mcfarland - Troop #2550, Mattoon *Please note that while girls are listed with their hometown, Top Seller eligibility is determined by the Service Unit in which their troop meets.  Some girls are part of a troop from a Service Unit that is different than the one they live in, such as through their church or another community group.

First Girl Scout Product Program? Try These Daisy Financial Literacy Games & Activities

 

GSSI's 2015 Nut, Candy & Magazine Program kicks off Sept. 26. Not only does the program help girls raise funds for troop activities, it also helps them gain hands-on practice with five skills linked to leadership and financial literacy: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. 

Do you have a Daisy daughter or lead a troop of the youngest Girl Scouts?  Great!  Learning financial literacy at a young age is a lesson that will last a lifetime.  Try the fun games and activities below!

For more information about GSSI's Nut, Candy & Magazine Program, please contact Director of Product Program Kelly Jansen at 800.345.6858, ext. 2104 or e-mail kjansen@gsofsi.org.  Have fun!  To find financial literacy games for Brownies and Juniors, visit our website!  

Daisy Financial Literacy Games and Activities

Fulfills Money Counts steps 1, 2, 3:

 

Money Money

You need: Place Value Boards (one for each girl), bags of copied money (one for each girl), Daisy Catalog pages, Daisy Program book pages.

Pass out the Place Value Board (place value side up) one per girl. Pass out the bags of copied money, one to each girl. 

 

Ask the girls not to take the money out of the bag yet.

 

Ask the girls, “How many of you have an allowance?” You may have to explain what an allowance is. Ask the girls, “What do you spend your allowance on?”

 

Have the girls look at their Place Value Board. Ask them to read what the first column says. ($10.00). Point to the next column and have the girls shout out what that says, and so on to the last column.

 

Have the girls open their bag and pull out a nickel. Ask the girls, “What is a nickel worth?” Five cents. Have the girls open their bag and remove a penny. Ask the girls, “What is a penny worth?” One cent.

 

Tell the girls to pull from their bag enough pennies to equal a nickel and place it on their value board.

Now have them put their money back in the bag.

Challenge them to do different amounts, like: $1.32, $1.06, $50.10.

Be sure to include dollar amounts where there are no dimes, or no dollars. Have the girls suggest amounts to try.

Pass out the catalogs. Ask each girl to pick something they would like to buy for themselves. How much does it cost?

Set the amount of the item out on your Place Value Board. Have them pick an item they would give as a gift. How much does that cost?

Make a list of Girl Scout programs or trips the girls may be interested in, along with costs. Ask the girls to pick activities that they think sound like fun. How much does it cost? Set the amount of money the program costs on the Place Value Board.

Follow up: What are some things you like to do? Do they cost money or are they free?


Paying the Price

You need: play money and change for each girl, place value card for each girl, and small items with cost on them

Hold up the first prop, a lollipop that costs .05. Ask the girls to put .05 on their boards. Don’t give them any other directions. See what they come up with – most will either put five pennies or one nickel out. Some will put both. Point out how there are two ways to make five cents. If the girls only have one, have them try to make another.

Hold up the rest of the items, one at a time. Have the girls make their boards up to reflect as many ways as possible to make the cost of the item.


Dollar Digit

You need: Dimes and Pennies Game board (one copy per girl), Pencils (one per girl), bag of copied pennies and dimes (one per group), two normal dice (two dice per group)

Organize your group into smaller groups of 2-4 girls each. Pass out copies of the Dimes and Pennies Game boards to every girl and a bag of the pennies and dimes to every group. Each group also gets two dice and every girl gets a pencil.

Explain the rules:

1. Each player takes a turn rolling the dice.

2. Each player chooses if she wants to match the number on the dice with pennies or with dimes. For example, the first player rolls a one and a five. That makes six, right? How many pennies is that? (six) Can you use a dime? (No)

3. After the player puts her money on the coin board, she passes the dice to the next player.

4. Everyone rolls seven turns.

5. Your goal is to get as close to $1.00. How many pennies are in $1.00? (100) How many dimes? (10)

6. After seven rolls, count how much you have on your coin board and see what the rest of your group has.

7. Who has the most? Who has the least? Who is closest to $1.00?


GORP

Play this game as a group for Daisies, since it can be a little confusing! Double check your allergies and substitute as needed. The original game calls for banana chips, apricots, raisins and walnuts. If you have girls with tree nut allergies, pull walnuts and put in cranberries (check the processing label of all the food you buy to make sure there are no references to tree nuts or peanuts). If you have girls allergic to sulfites, pull the apricots. Other suggestions are sunflower seeds, chocolate chips or M&Ms.

Edit your game sheets to reflect your ingredients and copy for each girl.

You will need: Inflatable Dice (three), bags of pennies and dimes, and the coin board again to help the girls with the final cost analysis.

Read the description to the girls:

A camping store makes trail mix from these ingredients (list your ingredients). We have 10 ounces of each ingredient, which is why it says 10 on your sheet. Each bag of trail mix has three ingredients. We will take turns throwing the giant dice to figure out how many ounces of each ingredient go in the bags. We are going to try not to have any leftovers, though – the camping store has to sell all their ingredients to make money!

Choose three girls. Give each a die. Assign each girl an ingredient. Ask the rest of the girls to do a drumroll on their tables or desks before the girls throw their die. Have the girls throw their die and read their number.

Have all the girls write on their sheet the numbers. Ask the girls to write down the number on the line next to the roll number. Then ask them to subtract the rolled number from the 10 they started with. You may need to demonstrate with your fingers. For example, a girl assigned Walnuts rolls a 6. 10 minus 6 is 4. We have 4 ounces left of walnuts.

Choose three more girls and repeat, making sure you do the subtraction out loud with the girls every time.

After three rounds, ask the girls how many of each ingredient they have left.

Let’s pretend we run the camping store and for every leftover ounce of ingredient we lose .05. For every bag of trail mix we sell, we earn $3.00. How many bags of trail mix did we sell? How many leftover ounces do we have?

Use the coin board to figure out how much money we lose and how much money we make. Put five cents for every ounce in the pennies column. How many cents did we lose total? How many dollars did we make? (You made three bags so thee bags at three dollars each is 3 plus 3 plus 3). Subtract the cents we lost from the money we made. This will require a little help from you – nine minus whatever your total loss is – you may need to prompt them.

Line up your edible ingredients. Put two spoons in each ingredient. Give each girl a bag and let her add however many spoonfuls of each ingredient into her bag for a snack.

GSSI's Nut, Candy & Magazine (NCM) Program is a Huge Success

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois’ 2013 Nut, Candy & Magazine (NCM) Program was a tremendous success as approximately 4, 200 girls sold over $550,000 of the delicious nuts, candies and magazines.  Girls who participated in the program benefit from “learning by earning” and developed five valuable life skills – goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.  Proceeds for the NCM Program help GSSI develop leadership programs for girls, recruit and train adult volunteers, improve and maintain camp properties and provide financial assistance so Girl Scouting is available to all girls.  

“What a wonderful job our girls did during this year’s Nut, Candy & Magazine Program,” said Villie M. Appoo, GSSI Chief Executive Officer.  “The success of NCM program is due largely to the commitment from our girls, their parents, our fantastic volunteers and of course everyone who supported the girls by purchasing an item,” said Appoo. “Proceeds from Girl Scout Product Programs provide numerous opportunities for girls to help them grow into leaders for America and teaches them many valuable skills like goal setting, decision making and working together as a team.” 

See Top Sellers By Area:

Service Unit	Troop	Top Seller	Amount Sold	Hometown
Alexander County	#8562	Cheyenne Lattimore	$216	Cairo
Alton/Wood River	#130	Kaylee Melton	$665	Wood River
Belleville/Swansea	#813	Amelia Wagner	$657	Belleville
Bond County	#8802	Sydnee Godier	$520	Sorento
Bethalto	#301	Cheyenne Quartermouse	$423	Cottage Hills
Centralia	#8825	Alexis Nelson	$472	Centralia
Clark/Cumberland Counties	#2113	Anastasia Turner	$514	Marshall
Clay County	#8782	Leah Cartright	$445	Clay City
Clinton County	#8434	Avery Pingsterhaus	$456	Aviston
Collinsville	#261	Jovie Mersinger	$659	Collinsville
Columbia	#359	Alexa Glover	$443	Dupo
Crawford/Jasper Counties	#2100	Paige Sanders	$551	Robinson
East Marion	#8504	Nevaeh Bryant	$476	Centralia
East St. Louis	#874	Carrie Webster	$427	Granite City
East Williamson County	#8247	Ali Stephens	$454	Marion
Eastern Coles County	#8643	Ryellie Roberts	$584	Coles County
Edwardsville/Glen Carbon	#204	Josephine Rutledge	$704	Glen Carbon
Effingham	#2047	Brooke Evans	$690	Altamont
Fairview Heights/Caseyville	#43	Ahmani Tillman	$718	Fairview Heights
Fayette County	#8383	Olivia Rubin	$363	Vandalia
Granite City/Madison/Venice	#1247	Emily Jones	$911	Granite City
Highland	#66	Dalanee Balint	$565	Highland
Jackson County	#8811	Lily Williams	$420	Jackson County
Jefferson County	#8643	Grace Seidel	$524	Bonnie
Jersey/Calhoun Counties	#532	Katlyn Springer	$667	Godfrey
Johnson/Pope Counties	#8649	Aydrianna Simmons	$403	Buncombe
Lawrence County	#8704	Lyndsey Brunson	$354	Sumner
Massac County	#8202	Jala Williams	$278	Metropolis
New Athens/Marissa/Freeburg	#294	Zion Waddell	$555	Swansea
North Franklin County	#8925	Alexis Talbert	$509	Sesser
North Randolph County	#8319	Jacelyn Boston	$637	Sparta
O’Fallon/Shiloh	#383	Alexandra Sumida	$627	O’Fallon
Perry County	#8130	Bianca Bell	$527	DuQuoin
Richland County	#8470	Kloe Elder	$451	Olney
Scott Air Force Base	#313	Madison Sanker	$201	Mascoutah
Shawnee	#8285	Brooke Mabrey	$475	Rosiclare
South Randolph County	#8235	Kaylie Jo Springston	$599	Chester
South Macoupin County	#376	Madison Rimar	$558	Mt. Olive
Trenton/Lebanon/Mascoutah	#734	Lynn Shirley	$400	Lebanon
Troy/St. Jacob	#578	Adelaide Mumper	$625	Troy
Union/Pulaski Counties	#8544	Erin Stout	$498	Jonesboro
Wabash/Edwards Counties	#8505	Jayla Edgin	$536	Keensburg
Washington County	#8753	Elizabeth Bierman	$636	Hoyleton
Waterloo	#561	Alayna Walton	#441	Waterloo
Wayne/Hamilton/White	#8677	Hannah Fickas	$467	Cisne
West Frankfort	#8037	Ella Hardwick	$432	Thompsonville
West Williamson	#8995	Maureen Corbell	$741	Carterville
Western Coles County	#2243	Chloe Stoneburner	$610	Mattoon