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2010 Fall Product Program

2010 Fall Product Program
Rally Overview
Once again, Ashdon Farms and QSP are excited to offer Councils, service units, and
troops the opportunity to host Fall Product Program (FPP) Rallies. As with other rallies, a
FPP Rally at the Council, service unit, or troop level will not only be a fun learning experience for the
girls, but it will also motivate them to take action toward a successful FPP. Those who offered FPP
Rallies last year considered them a success, with solid attendance and great feedback.
You and your leaders are the best ones to determine what is most effective for motivating the girls, so
there’s plenty of room for creativity and flexibility. But whatever type of rally you decide to host,
whether grand or simple, it’s sure to inspire your Girl Scouts to engage in the FPP even more than they
did last year!
The theme for this year’s FPP is Design your Future, Construct a Plan. At the FPP Rally, girls will
participate in fun hands-on activities to learn about the nut and chocolate offerings, goal setting,
safety, entrepreneurship, and other life skills to empower them to discover, connect, and take action to
make the world a better place.
Rally Planning: A Blueprint for Success
The purpose of this guide is to help you construct a plan for a successful FPP Rally. It includes
preparation considerations, suggested rally procedures, and even station ideas. Feel free to use the
station ideas exactly as they are, modify them for your rally, or create new station ideas of your own!

Preparation:
A Firm Foundation
Select a location, date, and time for the Fall Product Program (FPP) Rally.
Get the word out!
Communicate the FPP Rally details to the troop leaders and volunteers
Invite the girls and their parents/guardians
(Optional: As a fun activity, ask the girls to help make invitations)
Advertise the FPP Rally (e.g., Service Unit newsletter, troop newsletter, web site, etc.)
Station Planning
Determine how many stations you will have, and which activity per station
Recruit and prepare adults and older Girl Scouts to manage each station. (Make sure an adult is
present at each station during the rally)
Reserve tables according to station requirements as well as other table requirements
(e.g., refreshments)
Gather supplies needed for each station
Secure method for signaling the girls to move on to the next station (e.g., horn, whistle, bell)

Preparation
(cont.)
Set-up Considerations
Decoration ideas: ladders, saw horses, portable work benches, paint brushes and
rollers, levels, buckets of paint (if you have a lot, you could stack them in a neat design). You could
also make big trucks by painting large cardboard boxes.
Music: Music is a powerful tool for setting a positive tone at any event. We encourage you to have
upbeat music playing throughout the duration of the rally. (Note: If you have any stations that
require music, be sure to have the rally music at a volume that won’t interfere with the game.)
Dress the part: toy hard hats, tool belts, work boots, safety goggles, etc.
Optional activity while they wait in line: Place large refrigerator boxes (with paint and paint
brushes) between stations for girls to “paint a house“ while they wait in line.
Refreshments (optional): If you choose to provide refreshments, be sure to ask the parents/
guardians about any food allergies before the rally.
Prizes to Celebrate Accomplishments
This year’s theme encourages girls to celebrate their accomplishments when they reach or exceed
their goals. And so we encourage you to give each girl a prize after each station in celebration of her
accomplishment.
Create Partnership Opportunities
Contact your local hardware store to request their support of the 2010 Fall Product Program Rally by
donating construction supplies. (e.g., Home Depot stores usually have orange kid-sized aprons.)

Suggested Rally Order
and Procedures
Welcome
Start the event with the rally leader thanking the girls and their parents/guardians
for joining in this exciting Fall Product Program (FPP) Rally, sharing why the FPP is important, and
providing examples of some of the skills and values that they’ll learn here at the rally.
Procedure Overview
Explain that the girls will be divided into manageable groups. Each group will rotate from station
to station with approx. 7-10 min. at each station. When the time is up, you will signal that it’s time
to change stations. (To divide the girls into groups, they can number off, draw numbers from a
hat, etc.)
Closing Comments
Let girls and their parents/guardians know whom to contact if they have any questions. And wish
everyone a fun time as they Design their Future!

Information Station
Girls Only Tree House
This station serves as a place for girls and
their families to come and have their
questions answered (and also to receive and
submit paperwork).
Station Overview
This is the place where girls and families can come to have their questions answered
regarding the FPP, the FPP Rally, GSUSA registration, and any other questions they may have.
In addition, this station can serve as a place to manage all paperwork (collect 2010-2011 registration
forms and fees, collect FPP forms, distribute important FPP or troop information, etc.).
Optional: Have a membership manager here, also, to answer membership questions and recruit.
Supplies needed
Tree house decorations (e.g., borrow large silk trees; See other ideas/supplies required below)
Sample Fall Product Program (FPP) recognitions
This would be a great location for refreshments. (Again, if you choose to provide refreshments,
be sure to ask the parents/guardians about any food allergies before the rally.)
Simple Preparation
Set up this station close to the entrance.
Display sample recognitions, and decorate the station in a tree house theme. For example:
Tape green poster paper around the front three sides of the table to form a table skirt.
Make a “Girls Only” sign (preferably using beige paper) and tape it to the front.
Place large silk trees (or large silk plants) around the table. (If you are not able to gather silk
trees and/or plants, you could alternatively decorate with silk and/or potted flowers.)

Supplies needed
Yellow poster paper
Grey construction paper
Scissors
Tape
Black markers
Simple Preparation
Cover a wall with yellow poster paper
Write this title in large black letters (or use die-cut
letters) at the top: Construction Alley
Motivation Station 1
Construction Alley
This station is designed to reinforce goal
setting, an invaluable life skill, and a key to
the Fall Product Program’s success.
Optional Discussion
Questions
Write the subtitle in medium black letters below the title: Design Your Future
Add black accents to emulate a construction sign (e.g., several clusters of diagonal black stripes)
Instructions
(Note: Younger girls might need help with tracing, cutting, and writing.)
Have each girl trace both of her footprints on grey paper and cut them out
Ask each girl to write her individual goal (i.e., learning, sales, or incentive) on both footprints.
Have her write her name on one footprint, and tape that one to the poster paper. Let her take the
other footprint home with her as a reminder of her goal throughout the Fall Product Program.
What’s a goal?
What makes a goal a SMART goal? (Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely)
What’s your goal?
How can you make it a SMART goal?
Your Strong Foundation: Who supports you &
what does that support mean to you?
The Ground Level: Who influences you & why?
Mid-Level Adventures: What are your interests?
View from the Top Floor! What do you want to
be in the future?

Motivation Station 2
Pin the Tail on the Monkey
This station is designed to help girls
understand that constructing a plan (by
setting goals) is vital for capturing their
dreams.
Supplies needed
Monkey poster and tail cut-outs (provided at end of this guide)
Push pins or tape (depending on the surface behind the poster)
Bandana or other fabric to use as blindfold
Simple Preparation
Print the monkey poster and tail cut-outs
Cut out the tails. Pre-tape, if necessary
Attach the monkey poster to wall or bulletin board at a height accessible to the girls
Instructions
One by one: Blindfold a girl. Gently spin her in a circle. Then ask her to pin the tail on the monkey.
Let the last girl pin the tail on the monkey without being blindfolded.
For Discussion
Without a clear goal, success is much harder to achieve. Keep your eye on your goal!
Set goals and work together as a team for a successful Fall Product Program
For additional goal-setting discussion questions, refer to the Optional Discussion Questions in
Motivation Station 1 (Construction Alley)

Supplies needed
Small and hand-held tools (for table-top display)
Box or container
Motivation Station 3
Tools for Success
This station encourages girls to think about
the tools that they need to design their
future.
Simple Preparation
Place a variety of tools on a table
Place a box or container under the table to hide tools during the game
Instructions
Before the game, ask each girl to name one tool needed to design her future
Then explain the game to the girls: They need to study what tools are on the table because
then, you’re going to ask them to turn around while you remove one (or more, depending on the
age). Then they’ll turn back around and guess which tool(s) you removed.
After the game, discuss that we need many different tools to design our future and each one
is important. So if one is missing, it will be difficult to capture our dreams.

Simple Preparation
On each piece of construction paper, write a question
regarding safe selling practices (e.g., selling in familiar neighborhoods,
looking both ways when crossing streets, never selling to people in
vehicles, using the buddy system). Important: Be sure to have enough
squares to accommodate the group size.
Tape the squares and a few “free spaces” to the floor in a circle.
Motivation Station 4
The Jitter Bug
This station is designed to remind girls how to
stay safe while selling.
Supplies needed
Yellow construction paper
and a black marker
(construction colors)
Tape
Music
Small prizes
Instructions
This fun activity is like a cake walk. First, ask each girl to stand on a space. Then, ask if anyone knows what
the term, jitter bug, means in construction terminology.
In construction terms terminology, the term, jitter bug, is a construction term that refers to a tool
that is used when pouring concrete. It is used to push the gravel in the concrete down in order to
prevent it from interfering in the finishing process.
Then explain the game to them:
As the music plays, they’ll walk around the circle
When the music stops, they’ll each stop at the square that they’re standing on (or the closest
available square)
If they’re standing on a square with a question, they should raise their hand if they know the answer
And each girl who can answer her question with the correct answer will win a prize!
Turn on the music and begin. (The classic Jitter Bug song would be a great option here!)

Motivation Station 5
Super Seller Beat
Supplies needed: None!
Simple Preparation: None!
This station is designed to prompt girls
to be proactive by thinking creatively and
strategically — a critical skill for becoming
successful leaders.
Instructions
This fun activity is like the “Name of . . . “ game.
You can play this game with everybody sitting in a circle on the floor with their legs crossed or
sitting in chairs in the formation of a circle
Get the rhythm in motion, and have the girls join in to get the hang of it. The rhythm is a slap on the
thighs, a clap, and two snaps of the fingers (first with the right hand, then with the left). So the
rhythm sounds like: slap, clap, snap, snap.
When everyone is slap-clap-snapping at the same time, announce the category (on the rhythmic
snaps), and start. Girls then speak one at a time, in turn (clockwise), on the rhythmic snap of the
fingers.
Suggested categories to encourage entrepreneurship
possible customers ● places to sell ● creative advertising ideas
occasions (for which nuts and magazines make great gifts)
The Beat Goes On
In addition to the entrepreneurial categories
listed here, your troop could also select
other areas of focus, such as the joy of
reading (category ideas: my favorite book, my
favorite place to read, etc.). This activity is a
great forum for training girls in any topic!

Motivation Station 6
Chocolate-Covered
Bingo
This station is designed to reinforce the
girls’ knowledge of Ashdon Farms’ nut and
Supplies needed
chocolate offerings.
Table and chairs
Crayons or markers
Container to hold calling slips
Small prizes
Bingo cards (provided at the back of this guide)
Bingo calling slips (provided at the back of this guide)
Simple Preparation
Copy the bingo cards so that you have enough for each girl attending.
Cut out the calling slips. Fold them in half and place them in a container.
Instructions
Give each girl a Bingo card and a crayon or marker and ask her to find a seat at the table
Provide the girls with basic game instructions. (Each time they hear a product called that
appears on their card, mark the spot. The goal is to have a full row of “marked” squares.)
Begin by selecting a calling slip out of the container and call out the selection to the girls
Continue until you have a winner

Motivation Station 7
Overcome the Obstacles
This station is designed to teach girls that
in order to capture their dreams, they must
not only prepare and adapt, but overcome
obstacles, too.
Station Overview
This station is a construction zone obstacle course and so it requires a large space (preferably outside).
Supplies needed
Whatever kid-safe construction items you have on hand that would be appropriate for an obstacle
course (e.g., construction tape, saw horses, orange cones, old tires, paint buckets, refrigerator boxes)
Simple Preparation
Set up an obstacle course with kid-safe construction items
Instructions
Invite the girls to overcome the obstacles on the Construction Zone Obstacle Course
For example: Have the girls crawl under a saw horse, walk over a board laid across some old
tires, maneuver around a course of orange cones, crawl through a tunnel (large box with both
ends cut out) and up a dirt mountain
As the last step in the obstacle course, you could have a dynamite transport. In this step, the
girls need to carry dynamite (a water balloon on a large serving spoon) to the work zone (empty
bucket) without it exploding.

Motivation Station 8
Capture your Dream
This station is designed to ignite the joy of
reading and reinforce it as a key component
for capturing our dreams.
Supplies needed
Book(s) related to the this year’s theme, such as:
How Did You Make That Web? (ISBN: 1-57973-153-8)
This story is a perfect match for this year’s theme. In the story, Winnie the Pooh discovers
how various animals build their homes using different materials.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: This story is a great way to explain the scale of objects.
Some things are too big, too little, or just right, depending on the size of the object and the
person.
Additional supplies required if you choose one of the associated craft or activity ideas on the
following page
Simple Preparation
Obtain one of the above books, and download images of animal homes
(www.ashdonfarmsgsi.com) to decorate the area around the station
Instructions
Read a story, and follow the reading time with discussion or craft/activity (See next page)

Motivation Station 8
Capture your Dream
(cont.)
Instructions (cont.)
For Discussion
How Did You Make That Web?: Discuss each animal and its home. Ask girls how each home in the story
addresses issues, such as safety protection from elements, food storage, and construction materials.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Explain and discuss the scale of objects. Ask girls how the products
they are selling are measured. Consider the weight of the product, serving size, number of items in the
can or box, number of cans or boxes in a case, etc.
Craft/Activity Ideas
1. Invite the girls to build their own web using one of the following methods:
- Glue bottles and wax paper required: Give each girl a glue bottle and piece of wax paper. Ask them
to use the glue to make a web design on the wax paper. Then the girls may take their webs home and
let the glue dry overnight. Explain to them that after they make sure that the glue is completely
dry, they can slowly peel their web off of the wax paper.
- Ladder (or chair) and yarn or heavy string required: Girls can criss-cross the yarn/string around
the ladder rungs (or along chair legs or other frame) to create a web.
2. Invite the girls to create a bookmark
Supplies needed: popsicle sticks, glue, crayons, and monkey cut-outs (provided at end of this guide)
Simple preparation: Print the monkey cut-outs on white paper and cut them out
Instructions: Invite each girl to color a monkey face and glue it to the top of the stick