Magazine & Snack Program (MSP)
Did you know that every fall, Girl Scouts offers the opportunity to purchase magazine subscriptions and a variety of snacks? The Magazine & Snack Program (MSP) provides an important ingredient for leadership by helping girls develop five skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Through The Girl Scout Product Programs, girls become leaders in their daily lives and prepare for bright futures in entrepreneurship!
MSP also gives girls and troops the opportunity to sell delicious snacks and magazines to earn quick and easy start-up money for their troop before the cookie season in the winter.
The Magazine & Snack Program runs from August through November each year. To participate, the Troop needs a registered, background checked adult to sign up for the Product Sales Manager - MSP role. Contact Customer Care if you have questions.
Click here for Troop Manager and Girl Scout access to the M2 website.
Family Resources
The Magazine & Snack Program gives Girl Scouts the opportunity to raise proceeds that help fund their troop's next big adventure!
MSP Guide for Families
Help your Girl Scout make the most of this opportunity with comprehensive tips, plus explore this year's product and rewards!
VIEW NOW!Girls & Families — Action Steps Before the Program Begins
- To sign your Girl Scout up for the Magazine & Snack Program, check in with your troop leaders first to be sure your troop is participating.
- Then complete the Annual Permission Form and return it to your Troop MSP Manager.
After completing these first steps to getting started with the program, here's what you'll need to do next:
- Obtain MSP materials—including the paper order card and a printed copy of the MSP Family Guide—from your Troop MSP Manager. You can also view these materials online and download them below.
- Review the Family Guide for details on setting up your Girl Scout's M2 site, program dates, and participation options.
- Set goals: which reward levels does your Girl Scout want to earn?
- Review this webpage for more details, tutorials, and downloadables.
- Get ready for the MSP fun to begin on August 28, 2024!
Important Dates 
MSP Guide for Families
2024 MSP Product Lineup
The Magazine & Snack Program Lineup consists of 16 delicious snack items for the order card, as well as magazine subscriptions and other exclusive snacks that can be purchased online. All items from the order card and online girl-delivered will arrive to Service Units in early November and make great gifts for family, friends, teachers, and co-workers. Check out the assortment this year.
For customers that purchase through the digital storefront and choose to have items shipped directly to their home, there are also exclusive online items available as well. From online exclusive snack items, personalized stationery, Tervis Tumblers, and an exclusive Girl Scout BarkBox—there is a little somethine for everyone!
To view nutritional, kosher, and allergen information on all snack items offered, please visit www.alschutzman.com/gsnutri.php.
MSP Rewards
Meet the Mascot - Ellie & Emma the Asian Elephants Coloring Postcard
This year get ready to Embrace Possibility with Ellie the Asian Elephant! She and her calf Emma are ready to trek far and wide to reach their goals!
Don’t forget to color your postcard with Ellie and Emma and to share with us your amazing adventures with them this summer to get ready for the Magazine & Snack Program! Share photos to add to my summer scrapbook by sending photos to marketing@gsneo.org through October 2. Five (5) winners will be chosen to receive a mystery prize!
Go Solo as an Individual Girl Scout
Name the 4' Plush Elephant!
Did you know that Ellie has a sister Girl Scout as well? She is a 4’ plush Asian Elephant that needs a name!
To enter your submission for the name voting of our newest member, click HERE and make your selection.
One lucky participating Girl Scout will have the opportunity to win! To be entered for a chance to win, the participating Girl Scout must:
- Sell $250 in total combined in-person and/or online sales during the 2024 Magazine & Snack Program.
Once this goal is met your Girl Scout will be automatically entered into the drawing. The winner will be notified after the completion of the sale in December.
Access to M2 Site
Tutorial Videos for Families
MSP Activities for Girls
Troop Resources
The GSNEO Magazine & Snack Program gives troops the opportunity to offer candy, nuts, and magazines to raise proceeds that help fund their next adventure. Girls also learn important life skills like goal setting and money management, and they can earn fun rewards too! Girls can sell in person to their friends or family or digitally through the M2 secure online system for the program.
MSP Troop Manual
Help them launch their first business smoothly with this guide to caregiver meetings, order taking, and finances.
VIEW NOW!Troop Volunteers — Action Steps Before the Program Begins
- Be sure that your troop has a designated Troop MSP Manager! This person will be the volunteer in charge of the program for the troop.
- They need to be registered as a Troop Product Sales Manager – MSP and complete the Product Sales Manager Agreement form. This agreement form must be completed before access can be granted to M2, the online system needed to properly manage the program.
Program materials will begin shipping the week of August 5 to those who have completed and processed forms on file with GSNEO.
Once you've completed this first step, here's what you'll need to do next:
- Ensure that the troop bank account is up and running through our Finance department. If you need to open a bank account or make changes to an existing one, please submit the applicable requests through the online forms which can be found at the GSNEO Troop Banking & Finances Page
- Watch the 2024 MSP Troop Manager Recorded Webinar (link coming soon!)
- Distribute and review the materials, products, and rewards your troop. Remember that sales materials should only be given to those that completed the Annual Permission Form for the current year.
- When you receive access August 21, set up your M2 account to manage your troop's program and review troop roster and uploaded bank account info.
- Review this webpage for more details, deadlines, and downloads.
- Follow emails for more details regarding product pick up dates, times, and locations.
Did your troop complete Spring Renewal for this Girl Scout membership year? If so, did you know that you can earn an extra bonus at cookie time? That's right! Troops can earn an additional three (3) cents per box of cookies sold in the 2025 Cookie Program by meeting the following requirements:
- Renew at least 65% of girls and two volunteers by June 12, 2024.
- Complete and submit a 2024 Troop Finance Report by June 12, 2024.
- Participate in the 2024 Magazine & Snack Program, with a per-girl selling average of $35.
Important Dates
Trainings & Tutorials
MSP Troop Manager Guide & Order Card
2024 MSP Product Lineup
The 2024 Magazine & Snack Program Lineup consists of 16 delicious snack items for the order card, as well as magazine subscriptions and other exclusive snacks that can be purchased online. All items from the order card and online girl-delivered will arrive to Service Units in early November and make great gifts for family, friends, teachers, and co-workers. Check out the assortment this year.
For customers that purchase through the digital storefront and choose to have items shipped directly to their home, there are also exclusive online items available as well.From online exclusive snack items, personalized stationery, Tervis Tumblers and an exclusive Girl Scout BarkBox—there is a little something for everyone!
To view nutritional, kosher, and allergen information on all snack items offered please visit www.alschutzman.com/gsnutri.php.
MSP Rewards
Access to the M2 Site
MSP Activities for Troops
ACH Processing & Financial Info
