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Fall Product 2011 Gift of Caring
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Gift of Caring
The Gift of Caring program is a council-wide community service project that gives Girl Scouts the opportunity to learn philanthropy and community service through their participation in the Fall Product Program.
To participate, troops collect monetary donations from customers for Trophy Nut products that are purchased by GSGLA, who coordinates delivery to our Gift of Caring partners.
When your troop sells product through Gift of Caring, the product is not physically picked up by the customer or the troop. This is why it is described as a virtual donation. Girls collect the donation and complete the Gift of Caring Receipt if the customer requests it. Give one copy to the customer and keep one for the troop records. Then record the quantity sold in GreenBeans under GOC. This lets the council know how many cans to purchase and gives girls credit for cans sold. Girls are eligible for the Gift of Caring Rocker Patch for selling six or more cans. The troop receives their proceeds and the donor can feel good that their tax deductible donation is supporting Girl Scouts AND these organizations at the same time!
2011 Fall Product Program GOC Partners
The Los Angeles Regional Foodbank is a charitable food distribution network that includes nearly 900 charitable agency sites throughout Los Angeles County such as food pantries, shelters, senior and childcare centers, and others. Receives approx. 45% of all donations.
The Bob Hope Hollywood USO at LAX provides a “touch of home” to all veterans and service men and women by providing morale, welfare and recreation support services. This home away from home serves as a comfortable private reception area for service men and women to be with their family before deployment. In addition, it is a welcoming reception area when they return from tours of duty from around the world. Receives approx. 10% of all donations.
Operation Gratitude seeks to lift morale and put smiles on faces by sending care packages addressed to individual Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines deployed in harm's way. Care packages contain food, hygiene products, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation, all wrapped with good wishes of love and support. Receives approx. 45% of all donations
Troops may donate left over product to an organization of their choice, but cannot solicit donations for any other organization. This is per GSUSA’s Safety Activity Checkpoints. The Gift of Caring council - wide service project is the only activity of this type approved by Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles and follows both GSUSA and the US Department of Defense Guidelines.
