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What the troops are saying... Candy Bars 2012 "We are looking forward to a great candy bar sale!"...Thank you so much for your quick response and information. We have a Board Meeting this week and I am sure I will have more questions for you at that time. Thank you so much for your patience as we build our troop and learn the process!"- IN3712
Valentines 2012 "Thank you very much for everything ... the Wilmington Community loved Heart & Soul Candies!!"- OH0222 "Thank you and looking forward to next fall's fundraiser!"- TX0191 "Thanks for offering the free products we earned as well! We love the free shipping and was a factor in our troop's decision to do Heart and Soul!"- VA2345 "We are excited to sell your product this year for Valentine's Day. We are hoping to raise money to help cover expenses for camp." "My own 3 daughters were very excited about your Sister Patch program and as a parent, thank you for giving them incentives to work together as a team."- TC for WA0716 "Thank you, we are looking forward to our Valentines fundraiser!" - IN0138 "The samples were a BIG hit and sold a lot of people on the products" - MD1208 "...Can't wait until next year!..."- MN2931
Christmas 2011 "This is my first time doing a fundraiser of this type and heading it up. We enjoyed it!" - FC for NC2011 "Thank you so much. This was a great selling experience for our troop. We are in our second year as an AHG troop and this was our first major fundraiser. You made it so very simple and the orders were filled with great precision. Thank you for your excellent customer service!" - Ann G, MO1345 "My daughter went out to sell the boxes, she had 40 with her, and she sold all but 5. She only went to 8 houses! Can we order more boxes?? We have over 500 homes in our neighborhood....she won't go to all though! HA! - TX2407 "We had a great time selling Heart and Soul Chocolates for the first time. The chocolate is very good and we had many great responses from different people about the packaging of the chocolate. Thanks" - Jenny M IL8510 "We close our meeting with a prayer over the girls, the verse we reference is Numbers 6:24, we love these candy bars as they have special meaning to us" - IN0208 "Thank you for your quick response - it was so helpful. I see you are working well into your "free time", so thank you for serving! The selling has been fun and the girls are enjoying fundraising. I see it as a great way to witness to all those we come into contact with as they are asking what AHG is. We can share that we are a scouting program that is Christ centered!" - Shauna E, WA1900 "The families, and leaders, have been very pleased with the fundraiser thus far. Thank you so much!" - MS0019 "This has been our greatest fundraiser so far, after 3 1/2 years as a troop. And we aren't even done with our show 'n' sells."- MI0138 "Thanks so much for all your help last year, I enjoyed working with you!"- CO4316 "Thanks for everything!" - IL8510 "We love the boxes and I hope to finish selling my 2nd case tomorrow. People love them, even after Halloween!" -KY3130 "We had our meeting last night and everyone loved the candy bars" .... "Thanks so much! We are very grateful for everything you have been able to do for us." - KY3130 "We LOVE the chocolate bars" - AHG, Inc. "Just wanted to let you know that the neck wallets for Camp Wannacombac arrived today! They are lovely and we are very excited about giving them to our girls."- SC7777
2011 Top Valentine Troops: "Working backward from how much our Troop needs for our budget, we figured we would need to sell around 500 boxes (trusting in the Lord!). We gave the girls the pre-order form so they could pre-sell and then filled their orders at our Feb 8th meeting. We also received permission from our Church to set up tables outside of Church after Masses the weekend of Feb 12 &13. We were blessed w/ great weather. We did have about 15 unsold boxes; so we visited local nursing homes to drop them off on St Valentine's Day." - OH3712 "AHG TX1171 is part of Scout Family 1171. Scout Family 1171 was established to develop a sense of community among Christian home schooling families in the Flower Mound, TX area and to encourage and help advance a Godly generation. Scout Family 1171 is a Christian Scout group and presents itself as a light to the world. We are comprised of American Heritage Girls, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing Crew, with a membership of more than 75 families and nearly 150 youth. Because we know children are a gift from God, we desire to promote family activities and togetherness.
TX1171 is in its third year with 42 girls at the time of the Valentine’s fundraiser (we have since added 4 new members to our growing troop). We have girls in each unit from Pathfinders to Patriots and pride ourselves on our dedicated Unit Leaders and leadership team. Without our amazing parents, our program would not be the incredible success that it is today. We have many planned events throughout the year, as a troop, as well as with Scout Family. Our upcoming 50’s themed Father/Daughter Dance is a highlight this year.
TX1171 participated in the Heart and Soul Christmas fundraiser, with one of our girls being the 2nd top seller in the nation. We did door to door sales and were pleased to sell 631 boxes with 27 girls participating. We took a risk for the Valentine’s fundraiser and offered door to door, as well as our first Show n’ Sell. On faith, we ordered 600 boxes. In the snow and blistering cold weather, our girls bundled up and stood outside stores 5 weekends in a row. After 3 weekends of weak sales, I was doubtful my dining room would ever be free of chocolate and we would lose a tremendous amount of money on our risk. Our sweet Shepherd prayed over every single box we had left and convinced us that God would sell every last one. She was right, in a mighty way. God was faithful. It was amazing to see God at work the last 2 weekends of sales and donations. 25 of our girls participated and sold 648 boxes. We also had the opportunity to donate 20 boxes to a local women’s shelter to bless those who were hurting on Valentine’s Day.
We learned many valuable lessons… first, always trust God because He is always faithful. Second, AHG Show n’ Sells are vital to our organization. So many people have never heard of AHG and this was a wonderful opportunity to share who we are and what we believe. The response was amazing… people loved to hear about a Christ-centered organization. We educated dozens of people on AHG and our partnership with BSA. What a blessing!!
Thank you, Heart and Soul, for this fundraising ministry. We loved working with you this year and can’t wait until next year!! God is good… All the Time." - Robin C, AHG TX1171 Coordinator
"I never considered that our small and brand new troop would have one of the top sellers". Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. We hope to participate again next year in the Valentine's sale! - MD1208
"Thank you also for being so easy and wonderful to work with. It has been a joy!" - Suzanne "Thanks again for all you do! This is a wonderful fundraiser! Out of our 27 girls 23 of them met or succeeded their fundraising goal for the 2010-2011 year with this one fundraiser. Thank you so much! Have a blessed holiday!" - Stephanie, Troop Treasurer
"You have a wonderful product that our girls appear to like as well." - Carol "The sale went great. ...thank you so much for this fundraiser! It has been wonderful!! - Stephanie "...I hear Heart and Soul had a FABULOUS selling year. That is awesome!..." - Sally "..Got mine yesterday! YUM! and SUPER FAST SHIPPING!!!" - Beth At the 2010 AHG BAM Convention in OH "... we are definitely in for Christmas 2010! At the convention our troop members probably ate 3 boxes of chocolates ...The fundraiser allowed us to take our troop for an overnight stay at the zoo... the girls loved it!
...During the huge snow storm at Christmas, my girls dressed in their AHG uniforms and gave chocolate boxes as a gift to our neighbors who were shoveling snow. After receiving their chocolate gift, many didn't want us to leave and new relationships were developed.
...You did so much last year, we can't believe you are giving more money to AHG!
...I am going to sell my boxes to help with my Compassion Child - troop member
...The chocolate is great, but the message is better! - 2009 Top Seller
An AHG leader who was a major chocolate lover came by our booth... LOVED our chocolate! We got a thumbs- up and a high five!
...Yummy, delicious, soooo good, not your regular "fundraiser chocolate", huge smiles and can I have another piece? ... were amongst the many comments we received!
Christmas 2009 & Valentines 2010 Fundraiser "Everyone in our troop leadership enjoyed the chocolate and esp the dark! Thanks for the free samples...we are glad to sell them!" - Sarah "Thanks again for all your hard work. I know the Lord has something very special planned for both your company and American Heritage Girls." - Jeanne
"Thanks for your delightful message you left the other night. Thanks also for the information you have emailed. ...I'm excited about the partnership you have with AHG and I hope it ends up being a win/win venture."- LeAnn "...Thanks so much for the opportunity to work with you. We look forward to the sale. Let the candy making machines roll!!" .... Thanks for the great product and comprehensive sales plan. It worked! " - Lynelle ... (a third grade tenderfoot) - “She has a strong seller for a brother. He has sold for Boy Scouts for many years. She learned from him and has only approached people she knows and is comfortable speaking (or emailing) with. She had many sales to family and she especially sold well to people that she knew would appreciate the Christian messages on the boxes. It was an incredible easy product for her to sell, her first ever sales experience. Of course the samples were a great incentive. When asked if the chocolates were good, she'd smile her huge smile and happily report "they are delicious!" Thanks for making it a great learning and growing experience for her!” - Lynelle "...looking forward to providing a quality product with a wonderful message to our community this Christmas Season" - Karrie "THANK YOU so much"- Denise "...It was a pleasure working with you. You were very helpful and pleasant. I appreciate you!!!!" - Missy "...We got our Christmas candy today, we are so excited! Beautiful product!"- Robyn "...We are excited about working with H&S as a future fundraiser in our area and appreciate that we can work with an organization who is not afraid to keep "Christ" in Christmas. Blessings to each and everyone of you who helped to get our order here, and especially Thanks to you Jeannie for being there with a quick response to our frequent questions! Merry Christmas!"- Abby "Thank you so much for your time. The count on the boxes of chocolate was perfect, and they appear to have arrived in very good condition!" - Michelle
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