The September 26th VT (very wet) Show & Sell sold $1611.00 in caramel popcorn and $1451.08 in donations!
The Sunday Show & Sell at St. Paul UMC yielded $152.00 in donations and $297.00 in popcorn!
Selling Online
This is the second year of this feature and promises that "bugs" have been worked out.
ID numbers are available request to allow Cub Scouts to email sales "postcards" to direct distant relatives and friends to the Trails-End online store.
Scouts can continue to earn prizes and money for the pack AND themselves by continuing to order online until January 2010!
Important Dates
09/12/09 Pack orders Show-and-Sell products ALL DONE!!
09/22/09 FIRST Pack Meeting & Popcorn Pep Rally 7:00 PM
09/25/09 Official Start of the Poporn Sale
09/25/09 Pack picks up Show-and-Sell orders
09/26/09 Beginning of Super Popper Blitz
09/26/09 Red Wagon Popcorn Sale at VT Parking Lots 10:00AM -2:30 PM
09/27/09 Show-and-Sell at St. Paul UMC (8:15-10:15 and 10:15-12:15)
10/10/09 Possible 2nd VT Show-and-Sell CANCELLED!
10/11/09 Super Popper Blitz ends - Did Scout take 30 different orders on a form?
10/11/09 Report any Super Popper Blitzers to Popcorn Kernal by 6:00 PM
10/27/09 1st Opportunity to turn in Take Order forms and all monies at 7:00 PM
11/04/09 2nd Opportunity to turn in Take Order form and all monies at 7:00 PM
11/04/09 Volunteers needed for Popcorn accounting at Activity Bldg 7:00-8:00 PM
11/05/09 NOON deadline for late Take Order forms and money to Popcorn Kernal
11/06/09 POPCORN SALE OFFICIALLY ENDS
11/06/09 Pack 145 Sales and Prizes must be entered to Council by 4:00 PM.
11/20/09 Expected arrival of popcorn. Volunteers needed.
11/21/09 Pick-up times 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM will be determined by scout last name.
12/01/09 Popcorn Patches and Prizes to be distributed
12/01/09 Outstanding balances due or Pack will be penatilized by council.
Benefits
1) All Cub Scouts participating in the Popcorn sale will receive a patch and opportunity to earn prizes from Trails-End Popcorn. Be sure to see prize sheet and submit your choice with your Take-Order forms.
2) For selling over $130.00 in popcorn...Scouts can earn a pack t-shirt, receive free dues (after $250.00) and deposit 40% of popcorn sold into an individual account to help pay for his scout activities.
3) Special Council prizes are offered for Super Popper Blitzer 30 different orders on Take-Order form), Martinsville Scout Day (filling up two Take-Order forms) and top sellers.
4) For those families unable to help with any portion of the popcorn fundraiser, dues of $50.00 were needed by 11/04/09. Financial assistance is available upon request from the Cubmaster.
Resources
For downloadable copies of Take-Order, Product Information and Prize Sheets, please click on
http://www.bsa-brmc.org/Scoutpopcorn.html