Five (5) BIG changes to the Trails End Popcorn Sales
Pack 92 families, At Monday's September 9th Den meetings we will have a short information meeting for all parents and scouts about our Popcorn Fundraiser Program this year. There will be raffle prizes for Cub Scouts in attendance. We will also be talking about the Show-N-Sell events to be held at Fred Meyer's stores as well as a few other opportunities for our Scouts to reach their goals. It is our largest fundraising event of the year and helps support Pack 92 events and programs for the boys. Keeping dues affordable is important to the pack’s leadership, and we are confident that the benefits each Scout receives from Cub Scout Pack 92 far exceed the cost. Please do your best to help the Pack! Sign Up sheets for Show-n-Sells will be available at the Sept. 9th & 16th meeting for 2hr blocks from 10am-6pm. There are plenty of time slots available for all Scouts to participate so please sign up. The Dates and Associated Locations are on the Website calendar. We look forward to a great year! Thank you for helping our Pack Grow! Scouts start selling popcorn online - RIGHT NOW - NEW FOR 2019!! Free shipping for all online orders. - Online sales are a big push for 2019. Leadership did not want Scouts to spend excessive amount of time at store fronts and is encouraging Online Sales. - Create or already have an online Popcorn account by September 16th for Pack 92 RC Car drawing. - Families don't have to ship or deal with money for online orders. Trails End takes care of everything. - Here is a link to the Trails End site to start/update your Scouts online account and for friends/family to order from: - Contact Brian Skinner if you already have an account and can't remember your Scouts specific "Scout Code" for online accounts. *FOUR EASY STEPS TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT* 1.Create your Scouts account on Trails End's website: www.trails-end.com Click on the RED register button in the middle of page / Click on the "Parent, of behalf of my Scout" button / Fill out Parent info / Fill out Scout info / Create Log-In / Unit Selection: *Council=Ore-Ida / District=Oregon Trail / Unit details=Pack 92 2.On your Scouts dashboard click under the Scout Code and fill out all the information. Go to "Manage Page" to add information/pics to send out to friends/family. 3.Share your Scouts personal web-page via email or social media to (10+) friends and family. 4.View and track your online sales towards your goal *Example of what information on Scouts Dashboard should look like* IMPORTANT DATES
WHY DOES PACK 92 SELL POPCORN? Selling popcorn teaches the Scouts valuable life skills such as setting goals and working to achieve them, handling money, how to present oneself and how to deal with rejection. In addition, popcorn pays for your Scout's Scouting program. Less than half of your total $93 in dues pays for the annual cost of Scouting in Pack 92; popcorn pays for the rest. If your Scout sells $400 worth of fundraising and receives a $50 reduction in dues, then none of the remainder of your dues goes to Pack 92. What is left after your $50 reduction is for $33 to national registration and $10 to F.O.S. That is why Popcorn Sales Fundraiser is so important to Pack 92 keeping the costs of our program way down for the amount of crazy activities we do and the Pack pays for. HOW DO I SELL POPCORN?
SELLING HINTS & SAFETY TIPS
POPCORN SALES PITCH Your Scout should practice their sales pitch ahead of time, including what to do if someone says no. A successful Popcorn Sales Pitch is: “Hi, my name is Ted and I’m selling popcorn to raise money for my Cub Scout Pack. Would you like to buy some popcorn and help us?” or even stronger, “You’ll help us out, won’t you?” "Hi, my name is Betty and would you be interested in supporting Scouts? We sell popcorn so I can attend Day Camp and our Pinewood Derby." If the answer is yes, give the customer the order form. If the answer is no, say, “Thank you for your time,” and move on. If someone doesn’t want to purchase popcorn, you can ask if they’d like to make a donation to send popcorn to the military overseas; you can then pool any cash donations into military popcorn donations. FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR TAKE ORDERS WITH TRAILS END APP Money is collected from customers at the time of sale. If Scouts do not collect payment at time of sale, then parents are responsible for payment if customer does not follow through. We accept cash and credit card and checks — all checks should be made payable to “Pack 92”. FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR SHOW-N-SELLS Money is collected from customers at the time of sale. We accept cash, checks, and credit cards. Checks made out to Pack 92. GROUP SELLING EVENTS We have organized several opportunities for Scouts to sell popcorn with other Scouts at public places. You must sign up in advance during the Sept. 9th & 16th meetings or email Brian Skinner. All sales for the entire day, not just the time slot your Scout sells, are divided equally among all Scouts who participated that day. You'll get an email detailing your Scout's share of the sales within a few days after their sale day and this will count toward the Scouts sales goals and prize levels. To keep things fair, Scouts can sign up for multiple time slots, but if other Scouts can't obtain one time slot, then Scouts with multiple slots will have that number reduced. Key Facts about Group Selling Events
POPCORN REWARDS/PRIZES Popcorn rewards/prizes are provided by Trail’s End Popcorn and Pack 92. All Scouts who sell at least one item receive a prize. Trails End has gone to Amazon Gift Cards for rewards/prize. This way Scouts can order what they would like with their Amazon Gift Card. Additional rewards from Pack 92 are shown below. All prizes are given out in November.
Any questions please feel free to contact: Brian Skinner 208-859-9468 cell or firmech@msn.com *Thank you for helping your Scout and your Pack 92. We can assure you that every penny we raise will be reinvested in your Scouts and the Scouting experience of all the Scouts in Pack 92. ========================================================================= ========================================================================= |
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