Popcorn Kickoff 2008:

Meeting Time: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 9:00am
Meeting Place: Lakeview Baptist Church, Room 203 (upstairs)
1600 East Glenn Avenue, Auburn, Alabama

Program Leader:
District Executive:
Alan Spencer

Program:

2008 Popcorn Sales Kickoff

Information will be given by the Council to insure a successful Trail's End Popcorn Sales Event for your Troup/Pack. Most of the funds you would need for your Unit for the year could be obtained through this fund raiser.

Scouts can earn enough to pay for Summer Camp. Units can earn enough to pay for activities and awards for the year. If a Scout sells $600 of popcorn, the unit receives $200. If a scout sells $900 of popcorn, the unit receives $300, $1200 in sales yields $400 for the unit. So if you have 20 scouts that sell $1200 in popcorn, the unit receives $8,000.

Popcorn sales are broken up into three elements:

----Show 'n Sell is like booth sales in front of a retail store, but not limited to that. You can set up a show 'n sell anywhere that you have permission. You can even sell individual packets of popcorn for a suggested price of $1.00 to anyone.

---Show 'n Deliver is like Show 'n Sell except you sell in your community or other area you know well, making the sale and delivering the product immediately. You do not have to return to collect money or deliver product.

----Take Orders use the forms passed out at Pack meeting. Take Orders represent the bulk of Pack 15 sales. This is a convenient way to sell the product to neighbors, relatives and friends. No one can resist a scout in uniform.

----Internet Orders are for those you know who do not live locally, or for some who do but who you cannot get to with your take order form for some reason. You give them your site to order from and your specific "key code" that they will input so you get credit for your sale.

The calendar for Popcorn sales is:
Show 'n Sell Orders are due Sept 12
Show 'n Sell Order pick up is Sept 26
Show 'n Sell Booth sales are being developed. Email Julie Stanley for information: jstanley@leeco.us or call 524-0574 (cell)
Take Orders are due to Council October 31
Take Orders Popcorn Pickup is November 14
Popcorn PaymentPrize Order is due no later than December 5
March 7, 2009 Auburn Day for popcorn sales participants.

We will post results of sales here as they become available:

------------------------------------

Below are promotional materials, forms and online resource material you can use in developing your Ideal Year of Scouting popcorn program for 2087-09. Feel free to download and print anything you see that might be helpful in guaranteeing success in this major fund raising effort. New forms will be added when available. Note the date beside the form.