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Are you Ready?

The sales portion of the popcorn fundraiser is wrapping up. Are you ready for the next steps? Check out the latest edition of the Kernel Courier for details. Highlights are here.

1. Show and Sell – this is the last week (realistically ) for show and sell orders. How much popcorn do you have left? What do you take order sales look like? You can return popcorn this week but keep the popcorn you have to fill orders that you know about already.

2. Popcorn Returns – This is the ONLY week you can return popcorn. Returns will not be accepted after this week. Here is the popcorn return schedule:

Wednesday, Oct 19, 4-6pm
Thursday, Oct 20, 9am-5pm
Friday, Oct 21, 9am-5pm
Saturday, Oct 22 9am-Noon

POPCORN WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER SATURDAY!

3. Take order sales – Take order sales must be entered by the midnight Monday, October 24. Orders cannot be accepted after this date. Make sure that your popcorn ordering person attempts to log-in soon to make sure that everything is working for you. Please do not wait to Monday to call for help. Planning will make this go smoother for everyone.

4. Candle Sale – Candle orders are due at the same time but are ordered through a different site. Please check out the Kernel Courier for details.

5. Popcorn Distribution – This will occur on Friday Nov 11 from 4pm – 6pm. We will need help sorting and remember – once the sort is done you may leave with your popcorn. Please contact Bill.Tolleson@scouting.org if you are able to sort. Sorting will begin at around noon but we will have more detailed information as we get closer.

WE MAY BE AT A DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION SITE THIS YEAR SO PLEASE FOLLOW THIS SITE CLOSELY. OHL in Chambersburg is doing very well and may not have room in the warehouse to accomodate us. We are happy that a local business is that busy!

Popcorn News

In Frontier District our popcorn sales increased by over $16,000.  That is a lot of boy scouts who can go to summer camp. That is a lot of Cub Scouts to go to Day Camp and Cub Resident Camp. That is awards and pizza and fun and everything else you planned to do but weren’t sure how to pay for it. 

Sales Totals

After the dust settled from adding up all of the orders, the grand total of the sale for the council is $916,428. 

By district, our sale breaks down as follows:

• Adventure: $176,033.50
• Blue & Grey: $87,066.50
• Blue Mountain: $85,121.50
• First Capital: $225,002.50
• Frontier: $61,672.50
• Indian Steps: $151,816.50
• Oliver Perry: $43,414.50
• Union Canal: $85,284
• Non-District: $1,016.50

Products

Speaking in terms of dollars, our most popular product was the 9 oz Caramel Corn.  We sold $132,320!

 Our other top sellers were Supreme Caramel ($110,480) and Extra Buttery Roasted Summer Corn ($78,360).  Across the council, we sold $73,853 worth of candles.  Our Scouts also sold $30,220 in magazine vouchers.  Additionally, we raised $36,700 to go toward popcorn donations for military personnel.

Grand Slam Honor Roll

The council offered a special, additional commission to all units that sold more than $10,000.  We had 13 units that hit a “grand slam” and qualified for this bonus. Hopefully next year we can see a Frontier DIstrict unit on this list.

Our Grand Slam honorees are:

• Pack 51, Adventure
• Pack 190, Adventure
• Pack 296, Adventure
• Pack 77, Blue Mountain
• Pack 22, First Capital
• Pack 25, First Capital
• Pack 34, First Capital
• Pack 39, First Capital
• Pack 57, First Capital
• Pack 203, First Capital
• Troop 150, First Capital
• Pack 28, Indian Steps
• Pack 56, Oliver Perry

 

District Top Sellers

The top selling unit in each district is as follows:

• Adventure: Pack 51 — $18,255
• Blue & Grey: Pack 107 — $7,400
• Blue Mountain: Pack 77 — $10,795
• First Capital: Pack 39 — $27,825
• Frontier: Pack 125 — $8,333.50
• Indian Steps: Pack 28 — $23,864.50
• Oliver Perry: Pack 56 — $10,802.50
• Union Canal: Pack 23 — $9,470

Council Top Sellers

The top three sellers for the council are:

• Pack 39, First Capital — $27,825
• Pack 25, First Capital — $24,223
• Pack 28, Indian Steps — $23,864.50

 Additional Notes

We’ve highlighted some big numbers above, but “great job” to everyone involved!  Our overall sale was up by 13% compared to last year, and that was a team effort!  In the end, all of our Scouts are the winners since this great sale will help support all of their adventures.

Congratulations Frontier District,

I want to say “Thank You” to all scouts and parents in the Frontier District for a fine effort this year for our Popcorn and Candles Sale and with the great success of our sales. We now have the challenge of getting the product into the hands of everyone that thought enough about scouting to help us reach the goals that we set.

Yes, we have a “truck load” of popcorn and candles arriving in Chambersburg next week! On Friday, November 12th your help is needed to sort the popcorn and candle orders for our district. Beginning at 2 PM on Friday, 12-15 helpers are needed at the OHL warehouse on Wayne Avenue near the Cracker Barrel. We will have 3 hours to get the orders pulled and ready for our district units to pick up their orders between 5 and 7 PM.

Please consider helping as much as you can between 2 and 7 PM and send an email to me with the hours that you can help. We need people to breakdown popcorn, the candles (lots of pieces, many different kinds) and people to help with paperwork.

 

OHL
900 Kriner Road
Suite 3
Chambersburg PA 17202

 

OHL Warehouse Location

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Scott Finley
Frontier District Popcorn Kernel
scott.m.finley@gmail.com

Units picked up their popcorn on Friday and the excitement begins as the Show and Sell Orders hit the streets.

Hopefully, everyone has their take-order sales underway. We hope to get some pictures from units Blitz Day Sales. Send photos to Bill.Tolleson@Scouting.Org and include some numbers on how you did.

Use this as a way to get your sales started and keep your youth motivated.

Remember to have people support you in Scouting. They are doing more than buying popcorn. There are helping the largest youth serving organization in America prepare young people to make ethical and moral decisions over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

You can just tell them they are supporting you in scouting!

Now get out there and get some support