What's Poppin'
10/15/2019

REMINDERS AND TIPS – TAKE ORDER
WOW, only a couple of weeks of the sale is left. What can you do to keep improving your sale, whether you participated in the Show and Sell portion of the campaign or not?

There are a few things to consider. Does everyone know when your unit deadlines are? One of the great things about deadlines is everyone knows when they need to have things wrapped up and turned in. Unit orders are due by midnight, Tuesday October 29 th .   This is true for both Camp Masters and your Email me form order form for Whitley’s Nut Factory. You will want to make sure that your families know when you need their information, so you can compile your order and place it. Be sure to give yourself a day or two, depending on the size you anticipate your order to be. The larger the order the more time you will need. You may want to have the Scouts get their orders to you before the return deadlines of October 27 th or 28 th , so that you can take advantage of filling those orders from your left over Show and Sell product.
            
Another consideration for increasing your Take order sale is Wagon Draggin .  If you haven’t organized one yet be sure to set one weekend aside for one. You will want to organize your Wagon Draggin so that your area is covered. See issue seven of What’s Poppin’ for more on Wagon Draggin’ . What if you didn’t participate in Show and Sell? Set up canvassing coverage just like you would a Wagon Draggin Divide the neighborhoods into areas and assign your scouts to make sure no area is missed. Remember that only one out of ten people are asked to support Scouts through the sale, so 90 percent of the population hasn’t been asked yet.

Weekly reports. Are you having weekly reports at your Den or Patrol meetings? Are you offering any unit prizes to encourage sales? Do you have any inter-patrol or den competitions? What about a pizza party for the group that has the highest group sales for that week, cooperative rewards can be a great motivator and get the entire team behind your sale. Or maybe an additional $5.00, or an additional percentage in the youth account, if you use them, of the youth that had the greatest sales that week. Be creative. Keep energy and enthusiasm up. You have 2 more weekends to have your best sale yet.
                

MANAGING UNIT RETURNS AND PRODUCT NEED

We hope your sale is going well. For some of our units the sale is going very well. In fact, we need several products. We are currently out of 3-way Cheesey Cheese Tin, Roasted Summer Corn , Caramel Corn, Purple Popping Corn, Honey Roasted Troops Peanuts and Salted Cashews.  If you are done with Show and Sells, or nearly done please consider an early return. This will not only relieve you of tracking product that isn’t selling and free up space in your living room but will help other units as well. If you would like to do an early return, please contact Scott Arnold at scott.arnold@scouting.org .

Before you return your remaining product on either the 27 th or 28 th consider keeping what you need to fill your Take Order orders. Have your “ Take Order ” orders turned in before you return so that you can pull your “Take Order” needs out before returning your product. This will minimize what you are bringing back, make your returns quicker, prevent you from handling product multiple times, and in the long run making things easier on you.  Just remember that you must return all product before 7:00 PM on the 28 th . Your “Take Order” order is due Wednesday, October 29 th , only one day after your returns are due. Watch future issues for “Take Order” pickup information.
2019 Fall Product Sale Calendar
BSA Prize Mania is Live!

Popcorn Kernels, we're happy to announce that the BSA Prize Mania site is LIVE and available for you to begin placing prize orders.

  • You may access the site from their Camp Masters popcorn account using your Camp Masters username and password (same process as years past). If needed, a detailed Login Instruction Guide is also available.
  • Instructions for Kernels are posted on the Prize Mania site under the “Program Instructions” link along with your Council Prize Flyer and Tally Sheet. This will aid you with the reviewing of orders.

Our Customer Service specialists are on hand and ready to assist Kernels Monday – Friday at NDC.PrizeIncentiveProgram@scouting.org or by calling (800) 323-0736.


Unsold product may be returned Sunday, October 27 th or Monday, October 28 th Returns for Sunday will be between 1:00PM-5:00PM and on Monday between 3:00PM-7:00PM.  All returns must be made at the closed Sear’s Auto Center at the Park City Mall in Lancaster (805 Plaza Blvd, Lancaster, PA 17601.) You may make alternate arrangements to return product prior to those dates. **This is not the location you picked up at**

Please do not return your leftover product to the Council Service Center, since there will not be anyone there able to help you. If you must make other arrangements please contact your District Kernel or Executive as soon as possible. No returns will be accepted after 7:00PM Monday October 28 th and your unit will be billed for unreturned product.

Returns may be made by the piece. You will receive a copy of your return paperwork for your files. Damaged product, that has not been previously reported, should not be returned. Returned product will be removed from your initial Show and Sell order and an adjusted invoice will be presented at the Take Order pickup and emailed to your Kernel and Treasurer, if provided on your commitment form. 
Past Issues
Missed a “What’s Poppin’” or accidentally deleted it. Don’t worry. There is an archive of past issues on the Council Website. Just go to http://padutchbsa.org/popcorn/whats-poppin/ , look at the menu on the left hand side and click on “What’s Poppin’,” and pick the issue you are looking for.

Meet your 2019 Popcorn team
Council Sale Support

Rita Batista

717-394-4063

rita.bastista@scouting.org

Sale Staff Advisor

Scott Arnold

717-553-4208

Council Scout Executive

Matt Adams

717-394-4063

Council Kernel

Joe Flaim

717-768-0961

Conestoga River District Executive

John Oechslin

717-341-8983

Conestoga River Kernel

Roger Harvey

717-468-5438

Harvest District Executive

Nick Barlieb

717-553-4203

Harvest Kernel

Courtney Sweigart

717-682-3523

cje.landscape@gmail.com
Horse-Shoe Trail District
Executive

Nicole Welch

717-553-4202

Horse-Shoe Trail Kernel

Myrna Walker

717-644-5460