2009 Popcorn Guide for Kernels

The Mohegan Council received a net of $75,000.00 from popcorn proceeds last year. 5% of this was used to purchase the prizes for scouts. The remainder supports 15% of the Mohegan Council’s operational budget which includes support of district operations in Hassanamisco, Quinsigamond and Massasoit Districts.

Popcorn proceeds fund a percentage of the following operations:

·         Providing membership recruitment

·         Training volunteers

·         Camping services

·         Program delivery support to our youth

·         Registration services

·         Trip & tour planning

·         Advancement support

·         Marketing

·         Administrative support

Popcorn enables your unit to do the things you want without having to do lots of fund raisers.  The idea is to have this one fund-raiser in the fall support the entire year of Scouting. This is an officially approved council unit money-earning project that many packs and troops participate in each year. Do your sale in the fall and reap the benefits for the rest of the year. 

Here is what the most successful units did when they sold their popcorn:

1. Planned out the year ahead and set a unit budget.
2. Set sales goals for the unit and the Scouts.
3. Established Scout Accounts to help each Scout and his family with his   Scouting expenses.
4. Held a unit program kickoff to tell the Scouts and parents about the great year planned.
5. Sold popcorn by various methods such as TAKE ORDER, SHOW AND SELL, SHOW AND DELIVER, and SELLING AT WORK.
6. Scouts continued until their goal was met (usually 3 or 4 afternoons or weekend days).

There are exciting prizes for all the Scouts who sell popcorn!  Additional special prizes for Fill-A-Sheet with orders – this includes:

·         A complimentary ticket to the New England Scout Show, January 23 – 24, 2010 at the DCU Exhibition Center Exhibit Halls. Scouts earn one ticket with each sheet filled – fill more sheets, earn more tickets!

·         Two free tickets (seller and adult) to the Mohegan Council – Sharks Extravaganza on December 6.  

o    Following the game, all Fill-a-Sheet sellers may participate in the Scouts exclusive Meet n’ Greet autograph and photo session with the Sharks team.

o    The last Fill-A-Sheet weekly drawing will be for a seat on the BENCH of the Sharks to watch warm-ups along with the top seller from each district.

·         An entry into the weekly drawing, beginning September 18, 2009.

o    Weeks 1 – 7- You could win a $25 gift certificate.

o    Week 8 - The prize is a seat on the BENCH to watch the Sharks warm-up prior to the game as part of the Mohegan Council – Sharks Extravaganza.

Sheets not chosen will be entered into the next week’s drawing. The more sheets a scout submits, the more chances to win! The earlier the sheets are submitted, the more drawings the scout may win!

December 18 – Camp Promotion Voucher Requests due to Council

This is to let you know that Scouts can now begin selling Trail’s End online!   

Scouts,

Get a head start on this year’s fall sale by selling Trail’s End online! It’s a great way to reach friends and family who live far away. And the best part is that you don’t have to wait any longer to start earning money for your Scouting program.

• Just go to http://scouts.trails-end.com and click on “Create an Account” to get started.
• Send emails from the site to your friends and family. All they have to do is click on the link in your email to make a purchase on your behalf.
• Your customers pay online with a credit card, and Trail’s End ships their orders directly to them.
• Sell at least $250 between now and December 31, 2009, and you’ll start earning 10% back in Amazon.com Gift Cards!
• Become a fan on Facebook to get the latest updates and to learn about weekly prize giveaways from Trail’s End: http://www.facebook.com/trailsendpopcorn
• Lots of cool other stuff is coming to the site, too … soon you’ll be able to build avatars, link to your Facebook page, and redeem gift cards whenever you want them!
• Email support@trails-end.com at any time if you have questions.

Please refer online sale questions to Trail’s-End Online Support Team. This team is design to provide support services on all aspects of the new Online Sales web site. So if you have scouts, parents or leaders that have issues or question such as sign in or any technical or non technical questions this team will be able to serve you in the most effective way.

This team can be contacted at: 1-800-782-4255 or support@trails-end.com

Don’t forget: 70% of every online purchase comes back to local Scouting.

Happy Selling!

Please note the following changes:

•        The small caramel corn will be packed 6 containers per case.

•        The Trail’s-End web site has changed. If you have saved the old URL under your ``````favorites tab, please remove and type in www.trails-end.com and save.

•        The Fill-a-Sheet patches and $1500 Top Sellers prize form will no longer be mailed Trail's- End. This will be done online now and will ship with the units’ prize order.