Scout Popcorn Fundraiser!

Popcorn Fundraisers

We joined scouts just in time to do our Popcorn Fundraiser. Girl scouts has cookies, cub scouts has popcorn. Did you know that? Nope, me either! I know about the coupon books but I have never heard of the popcorn fundraiser until my son joined scouts. But guess what... there are lots of people that WAIT for popcorn fundraiser so they can buy it again. Because they LOVE it! Have I tried any? Nope, not yet. Our pack didn't get any for us to try. Does that stop my son from doing good? Nope!

He is doing great! 

And you know what is awesome about that? HA, let me tell you. I think I am more excited than my son on this one!

1. Ok, just like most fundraisers, a percentage of your sales goes toward your pack. In this case, it is 73% goes toward local scouting. Which means your council gets a %, your district, and your pack.   This helps pay for supplies, camping trips with your pack, ect...

2. Like a school fundraiser, your kids can earn prizes... anything from boy scout knives to an Xbox one. Just depends on the sales. ( you need a certain badge to be able to get the knives)

3. They earn a popcorn selling patch for selling just 1 item. This is from 2015.

This is from 2017. It has multiple patches that make a robot.

My son is super excited. Each arm, leg, ect is earned separately.   

4. You have bonus levels. One is at $650 ( in 2015 you receive a Nerf toy or a multi-tool with hammer. 2017 is a headlamp.) and at $1800 in sales they receive a $45 gift card to Walmart  in 2015 but i think this year, 2017, there isnt anything.( on top of other bonuses and prizes) AND they get to go to a Top Seller Bash, where the top sellers can win  a $600, $400 or $200 Amazon gift card.

Now here are the ones that I consider are worth bringing your child door to door to sale:

5. At $2,500 sales, they start earning a scholarship. 6% of your sales for the rest of scouts (I believe that is correct) will be put into a scholarship for your child.

6. I don't know if all packs offer this, but my son's pack pays for his cub scout fees, his Summer Camp and he gets a $25 gift card to the scout store....AND he gets to throw a pie in any leaders face. Here is me in 2016 getting a pie smashed in the face by LJ.

My son dresses in his full uniform everyday at 6pm and knocks on doors until 7pm. ( I have had to wash that uniform A LOT) He shakes peoples hands, introduces himself, tells them why he is selling popcorn, and then even if they don't buy, he always says that he wishes them a wonderful day/week. He is hot, sweaty, carrying around a thermos of ice cold water and is still cheerful to everyone who answers the door! Even if he doesn't make that $2,500 goal( which he did!) ( this year his goal is $21,000), I am so proud of him. He has learned to look people in the eye, to use his manners, and to be confident. Score one for scouts!
I'm also proud of him because he gets home late off the bus, he snacks, does homework, eats dinner, then goes out door to door. This also causes him to get home late, wash up, play for 20 min and then when bedtime comes around, within 10-15 min he is asleep! Love, Love, Love it! Which causes him to wake up earlier, eat breakfast earlier, get ready earlier... and still make great grades in school! A lot of pluses to this!

Update 2015: My son is a top seller with $2,880 in popcorn sales! He still had 2 weeks left that he could have sold but he said he reached his goal and would like to stop now. I said ok, that's fine. DON'T force it on them. Make it as fun as possible so that they want to do it. And if they say they don't want to anymore, let it be. As my son put it, " I just want to play and have fun now."
Oh, and please take pictures of all order forms you turn in. Luckily I did that. When our popcorn coordinator texted me and said that my son's prizes were $600 more than what he could have, I knew something was wrong. I wrote every single order in an excel sheet and took pics of ALL his order forms. I was out shopping, so I called her and said that I was at the store and if she could wait 20 min, I will be back home. She said it needed to go in ASAP. Well, I asked her to count the order forms, she was missing one. So, I sent her texts with a picture from my phone of each order form. She found the missing order form and everything worked out. So, lesson learned. Document EVERYTHING! 

Also, we had some problem with the council having the wrong #'s... so please keep everything.

Also, our district did something for our top 3 sellers,  which included my son. He recieved a gift card for Baskin robins (finally used this in 2017)..and a camping chair and a sleeping bag.

Thank you Copperhead district!
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