Welcome to the Popcorn Kickoff

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Welcome to the Popcorn Kickoff
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In 2008, our unit has decided to participate in
the CAMP program. Complete Annual Model Program
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What does our CAMP look like?

• October
• November
• December
• January
• February
• March

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More CAMP

• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September

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Fundraising with LDS Units

• One of our objectives has been to insure that
  all budget costs be funded either through the
  100-percent reimbursed items or the per-person
  budget allowance and that there be no separate
  assessments or fund-raising activities to support
  the programs of the Church. An exception would be
  that relating to our affiliation with the
  Scouting program, which has as a basic tenet that
  a boy earns his own way. Permitted under the
  budget allowance program is the financing of
  prescribed Cub, Scout, Varsity, and Explorer
  activities.
• President Thomas S. Monson, The Lords Way,
  Ensign, May 1990, 92
• While the LDS Church does not endorse any
  specific fund-raiser or product, if conducted in
  accordance with the LDS Church Budget Allowance
  Guidelines, (1998), the sale of popcorn would be
  an appropriate fund-raising tool for
  LDS-sponsored units.
• Charles W. Dahlquist, Young Men General
  President, 2005
• If budget allowance funds are insufficient and
  young men are unable to individually earn enough
  for the one annual camp, they may hold group
  fund-raising activities.
• Young men (Scouts, Varsity, and Venturing) and
  Cub Scouts may hold group fund-raising activities
  to pay for equipment for the unit if there is not
  sufficient budget allowance.
• Funding Youth Activities, The Budget
  Allowance Guidelines, page 2

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Whats the Budget look like for our Complete
Annual Model Program?
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Complete Annual Model Program
Pack (20 boy Pack)

• Youth Registration (20 _at_ 10) 200
• Adult Registration (10 _at_ 10) 100
• Boys Life (20 _at_ 12) 240
• Unit Charter Fee 20
• Pinewood Derby Ribbons (20 _at_ 6) 120
• Day Camp (20 _at_ 75) 1500
• Summertime Activities (20 x 2 x 5) 200
• Blue and Gold Banquet 200
• Advancements Other Uniform Parts (20 _at_ 45)
  900
• Pack Literature/Training 120
• TOTAL 3600

180 / youth
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Complete Annual Model Program
Troop (20 boy Troop)

• Youth Registration (20 _at_ 10) 200
• Adult Registration (10 _at_ 10) 100
• Boys Life (20 _at_ 12) 240
• Unit Charter Fee 20
• Monthly Activities (20 x 8 x 10) 1600
• Summer Camp (14 _at_ 200) 2800
• High Adventure Activity (6 _at_ 200) 1200
• Youth Training (2 x 200) 400
• Adult Training (4 x 15) 60
• Advancement Awards (20 _at_ 25) 500
• Equipment Uniform (20 _at_ 100) 2000
• Court of Honor Banquet (100 x 4) 400
• Troop Literature 180
• Reserve Fund (20 x 10) 200
• TOTAL 9900

495 / youth
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Why we are using Trails End Popcorn to earn
money for CAMP?

• No up front purchase of product
• Youth can wear their Scout uniform
• Opportunity to conduct only one fundraiser for
  the entire years camp and equipment
• Ability to earn up to 50 commission

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How does a unit get 50 commission?

• 25 Base Commission
• 5 For Committing to sell popcorn by July 31,
  2008
• 15 For completing ALL of the following (BIG
  3)
• Attending this District Popcorn Training Kickoff
• Submit your unit budget by September 15, 2008 to
  the District Popcorn Kernel
• On-time closeout of all sales
• 5 bonus for obtaining sales of 200 per
  registered Scout based on July 31st registration
• 50 Total Commission

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Additional Sales Incentives

• NEW 1,000 Club iPod Shuffle or 50 gift card
  plus limited edition 2008 Mount Baker Council
  Popcorn Shoulder Patch.
• NEW Weekly Bonuses Participate in the Fill It
  Up plan by completely filling their take-order
  sheets with popcorn orders. Turn in Fill It Up
  sheets to the Unit Popcorn Chair every Saturday
  evening. Drawings for prizes will be held on
  Monday, September 29 and October 6 and 13 for ten
  Cub Scouts and five Boy Scouts whose forms came
  in the previous week. All forms received will
  then go into the drawing to be held on October
  20. The Trails End people are generously
  providing the prizes.
• Disneyland Trip Drawing For every 100 dollars a
  boy sells, they earn a chance to win the
  Disneyland vacation package. (No change) The
  winner will be drawn at the University of
  Scouting on January 24th.

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More Sales Incentives

• Trails End 1500 Prize Patrol 50 gift
  certificate for Scouts who sell 1,500 of
  popcorn.
• Trails End Scholarship Program Sell 2,500 the
  first year and earn money for college. A Scout
  can earn 6 of his/her popcorn sale total each
  year and let it earn interest until he is ready
  to use it for his post-high school education.

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Now it is time to recognize those that sold last
year!
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Our Unit Goal

• Total expected youth in unit on September 30 20
• Income needed to fund CAMP 4,000
• Popcorn Sales Goal 8,000
• (based on 50 commission)
• Total per Scout sales goal 200
• Total containers sold per Scout
  20
• (based on average sales of 20)
• IF WE REACH OUR GOAL, NO MONEY FOR CAMP WILL
  COME OUT OF THE PARENTS POCKETS

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Ways we plan to sell popcorn

• Show-n-Sell
• Scouts sell checked out popcorn in front of
  retail location like grocery stores, post office,
  Wal-Mart, Target, etc.
• Military Donation
• Collect cash donations in 25 increments to
  purchase popcorn to be sent to military troops
  abroad.
• Online Order
• Using a Code Key customers can purchase popcorn
  online at OrderPopcorn.com and have product
  shipped directly to them.
• Take Order (Fill It Up Form)
• Scouts use form to take order going door-to-door,
  parents taking form to work, or ask relatives to
  buy.
• The Church does not allow door-to-door sale of
  any product.

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Suggestions for Increasing Sales
Tape Mini Order Form or sticker with Code Key to
every box for follow-up online sales. Have
samples available. Focus our sale on Scouting and
not on popcorn. We need a poster or sign to
display why our unit is selling popcorn. Use
pictures when possible. Parents review all the
online training materials found at
Trails-End.com. Have all youth wear a well-kept
uniform.
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Now it is time to split up into two groups

• Scouts Scout Training Video
• Parents Review Parents Packet

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Important Dates

September 15 Unit Budgets in to District
Kernel. Show-n-Sell Orders due. September 27
Popcorn Sales Start. October Blitz
Day October 25 Popcorn Sale Ends Take
Orders due to District Kernel. Inventory
of unused Show-n-Sell popcorn
received. November 15 Distribution Day. All
popcorn picked up. December 4 Unit
closeout. All money received.
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Thank you for attending the Popcorn Kickoff
Training