Fundraising

Popcorn	Apple Day

Popcorn Sales

September and October are popcorn months. Selling popcorn can be a major fund raiser for a group. However, since it occurs so early in the scouting year, it is essential that you plan ahead. Information about the campaign is released in August, so get "popping" and sell that corn!.

2009 Dates to Remember

Popcorn Sales have already begun and run until late October
Orders must be placed with Trail's End (on their web site) by 5 p.m. November 6, 2009. (This is the cut off date for your group's popcorn coordinator. Your sales cut off date will be earlier.)
Pick-up date for popcorn is (tentatively) Saturday, November 21, 2008. Same location as last year. You will be able to deliver your popcorn shortly thereafter.
Popcorn payment deadline: December 4, 2009. (Again, this is the deadline for the coordinator. Your payment deadline will be sooner.)
Sales can continue! You don't have to stop selling or stop taking orders after the deadline. You can still sell and place orders. The difference is that the profits you will receive are smaller to reflect the added costs of dealing with smaller orders.
There are some great prizes to be won. You will be eligible with just one sale. Fill up your order sheet for a free T-shirt and to be eligible for even more prizes. See your section leader for full details. TIP: Fill up your order sheet faster by listing each product on its own line. i.e. if Neighbor Jack orders some popping corn and trail mix, don;t enter them both on one line, use two.

Some Popcorn Triva

Weaver Popcorn (makers of Trail's End) produces 30% of the world's popcorn.
The Weaver Popcorn plant is located in Van Buren, Indiana
Weaver uses high speed optical scanners to photograph over 750 billion kernels each year, for quality purposes.
Weaver popcorn is distributed to over 90 countries.
Weaver popcorn is produced in sizes that range from microwave bags to 50 lb. Bags used for concession stands and movie theatres.
Weaver popcorn comes from hybrid seeds that are planted and grown by contract farmers with strict standards.
The retail price of a 3 way tin is $45.
All of the Trail's End products are trans fat free.
Weaver popcorn is the largest popcorn manufacturer in the world
Trail Mix is the new products for 2008.
Everything except the trail mix is Kosher and Halal.
The base level for qualifying for the scholarship program is $2500 in sales. (You only need to qualify once – all sales after that go to the scholarship.)
A great way to increase sales is to add one more item.
The retail cost of a 15 pack of Kettle corn is $20.
Popcorn is harvested once the moisture content reached 16-20%.
Ever wonder how a microwave bag of popcorn pops? The "this side down" side has a heat plate encased in the packaging that heats up and as the unpopped kernels come in contact with it, they too POP!
Trail's End makes up 25% of Weaver Popcorn's business.
The temperature of a popped bag of microwave popcorn can reach 400-450 degrees Fahrenheit!
Not only is popcorn whole grain, it is also high in fiber, it is sugar free, and cholesterol free. Nature's perfect food!
Weaver popcorn was started 80 years ago by Reverend Ira Weaver and is still a family run business to this day. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren run the business.
The retail cost of a tin of popping corn is $10.
Your orders for this year's campaign must be process by Halloween, October 31
A great way to increase sales is to add one more seller
Another great way to increase sales is to set target sales goals, like each seller reaches a $150 or $200. goal.
Trail's End was the first popcorn company to remove diacetyl flavouring from its product.
The level of sales required for the top sellers prize is $1500.
The three flavours of microwave popcorn available are Kettle, Unbelievable butter, and Butter light!
It is a tiny droplet of water creating steam that causes popcorn to explode or "pop”.

Adapted from material provided by Linda Way.

Apple Day

Apple Day is the traditional fundraising event that started right here in Canada! Section members will be selling apples again this year. Although individual groups may decide whether to participate or not and/or may alter the dates, the usual dates for apple day are October 17 and 18, 2008.

Money raised from apple sales (as with our other fundraisers) go to improving the Scouting programme through registration fee subsidies, outings, camping equipment, training and many other endeavours.

Popcorn	Apple Day

Sunday, September 05, 2010

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