I have the privilege of being the new Popcorn Kernel, and I welcome you to an interesting and challenging Boy Scout fundraising campaign. Troop 24 has offered this opportunity for our scouts to earn money for this year’s scouting events. All sales (order form or online) will give the scouts 1/3 of the money back for use in Troop 24 or PTAC events.

This year there is a new popcorn company, Pecatonica River Popcorn, www.prpopcorn.com, and they will be sending all the parents an email and web link for setting up online sales for each individual scout. There are numerous items online and shipping is free! Please set-up and share the link via email or social media to friends and family anywhere in the country. If you do not get the email from pops@prpopcorn.com, check your spam/junk folder first, then email me at axponn@gmail.com to correct. If you have multiple scouts in the troop, there should be individual emails, popcorn sales ID’s, and web links for their individual sales.

I strongly encourage online sales this year, but there are other ways to sell as well. We will be distributing the standard order forms over the next week. They have also provided fold-up tent-like order sheets that can be left in a lunchroom or common area at work (etc.) for people to place orders while social distancing. And finally, if you are interested in going door-to-door they have provided these hang tags that can be left on door knobs and picked up later (limited quantity available, so reserved for those who express interest in actual door-to-door).

Finally, all order forms and online sales should be completed and turned in to me by Friday October 23, 2020 to count toward this year’s totals. I encourage everyone to avoid cash and have checks made out to yourself and then consolidate the total to one personal check made out to Troop 24. Good luck and be safe.

Regards,
Anand Ponnappan
Kernel, Troop 24 Riverside

PS: I have popcorn samples and a small prize that will be randomly distributed to the scouts that make any sale by the meeting on October 1st or 8th.

BTW: BSA and Pecatonica have other incentives if scouts sell more than $750+, such as game/event tickets or other major prizes that our scouts can still earn. Also, this fundraiser can fulfill all the requirements for the Salesmanship Merit Badge for the motivated scout.