At Thursday’s Troop Meeting, scouts were given Popcorn Order Forms for this year’s sale. Unlike in Cub Scouts, all the profits from popcorn sales go back to your scout to be used for summer camp or other troop outings. 35% of YOUR Scout’s total Popcorn Sales, including Military Donations, are directly applied to his Summer Camp fees: Sell $500, earn $175 towards Camp!

Please mark these important dates on your home calendar:

• Thursday, October 15 – Popcorn Order Forms and monies due at Troop meeting – all checks should be made payable to Boy Scout Troop 24
• Saturday, November 7 – Popcorn Pick-Up in the a.m. – times to be announced

Parents:

Review the order form with your Scout before he sells door-to-door. Please fill in your Scout’s name / phone on the order form and inform customers that their popcorn order will be delivered the second week of November.

Payment must be collected at the time of purchase – all checks should be written to Boy Scout Troop 24.

Donation Receipts are available for Military Donations of $30 and $50. Donations at these two levels are for gifts of popcorn to the military, their families and veteran’s organizations.

Scouts who log into or sign up for online selling by September 30 will be eligible to win a $10 Amazon gift card – Go to sell.trails-end.com, fill out the registration information and select SIGN UP. When you are asked for the Council name, scroll down to PTAC-LaGrange (Pathway to Adventure Council in LaGrange).

Motivate your Scout by reviewing the Prize Sheet – which includes Adventures such as iFLY Indoor Skydiving and Prizes such as two tickets to a 2016 Chicago Blackhawks Game!

Questions? Please email our Popcorn Kernel Anne at amkodama@sbcglobal.net

Scouts who sold popcorn must pick up their orders this Saturday, November 15, at 288 Gage Road, Riverside, between 9:00am and 11:00am. Mark your calendars. Please forward any questions to our Popcorn Kernel at amkodama@sbcglobal.net.

ALL popcorn orders are due to our Popcorn Kernel TONIGHT. Scouts can bring orders to the meeting, or order forms and payment can be dropped off at Anne Kodama’s home. Please contact Anne at amkodama@sbcglobal.net to get directions to her house and schedule a drop-off time. Orders must be accompanied by full payment (in other words, if your scout took any orders without getting payment, you will need to pay for the popcorn and get paid when it’s delivered. Scouts should not have sold with an I.O.U.). Parents: please tally counts by popcorn variety and check the totals to be sure the money turned in equals the amount ordered. Our Popcorn Kernel prefers checks only. If your scout collected cash, please keep the cash and write a check to Troop 24 for that amount. Your scout’s names should be on all order forms, and forms and checks should be placed in an envelope.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 15, for Popcorn Pick-up. Please contact Anne with any questions.

We are entering the final weeks for our Scouts to sell Popcorn. All order forms are due at the Troop meeting on October 23. Last chance to ask family, neighbors, co-workers and friends if they’d like to support Scouting through the purchase of Popcorn. If you scout is finished selling, please bring orders to this Thursday’s meeting. Popcorn Kernel Anne Kodama will be collecting them at the end of the Troop meeting.

PLEASE NOTE – IN LIEU OF PRIZES, our Troop elected to receive an additional 5% credit to the Scouts’ popcorn sale totals. New this year, our scouts can earn a total of 35% of their individual sales total to be credited to next year’s summer camp fees. This goes a long way to assist families in bringing down the cost of Camp Tesomas. The more you sell, the closer you are to attending camp free of charge!

When turning in orders, please include both order forms and full payment in an envelope. PARENTS – please review orders to confirm all totals are correct and full payment has been collected. Remember, all popcorn must be paid for in advance.

Popcorn pick-up will be Saturday, November 15.

Any Questions? Please contact our Popcorn Kernel at amkodama@sbcglobal.net.

Join your fellow Boy Scouts at the Chicago Wolves Home Opener on Saturday, October 11. Ticket purchase includes a family-friendly tailgate with free food & entertainment, entrance to the Rally, Wolves hat and a ticket to the game! Please see the flyer for order details.

It’s officially Popcorn selling season! Popcorn Fundraiser Order Forms were distributed to our Scouts via USPS mail this summer as well as at last Thursday’s Troop meeting. If you need an order form, please attend this Thursday’s meeting and request one from Scoutmaster Tom.

NEW THIS YEAR – Attention Scouting families – now a whopping 35% of your son’s sales total is credited back to him for Camp Tesomas (or other Troop outings). For example, if your Scout sells $500 in popcorn, $175 will be credited towards camp fees! And YES, total sales do include Popcorn to the Troops donations.

Here are a few items to note regarding Popcorn Selling:

Face-to-Face Sales:
• Collect total due from the Customer up front
• All checks are made payable to Troop 24
• Please review the Popcorn product, prices and presentation with your Scout prior to solicitation
• When selling, scouts should suggest a donation to “Popcorn to the Troops” for our military. Levels include SILVER ($30) & GOLD ($50). Tax receipts are available.
• Instruct Scouts to say “Thank You” regardless of whether popcorn is purchased

On-line Sales:
• Register your Scout on-line at http://www.trails-end.com/
• Click on “Scout” on the top right hand corner, then choose “Create An Account” again in the top right hand corner, then select “Scout” once more, enter Scout’s birthdate, then register under “Des Plaines Valley Council”.
• Gather together out-of-town relatives’ and friends’ email addresses for solicitation.
• All product ordered online is sent directly to the Purchaser but credited to your Scout using the link in the email solicitation generated by the website.

REMEMBER, all face-to-face orders must be PAID UP FRONT and all CHECKS are to be made payable to TROOP 24.

QUESTIONS? – Contact our Popcorn Kernel, Anne Kodama at amkodama@sbcglobal.net.

Our Popcorn Kernel, Mrs. Kodama, reports that 23 scouts sold a total of $7,325 worth of popcorn, which included $350 of donated Popcorn for our Military. Sales for this year yielded a credit toward Scouting activities of $2,198!

Our top sellers are (in order of sales): Ryan C ($700), Ewan P. ($675), Erik R. ($615) and Jimmy S. ($600). These top sellers earned the ZX Cross Bow and are eligible to attend the Des Plaines Valley Council’s FREE Pizza Party night at Enchanted Castle for their whole family.

Apologies to Popcorn Kernel Kodama because the reminder that popcorn was to be picked up TODAY (Saturday, November 16) did not go out in a timely manner. If you did not pick up your popcorn, please contact Kernel Anne at amkodama@sbcglobal.net

Thank you to all the Scouts who participated this year. You did a great job!

Mark your calendars. Scouts who sold popcorn must pick up their orders this Saturday, November 16, at 288 Gage Road, Riverside, between 10:30 and noon. Please forward any questions to our Popcorn Kernel at amkodama@sbcglobal.net.

There is a Popcorn Order without a Scout name listed on the Order Form. Please review the names below and if your Scout turned in a Popcorn order, but is not listed, please contact our Popcorn Kernel, Anne Kodama at amkodama@sbcglobal.net. In addition, if your Scout sold Popcorn and has not turned in the order, please drop off your form & money at Anne’s house as soon as possible.

Trevor B.
Ryan C.
Andy C.
William G.
Bobby H.
Max H.
Noah H.
Zach J.
Derek J.
Joey J.
Ben J.
Killian K.
Brian L.
Michael L.
Elijah O.
Ewan P.
Michael R.
Jimmy S.
Steven S.

Mark your calendars, all Popcorn Orders will be ready for pick up on Saturday, November 16. Thank you!

ALL popcorn orders are due to our Popcorn Kernel TONIGHT. Scouts can bring orders to the meeting, or order forms and payment can be dropped off at Anne Kodama’s home. Please contact Anne at amkodama@sbcglobal.net to get directions to her house and schedule a drop-off time. Orders must be accompanied by full payment (in other words, if your scout took any orders without getting payment, you will need to pay for the popcorn and get paid when it’s delivered. Scouts should not have sold with an I.O.U.). Parents: please tally counts by popcorn variety and check the totals to be sure the money turned in equals the amount ordered. Our Popcorn Kernel requests checks only. If your scout collected cash, please keep the cash and write a check to Troop 24 for that amount. Your scout’s names should be on all order forms, and forms and checks should be placed in an envelope. Please contact Anne with any questions.