September 15, 2010
Heritage Day Parade
The meet-up point is the corner of Main St. & Schoolhouse Dr.
We encourage all scouts to march with the Pack. Please plan to be at the above location between 9:15-9:30 am. Make sure your scout is dressed in full uniform.
We still need lots of volunteers to help with the booth later in the day.
Please go to www.middletowncubs.org and click on Announcements to be taken to the sign-up sheet. Your hour of volunteering will fly by! Help support our Pack!!!
Thanks-
Kelly
Volunteers needed!
Secretary (2 hours per month) - Attends committee meeting and provides meeting minutes to the pack.
All of the individuals that are currently in these positions will be moving on to Boy Scouts next year and will be available to provide training. We need to get these positions filled in order to successfully recharter the pack in December.
If you are interesting in volunteering for one of these positions, please let me know and we can get you training to be successful at your new position. We will be discussing this more at the pack meeting next week, so we can allow for training while we still have the current volunteers available.
October 17, 2009
Popcorn Update!
Here's a reminder about Pop Corn fund raising for our Pack AND yet another opportunity to help your Scout meet him goals.
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SCOUTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
Last weekend, I overheard several people tell us, at that mall, that Scouts never come to their house anymore to sell pop corn. If you don't go door to door with your Scout, you are missing a great opportunity. In just a couple of hours, you can have some quality time with your son, he can pick up life skills by interacting with people and he can meet his $150 sales goal, to support the Pack.
SCOUTS SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS DURING ORDER TAKING AND DELIVERY
Last weekend, I also overheard some people mention how courteous our Scouts were, compared to those aggressive Girl Scouts and their cookies! :-)
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SELLING SCOUTING
Once again, a couple of good pitches that will help your Scout sell more:
1. (SMILING) "Hi, I'm Tim from Cub Scout Pack 476. I'm selling pop corn to help support my Pack and so I can go camping this summer. You'll help me won't you? (Nodding head affirmatively.)"
2. (SMILING) "Hi, I'm Jim from Cub Scout Pack 476. I'm selling some deeeeeeelicious pop corn to help support my Pack. You'll help me won't you? (Nodding head affirmatively.)"
By the way, "No" is a good thing for our Scouts to hear; it means they're one step closer to another "Yes."
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GOOD MANNERS AND SELLING FOR NEXT YEAR
Your Scout can make a great impression on his customers and practice good manners by making his own thank you notes, to deliver with the pop corn. His customers will remember what your Scout did and will likely be a repeat customer next year.
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REPLIES THAT SCOUTS WILL HEAR AND ANSWERS THEY CAN GIVE
Cubstomer: "That's expensive."
Cub Scout: "70% of what you are spending goes directly to Scouting."
Cubstomer: "I don't like pop corn."
Cub Scout: "We also have a tasty trail mix."
--OR--
Cub Scout: "You can support our troops by sending pop corn to them in Iraq and Afganistan or sending it to their families who live on domestic bases, awaiting their return. Over the last few years, we've sent millions of dollars of pop corn to troops and their families."
--OR--
Cub scout: "Would you be willing to make a small donation to our Pack?"
Cubstomer: "I don't want to wait for my order."
Cub Scout: "I can get it to you in less than a week." I don't want this to be a problem for our Scouts. If you have people who want product immediately, please let me know and I will help make it available.
Cubstomer: "No", "No, thank you." or some version of "I gave at the office."
Cub Scout (ALWAYS): (SMILING) "Thank you. Have a great day!"
Checks may be written out to "Pack 476."
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EXTRA FSK MALL SALES OPPORTUNITY
We have secured Friday, November 13 at FSK for one more sales opportunity. If anyone can make it earlier than 5PM, please let me know. I will send an email out when the signup is online.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Every Thursday: Bring me your filled sales sheet and you will be entered in a Council drawing for a $100 Wal Mart gift card on Friday. Last drawing is on 11/20. Remember, each filled sheet is automatically good for two Nationals tickets.
11/13: FSK Mall Sales opportunity
11/20: Final order due, along with prize selections
12/5: Final product pick up
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ONE FINAL NOTE
If your Scout is excited about delivering product quickly, please email me to arrange a pickup date/time. You'll need to bring the sales sheet.
Larry Call
Pop Corn Kernel
PS--A big shout out to my SUPER helpers, for picking up and/or storing the pop corn that we're selling: Thanks again, Ken Smith, Dan Snively, Lawrence Fernandez and John Bongard! And a HUGE shout out to my SUPER wife, for letting me store pop corn in the living room!
September 26, 2009
Polo Shirt Sales
Link : http://www.classb.com/
If we only order 10 shirts the price is 17.99 each, but if we order 25 the price is 14.99 each. We will be adding approximately $1 for Tax/shipping & handling to the price of each shirt to cover the costs.
We need to know the quantity and size you would like ordered. You can use the form button below to submit your order.
Sell Popcorn Online
- Go to www.orderpopcorn.com
- On the bottom left side, you should see an image that reads "Scouts", next to the BSA emblem.--click on that image
- On the top right side, you should see text that reads "Create an Account"--click on that text...you will end up on a page for creating a new account. EVERY SCOUT must create a new account--old numbers will not work.
- For "I'm in a", select "Pack" from the drop down list
- For "Number", enter "0476" (without the quotes)
- For "My zip code is", enter the zip code of your residence
- Select your birthday from the "Month", "Day" and "Year" drop down lists
- Enter your Parent or Guardian's name
- Enter your Parent or Guardian's email address
- Click on the "Submit" button
- On the next page, click on the radio button next to Pack 0476
- Click on the "Select" button
- Fill in the required fields on the next page (fields with an "*" next to them)
- Click on "Create Account & Login" button
- You will get a message that informs you that your Parent or Guardian will receive an email that has to be read first, before you get your account...you will receive a notification, once your Parent or Guardian does something with the email. (Tell your Parent or Guardian to check his/her SPAM folder, just in case the email looks like a phony ham product)
- Follow steps 1 and 2 again
- Click on the "Sign In" link in the upper right hand corner and enter your email address and password that you created
- Poke around--you can use the Trails End website to send emails to your friends and family, all over the United States. You can also track your websales right on the website.
You don't have to sent emails to people, to get sales. You can just tell them to go to www.orderpopcorn.com and make sure that they select you, to get credit for the sale. Your friends and family will have to know what your first name, last name initial and zip code are, to find you. You can test to see how your site will look to friends and family, if you just go to www.orderpopcorn.com yourself.
Let me know if you have any questions!