2018 What's Poppin' Edition 6
Pick up Information
For all units that participated in Show and Sell, please plan to pick up your product at your scheduled locations below the times listed below, Friday, September 7th. If you would like to help sort and pick your product up early contact your district Kernel or Executive. Most districts have scheduled pickup times. If you have not heard from your district, please reach out to either your Kernel or Executive.
 
Lancaster-Greenfield Corporate Center, 1905 Olde Homestead Lane, Lancaster, PA 17601. Pickup times Harvest 9/6 3:00 – 9:00. Pickup times Conestoga River 9/7 2:00 – 7:00. Pickup times Horse-shoe 9/7 Time 2:00 – 7:00 Trail
Directions:
From Route 30:
Take the Greenfield Road and head east to the light at the visitor’s center
Turn right onto Hempstead Road. 
Continue to Olde Homestead Lane and make a left. 
Cross over William Penn Way and 1905 Suite 101 will be on the left. 
If you reach Colonial Village Lane, you went too far.
 
Camp Mack Training Center, 2 Scout Ln, Newmanstown, PA 17073 . Pickup times 9/7 4:00 – 6:00.
Directions:
From the south, take Rte. 501 pass over 322. Continue on Rte. 501, shortly after the Pretzel Hut turn left at the camp entrance.

If coming from the north, take Rte. 501. Prior to 322 you will see Camp Mack to your right. If you pass the pretzel Hut you went too far.  
Follow the main camp road and pass the gates. The training Center will be on your left. If you get to the main camp you went too far.

Here are some tips for a successful pickup:

o  Bring enough vehicles to carry your entire order in one trip (use numbers below to determine roughly how much product will fit in your vehicle, without a passenger)
§ Mid-size car—10 cases
§ Jeep—25 cases
§ Mini-van—50 cases
§ Suburban—60 cases
§ Full Size Pick-Up Truck—80 cases
§ Larger orders should definitely plan on multiple vehicles.
o  Verify your order as it’s loaded. You are responsible for what you sign for. If you find out that you have damaged product, please let us know right away.
o  Bring someone to help you count your order as it’s loaded
 
If you have any questions please contact your District Executive, your District Kernel, or the popcorn and nuts support team at 717-394-4063 or scott.arnold@scouting.org.
Reminders and Tips - Show & Sell Sales
When putting your unit plan together be sure to consider the following;

Deadlines. There are several deadlines you need to consider for your unit plan. Base your timeline on the council 2018 Fall product Sales Calendar, found in the of the unit guide or on the council website under forms, (also in this issue of What’s Poppin’)

Show and Sell sales locations. Make sure to give yourself lots of time to contact the locations you want to sell at. Not everyone will allow Scouts to sell outside of their business. Key locations fill up fast, so get your request in early. Plan on reaching out as a reminder to the Scouts who signed up for them at least a day or 2 ahead so you don’t get no shows and lose potential sales.
 
Show and Sell Orders. Work out before you order what you want to order. Use the Show and Sell calculator to help you.  Remember if ordering over the 80% (indicated on the label of your unit envelope) your order must have a completed return policy waiver, where you opt out of the possibility of returns . If you have questions contact either your District Kernel, District Executive or the Council Staff Advisor. The Show and Sell order date for the council is Wednesday August 22 nd . Orders will be placed soon after, so if you wait you will miss out.  

Same thing with Take Order orders. Due October 24 th make sure youth orders are in your hands and accounted for before you work out and place your order.

For units that participated in Show and Sell any leftover product may be returned to the council by the deadline of October 22 nd , as announced at the kickoff we will also have the warehouse open on the 21 st . You will want to make sure that any product that you distributed is back in your control before then so that you may both return it and use any that you can to fill your Take Order orders. This cuts down on possibly moving product twice, once to turn in and then again to pick up making additional work for you.

Unit Prize orders are due November 1. Be sure to schedule enough time to collect and put together your unit order.

Product pick up. Don’t wait till the last minute to schedule help to pick up your product if needed. Consider things like is the unit doing an activity that week that would cut down on possible available manpower. Depending on the warehouse, product may need to moved out of it that night to a council central location, which may be a longer trip than you had planned.  
2018 Fall Product Sale Calendar
Council Popcorn Machine
The popcorn machine is available for units to borrow for their Kickoff and Show and Sell Events this fall! It’s a great way to help generate excitement for the sale!! You can obtain the form from Leisha, leishamarie.rivera@scouting.org to schedule the use of it. Machine use is on a first come first served basis. As long as the machine is being used as part of your sale there is no fee. Use of the machine includes corn and oil packets, the first 5 packets are free. Additional packets are available at $1.00 each. Each packet feeds approximately 10 people. Please be sure to clean the machine before returning. If you would like to use the machine for other events there is a small cost.
Past Issues
Missed a “What’s Poppin’” or accidentally deleted it. Don’t worry. There is an archive of past issues on the Council Website. Just go to http://padutchbsa.org/popcorn/whats-poppin/ , look at the menu on the left hand side and click on “What’s Poppin’,” and pick the issue you are looking for.
Meet your 2018 Popcorn Team
Pennsylvania Dutch Council
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Council Sale Support
Leishamarie Rivera
717-394-4063

Sale Staff
Scott Arnold
717-553-4208

Council Executive
Matt Adams
717-394-4063

Council Kernel
Joe Flaim
717-768-0961

Council Development Director
Tade Sullivan
717-553-4207
Council Districts

Conestoga River Kernel
Roger Harvey
717-468-5438

Conestoga River District Executive
John Oechslin
717-341-8983

Harvest Kernel
Heidi Patterson
717-406-8776

Harvest District Executive
Nick Barlieb
717-553-4203

Horse-Shoe Trail Kernel
Myrna Walker
717-644-5469

Horse-Shoe Trail District Executive
Nicole Welch
717-553-4202
Pennsylvania Dutch Council, BSA
Phone: (717)394-4063 | Fax: (717)394-7776