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 2019 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 Monday August 12
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. Orders will be placed soon after, so if you wait you will miss out.
Same thing with Take Order orders. Due October 29
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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 28
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, as announced at the kickoff we will also have the warehouse open on the 27
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. 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 be moved out of it that night to a council central location, which may be a longer trip than you had planned.
