Opening our Doors for New Scouts!



I love this time of year! It is always exciting to see hundreds of new Cub Scouts taking their first steps into the adventures of Scouting. It always brings back memories of a Scout leader coming to my elementary school to talk about the Cub Scouts. I don’t recall what was said, but a do remember going home and bugging my mom until she agreed to let me join.

Unfortunately, due to many reasons, there are thousands of children here in northeast Indiana that will not have this opportunity to hear about Scouting at school. COVID restrictions continue to limit our access to many local schools. That doesn’t mean we can just give up on encouraging these kids to join Scouting, we just have to find another way to get the message of Scouting to them.

There are hundreds of alternate recruitment ideas out there, social media, buddy cards, community events, parades, and more. I encourage everyone to take a look at some of the resources that can be found at https://www.awac.org/membership or at the BSA site https://www.scouting.org/recruitment/ pick out two or three to try.

Not every child will join Scouting, but as part of the Scouting family, we all, every Scout Leader and Scout parent have a responsibility to make sure that every child in northeast Indiana is invited and encouraged to join in the adventure of Scouting!

A great Community Training opportunity in Huntington. Check it out on September 17th and learn all about the Constitution of the United States of America.

We have made two major changes to help increase your Popcorn sales:

1    Due to the early order placement, some Units did not feel comfortable placing orders until they were closer to their Units going back to regular meetings.

We are offering another opportunity to place an Order with Trail’s End.

Orders must be placed in the Trails-End System by midnight, Friday, September 3, 2021.

Orders will be placed with Trails-End immediately following the Labor Day Weekend with delivery approximately 10 Days from the AWAC Order placement. Pick-Up Date/ Time will be provided. Pick-Up will be at the AWAC Office.

There will still be an opportunity to place a Replenishment Order as scheduled on September 21^st.

2. Based on feedback, we are updating our return policy. We will allow 20% of your order as a return until October 14^th. Final Orders are still due October 21^st.

Units may return the excess following these guidelines:

1.   Products must be in like-new condition

2.   No writing on boxes or packaging

3.   Opened cases must be in good condition

4.   No mixed boxes (meaning don’t pile 4 products in one box and bring them back)

5.   Only Initial Orders placed in August or Orders placed on September 3^rd are eligible for the 20% Return Offer

6.   Any Popcorn Ordered on the September 21^St Replenishment Order is not eligible for the 20% Return Offer

7.   NO returns will be allowed after October 15^th. 

*Opened cases and repackaged cases can be returned as long as they meet the above criteria 

Furthermore, there are still over 8,000 hours of unreserved space left in the already secured, Show & Sell slots on the storefront reservation site that need to be claimed.

There are still more than 2,000 hours that remain un-booked at Kroger Stores which begin on September 11^th. This opportunity represents approximately $100 an hour. That is over $200,000 of opportunity! 

Lastly, Let the kids have FUN with the sale. There are many other resources on the website. https://www.awac.org/unitpopcornsale