2020 What's Poppin' Edition 2
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J
ust think, soon the wonderful buttery aroma of freshly popped corn will be in the air, and your 2020 Council Popcorn Team has been working hard to have it ready for you.
Whether this is your first time or your 20
th
we would like to
THANK YOU
for making this sale a reality for the youth of your Troop, Pack or Crew. Your efforts help the over 5,000 youth of the Pennsylvania Dutch Council here in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties to have the best year of Scouting possible.
To help you through the entire sale we invite you and anyone in your unit that is interested, to follow our What’s Poppin’ Newsletter. This newsletter is our way to communicate with you, key dates, reminders and important information regarding the sale, as well as helpful hints and suggestions that allow you to get the most out of your sale.
Please make sure this Newsletter is not marked as junk, since there is very important, and time sensitive information shared through it.
What’s Poppin
’ is sent to your Kernel of record, that is whoever signed up your unit. If you have other members of your unit that would like to receive What’s Poppin’ contact Robin at
Robin.Kotzmoyer@scouting.org
.
The Spring of 2020 has been a very exciting one. As we look ahead and start planning for the 2020 program year no one is exactly sure what it will look like. It may seem like Fall is forever away, but it is just around the corner. We know that the Fall Fundraiser is an extremely important part of your unit’s budget. Your council team has been working on a plan to help you, your unit and your youth succeed in these new and challenging times. As much as we wish we were able to have a plan set in stone, unfortunately we are just not able to. Our partner companies are still working on and tweaking their plan. With that in mind we ask you to bear with us. We are trying our best to give you a set plan, but we all must remain fluid.
To make sure that we have the most up-to-date information on you and your unit, please make sure that you have completed a 2020 Popcorn unit commitment. If you have not completed the 2020 commitment form click
here
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Please note that you are not alone in this whole process. We have a dedicated team of volunteers and professionals to support you in your sale. If you have questions at any time, please don’t hesitate to contact any of us. The contact information for each of our key volunteers and professional staff advisors is below. If you aren’t sure where to start, send an email to your executive, District Kernel or contact us at
scott.arnold@scouting.org
and we will get your questions answered.
Thank you again for all that you do to make Scouting great in the Pennsylvania Dutch Council and have a great sale!
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2020 VIRTUAL LEADER KICKOFF
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The kickoff for the sale will be
July 22nd at 7 p.m
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This is your best opportunity to get the most up-to-date information on the sale to help you increase your unit’s profit. We be conducting the kickoff virtually. The conference will be on Zoom. If you do not have a zoom account, it is very easy to access.
We are limited to 100 people, so if you please limit your access. If you have multiple people attending, we suggest you have them at the same location, but try to put on a big screen. We will do out best to answer all questions, or if we are unable to do so during the meeting, we will get back to you on the answer.
If you haven’t yet signed up for the sale you can still attend the meeting. Our link for the meeting is Pennsylvania Dutch Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Fall Product Sale Kickoff
Time: Jul 22, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88935627768?pwd=NHh6dzlrMGJWM3JGcVpGQ1J3VVo4dz09
Meeting ID: 889 3562 7768
Password: 7Q46Uu
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,88935627768#,,,,0#,,772744# US (Germantown)
+13126266799,,88935627768#,,,,0#,,772744# US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 889 3562 7768
Password: 772744
Make arrangements with your Kernel on how to receive your packet before the training. Popcorn and Nut Packets will be distributed with your kickoff packet. If you have questions, ask your District Kernel , Staff Advisor Scott Arnold, at
scott.arnold@scouting.org
or contact Robin, at
Robin.Kotzmoyer@scouting.org
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Hope to see you July 22
nd
to kick off your best sale ever.
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FALL PRODUCT SALES TRAINING
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Camp Masters is providing a special Sales Training opportunity. You will have 3 opportunities to participate in the training, Tuesday
July 7
th
, Wed.
July 8
th
, and Thursday
July 9
th.
Each of the trainings begins at 7 p.m. You will need to sign up in advance if you wish to attend. Each training will be live and cover the same material. They will all be virtual. Please use this link to register for the training
https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/sl47Mid7L57Key6J
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We are very excited to have Michael Beck lead our training. Michael has been Director of Sales for 20
th
Century Fox, a Consultant to Spelling Entertainment Group, CEO/President of Classic Plastic Inc. & Imajico Inc., and Director of Sales for Elkton Sparkler Company – Nitro Fireworks. Michael is also the parent of 2 Scouts as well as a Merit Badge Counselor. He will show you how in one weekend you can raise $3,000 in sales. Michael’s training applies to all Product Sales. He has worked with Camp Masters to develop a program for use as a preferred sales method incorporating social distancing. Michael’s training has a proven track record of units having attended, taking his teaching to heart and increasing their sale. If you attended Michael’s training last year, he has updated it to address concerns with covid-19.
The presentation will be approximately an hour and a half. It is geared towards adults, unit leaders and unit kernels as a train-the-trainer program. Whether this is your first sale, or you are a grizzled veteran, you will find a great takeaway in his presentation. If you are unable to make our training, you can attend the New Birth of Freedom Council training or Hawk Mountain Council training, we should have the dates by the end of June Newsletter. We hope to see you there.
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What do your Scouts hope to do this coming year? Go to summer camp? Visit a zoo? Go to Philmont? Sleep on a battleship? If you can dream it, you can do it and Popcorn and Nuts can help.
If you know what your unit wants to do, you can easily put together a goal for this year's sale. We often get the comment when Unit Kernels submit their
Unit Commitment Form
,
"I don't know what my goal should be."
At your unit planning conference did you determine your unit budget for the year? That is the first step. If you don’t know what you are going to spend, you don’t know what you need to raise. There is a program planning sheet available for anyone on the council website under popcorn forms. It helps to show you what your unit needs might be, and how the fall sale can help you offset those costs you need to operate.
Can your Scouts sell the average amount of popcorn and nuts sold across the Council? We bet they can! On average a Scout sells between 8 and 14 items! We bet with encouragement every Scout can sell at least 10 items. This automatically creates $100.00 or more in sales, which means at least $33.00 directly to your unit.
To help you reach your goal make sure each Scout sets an individual goal. Be sure to use the prizes to show them what they can achieve. Help them to stretch, but be realistic as well. Last year nearly 100 Scouts throughout the council sold $1000 or more of product, and 17 sold over $2750 of product. Make sure your parents understand this will help reduce their out-of-pocket expenses and even more importantly, how learning to help pay their way is an important part of a Scout being thrifty. One last note, units who set goals and have their youth set personal goals, even if they don’t reach them, wind up having better sales than units that do not. Good luck!
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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 download the request
form
and return it to Robin,
Robin.Kotzmoyer@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 promotion there is no fee. Use of the machine includes corn and oil packets, the first 8 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.
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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.
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MEET YOUR
2020
POPCORN TEAM
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District Teams
Conestoga RiverDistrict
Kernel - Roger Harvey
717-468-5438
DE- John Oechslin
717-341-8983
Council Committee Members
Lisa Lyons
Erin Kurau
Harvest District
Kernel- Vacant
DE- Sheila Fasig
717-575-5331
Horse-Shoe Trail District
Kernel- Myrna Walker
717-644-5460
Assistant Kernel- April Shirk
DE – Nicole Welch
717-553-4202
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Pennsylvania Dutch Council
Council Kernel
Joe Flaim
717-768-0961
Sale Staff Advisor
Scott Arnold
717-553-4208
Council Sale Support
Robin Kotzmoyer
717-394-4063
Council Scout Executive
Matt Adams
717-394-4063
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Pennsylvania Dutch Council, BSA
Phone: (717)394-4063 | Fax: (717)394-7776
Email:
robin.kotzmoyer@scouting.org
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