VOLUME 8 | August 28, 2019
Wawa Weekend Lottery and SEPTA Locations
Wawa Weeekend (October 12th and 13th, 2019): Thanks to our partner Wawa we are again able to offer each of your Units the opportunity to sell popcorn at a wawa near you.

As in past years Units will get to enter their top three choices of approved wawa locations, and we are able to promise each Unit at least one of their top three choices. The wawa lottery will be released by Saturday August 31st on our website, facebook page, and through a special edition of the kernel connection.

SEPTA Popcorn Locations (Now through October 20th): SEPTA has sent us the 2019 approved locations Units in our Council can request. This list will be released by Saturday August 31st and posted along with the wawa lottery link. Units pick a location and time they would like to request, and send their request to popcorn@colbsa.org.

*Please note the Cradle of Liberty Council has partnerships with SEPTA and Wawa, and they wish to offer locations through Council directly. Units should not approach any individual Wawa store or SEPTA location to ask to sell on their own. All other show and sell locations Units wish to sell at are the responsibility of individual units, for best practices on setting up show and sell locations see the article below.
Preparing to Sell Popcorn: Planning for Success

You have your popcorn, now what? Now its time to plan out your Selling Opportunities! There are five main methods for selling popcorn:

  1. Show and Sell: Selling in front of store fronts, is the top way most Units sell the majority of their popcorn. Click here to learn best practices for securing show and sell locations, and click here for show and sell basics!
  2. Wagon Sales (aka Show and Deliver): Scouts take product door to door in their neighborhood, click here to learn how!
  3. Take Order: No product, no problem sell to neighbors and deliver later click here to learn how. Remember to use the New Trails End App (Click Here).
  4. Online Sales: See article above
  5. Corporate Sales: Scouts sell popcron to local business owners, click here to learn how.
  6. Click Here to review all the Ways to Sell Popcorn

Be sure to also register for a Trails End App Webinar, which helped grow Unit sales by 23% in 2018 test Units.
Scouts Create an Online Fundraising Page Today!
Not only do online sales allow Scouts to sell to friends and family out of town and maximize their sales, but creating an online page is required for each Scout to earn a prize.

Kernels, the Trails End system no longer allows you to manually add Scouts to your Unit. In order for Scouts to be added to your Unit, they must create an online page following the directions below. This change is due to the Amazon Gift Card program, which requires an email address to send to each Scout who sells over $350 a gift card code.
Download the Trail's End App Today! App FAQs

Scouts in the Cradle of Liberty Council in just 3 short days have raised over $18,000 using the Trails End App. Download it today to make the popcorn fundraiser easier for scouts, parents and you the unit kernel with features including:

  • Streamlined invitations for Scout families to download app and create Trail's End accounts.
  • Integrated scheduling and management of storefront sites and shifts.
  • Robust popcorn inventory and cash tracking for storefront sites and Scouts personal sales (optional).
  • Real-time, dashboard and downloadable reporting of sales, inventory and storefront registrations.
  • Easy to understand reporting to determine your Scouts rewards.

Do you have questions about the App? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions by clicking here!

Cradle of Liberty Council | popcorn@colbsa.org | 610-688-6900 | colbsa.org/popcorn