What's Poppin' 9

2020 What's Poppin' Edition 9

REMINDERS AND TIPS:

TAKE ORDER

WOW, only one weekend of the sale is left. What can you do to keep improving your sale, whether you participated in the Show and Sell portion of the campaign or not?

There are a few things to consider:

Does everyone know when your unit deadlines are? One of the great things about deadlines is everyone knows when they need to have things wrapped up and turned in.

Unit orders are due by midnight, Wednesday October 21^st. This is true for both Camp Masters and your Emailmeform order form for Whitley’s Nut Factory. You will want to make sure that your families know when you need their information, so you can compile your order and place it. Be sure to give yourself a day or two. The larger the order the more time you will need.

You may want to have the Scouts get their orders to you before the return deadlines of October 18^th or 19^th, so that you can take advantage of filling those orders from your leftover Show and Sell product.

Another consideration for increasing your Take order sale is Wagon Draggin’. If you haven’t yet organized one be sure to set this last weekend aside to conduct one. You will want to organize your Wagon Draggin’ so that your area is covered. See issue seven of What’s Poppin’ for more on Wagon Draggin’.

What if you didn’t participate in Show and Sell? You can still canvas neighborhoods for take order. Set up coverage just like you would a Wagon Draggin’ or Scouting for Food Drive. Divide the neighborhoods into areas and assign your scouts to make sure no area is missed. Remember that only one out of ten people are asked to support Scouts through the sale, so 90 percent of the population hasn’t been asked yet.

Be sure to place your Take Order by midnight on the 21^st. If you need help, contact your executive or district popcorn Kernel. Scott will also be in the offices till 7:00 that evening. Scott.arnold@scouting.org or direct at 717-553-4208.

UNIT RETURNS

Unsold product may be returned Sunday, October 18^th or Monday, October 19^th. Returns for Sunday will be between 11:00PM-4:00PM and on Monday between 2:00PM-6:30PM. All returns must be made at the closed Toys R Us near the Park City Mall in Lancaster (1430 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.) You may make alternate arrangements to return product prior to those dates.

Please do not return your leftover product to the Council Service Center, since there will not be anyone there to assist you. If you must make other arrangements, please contact your District Kernel or Executive as soon as possible. No returns will be accepted after 6:30PM Monday October 19^th and your unit will be billed for unreturned product.

Returns may be made by the piece. You will receive a copy of your return paperwork for your files. Damaged product, that has not been previously reported, should be returned. If you return product it will be removed from your initial Show and Sell order. Remember if you exceeded your 40% you may not return left over product.

We will be accepting payment for Show and Sell product at returns. Checks should be made out to the PA Dutch Council, BSA. We can help you determine what you owe for Show and Sell that day. Units using Prizemania subtract 33% from your sales total and pay the difference. Units that chose “No Prize Unit” subtract 35%. Changes to Prize, No Prize status had to have been done by the date of Show and Sell orders, August 3^rd, and may not be changed now. Any differences will be reconciled on the final unit invoice.

Invoices will be emailed to your Kernel and Treasurer of record by October 24. If you made a payment before October 22, your invoice will reflect that payment. Show and Sell Payment deadline is October 30^th.

BSA Prize Mania is Live!

Kernels, Welcome to Prize Mania 2020!

We are happy to announce that your 2020 prize site is live and ready for you to place prize orders. You can access the BSA Prize Mania site from your Camp Masters popcorn account using your Camp Masters username and password!

You only need to remember one username and password!

1. Go to http://campmasters.org/

2. Click on the green "Councils & Units, Order Here" box in the lower left.

3. Select your Council name from the drop down list.

4. Enter your Username and Password.

5. Then click on the "Submit" button.

6. Click on “Prize Site” on the left in yellow.

Additional instructions detailing the ordering process for unit Kernels are available on the Prize Mania Site or go the Council Site find the instructions under Scout Rewards and Incentives.

There is also a customer service representative available to assist Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM-7:00 PM EDT, at 800-323-0736 or at NDC.PrizeIncentiveProgram@scouting.org