You MUST have your popcorn sheets turn in NO LATER THAN 9:00am Saturday! (yes, I said 9:00 A.M.)  NO EXCEPTIONS!!!  Please text me to arrange a time and place between now and THIS SATURDAY (October 28th) to drop of your form and check.  My number is 412-780-9757.  When you send me a text, please include your name and your son’s name.

Looking for all Scouts and families to join us for our Fall Picnic (October Pack Meeting) tomorrow at Boys Home Park.  Festivities began at 3pm.  Activities will include:  Opening ceremony, Award presentation, great food, hayride and games.  Also, tomorrow is Popcorn Order turn-in.  Caterina Massimino will be collecting your order forms and money from your door-to-door popcorn sales.  If you have Popcorn Sales, the forms NEED to be turned in tomorrow!  If you are unable to make the picnic BUT have sales to turn in, please contact me today to arrange a drop-off time. I can be reached by txt at 412-780-9757.

If your scout sold $700 of popcorn (combined total of Show-n-sell and door-to-door sales) then he is eligible to throw a whipped cream pie at the Cubmaster at the picnic!

See you at the Picnic!!!

Popcorn Order sheets and money for popcorn are due this week.  Due to the number of scouts, we are asking that if your scout is done with door-to-door sales then you bring your popcorn sheets and money to the Den meeting tomorrow night.  We will be at the front desk collecting and entering popcorn sales and collecting money. 

If your scout is still selling, please complete your sales and bring the sales sheets to the October Pack meeting (FALL PICNIC) on Sunday, October 22, 2017. 

At time of collection you will need:

1. Popcorn sales sheet (with totals at the bottom filled in),
2. One check (if possible) or cash – total which matches the popcorn sales
3. Prizes selected.

We ask that you have that you turn in just one check for the total amount of your sons sales. If you have multiple checks, please make sure that you have your sons name and den number in the memo section. If you have cash, please have the cash in an envelope with your son’s first and last name, den number and $ amount written on the outside of the envelope. All checks must be made payable to: PACK 843.

Prize selections: The turn-in process will go faster if your son already has his prizes listed. If you have an envelope with your order, write your prize selection on the envelope.

If you participated in the Show-n-Sell opportunities this fall then you should receive an email giving you your son’s hours and an estimated amount earned from the show-n-sells.  You will need to add the sales amount provided in the email to your door-to-door sales and any online sales in order to get your total sale amount.

Reminder:

• If your sales (show-n-sell, door-to-door sales, and online sales) total at least $350, then your dues are covered for next year. If you sold over $350.00, the scout  profit amount from sales over $350 will go into your son’s scout account.
• If your sales total sale is $700 or more then he will be able to throw a pie at our Cubmaster.
• If your sales are $750 you will receive an invite to a private showing of the new Star Wars movie.
• As an added bonus, we have a DRONE to give away at the Fall Picnic.  There are several ways to earn a ticket for the drawing:
  • Each hour your Scout worked a show-n-sell, he will earn 1 ticket
  • Each Penguin tin sold from door-to-door sales, he will earn 1 ticket
  • Each Steeler tin sold from door-to-door sales, he will earn 1 ticket
  • If the sold any item from online sales, they will earn 1 ticket.
• Popcorn PICK-UP for door-to-door sales is Saturday, November 17th (time and location will be given in early November).  You MUST pick-up you popcorn during the pick-up time or make arrangements for someone to pick-up your popcorn for you.

If you will not be at the Pack meeting on Sunday, October 22, you MUST bring your Popcorn sales sheets, payment check made out to Pack 843, and prize selections to the Next Den Meeting (Wednesday, October 18, 2017).

Several people have asked us how to calculate sales and dues.  We have put together 2 examples to explain how the calculation works. Click on this link to see examples:   popcorn-sales-examples

Pittsburgh Penguin’s are having a Scout night.  The game is on Tuesday, October 24th at 7pm.  Tickets are $75/ticket for seating in 100 level or $50/ticket for seating in the 200 level.  I need to have your ticket order and money no later than Thursday, October 19th at 9pm.  I will be collecting money for tickets at the Den meeting on Wednesday.  If you are interested, please sign up by clicking here.

Boy Scout Troop 248 is having their Annual HAUNTED CABIN fundraiser.  The Haunted Cabin ground will cover almost a full acre of “Haunting” for your pleasure.  Come meet the Ghost and Ghoulies, The Three Legged Beasties, and all the Critters that call the cabin home.  We have been invited for October 26th at 7pm for a group rate of $3 for scouts and families.  They also have a less SCARY adventure for the younger ones or adults that don’t like it “too scary”.  I also have a sign-up sheet for this event.

Out Annual Pack 843 Fall Hayride is on Sunday October 22nd.  The event starts at 3:00 PM at Boy’s Home Park (near Hogan Field, Boy’s Home Rd. off of Battle Ridge Rd.).  While the Wolf Dens are planning away, they are trying to get a count for food (and possibly pumpkins for the scouts) so we have posted a sign-up sheet for the picnic.  If you are planning to attend, please click here to sign up with the number of family members attending and what dish you would like to bring.

The Wolf Leaders are asking for the Dens to bring:

• Webelos:  Please bring a HOT SIDE DISH
• Bear:  Please bring a COLD SIDE DISH
• Wolves:  Please bring SNACKS
• Tiger:  Please bring a DESSERT

There is limited seating at the pavilion so you may want to bring chairs.

We need scouts to fill OPEN hours that we still have at our show-n-sell tomorrow and Sunday at Walmart in Robinson.  The problem is that these open hours are in the middle of our day.   Please help us to fill these hours.  Click here to sign up now.

You only have 5 more Show-N-Sell dates to earn sales and $$ for your scout account.  DON’T MISS OUT!!!

This weekend we will be our last weekend at Walmart in Robinson.  We need 4 scouts every hour so we can cover both Walmart doors.  Our donations this year are close to our amount from last year and we still have 5 show-n-sell days left!  Which means that the scouts that are working the shows are earning some nice $ for their scout account as well as popcorn sales to add to their door-to-door sales amount.

Also, the last 3 Show-N-Sells will only have 2 boys per hour since we will be at Lowes in Washington so those will be filling up fast. 

All the show-n-sell sign-ups are now posted.  Click here to sign up

Reminder, it is Wednesday which means you can sign up for more than 2 hours for this weekend.

Reminder:  Den Meetings will be this Wednesday at the Elementary School.

On Friday, September 22nd we will have a Pack Meeting at 7:00 pm.  The entire family is invited to all our Pack Meetings.  This Pack Meeting will be at the Zion Lutheran Church (Washington Pike, near Giant Eagle).  There will be an opening ceremony (Arrow of Light), advancements, popcorn tasting, prizes, games, and other fun things.  Scouts need to be in Class A uniform (scout shirt, neckerchief and slid). However, if you are new scouts and do no have a uniform yet, please come to the meeting anyhow.  We also have a gift for each new scout, which will be handed out at the Pack meeting. Parents are reminded to bring chairs and jackets for this outside meeting.

Our first two weekends for Show-n-sells have been great.  Again this coming weekend we are at Walmart and will need 4 boys per hour.- so don’t forget to check your schedule and sign-up.  In two weeks we have Lowes in Washington and Robinson so make sure you know the location you are signing up for.  Reminder, you can sign up for 2 hours for every weekend.  HOWEVER, if there are slots available on Wednesday then you can sign up as many hours as you would like.

Click here to get to sign up sheets.

We have posted Show-N-Sell opportunities for Walmart in Robinson this weekend but do not have all the time slots filled.  WE NEED ALL THE TIME SLOTS FILLED.  Click here to get to sign up sheets.

If you are new to scouts and are interested but not sure how to sign-up, please send me at text message (412-498-5540).

Thanks,

Caterina (Popcorn Kernel)