It's popcorn sales time!
Face it parents: we grew up in a different time. As kids, nothing was handed to us. We either worked or helped to earn our rewards: money, an activity with friends, or something we wanted. Scouting still believes in and stands for the core value of earning!
Benefits to Your Scout:
Teaches Scouts the value & process of setting and working toward goals
Gives Scouts a strong sense of accomplishment through recognition
Enhances communication, leadership skills and confidence in your Scout
Scouts can earn a participation patch and rewards
Scouts can earn their way to a Pack adventures
How to Sell:
All sales are tracked via TrailsEnd (website or app)
Useful Links:
Parent Action Items & Key Dates
Wagon Kit Pickup: TBD
Storefront Sales Start: Sept 14, 2025 (Sun)
Final Orders Due: Oct 24, 2025
Online Sales & Online Direct
You can share your online store page or record the sales on TrailsEnd via Online Direct. Sales must be recorded in TrailsEnd or Online store to qualify for TrailsEnd Amazon GC. Deadline 10/24/25.
Wagon (Show & Deliver)
Limited Wagon sales are available. Please sign up an at interest list. Popcorn committee will contact you when a kit becomes available.
Show and Deliver Payments
Show and Deliver orders must be recorded in Trailsend. Payment is due 10/24/25. Payment accepted are Check or Paypal only.
Checks should be made payable to Cub Scout PACK 997.
Order Pickup
TBD
Questions???
Please contact
Selling Online
Scouts can ask family and friends far away to support them by purchasing popcorn through the Trails End site online. You will receive an email from the Pack via Trails End with the subject line “Welcome to the NEW Trails End. Sign-in & raise money now!”. Follow the steps with your scout to set up your scout’s account. The new Trails End site allows you and your scout to customize his ‘page’ and from there you can send invites to your family and friends.
Online Direct
Scouts can record an Online Direct sale in the Trail’s End App while selling door-to-door or over the phone. This allows the scout to initiate the order and send a link to customers to enter credit card info to complete the transaction.
Take the Order / aka Wagon Sale UNDELIVERED
Log your sales on TrailsEnd App via Wagon Sales "UNDELIVERED". Sell to family, friends and neighbors. Mom or Dad can take order form to work and sell to co-workers depending on your company's policy.
Collect payment at the time of order, cash or check. Please have checks made payable to PACK 997. All monies will be due to the Pack when the order form is turned in on TBD.
Show & Sells / aka Wagon Sale DELIVERED
Limited availability of Pre-paid Wagon kit available to order.
Scout will order of inventory that will be available in September.
Sales should be logged in TrailsEnd as Wagon Sale "Delivered"
Any sales made with Credit Card will be reimbursed by pack by end of October.
Limited Availability.
Donation
Donation is also welcome. There are 2 ways to donate for our fundraiser:
Military donation
Proceedings go to our military and 73% of the donation goes back to scouting.
Can be logged on TrailsEnd online sales or via TrailsEnd App as OnlineDirect/Wagon sales.
Tax amount in multiple of $30 and $50 are tax deductible. Email our popcorn committee for copies of receipt.
Pack donation
100% goes back to Pack997 to fund our activities.
DO NOT log donation on TrailsEnd.
Donation is NOT tax deductible.
Donation can be paid via cash/check/paypal.
If donate with PayPal, please have your donor uses "Pay $ Money to Friends and Family" to pack997.treasurer@gmail.com. Please specify "Pack donation" along with the scout that donor is supporting.
Sales Goal:
Each Scout should strive to achieve $250 in sales
$100 from sales made to family & friends
$100 from sales made from wagon sales
$50 from storefront sales
Prizes and Rewards:
Each scout will earn a patch for participating - the sale of 1 item via Take the Order or Online, or for Show & Sell or Show & Deliver
Based on their total sales (Take the Order + Online + Show & Sell + Show & Deliver), scouts will select the prize or prizes from Trails End they'd like and enter the codes on their order form before returning it on 10/20
In addition to prizes from Trail's End, scouts can earn pack adventure awards as well:
$250: Pinewood Derby Kit
$450: $25 Packbucks (can be used for pack activities)
$750: Camping Gear
$1,000: Free Spring overnight for 1 scout
Scouts who sell >$500 dollars get to pie our cub master and assistant cub masters.
Fundraising Uses:
73% of all popcorn funds will go to support scouting locally - proceeds are shared between BSA, Golden Gate Area Council, Meridian Distrcit and our Pack. GGAC and Meridian District use these funds to support activities such as Webeloree, Summer Day Camp, Blackhawk 500 and much more and keep participation costs low. Our fundraising effort helps to make Scouting a great experience for our scouts. Here is a sampling of the Pack 997 activities supported by your fund raising efforts and participation:
Pine Wood Derby Equipment, Awards and Facilities Rental
Pack Camp Out facility, craft and skill station supplies, food
Blue & Gold Celebration entertainment and dessert
End of the Year Family Picnic rental and entertainment
Useful Documents