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Cub Scouts is a year-round activity but our most active time is during the school year. We start our monthly Pack and Den Meetings in August. Here are some of the main events for a Cub Scout throughout the year in our Pack. | August | Recruiting | | September | Pack Family Camp, Popcorn Fundraiser | | October | Rocket Launch | | December | Holiday Party | | January | Pinewood Derby | | February | Blue & Gold Banquet (Crossover to AOL) | | March | Leave No Trace | | April | Pack Olympics | | May | Pack Advancement Ceremony | | June | Pack Family Camp | |
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The annual Trails-End popcorn fundraiser doesn't just raise money for our Pack. It also gives our Scouts opportunities to practice important life skills. Selling Cub Scout popcorn is a great way for a Pack to earn money for its activities while teaching the boys that we earn our own way. Here are some of the skills that come from participating in sales:
Your Cub Scout might not make the goal, but I'll bet they work hard at trying to!
Because the popcorn is a bit on the expensive side, a Cub Scout has to be persuasive. In our pack, the Scouts are taught to say, “Would you like to support Scouting by buying some popcorn?” They're selling support of a great organization–not just some popcorn. Part of being persuasive is overcoming objections. When someone tells your child that they don't have any cash, your Scout can tell them that we can take debit and credit cards. If they don't eat popcorn, your Scout can ask them to make a military donation. When they say it's expensive, your Scout can tell them them that over 70% of the price stays in our area to support local scouting. Even if your Scout doesn't grow up to be a salesperson, persuasion skills are necessary for almost every job.
Handling Rejection Skills
Yep, those little Scouts are going to be turned down. They will knock on doors where no one is home. Sometimes at show and sells, they're going to be ignored. So, they will get a lot of practice handling rejection. When we don't sell much Cub Scout popcorn, getting upset doesn't change anything.
Selling popcorn is a huge lesson in perseverance. If you don't sell at this house, you just go on to the next house. If that person leaving the store doesn't stop and buy, you just ask the next person. Being tenacious is important–it's what gets you through big school projects and big work projects.
There are so many ways to practice math with your Scout during the popcorn sale! You may have to walk them through some of these, especially if they're a younger Scout. Not only are they practicing math, they are also seeing how we use math in everyday life. Here are just a few of the calculations your child can do:
- Add up order totals.
- Make change.
- Calculate how much more popcorn they need to sell to get to their goal.
- Figure out how much they sell in an hour.
- Divide the sales at a show and sell to determine how much credit each Cub Scout will get.
To sell popcorn online, each Cub Scout must setup an account at Trails End: - At the top of the page, click on "Scouts"
- On the Scout page, choose the Sign In/Register box.
- This will bring up the page to login or create an account.
- If your Scout already has a Trails End Account, you may login here.
- If you need to create an account, choose the Register option in the top right of the screen.
For New Accounts:
- You will be asked to verify your age.
- If you want the account created in your Scout's name, please put in your Scout's birthday and choose continue.
- You will need to fill in some basic information about your Scout. It will ask for an email for your Scout. If they don't have one, use yours.
- On the right hand side, you will be asked for some information to help identify the Pack.
Council: Greater Colorado District: Black Feather Unit: Pack 628
- The Parent/Guardian will receive an email to approve the account. Once the account is approved you are able to login.
- Once logged in, you will go to a page that will allow you to view orders, send emails to people, etc.
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Overnight and Day Camp opportunities introduce your family to the camping experience. The Pack does two camping overnighters during the year, one in the fall and another in the summer. Camping in Cub Scouts cannot extend past 24 hours so we meet in the afternoon of day one, do activities, have dinner and a campfire program, then in the morning have breakfast and go home.
Our District, Black Feather, offers other age based camping Day and Overnight Camps in the summer for you to participate in as well that you can sign up for directly through their website. If your child is interested in attending Day Camp in June - parents will need to volunteer to be a walking leader for the event. Parents can coordinate shifts with other parents attending; families do not have to stay for all 3 days unless they want to. Friends are welcome to register and attend, you do not have to be a registered Cub to go. This is a great opportunity to do many fun activities (Rain Gutter Regatta, Archery, Rocket Launch, etc.) it's a wonderful way to introduce new families to Scouting!
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