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Fall 2011 Popcorn Training

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Type     Quantity
Saturday 8/13 - Super Saturday Training at Brunswick Zone Brooklyn Park 10:00 a.m.
Brunswick Zone located at 6900 Lakeland Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. Included is a $10 gas card for the Unit chair AND 1 hour of bowling with shoes plus a $5 game card from 9:30a.m.-12:00 p.m. for two guests (Limit 2 per Unit chair, $7 each additional) You will be able to choose the number of guests later in the registration process.
Free  
Saturday 8/20 Super Saturday Training at Mall of America at 10:00 a.m.
Mall of America Super Saturday Training at Nickelodeon Universe Great Hall . Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. Included is a $10 gas card for the Unit chair AND choice of Admission to the MN Sea Life Aquarium for two OR going to the Theaters at the MOA to the movie "Night at the Museum" with soda and popcorn for two guests (Limit 2 per Unit chair, $7 each additional) You will be able to choose the number of guests later in the registration process.
Free  
Tuesday 8/9 Golden Valley Scout office at 7:00 p.m. Free  
Thursday 8/11 Clara City Park at 7:00 p.m. Free  
Thursday 8/11 Buffalo Evangelical Church at 7:00 p.m. Free  
Tuesday 8/16 St Paul Scout office at 7:00 p.m. Free  
Thursday 8/18 Tronjhem Lutheran Church @ 6:30 p.m. Free  
Thursday 8/18 SIF in Hutchinson @ 7:00 p.m. Free  
Tuesday 8/23 North Heights Church @ 7:00 p.m. Free  
Thursday 8/25 LDS Church Burnsville @ 7:00 p.m. Free  
Tuesday 8/30 Paperjack Elementary New Richmond @ 7:00 p.m. Free  
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2011 Fall Popcorn Trainings

Fall 2011's Popcorn sale offers NEW training format for new and veteran popcorn chairs. Super Satuday Trainings will create renewed excitement and you will leave with ideas and enthusaisim for your unit's upcoming sale. Whether you are a returning popcorn chair or brand new, the Super Saturday training will alllow you to learn from other successful popcorn chairs and save time! If you cannot make a Super Satruday training, make up information is listed below.

 

 

SUPER SATURDAY TRAININGS

Super Saturday is designed to inform unit popcorn chairs about the upcoming sale and thank their family and them for their hard work. All unit chairs that attend receive a $10 gas card courtesy of Trails End! (1 gas card per unit)

Tentative Schedule of Super Saturday

9:00-10:00 a.m.        Registration

9:45 a.m.                 Kids and Family meet at activity area

10:00-10:45 a.m.      2011 Popcorn Sale Overview

11:00-11:45             New Popcorn Chair Training

or optional breakouts

11:00-11:25             Successful Fundraising Best Practices

11:00-11:25             Unit Budgeting/Ideal Year of Scouting

11:30-11:55             How to utilize online sales

11:30-11:55             Using the Trail-End Web ordering system

12:00                      Kids and Family Activity over

 

Northern Star Council and Trails End would like to invite members of your family to enjoy an activity as a thank you while you attend training. Choose from the following:

 

Saturday August 13

Brunswick Zone, Brooklyn Park, MN

6900 Lakeland Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN

1 hour of bowling with shoes plus a $5 game card from 9:30a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Brunswick Zone in Brooklyn Park. (Limit 2 per Unit chair, $7 each additional)

**Not responsible for youth during activity time. We will have a few adults helping with the activity, but youth that require parent supervision during the activity time should have another adult with them.

 

Saturday August 20

Mall of America, Nickelodeon Universe Great Hall

Bloomington, MN

Choose seeing "Night at the Muesum" with a popcorn and soda at the Theaters at Mall of America or go through the new Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium.

       (Limit 2 per unit chair, $7 each additional)

**Not responsible for youth during activity time. We will have a few adults helping with the activity, but youth that require parent supervision during the activity time should have another adult with them.

 

Chairs that attend a Super Saturday Training will receive:

· $10 Gas Card courtesy of Trails End (exclusive to the Saturday trainings)

· 3% Commission increase to 35% base commission

· The new $600 prize, a Zyclone, for their unit (with completed Quest form)

· Product Samples, Sales Kits and Sales Sheets

· Chances to win one of the following:

$250 in Commission increase

Wild, Vikings, Swarm, Sea Life Tickets and more!

 

 

Make Up Trainings

If you cannot make a Super Saturday Training, please plan on attending one of the following trainings.

 

Tuesday August 9                

West Scout Office.

7:00 p.m. @  5300 Glenwood Ave, Golden Valley, MN

 

Thursday Aug 11                   

Clara City Community Park

7:00 p.m. @ 30 NW 2nd Ave, Clara City, MN     

or

Buffalo Evangelical Free Church

7:00 p.m.  2051 50th St NE, Buffalo, MN

 

Tuesday August 16

East Scout Office

7:00 p.m. @ 393 Marshall Ave, St Paul, MN

 

Thursday August 18

Tronjhem Lutheran Church

6:30 p.m. 7525 Garfield Ave. Lonsdale, MN

or

Southwest Initiative Foundation 

7:00 p.m. 15 Third Ave. N.W. Hutchinson, MN

 

Tuesday August 23

North Heights Church

7:00 p.m. @ 1700 Highway 96 W, Arden Hills, MN

 

Thursday August 25

LDS Church, Burnsville

7:00 p.m. @ 651 Southcross Drive East, Burnsville, MN

 

Tuesday August 30

Paperjack Elementary School

7:00 p.m. @ 1011 County Hwy Gg, New Richmond, WI

 

Attending one of the make up trainings will also qualify you for the 3% commission increase to base 35%, and earn a Zyclone with a completed quest form.