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Unit Spring Snack Sale 

Order Link www.minsitrails.org/snacksale

Info Sessions for Unit Leaders and Unit Scouts 

To learn more about this sale, please join us for an informational session on how your unit can participate.  

We are offering three sessions - join us for one.  Each session will cover the same details.

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During each info session, we will review the below details, timeline and steps.  Plus, we will have an open up for Q & A. No pre-registration needed for these sessions, just join us by clicking the highlighted link below:


Overall Details

This opportunity is simple and very easy to coordinate.  Here are the key elements of the Unit Spring Snack Sale:

  • Open to Minsi Trails Council Scouting Units. 
  • Promotion and placing orders. 
    • Promote the Sale Sheet of products to your local Family and Friends and direct them to the online ordering site to place their order and pay online. No Direct Customer Shipping available.    
    • Unit collects no money.  
  • Unit earns a 20% sale commission on orders.
    • Each order that is properly identified with the unit will be apart of the overall units commission.   
  • Unit picks of the bulk orders at the Minsi Trails Council Office, along with order receipts and delivers the product back to their customers.

Timeline

  • Monday April 25, Online Sale Ordering System Opens
  • Friday June 3, Online Sale Ordering System Closes
  • Monday June 20, 20% Unit commission deposited into the Council Unit custodial account.
  • Tuesday June 21 thru Friday June 25, all orders to be picked up at Council Office by the Unit, followed by unit delivering product to his or her customers. 
    • Week Day 9 am to 4:30 pm
    • Saturday 9 am to noon (email Ray for appointment paul.oswald@scouting.org )

"How to" Steps

Step 1 - Alert Scouts and Scouting Families of the Unit Snack Sale opportunity! 

We ask unit leaders and existing Scouting Families to spread the word of this great opportunity to their unit.  

Step 2 - Unit Commitment!

This opportunity is owned by the unit. The unit drives the promotion, drives the sales, and drives the potential earnings.   

Step 3 - Develop a Unit Selling Plan and Sales Goal!  

Scouts working with Unit Leadership, along with parents and guardians, determine how to best promote the sale to local family and friends who will enjoy the Snack Sale products and willing to help support the unit. 

  • Use emails to promote directly to local Family and Friends.
  • Print out the product sale sheet and leave on neighbors doors or hand deliver.  
  • Use unit or personal Social Media pages to promote locally to Family and Friends. 

Step 4 - Unit Spring Snack Sale Product & Price Sheet

Download: Spring Snack Sale Product Sheet  -  sample image at bottom of page. 

  • Your best resource for promotion to your local families and friends.   
  • Online ordering link at the top of sheet. 
  • Exclusive products listed with retail cost and quantity. 

Step 5 - Understanding Ordering Process

Very Important - All orders must accompany information about the Unit/Scout - this is a requirement within the ordering system for each purchase:  Scouts First Initial/Last Name, Unit Type, Unit #, and County. 

  • All orders are done through the online ordering site at www.minsitrails.org/snacksale  No other exceptions! 
  • All orders MUST identify the Unit/Scout.  
    • This will connect the customer to the Unit/Scout.
    • This will determine which unit earns the sale commission on the order.
    • This will allow initial bulk sorting of product for unit pick-up at Council after sale ends.   
  • All orders are paid online by the product purchaser.  No money will be collected outside of the online ordering system.
  • Purchase receipts will be emailed to the customer directly after the order is placed. 
    • Within the receipt will be the customers name, address, phone number, email address, product ordered, and payment confirmation.
    • In addition, within the receipt will be a message alerting when the product will be delivered. Here is what is written in the receipt: All product will be delivered to each customer during the week of June 21 - June 26, or shortly thereafter by the Scouting Unit. 
  • No Direct customer shipping available.   

Step 6 - Online Sales Reports

  • Each Friday after 1:00 pm during the sale, a sales report will be posted online for Unit view and sales tracking. Report will be password protected, email Ray.Garrison@scouting.org to secure password.  

Step 7 - Distribution of Product to the Product Purchaser

  • During the week of Tuesday June 21 thru Saturday June 25, all units will conveniently pick up their orders at the Minsi Trails Council Office.
    • Week Day Monday - Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm,
    • Saturday 9 am to noon by appointment only. 
  • Orders will be sorted in bulk by Unit.  Separate order receipts will be provided to the unit for each placed order. 
  • Units will be responsible for deliver of the product back to their customers .  

Step 8 - Support / Help

A Quick Summary

  • Unit promotes and encourages Scout participation.   
  • Local Family and Friends use the online link; order and pay for their product all on line. 
  • Unit picks up bulk orders at Council office in Allentown.
  • Unit and Scouts deliver orders to their customers. 
  • Unit earns commissions.  

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PROFESSIONAL OFFICE HOURS OF OPERATIONS:
(610) 264-8551
10 AM – 5 PM (Monday  – Friday)
Closed Saturday & Sunday

 

SCOUT SHOP HOURS OF OPERATIONS:
(610) 264-8551
10 AM - 5 PM  (Monday-Friday)
10 AM - 2 PM (Saturday)
Closed Sunday

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ADDRESS
991 Postal Road, Allentown, PA 18109