In the fall the Flint River Council holds a popcorn selling fundraiser that the pack participates in. There are three different ways to sale. 

First there is the well known style using order form that you fill out with the purchasers information. You will turn in these orders by the date set by the council and the popcorn will be ordered. Once it comes in, you will have to distribute it out to the people who purchased it. This is a tried and true method that always works well.

Second way to sell is using an online portal that the will be sent to you once the sale starts. In the portal you will get the opportunity to share the portal on social media, via text, or with a link you can email out. This way works well for those who have family and friends out of town who would like to help support your scout(s). When they order it through you scout's portal, the popcorn will be shipped directly to their house.

Finally, there "show-n-sell" option. This option is where you post up at a store front, fair, or festival and sell popcorn. This option is one where we will have pre-ordered top selling popcorn and will distribute it as we sell it. The pack fundraising chairperson will be the one placing the pre-order It will be a limited quantity of popcorn so it will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.

50% of the sales goes back to the manufacturer to cover the cost of the popcorn and pirzes. 20% goes to the council to help pay for council expenses. 10% goes to the pack to help pay for a portion of pack expenses. 25% of the sales go into you child "scout account that can help pay for scouting activities, dues, and other scouting expenses. Each scout that sales also gets to choose prizes based of the prize list on the paper order form. The prizes are a based on the amount of sales each scout has at the end of the fundraiser.

In the spring, the Flint River Council holds a fundraiser to sell camp cards. Cam p cards are discount cards that have 4 single use coupons on the outside and a main card in the middle with multiple discounts that are reusable. All of the discount locations are local to the county listed on the card that is purchased. Since the Flint River Council has multiple counties in its jurisdiction, you can find a camp card to cover all of the larger counties. 

The pack Fundraising Chair will get a predetermined amount of cards from the Council and then will distribute them out to the pack. These will be available on a first come, first serve basis. In the event that we run out of cards to sell, the Fundraising Chair will coordinate with the Council to see if they have any additional cards available that we may be able to obtain. 

Cards can be sold in many different ways. One is to sell them to friends and family. You can go door to door, but we recommend that you only do it in your neighborhood and the scout must ALWAYS be accompanied by an adult. Another way to sell the cards in by setting up in front of local stores with your scout and have them sell to the people passing by. Always verify with the pack leadership and the store manager before setting up in front of a store. 

The great thing about the camp card fundraiser is that the scout gets to keep 50% of all sales in their scout account and 50% goes back to the Council. Also, if your scout sales a certain amount, that is predetermined each year by our Council office, your scout can earn a free trip to day camp. Hence the name camp cards.