Recycling Blitz Oct 23 & 24!

It’s FINALLY time for another recycling blitz! October 23 & 24th! This is our first major blitz in almost two years, so there will likely be LOTS to collect!

There are two ways to participate, you can either participate with the group blitz or collect your own individual. Collecting with the group blitz is WAY more fun and generally leads to much more in donations, but it’s up to you!

How to take part in the blitz…

REGISTER HERE FOR THE BLITZ => https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/4gfrecycles

Adults (Scouters, parents, family members)

  • Drivers (Sat/Sun/Mon) – We need drivers with trucks or trailers.  Vans and SUV’s are great too but be ready to have your vehicle steam cleaned or smelling of “recycling juice” for some time – pick-ups and/or trailers are WAY better! Each recycling team is ideally two adults with four youth (so youth can work in pairs with each pair taking a different side of the street). On Monday, we may also need a couple drivers to help take the beer bottles to stores to drop off.
  • Cleaners (Sat/Sun) – We need volunteers to empty donated bags to ensure all the caps are off, contents drained, and garbage removed before re-bagging. Cleaning will take place in the parking lot at Hunter’s Framing, rain or shine.

Youth Members (and Cub/Scout/Vent-aged friends/family of youth)

  • Collecting (Sat/Sun) – We need youth to collect door to door. We will assign you to a group if you don’t have one. Collecting youth must be masked when collecting and do their best to ensure distancing between by stepping back at least 2m from the door after ringing the bell. Youth are not to enter homes for any reason. Members must wear their necker outside of their coat.
  • Cleaners (Sun) – Yup, youth will get the joy of cleaning and re-bagging recycling as well, lol!

100% of the proceeds from the Recycling Blitz will go towards youths’ “Activity Account” based on the number of hours you work. Your Activity Account can be used to help pay for major events (like Europe ’23), registration fees, camps, dues or even uniforms!

So to be clear, if a youth brings two parents and their sibling they will get credit for four hours of work for each hour they participate! Please keep in mind that everyone 12yrs 3mos and older must be double vaccinated in order to participate. Adults 19yrs+ must have a valid NL Vaccine Passport. Everyone collecting must wear mask. Additionally, adults must sign the Scouts Canada Code of Conduct (copies will be on hand at the event).

As I’m sure you can understand, planning collection crews and managing driver resources is a HUGE job, so please help us out by letting us know ASAP how you would like to participate.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE BLITZ => https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/4gfrecycles

A few additional notes:

  • If you see another group collecting, smile and wish them luck and move on to the next area.  There is more than enough to go around we just may have to cover more ground to get it. 
  • Don’t get discouraged when no one answers the door or you get a few negative responses.  It takes just 1-2 sheds to fill a truck.
  • We accept recyclable beverage containers, beer bottles, liquor bottles and donations.  No blue bags of segregated regular waste for Central NL Waste Management.  These are not of any value to the Scouts.
  • Also don’t get discouraged by the response that another group was there recently.  Politely thank the owner and move on.  Over the last two blitzes we were consistently told that another youth group had just been there.  If you consistently see nothing to collect after 8-10 households you may move on, but please don’t give up quickly.
  • Be courteous of peoples’ property.  Stay off their lawns and out of flower beds and not leaning on fences and rails.  We have seen youth hurt and upset homeowners when damages have occurred. 
  • Always work in pairs.  If no other youth can join you, carry a whistle and stay in sight of your driver.

Recycling drop-off will be in the parking lot at Hunter’s Framing on Cromer Ave. There will be volunteers there to tell you where everything goes starting at 9am both Saturday and Sunday, and remaining there as long as there are still trucks out collecting recycling.

Please make sure you check-in and check-out with one of our volunteers so you will be credited with your hours!

How to recycle on your own:

1.  Contact family, friends to arrange them to hold for you.

2.  Collect your recyclables and drop them to the local Green Depot.

3.  Tell them to credit them to the 4th Grand Falls Scouting account.

4.  Stay to wait for count, and get copy of receipts or label the bags being left and provide the id label numbers to Scouter Mark Blackwood mark.blackwood@nf.sympatico.ca to ensure your youth gets credit.  Note that if you don’t wait for your count, we cannot credit your account until your left bags are counted and sometimes left bags take over two weeks to count.  We recommend waiting for the count.  If there is no label id to track, or no receipt all collected funds go to the group general fund to support the program. 

5.  Another option is to cash out recyclables and bring the cash to your section lead for deposit. Make sure the cash is sealed in an envelope with your youths’ name on it and “Recycling” written on it. For beer bottles, don’t bring them to the Green Depot as you’ll only get 5 cents a bottle; bring them back to the store for the full 10 cents.

Recycling can honestly be easy and fun.  Many residents feel that recycling is of little value and are more than happy to donate instead of waiting in line to get $3 for a bag of recycling.  But as a group we can help keep the materials out of the landfill and support our activities. 

If there are any questions please let us know, and we will be glad to help out!


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Moose Burgers!

Great news, it’s time for another MOOSE BURGER SALE!!! Our Europe youth are selling deliciously freshly grilled moose burgers! For youth attending Europe, all you need to do is take orders and collect money – that’s it! Your supporters will be given a pick-up time by the organizing Scouters, and will pick up their own burgers on Saturday, November 6th! So you do not have to deliver anything!! This could really be the easiest fundraiser of all time!

All orders must be submitted by October 28th and payments must be in by November 3rd.

We will only prepare what is sold and only order supplies for presales.  

The organizing Scouters will arrange pick up times.  Members have two options you can arrange a bulk pick up for all your customers and arrange your own drop off, or we can provide pick up times starting at 11AM and running until 2ish (depending on the sale). 

Costs will be as follows, and orders must be clearly provided. 

  • Moose Burger with Onions $3.00
  • Moose Burger without Onion $3.00
  • Add Cheese $0.50
  • Add Bacon $1.00

If ordering bulk pickup we will need the sellers email and phone number.  If individual pickups, we will need the buyers email and phone number (this is to arrange pickup times and to communicate any delays)

All food safety and food handling safety guidelines will be adhered to.  Pickup will be strictly monitored and we intend to provide a drive up service if possible. Details will be provided as soon as we can calculate presales.

Being our first year running our own moose burger sales we anticipate that we will have some cost overruns, so we can only commit to youth receiving 20% of net burger sales.   It may not seem like a lot but a youth could sell 50 burgers, drop off money and do nothing else but provide names and orders and still receive $30! We will revisit the profits after the sales and allocate funds as available.   One step closer to Europe!

Help us get the word out, and collect orders from family and friends (stay within you tight twenty and follow public health guidance).  Lets get some yummy burgers out there, and raise a little money for our program and youth at the same time.

WE HAVE ~800 BURGERS TOTAL – Please post at least once a week on Workplace to let us know how many you have sold so far. Priority for burgers will be based on post time on Workplace. Not on Workplace yet, click here to sign-up!

Order sheets can be downloaded here:

Burger-Sale-2021-FallDownload

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Scout Popcorn

It’s Scout Popcorn time again! For those of you that did not participate in our Spring Popcorn Campaign, you likely have no idea just how awesome the new Scout Popcorn is! HUGE quantities of popcorn for really great prices and enormous return! THIS IS A NEW SUPPLIER from the pre-COVID Scout Popcorn, so forget the small portions and crazy prices. The new popcorn is produced in Canada and is really, really good!!

Around 45% of sales go directly to the 4th Grand Falls!! That’s a crazy good return on a fundraiser!!! 80% off our total proceeds will go towards youth activity accounts, meaning for every $100 of popcorn you sell, you’ll be getting back around $36!

  • Sell $111 and your next Scout camp is free!
  • Sell $167 and your dues for the year is covered!
  • Sell $640 and your entire Scouting registration fees are covered!

For youth attending Europe 2023, this is an especially great fundraiser with a really high return for very low effort!

So how do you get in on the action? Well it’s easy! Supporters simply shop online at www.ScoutPopcorn.ca and select either 4th Grand Falls Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers or Rovers from the group list at check out. It’s also important that your supporters put your youth name in so they get credit!

So that sounds way too easy, right? What’s the catch?! Well the “catch” is shipping. For very small orders the shipping % is very high ($15 is the minimum shipping cost). To get around that, I recommend that you collect orders and payments from your family, friends, neighbours and coworkers and just do one shared ordered. You’ll save a BUNCH on the shipping that way! For supporters placing larger orders, they’re likely fine paying the shipping on their own.

Need a printable order form? No problem! Here’s the brochure and here’s the order form!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Scouter Erica – she’s taking care of Scout Popcorn this year.

YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH TO GET YOUR ORDERS IN, SO GET STARTED!!

Good luck everyone 🙂


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Haunted Trail Fundraiser

There will be lots of information coming about our 7th Annual Haunted Trail, but this email is all about the fundraising opportunity presented for parents and youth who participate. Traditionally proceeds from our Haunted Trail have gone directly back into our sections for program, however this year we recognize that all our Scouting families are struggling after more than a year without big fundraisers. So this year only, we will be using the Haunted Trail as an “Activity Account” fundraiser – that means proceeds from the event will go towards the youths’ fundraising accounts which can be used to help pay for major events (like Europe ’23), registration fees, camps, dues or even uniforms!

80% of the profits from the Haunted Trail will be distributed to youth activity accounts based on the number of hours the youth works as well as the number of hours the youths’ helpers (parents, family, etc) work. So a family that puts in 40hrs will make twice as much as a family that puts in 20hrs.

This fundraiser takes a great deal of work, and youth that are planning to go to Europe should be counting on putting in at least 30hrs of work. Parents will have an opportunity to also put in up to around 16hrs as well. Youth that are not going to Europe still have an amazing opportunity to load up their Activity Account. Just think, if a youth starts fundraising as a Beaver Scout, by the time they are a Scout they will be able to participate in just about any amazing adventure for free with their fundraising!

There is a running post in our Facebook group talking about volunteers, but to be clear, we need a LOAD of volunteers to make this work. In previous years we have raised well over $5,000, and that was with just one evening… we’re planning on running for a full weekend, so we have a LOT of potential!

Setup & Tear Down

  • As much as possible will be set up on Thursday, October 28th with the finishing touches completed during the day on Friday, October 29th. In previous years, we had dozens of volunteers for about 8hrs of set-up time. Non-Scouter parents and family members are welcome to assist with set-up as long as they have a valid NL Vaccine Passport. Parent/family member hours will count as youth hours for the purpose of splitting proceeds.
  • In addition to set-up, we’ll be seeking volunteers to build props, paint, etc leading up to the event.
  • Tear-down will be all day on Sunday, October 31st. Expect around 8hrs to get things taken down, sorted, and packed up for next year. Parents and family members are welcome to assist.

Working the Trail

  • We are expecting to be open from 7:00pm – 10:00pm on both Friday, October 29th and Saturday, October 30th as well as during the day on Saturday from Noon to 4:00pm. The more volunteers, the better the experience! Only registered members (youth and Scouters) will be able to participate in running the trail, so we need all hands 🙂

In closing, I cannot overstate how important it is for youth attending Europe (and ideally parents) to participate as much as possible. This is definitely our most fun fundraiser, and certainly one of the most lucrative. When we say money is not a factor for youth attending these major events, we mean it, but only if the youth truly does their best to get there. A youth that only comes for a couple hours is not really giving their best… so something to consider.

Thanks in advance to everyone for their help! More details will be out soon, but for now, free up your calendar!


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Kandersteg 2020

Hard to imagine planning a trip to the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in 2020, when our 2019 trip to Kandersteg is still six months away, but some opportunities are just too amazing to ignore!

A group of dedicated Scouters from across Canada have teamed up to plan an amazing 11 day adventure in the mountains of Switzerland at the permanent world jamboree, KISC. The dates are July 10-July 20, 2020.

The dates were chosen to maximize the number of youth our kids will meet as most groups book KISC from Sunday – Saturday. With our dates we will over lap the group before and after our week! It also means we will get to participate in TWO international campfires (see below).

Activities

So what’s the big deal about KISC? What is there to do? Well the answer would take hours to explain, so here are a couple great videos to give you the idea. Make sure you also visit their website at https://www.kisc.ch/ and scroll through the pages, and pages, and pages of activities that are available to us!

This trip is unlike any other trip we have ever participated in. First off, each group attending will have complete flexibility on their program. As the 4th Grand Falls, we would book our activities directly from KISC with help, advice and support from the Canadian Contingent Program Team. This means we can literally do whatever we choose to do. Only exception is that there will be a full contingent day trip to Stresa, Italy that will be included in the cost.

Stresa, Italy

Accommodations

The pricing assumes we will be camping, but we do have the option of booking rooms in the chalets instead. We can even go so far as to have some of us camping, and some of us in rooms! The cost of rooms varies based on the level of comfort and privacy you are looking for, with typical Scouting dorms with bunk beds (3-6 beds per room) starting at an additional 8 CHF/night or private rooms for an additional 20 CHF/night (1 CHF = $1.33 CAD).

Regardless of whether we decide to sleep in tents or cabins, we will NOT have to cook as most of our meals are included! For our remaining meals we can either stick with the catering at KISC, or eat on our day trips exploring Switzerland.

Pricing

The Canadian Contingent fee is $ 875 CAN per person, which includes:
• Campsite fees for 10 days, 10 nights
• Train travel to and from Kandersteg from your Swiss arrival and departure airport
• Breakfast for 10 days
• Lunch for 5 days
• Dinner meal for 5 days
• One Contingent Excursion (Stresa, Italy)
• Contingent Kit (cloths, crests, necker, etc)

Based on current airline pricing, we are likely expecting around $1,400 for airfare which would bring us to $2,275/person + extra meals, spending money, and activities.

Payment Schedule

On registration: $125 (non-refundable)
June 15, 2019: $100 (refundable before March 15, 2020)
September 15, 2019: $100 (non-refundable)
November 30, 2019: $ 150 (refundable before March 15, 2020)
February 15, 2020: $??.?? Total cost of all your KISC Activities
March 1, 2020: $500 (non-refundable)
May 1, 2020: $1,300 (or whatever the balance is for our flights – non-refundable)

Co-operative Approach

Given the flexibility of this trip and the limitless options of KISC, we will be approaching this trip VERY differently from previous trips. We will not be sending Scouters to facilitate the youth adventure, instead, all youth and Scouters will be registering as participants. For youth that are attending, the Scouters will still be there for you to support your adventures and keep you safe, but the difference is that the Scouters will also have an equal say in the program. The 4th Grand Falls KISC Team will be run as a co-operative and all decisions will be made as a team.

Requirements to Attend

For Scouters, the only requirement to attend will be to be a registered member, and to pay your own way.

For youth who have Scouter parents attending, there will be no requirements to attend aside from they will be to be a registered member, and to fundraise for and/or pay your own way.

For youth members who do NOT have Scouter parents attending, the requirements will be decided by the Scouters that are attending. Seeing as Scouters are paying their own way for this adventure, we will let them decide the requirements for the youth that want to join them.

Please note that the activities at KISC are geared towards Scouts, Venturer Scouts and Rover Scouts. That said, Beaver and Cub Scouts will still be permitted to participate providing that they have a Scouter parent attending with them.

Fundraising Policy

Youth participants will be able to raise money for this adventure as per our current fundraising policy. Adult Scouters will not be permitted to raise funds for their trip though as we have a policy that all donations are used for the youth members only. That said, if we have youth attending that do not have Scouter parents, we will allow Scouters to fundraise a small portion of their trip as they will be needed to supervise and support the youth not traveling with parents.

Information Night

We’ll have an information night on Sunday, January 27th at 7:00pm. Please do your best to attend as we need to register our group ASAP to ensure we don’t miss out. National registration opens on February 1st, and only 250 spaces are available for the entire Canadian Contingent!

Team KISC Contact

For the time being, you can contact me, Scouter Jason at jason@gfwscouting.ca if you have any questions about the event. I will be taking care of registration and early planning until we can get another Scouter to take over. While I do plan to attend, I am not interested in leading the team 🙂


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Yuletide Christmas Delivery

Great news!  We just had this exciting fundraising opportunity become available to our WJ & Europe Scouts thanks to Scouter Coralee!  The way it works is that youth will sell the Yuletide door to door as well as to family and friends.  This is a great tradition that many folks look forward to every year, so good chance you will do very well with sales!  We will be selling it for $3.95, and from that $0.63/book will go towards your trip!

To participate, send Scouter Coralee a message on Facebook (CoraleeSaunders Mitchell) or email her at coraleesaunders@hotmail.com with the streets you would like to canvas.  You can pick up your books at 3 Allen St from 7:30-10:00pm on Thursday, November 15th.  There will be additional opportunities announced later.

Please bring in your money is a sealed envelope with your name on it, and give it either to Scouter Coralee or your section lead.

With a $3.95 price point you will likely be tipped at the very least a nickel for each book, but likely a lot of people will just give you $5.00.  It is important that you turn in your tips as well for tracking, but you will receive 100% of your tips towards you trip.  So if someone pays you $5.00, you will end up keeping $1.68 for your trip!

Great opportunity to get in one last fundraiser before our next $625.00 Europe payment which is due November 25th!

Good luck!


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Business Sponsorship

Please review our policy for business sponsorship BEFORE approaching businesses.  Thanks!

CHURCHES – With our visit to the Vatican, there are several churches in our community that have expressed interest in supporting our trip.  If you are a member of a church, please let me know ASAP so we can include you in our letter to your church.  Doesn’t matter if you only attend once a year, a member is a member.  All funding received from churches will go directly to the Trip General Fund, unless the church specifically requests that the funds be distributed in another way (we always honour our donors’ requests).

LARGE CORPORATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS (any business/organization/fund that requires you to submit an application form) – We require Council approval to apply for funding to ensure that we don’t duplicate efforts already underway by the NL Council.  Generally speaking, any fund that requires an application form won’t allow funding for travel, but these are still great sources for equipment or for funding our program.

PRIVATE OR SMALLER BUSINESSES (businesses that are able to directly approve donations) – 90% of the donation will go towards the trip fundraising account of the youth who arranged the donation, 5% will go to the youth’s section and 5% to Group Committee.  This is of course unless the business specifically requests that the funds be distributed in another way (we always honour our donors’ requests).  All businesses are to be contacted IN-PERSON and in FORMAL uniform if they are reasonably local (ie: Exploits Valley).

TO CLAIM A BUSINESS, log in to the Fundraising System and click on “Business Contacts”

Read more about the great sponsorship opportunities for business!

 


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Our Europe Video

As part of the trip requirements (shared back in February 2018), all participants are required to make a 3-5 minute video about a portion of our adventure.  This is a mandatory exercise, but also a fun one!  The idea here is that the segment will be stitched together with the other segments and in the end we will have a video presentation for our entire trip.  With that in mind, avoid fancy title sequences or intros/outros and keep in mind that your segment will likely be somewhere in the middle.

While music is welcome, please make sure you are only using music on public licence as our intention is to display the video publicly and do not want to violate copyright laws and such.

While you don’t need to show yourself in your video, you do need to be the one doing all the talking.  You can include other images, videos, etc, but all the talking in your video must be you.  You will need to have researched your topic well enough to answer questions about the location, so don’t think of letting your parents do the work for you, lol!

If you do not have access to video editing and/or recording software, let us know and we can set you up.  Just do all the research, collect the pictures, videos, music you want, and we can plan an evening at the church to put it all together.

It is also acceptable to use a “Vlog” format and talk directly to the camera.  Whatever you do, make it fun, interesting and informative.

We would like to have at least a few done by our November Europe meeting, and most should be done by our December meeting.  For those that love deadlines, we’ll say the deadline is mid-January, but you should really get it done well before that point.  I have already seen one of the youth videos made for Kandersteg and it was good fun 🙂

Surprise, surprise, we will be using the videos as a fundraiser as well as to build awareness of our awesome adventure.  We will be showing the full video publicly for donations, and also offering it for sale (for friends, family, etc) on DVD.  Proceeds will be used to support everyone’s trip.

Everyone’s chosen elements are below:

  • Rome, Italy – Connor L (don’t spend any time on Vatican City or St. Peter’s Basilica as they are covered by another member)
  • Vatican City: Quick Summary – Keiran H (don’t spend any time on St. Peter’s Basilica as it is covered by another member)
  • St. Peter’s Basilica & Square – Riley B (the story of Vatican City is covered by another member)
  • Switzerland: Quick Summary – Ryan R (skip Swiss history as it’s covered by another member.  Also skip the major cities as they are all covered as well)
  • Switzerland: History- Michael M
  • Kandersteg: Summary – Lex N  (don’t spend time on activities as they covered by other members)
  • Kandersteg: On-Site Activities – Nolan S (the story of Kandersteg itself is covered by another member)
  • Kandersteg: Off-Site Activities – Cameron S (the story of Kandersteg itself is covered by another member)
  • Bern, Switzerland – Heidi G
  • Brig, Switzerland – Nick P
  • Geneva, Switzerland – Scouter Mark
  • Thun, Switzerland – Gavin B
    Ireland: Quick Summary – Liam R  (history is covered by another member, stick to the present.  Also skip the other Ireland sites covered by other members)
  • Ireland: History – Paris J
  • Croagh Patrick, Ireland – Brady M
  • Dublin, Ireland – Scouter Lawrence (skip attractions covered by other members)
  • Newgrange, Ireland – Scouter Erica
  • Galway, Ireland – Lily W
  • Kerry Cliffs & Area, Ireland – Ben O
  • Leap Castle – Ella N
  • Belfast, Ireland – Liam G
  • Giant’s Causeway – Maiya K
  • Budapest, Hungary* & Glascow, Scotland – Brandon P
  • Malmo, Sweden* & London, England – Steven D
  • Postojna Caves, Slovenia* & Paris, France – Alex P
  • Zagreb, Croatia* & Villach, Austria – Josie
  • Ypres, Belgium* & Munich, Germany – Scouter Gerry
  • Auschwitz, Poland* & Krakow, Poland – Zoey H
  • Prague, Czech Republic* & Luxembourg City – Scouter Jason
  • Berlin, Germany* & Copenhagen, Denmark – Brady B
  • Liechtenstein* & Sargans, Switzerland – Declan M
  • Netherlands: Quick Summary – Scouter Robin  (avoid history or the cities covered below by other members)
  • Netherlands: History – Rebecca P (don’t spend time on WWII or Canada’s liberation of the Netherlands as it’s covered by other members)
  • Netherlands: Canada’s special relationship with the Netherlands – Anthony B 
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands – Scouter Dawn
  • Den Hague, Netherlands – Noah B
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands – Scouter Dave
  • Utrecht, Netherlands – Scouter Shannon

Backpackers all have two destinations and are making two videos each.  Total combined time though should still be 5 minutes.  The destination with an * should be your focus, so if you don’t spend equal time on both, make sure the * location gets the most attention.

When you have finished your draft let us know so we can offer some feedback.  The Expedition Leadership Team will approve all the videos in the end.  This isn’t school, so there is no mark, however the requirement is not completed until your video has been approved, so please do your best 🙂

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s video!


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Let’s Get Growing Again!

Hi everyone!  Due to popular demand we will once again be selling Vesey’s Seeds & Bulbs!  Zoey Healey, one of our Venturer Scouts, will once again be taking care of the administration.

This fundraiser will give back 50% of all profits to our group and is a great GREEN fundraiser with us selling bulbs, plants and seeds. Vesey’s covers all the shipping, free bags for deliveries and if any items you have ordered do not meet with our approval upon arrival here they will replace it free of charge.

Catalogs and order forms will be available at Scouts & Venturer Scouts this week

All orders have to be back to Zoey no later than Friday, October 5th, 2018 in order for her to be able to process and get everything sent off before their deadline so we won’t have to wait too long to get our orders.   You can bring your order to Scouts or Venturers and your section lead will pass it along to Zoey as long as your name is written clearly on the sealed envelope and you also write the amount of money inside.

The profits from the sale will be distributed as follows:

  • 90% to the seller’s trip fundraising account
  • 5% to the seller’s section
  • 2.5% to our camping equipment fund
  • 2.5% to Group Committee

So what are you waiting for?!  Let’s get growing!!!


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Grocery Bagging – April 19th, 2018

Grocery Bagging at Dominion is always one of our best direct-donation fundraising efforts!  Basically the way it works is that our youth provide a “Good Turn” by bagging groceries, putting away carts, cleaning up, picking up litter (when weather allows), etc.  While this is on the go we have donation cans available to allow Dominion’s customers to donate if they so choose.  Most do decide to donate, and donate a fair bit!

Most youth enjoy grocery bagging, but it is hard work.  While grocery bagging we are effectively representing Dominion, so there are some specific rules and requirements that we need to work with.  First off, youth need to big enough to properly get the job done.  The minimum age is technically 12, but we traditionally allow younger youth to bag as well providing they “look old enough”.  Also, youth will need to have a short training session with the Scouter volunteers at the store to ensure they can bag the groceries in a professional manner.  FORMAL uniforms are requird.  Youth with long hair must have it neatly tied back.  Cell phones are not permitted while bagging, nor are headphones.  Youth may have a sealed bottle of water with them, but may not have any other food or drinks while bagging.  Gum is also not permitted.  Conversation on the lines must be kept appropriate and professional.  Most importantly, every single customer must be greeted in a friendly manor, every single donor must be thanked, and all Dominion staff must be treated with respect.  Our relationship with Dominion is very important to the group, so youth that do not behave professionally or simply cannot do the work effectively will need to leave early.  No warnings will be given for youth who break the rules; they will be sent home immediately.  

Seeing as we now have 33 youth and 9 Scouters traveling for 2019 we will need to build a schedule to prevent having too many youth on hand.  We can accommodate a maximum of 14 youth at a time, but only if they are quite busy.

For youth that are too small to grocery bag, we do need at least one youth at our donation table and this is a GREAT job for the smaller youth.  Also we will likely be able to get outside to pick up litter, which is appropriate for all ages.

UNLIKE USUAL we need you to mark exactly what you are going to work at Dominion.  Each half hour slot will only allow 14 youth to select it.  Please show up for exactly what you request.  If you require a supper break, mark yourself not available for that time (regular breaks will be given for everyone working longer than 2hrs, but if you require longer please schedule it off).  Given the short time line, there will be no schedule made other than exactly what you request on the Doodle Poll.  So no good emailing me for extra hours, please use the poll 🙂

YOUTH – Please mark your shift on Doodle => https://doodle.com/poll/rck7pc8su95nn4vv  (Separate link for Scouters below)

GROCERY BAGGING PROCEEDS

  • 80% to be split by those who work based on the numbers of hours worked.  Youth who stay four hours will make twice as much as youth who stay two hours.
  • 10% will be donated to the President’s Choice Children’s Charity
  • 5% to the youths’ section based on the number of hours worked per section.
  • 5% to be split between Group Committee and the Camping Equipment fund

FUTURE DATES

Please mark on your calendar that we will also be grocery bagging on June 28th

SCOUTERS

We can accommodate up to five Scouters at a time, and we need a minimum of three.  For now, this is only open to the eight Scouters attending Europe and our WJ Scouter, but if there are still shifts available as of 11pm tonight (Wednesday) we will open it up to non-trip Scouters as well.  Please visit this Doodle link to make your commitment => https://doodle.com/poll/rt283gppma5pbn4x.   For Scouters , we will split up the hours equally based on who is available.  Mark your availability and I’ll have the schedule out by Noon on Thursday.

 


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