Dear The Boy Scout Leaders,

I’m writing this letter to offer you a fund raising opportunity and to be part of the Schenectady Air Show.

Our company, Hemispheres Concessions, has the rights to sell fresh squeezed lemonade and pretzels at the Schenectady Air Show dated May 25-26, 2002.  We are looking for a fund raising group to operate the booths and in return receive 10% of the sales. There are 8 locations, each location consisting of one lemonade and one pretzel cart, needing 3-4 persons to service each location plus one to two persons to co-ordinate the group.  The volunteer group will be responsible for the selling of the products and the receiving of money. The volunteers can be family, friends or anyone mature enough to handle money and the service of the general public.

This show has the potential of being a high grossing show as the Blue Angels are performing. The squadron should be able to raise between $1500-$2500 for the two days, depending on the weather, staffing levels and attendance. You can agree to take on all 8 locations or just a few depending on your resources. We will guarantee $100 per location that your unit takes on. The group will receive all entrance passes into the show plus meal vouchers for each volunteer. You are welcome to wear the unit’s T-shirt and display literature at each booth. You may also get other units involved.

One of your coordinators and I will routinely throughout the day do pick ups of money, each pick up being duplicated so we both have copies. All monies will be settled on the Sunday at the conclusion of the event.

The hours will be 8am to 5pm both days.  For any further questions please do not hesitate to phone me at 1 877 504 1842 or Email me at hemispheres@ureach.com. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

 Regards,

 Nicola Watson, Owner

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Hi Scouters!

If you haven’t heard, I'm the new district popcorn chairman for the 2002 Trail’s End Popcorn drive and I wanted to introduce myself to you. My name is Larry Vincent and I’m out of Troop and Pack 50. Assisi ting me this year is Denise Schwind from Pack 67.

We are looking forward to serving your needs and making your Trails End Popcorn sale a success. I'm hoping we can exceed our 2001 sales of $90,000.00 Our goal this year is $125,000. You can see that this is a sizable increase over our 2001 sales but I believe it is possible. My own unit went from sales of $4,600 in 1999 to over $14,000 in each of the last two years. I look forward to the opportunity to share with you the techniques Pack 50 used to increase sales.

Selling Trail’s End Popcorn is a wonderful way for each unit to meet it’s financial goals. On top of that; 30% of your sales goes to our council and that’s a win win for everyone. We're looking for several more volunteers to assist our committee. If you would like to help, please let me know.

Denise is also this years Popcorn Kick-Off Coordinator. The Kick-Off will be held on August 7th at Blaatnick Park. More details to follow.  She is looking for a few assistants to help coordinate events. If interested contact her @ 518-369-7304 or psalm46@ifriendly.com

Thanks for your time! Please call or Email me with any questions.

Larry Vincent

Schenectady District Popcorn Chairman

641-4061 (W)

356-6674 (H)

larryvincent12303@yahoo.com