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  Solid gold popcorn
context: I grew up in foster care and we got a boat load of gifts from some donations. Of all the shit that happened in foster care, those presents made me feel a hell of a lot better. >
  
  
  Unfortunately they are out of wishes to fulfill right now.
  
  Ehh, I'd say fortunately they're out of wishes to fulfill, since if they're out that means that all the kids that charity helps got their wishes this Xmas! Thx for posting the link though. >
  
  A $11000 popcorn take-home for the scout is 5% of the total sales the scout made. That's $220,000 in $20 popcorn tin sales, or about 11,000 individual tins sold. That's not just "more than expected" that's like half a state on sales. >
  
  Yeah this is a confusing amount of sales. Is everyone in his community just rich and willing to buy a ton? Or maybe one relative is loaded and just bought a bunch to donate as well. Even if every house he visiting in a day bought a tin it still seems far outside of achievable. >
  
  Maybe he's a future entrepreneur and hired kids to go to surrounding areas. Hell he could have sold them online. >
  
  Could be something like that, he’s got a brighter future than me if he’s capable of it. >
  
  This is how they do it now, currently working on an e-commerce fundraising site and you would not believe the size of some of the orders. Family in other states can now order a ton for all their friends without having to fill out a form, and a check meetup and wait. So it's believable, I'm sure he has a good amount of extended family involved in the community, especially churches >
  
  How much popcorn do you have to sell to get $11k profit?  Did he stumble upon a marijuana convention? >
  
  An impossible amount, the details from the article don't add up. Good on the kid for being so generous but I don't believe for a second that he cleared over 11k in profit from boy scout popcorn sales alone. >
  
  Maybe he didn’t sell popcorn through the scout organization where he would not get back much. Maybe he sold some other kind of popcorn?