Troop 997 Mulch Fund Raiser Frequently Asked Questions
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our mulch fund rasier.
We deliver to homes in Ashburn and the immediate
surrounding area. Specifically:
- Ashburn zip codes 20147 and 20148;
- Zip code 20176 Lansdowne and Potomac Station areas only.
We deliver 3 cubic foot bags of premium shredded hardwood mulch. The mulch is
a medium brown color. The mulch is a very high quality mulch distributed though a local
nursery.
We will deliver the mulch in neatly stacked (5-7 bags high) in the location of your
choice on your driveway at the front of your home. Typically we place the stacks along
the edge of your driveway to avoid blocking garage entry unless other instructions are
provided. Feel free to use chalk to mark the desired location on your driveway or tape
a sign for us on your garage door.
In neighborhoods where driveway access is via narrow alleys, we will deliver to
an alternate location at the front of your home off the main street. It is very
difficult for us to maneuver the trucks in the alleys and identify the correct home
from the rear.
Due to time constraints, we unfortunately cannot deliver mulch to the side or
back of your home; nor can we spread the mulch for you.
Mulch delivery is a very long weekend for the Troop. Delivery starts either Friday
afternoon or first thing Saturday morning on delivery weekend. We typically do not
make our final delivery until late Sunday afternoon. See the
delivery details
for our planned delivery weekend and our rain date.
We cannot predict exactly when during the delivery weekend your mulch will arrive.
We use a system that loads trucks with deliveries to homes in close proximity, but also attempts
to reduce the number of undelivered bags left in the truck at the end of a run.
Please do not be alarmed if your neighbor receives his mulch but we don't stop at
your home - we'll be back on another run. We do not load the trucks such that all
the homes on the same street will be in a single delivery run.
The portion of your purchase over our cost is tax deductible. A tax deductible
receipt will be provied with the delivery of your mulch. If you are not home when we
deliver, look for your receipt in an envelope in your front door or in your newspaper
box if you have one. We do not place receipts in U.S. mail boxes as that is a
violation of Federal law.
Our annual mulch sale is the only Troop level fundraiser run by our Troop. The
proceeds from our mulch sale are the only source of funds to operate the Troop
for the following year. Significant portions of the proceeds go towards replacement
and refurbishment of our camping equipment. In addition a large percentage of the
proceeds are set aside in "scout accounts". The boys in the troop use the funds in
their scout accounts to offset portions of their costs to attend a week long summer
camp or other scouting related costs such as equipment and uniform purchases.
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Saturday January 05, 2008.