Programs and Fundraisers

Friends of Scouting - How to Contribute

Words to Live By...more info

• Friends of Scouting Secure Online Donations"
• Download FOS Form (PDF)and mail
• Scoutreach
• Popcorn Sale Annual Fundraiser
• Scouting License Plate
• Donate Your Car or Boat Here!

Other types of contributions (contact Council/District representative)

• service projects at the Double V Scout Ranch
• service projects at Camp Lawton
• donate camping equipment
• donate office equipment to Council
• volunteer your time with a District or Council committee

Assisted by their parents or guardians, boys in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Varsity Scouting and young men and women in Venturing pay their from personal savings and participation in money-earning projects.

Members buy their own uniforms, handbooks, and personal equipment and pay for their own camp fees.

Weekly or monthly dues and funds from approved money-earning projects meet expenses for supplies and activities in the Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, Varsity Scout Team, and Venturing Crew. These monies help pay for camping equipment, registration fees, Boy's Life magazine, uniform insignia, special activities, and program materials.

Each chartered organization using the Scouting program provides a meeting place and adult volunteer leadership for its BSA unit(s). The chartered organization and local council must approve unit money-earning projects before the launch of the project.

Financial resources for the local council (the local non-profit corporation chartered by the National Council) come from an annual Friends of Scouting (FOS) campaign, local United Ways, foundation grants, special events, project sales, investment income, trust funds, bequests, and gifts of real and personal property.

These funds provide for professional staff supervision, organization of new Scouting units, service for existing units, training of volunteer leaders, and maintenance of local camps. They also finance the operation of the local council service center, where volunteer leaders obtain literature, insignia, advancement badges, and other items vital to the program. In addition, the service maintains advancement and membership records.