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Show-and-sell tables, take-order sheets and the Scouts who sold the most. Leaders swapped ideas for paying for summer camp, from popcorn and wreaths to car washes and pancake breakfasts.
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Hey everyone! There's a lot going on in Scouting all over the country this time of year. Here is a short list of some cool things we've found this week. If you have any news you'd like to share, feel free to leave it in the comments section below.
Whre does all that popcorn come from that scouts sell? Well, don't try finding it at any of these places - you'll most likely get lost in your efforts. There are corn mazes across the country this month and many of them have been designed with Boy Scout themes to commemorate the centennial.
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Question: What do movies and Scouting have in common? Answer: They both can be made better by popcorn. It's nearly fall, and that means it's time for Scouts to sell popcorn to help fund all the fun activities planned for the coming year.
In one of the most popular Cubcasts of the year, the secret to selling lots of popcorn is revealed! Join us as we talk with Doug Dent, vice president of Marketing with Trails End. He is also an assistant den leader in the Sagamore Council in Kokomo, Indiana. Let's get popping, shall we?
Last week I wrote about a new fundraiser the Boy scout troop was going to try, a Dad's Belgian Waffle supper. (Read the article HERE .) Since we currently have a small troop we needed to try something different from our usual breakfast fundraiser which requires more people to work then we currently have available.
Last weekend, we took the Group to one of the local supermarkets (M & S) to raise some funds by packing the customer's shopping bags (if they want us to!). We pack their bags and they give us a donation – at least that's how we hope it goes!
17 Vote On Idea Scoutnet is handcuffing our abilities to fundraise for our local councils. We need the best software for the work we do. We need something like Raiser's Edge. We need the ability to keep track of our donors and how we contact them.
Boy Scout Troop 68 has done pretty well with pancake and sausage breakfast fundraisers over the last two decades. On average, they have netted the troop over a thousand dollars per meal. We use this money for the Scout's camp funds and for equipment and program expenses.
2 Vote On Idea an extensive module to cover the fundamentals of how the system works. Leaders should spend time learning to plan the unit's year, to budget for that plan, and to integrate the available fundraising. It would be great if they actually walked through the process.
Members from Boy Scout Troop 115, part of the Baltimore Area Council, teamed up with Guantanamo Bay's BST 435 to deliver tins of popcorn to Marines with Marine Corps Security Force Company Guantanamo. This distribution of the confectionary corn snack is the first of many which is intended to reach every service member here at…
