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WHAT DOES SCOUTING COST?
Date: 9/25/06
What does Scouting Cost?
ANSWER: A LITTLE $$ AND A LOT OF QUALITY TIME
It is the intent of the Boy Scouts of America to make scouting an affordable experience for every single boy who wants to join. We do our best to keep with this tradition in Pack 484.
All of your Pack & Den leaders are volunteers. Many of our leaders were Boy or Girl Scouts as children, and have great memories that they want to pass along. The South Florida Council is staffed by a team of paid professionals as well as volunteers.
Parent Volunteers – Pack 484 is a volunteer run organization. We ask that parents help out as they can, at both Den events and Pack events. A quality program cannot be run without your help. If every parent helps out at one or two events through the year, we will be in great shape. If you are interested in doing more, we can always use more Den Leaders, Pack Leaders and Committee Members.
Annual Dues - Pack 484 charges annual dues of $75.00 per boy. The dues will be payable in three installments starting in October. A portion of these funds goes to the National Boy Scouts of America organization to pay for registration for the following year (January to December), insurance, Boys Life magazine, and other nationwide programs. The remaining portion goes to the Pack for various uses at both the Pack and Den levels.
At the Pack level, funds are used to pay for all the awards that are given to the scouts, pinewood derby kits, space derby kits, rain gutter regatta kits, pack owned equipment, pack meeting supplies, to offset costs incurred by the Blue & Gold Banquet and other activities. At the Den level, dues pay for material used at the den meetings
Special Events - Special events like Fun Day Camp & Resident Camp cost extra since not every boy will participate.
Fund Raisers & the Scout Account - Pack 484 sells popcorn each October as part of the national Scouting popcorn sale. A portion of those sales will go directly to each Scout’s “Scout Account”. Funds in the Scout Account can be used for registration fees, camp or event fees, and annual dues. Scouts who participate in the popcorn fundraiser and other fundraisers made available by the Pack, can use the scout’s portion of the fundraiser to help offset the cost of annual dues
Leo Guerra
(954) 552-9963
E-Mail: lwar1072@yahoo.com |
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