1011512024 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA DArF Received in council service center UNIT MONEY-EARNING APPLICATION (Local council stamp) Please submit this application to your council service center at least two weeks prior to committing to your money-earning project. Read the eight guidelines on the other side of this form. They will assist you in answering the questions below O Pack 1232 3 3:r No. charrered organization Selkirk Fire #2 Osr,ip Glenmont Fort Orange Community District Submits the following plans for its money-earning project and requests permission to carry them out. what is your unit’s money-earnins ptan? Pack 232 will be selling breakfast sandwiches and coffee qn election day in front of Selkirk Fire House #2 About how much does your unit expect to earn from this project? $500+ How will this money be used? General pack funding Yes Does your chartered organization give full approval for this plan? what are the proposed dates? 111512024 Are tickets or a producr ro be sotd? ptease specify. We will 9e selling breakfast sandwiches & coFbe on election day. Will your members be in uniform while carrying out this project? {See items 3-6 on other side.) We intend to wear Class B unifc Have you checked with n’bighboring units to avoid any overlapping of territory while working? Yes - N/A N/A ls your product or service in direct conflict with that offered by local merchants? signed? Are any contrgcts to be lf so, by whom? Give details. ls your unit on the budget plan? How much are the dues? Does your unit participate in the council product sale? O Ves O tto Family Friends of Scouting? O yes O No How much does your unit have in its trelsury? $2,000 Signed FOR USE OF DISTRICT OR COUNCIL FINAI’ICE GOMMITIEE: Approved by Date Phone Approved sub.iect to the following conditions -“/^^ I )COL’T5 oF A{FRtCA WelB()Y
GUIDELINES FOR UNIT MONEY-EARNING PROJECTS A unit’s money-earning methods should reflect Scouting’s basic values. Whenever your unit is planning a money-earning project, this checklist can serve as your guide. lf your answer is “Yes” to all the questions that follow, it is likely the project conforms to Scouting’s standards and will be approved.
- Do you really need a fundraising prcject? 5. lf a commercial prcduct rb to be sold, will it be sold on its own merits and without reterenee to the There should be a real need for raising money based on needs of Scouting? your unit’s program. Units should not engage in money- earning projects merely because someone has offered an All commercial products must sell on their own merits, attractive plan. Remember that individual youth members not the benefit received by the Boy Scouts. The principle are expected to earn their own way. The need should be of value received is critical in choosing what to sell. beyond normal budget items covered by dues. If a commercial prcduct rb to be sold, will the fundruising
- If any contracts are to be signed, will they be signed aetivity comply with BSA Wlicy on weaing the uniform? hy an individual, without relercnce to the Boy Scoufs of America and without binding the localcouncil, the The official uniform is intended to be worn primarily for use Boy Scouts of America, or the chartercd organization? in connection with Scouting activities. However, council executive boards may approve use of the uniform for any Before any person in your unit signs a contract, he/she fundraising activity. Typically, council popcorn sales or must make sure the venture is legitimate and worthy. /f a Scout show ticket sales are approved uniform fundraisers. contract rs slgne{ he/she is personally responsible. He/ she may not sign on behalf of the local council or the Boy 7. Will the fundraising proiect avoid soliciting money or gifts? Scouts of America, nor may he/she bind the chartered organization without its written authorization. lf you are The BSA Rules and Regulations state, “Youth members not sure, check with your district executive for help. shall not be permitted to serve as solicitors of money
- Will your fundraiser prevent prcmoterc frcm tnd- for their chartered organizations, for the local council, ing on the name and goodwill of the Boy Scouts of or in support of other organizations. Adult and youth America? members shall not be permitted to serve as solicitors of money in support of personal olunit participation in Because of Scouting’s good reputation, customers rarely local, national, or international evenB.” question the quality or price of a product. The nationwide network of Scouting units must not become a beehive of For example: Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts and leaders should commercial interest. not identify themselves as Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts or as a troop/pack participate in The Salvation Army’s
- Will the fundnising activW uphold the good name of the Christmas Bell Ringing program. This would be raising BSA? Does it avoidrgames of chance, gambling, etc.? money for another organization. At no time are units permitted to solicit contributions for unit programs. Selling raffle tickets or other games of chance is a direct violation of the BSA Rules and Regulations, which forbid 8. Does the fundraising activity avoid competition with gambling- The product must not detract from the ideals other units, your chartercd organization, your local and principles of the BSA. council, and the United Way? Check with your chartered organization representative and your district executive to make certain that your char- tered organization and the council agree on the dates and type of fundraiser. The local councilis responsible for upholding the Charter and Bylaws and the Rules and Regulations of the BSA. 7o ensure compliance, all unit fundraisers MUST OBTAIN WRITTEN APPROUAL from the local council NO IESS THAN 14 DAYS beforc committing to the fundraising activity. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane PO. Box’‘l52079 lrving, Texas 7 5O1 5-207 I 34427 / 510-274 http //wwwscoutin g.org April 2023 Revision
Original PDF: Unit Money-Earning Application - Election Day Food Sale.pdf