A Scout Earns His Own Way
How much will it cost my family for my son to participate in Pack 38 Cub Scouts?
Up-front Fees:
Annual Council Dues: $24 per scout due at September Pack Meeting
Boys’ Life Magazine: $12 for 12 issues (optional, but highly recommended)
Uniform Costs: Cub Scout (blue) uniform shirt, belt/buckle, hat, and book. Approx. $50
Pack Fee Requirements:
Our Pack is run exclusively by volunteers who work very hard to provide the best program possible for your scout and his family. We are a non-profit organization who receives a small donation each year from our charter organization (#1 Polk County Fire Department) which pays primarily for Pack supplies, insurance and leadership training. The rest of the money necessary to run the Pack is the responsibility of each scout and his family. The Committee has developed a Pack 38 Budget that includes all the activities, supplies and awards necessary to make our Cub Scout program run. Each scout will be required to meet the following monetary goals:
Tigers, Wolves, & Bears: $125
Webelos I & II: $160
This fee includes:
- All Awards, Advancements, Patches and Pins
- Guest Speakers at Pack Meetings
- Blue and Gold Dinner Fundraiser meal and raffle items (if applicable)
- Pinewood Derby Car and Rocket Derby or Raingutter Regatta Kits
- Family Camp
- Scout Olympics fee
- Pack Supplies & Crafts
- Building & Equipment Rentals
- One pack t-shirt per new Scout
- One neckerchief and neckerchief slide at advancement ceremony
- Pinewood Derby kickoff pizza party
- Scout Expo and District Derby fee (if applicable)
In addition to the above, Webelos I & II will also include activity fees for:
- Webelos Woods
- Klondike
- Camporall
Camp Fees:
Each scout is encouraged to attend Resident and Day Camp each summer. These fees are additional to the pack fee requirement. (There are camperships available through the Council to help pay for camp fees.)
Cub World (Tigers/Wolves) and Gilbert Ranch (Bears):
$180 per scout/$65 per adult
Adventure Cove (Webelos I*):
$298 per scout/$130 per adult
*Webelos II will have already crossed over into Boy Scouts and will attend those camps.
Additional Optional Fees:
Throughout the year there will be additional activities that will require a fee to participate such as Volcanoes baseball overnighter, zoo, OMSI or aquarium tickets, etc. Your family will be given the opportunity to sign up and pay upfront for these activities. There is a strict NO REFUND policy for each family who signs up.
Webelos I & II: As Cub Scouts grow older they are permitted and encouraged to participate in many activities that not only require additional fees, but also additional supplies. Please ask your den leader for more information.
How will my family pay for these fees and activities?
There are two ways for each family to meet the pack fee requirement, camp fees and activity fees for their scout:
Option 1. Fundraiser Participation*
Pack 38 provides several different fundraisers throughout the school year including popcorn, candy & meat sticks and butterbraids. Popcorn is by far our largest fundraiser and we encourage every scout to participate in order to meet their pack fee requirements. After the scout meets his pack fee requirement, each additional dollar earned will go into their own scout account to be used for official BSA activities (including summer camp) or Pack group activities (such as the Volcanoes overnighter). Any additional monies left over in the scout account will automatically roll over into the pack account general fund on August 31st. The exception to this rule is for the Webelos II, whose remaining funds will be written as a check to the troop that he chooses to join after Cub Scouts so that he'll have a financial base for his activities with the troop.
Use the below example to determine each scout’s fundraising goal for the year:
For Popcorn Sales, the scout earns 35%* of each sale, so that a $10 popcorn tin earns the scout $3.50, that goes first towards his Pack obligation and then, once that obligation has been met, into his own Scout Account.
* Based on pack history and sales performance, this is an accurate percentage of return. If our Pack sales average does not meet set criteria, returns will decrease to 32%
Fundraising goal = (pack fees + camp fees) x 100
30
Example: [($125 + $180) x 100] / 30 = $1020 goal
Note: Any scout who has not made a significant effort towards raising the pack fee requirement through fundraisers by January 2011 will automatically be required to pay monthly fees as detailed in option 2.
Option 2. Monthly Family Contributions
If the scout and his family choose not to participate in the available fundraisers, or if the scout doesn’t meet the pack fee requirement through fundraisers, then the family can make equal monthly payments due at each of the ten Pack meetings. For instance, if the Tiger scout earns only $90 during the fundraisers by March, then the family will pay $13.33 for each of the three remaining months to meet the $125 pack fee requirement.
Questions? Please call the Pack Treasurer Di Rodewald (mrsr812@yahoo.com)
“…The Cub Scout helps the pack go. The Pack helps the Cub Scout grow…”