A Scout Earns His Own Way
How much will it cost my family for my son to participate in Pack 38 Cub Scouts?
Upfront Fees:
Annual Council Dues: $15 per scout due at September Pack Meeting
Boys’ Life Magazine: $15 for 12 issues
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. This year we have 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: $150
This fee includes:
In addition to the above, Webelos I & II will also include activity fees for:
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): ~$150 scout/$65 adult
Adventure Cove (Webelos I*): ~$240 scout/$100 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 Volacanoes overnighter).
Use the below example to determine each scout’s fundraising goal for the year:
The scout earns 30% of each sale. A $10 popcorn tin earns the scout $3.
Fundraising Goal = (pack + camp fees) x 100
30
Ex:) $923 popcorn sales = (125 + 150) x 100
30
* Any scout who has not made a significant effort towards raising the pack fee requirement through fundraisers by January 2010 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 $12 for each of the three remaining months to meet the $125 pack fee requirement.
Questions? Please call the Pack Treasurer Ryan Burge 503-838-4482
“…The Cub Scout helps the pack go. The Pack helps the Cub Scout grow…”