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  1. We do the 30% as well. We put 15% in the pack account to cover awards and expenses, and the other 15% goes into each scouts Cub Bucks account. I like the idea of the head light gear and such. We have an Army Surplus in our area. I think I will go look around and see what they have. They are sure to have lots of things that the boys (and parents) will like. One of our den leaders suggested the backpacks with the water bladder and drinking tube. It looks like it would be great for hiking. Another leader suggested giving them their pinewood derby kits.
  2. I agree that everyone MUST file a unit money earning application no matter how small the fundraiser or how fast it is put together. I always do this. Our council gives approval while you wait and it provides extra peace of mind (something we all can use). I also insist that every den leader file tour permits for every outing (something they didn't do before I became CC). On the carwash/bake sale, we had contacted our Lowe's store (in person) at the same time as our Wal-Mart. They said they had to get approval from HQ and would call us. Lowe's never called back, and they never returned ou
  3. We did do Show & Sell this year for the first time. It helped increase the sales but became an accounting nightmare for our Popcorn Kernel. We have ideas on how to rectify this in the fall. Being from a small town, setting up in front of stores is very difficult. They are bombarded with requests and find it easier to say no than to pick one group over another. We might try approaching a few of them over the summer, while requests are down, and asking them about dates in the fall. We actually do better on sales by going to the outlying neighborhoods in the city just north to us. T
  4. You may be overlooking the return on your investment of time and money. Is your son out there doing things? Enjoying life? Too many children these days sit on the couch watching television, playing video games, mindlessly sitting at the computer for hours on end, doing drugs, having sex at way too early an age. Is your son happy? Busy? Content at being allowed to enjoy his childhood? There are so many bad things in this world today. Scouting allows for a safe environment to explore and grow at his own pace. If your child is growing in knowledge of how relationships work among his d
  5. We checked with our Walmart. They require a one month advanced request. Our fundraiser was put together one-and-a-half weeks prior to the event. Back in the fall I started our pack on a local fundraiser that our Price Cutter Grocery Store offers. Shoppers earn Community Bucks that they donate to nonprofit organizations. We turned ours in back in January. We had designated the $193 that was donated to use toward camperships. We thought this would be enough to support the families in our pack. We were mistaken. Until now, our leadership was unaware of the great needs our families have
  6. Our pack planning meeting is just around the corner and one of the items we will be discussing is incentives to offer that will increase our units popcorn sales. Currently we place 15% of a scout's sales in a cub account for that boy. They can use that money to pay for registration, Boys' Life, derby kits, camp, etc. The parents really like this but the boys, especially new members, don't get really motivated. We want to add more incentives, but our pack doesn't feel the incentives offered by Trail's End are a good value. This past year we told our boys that if we average $200 in sales p
  7. Our pack recently held a car wash/bake sale. We simply stated on the signs "Free Car Wash - Donations Accepted." We had people paying upto $10 to $20 per car. We did the same thing with the cookies and brownies our families baked. We had donations of $1 to $20 per baggie, which contained one big brownie or two cookies. Our car wash/bake sale was held at our local Auto Zone, who provided the water, soap, sponges and brushes. We only supplied the hose, buckets and labor. The event was held on a Saturday morning from 10 am-Noon. The weather turned cold on us, but I don't think it really hurt the
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