what do you collect for pack dues?

[MTAF 10]

Our pack collects $64 per year per boy. Of that, $24 goes into the boys den and $40 goes into the pack. Dues are collected in September with an option of paying in 2 installments of $32 in September and $32 in January. This seems to work well although I find I run out of money in the den by Nov-Dec.

[BuffaloSR793 10]

Our Pack has never had dues. We've had dens collect dues, but very little and only for special projects.

 

We sell lots of popcorn and fundraise.

[Knight 10]

Our Pack collects almost nothing - less than $10 per person per year, I believe. Almost all of the funding comes from popcorn sales - of which my younger son is the top salesman!

[JeffD 10]

for those who rely on fund raising - how much per person do your sales bring in for the pack?

[rjscout 11]

We try to get each scout to have a goal of $200. Some far exceed that goal, while others sell just a few items. It averages out. We are hoping to increase that next year with tables outside of the grocery stores. We haven't set our goals for next year, though.

[ScoutNut 147]

As RJ does, we set a goal for each scout. Some make it, some go way over and some go under. Our goal is $350 per boy in sales. This works out to $105 profit to the Pack per boy.

 

Popcorn is our only money earning and we fund our entire program with it - no Pack dues.

[MarkS 11]

A good way to figure out your dues is with the following equation...

 

d = ( b - f ) / m

 

where d is the dues, b is your budget, f your income from fundraising, and m is the number of boys in your unit (m for membership).

 

Our unit collected dues twice a year. Right before recharter and at the beginning of a new school year to coincide with our council's fall recruitment campaign.(This message has been edited by MarkS)