Can a unit acccept / solicit donations for goods or services to fund a specific event?

[David CO 1783]

13 hours ago, Armymutt said:

Is the program too bloated with paid employees? 

Yep.

[TAHAWK 1420]

On 3/27/2020 at 11:49 AM, ANEagle20 said:

I tried to solicit funds to purchase new color guard equipment for my unit, and the council had a problem with it. I asked national for a grant, and they said they don't give grants to individual units, I asked my council for a grant, and they said they wouldn't give me the money basically because they didn't feel like it was important. How the heck are we supposed to get the funds for this kind of stuff. because setting up fundraisers for anything in my council is a pain because they always want their "fair" share instead of letting the units have it. It is the dumbest thing ever. Like if I were to go and solicit funds what could they possibly do to me. 

You are ignoring the fundamental purpose of BSA - meeting payroll.