Reply to Scoutmaster of Scouts BSA Troop 248 for Girls Answers your Questions

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Scoutmaster of Scouts BSA Troop 248 for Girls Answers your Questions"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=cburkhardt]I’m generally aware of the Chevy Chase Scouts BSA Troop for Girls and understand they have a great program.  When our Scouts BSA Troop goes to camp we meet many of the other all-girl Troops in our council and really enjoy sharing thoughts on what works well.  This summer at our council’s Camp Olmstead, we were one of the four all-girl Troops present the week we were there.  A commonality of these Troops is the monthly campout and significant leadership by adult women, including the outdoor program.

On fundraising, please do not infer criticism of other youth organization fundraising strategies when I share what works for our particular Scout BSA Troop for Girls.  Children who successfully sell products and simultaneously fund a good part of their local, council and national organization expenses are doing something that works for those organizations.  I just know there would be a different feel to our Troop if we dedicated a significant portion of our time and volunteer activity focused on product sales.  At this point in our 4-year history, our parents would not go along with it even if I wanted to do it.

The annual budget for our 53-girl organization is well over $25,000, and every penny of that is directly spent on program in our Troop for our girls.  This means we are continuously doing things like rafting, rock climbing, camping and boating, as well as enjoyable indoor things.   This budget does not include summer camp and extraordinary summer travel experiences, which are done with stand-alone budgets.  Product sales would just never generate sufficient revenue to fuel this girl-led-extravaganza.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics