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If your unit is planning a fundraiser (except for popcorn sales),
you need to submit a "Unit Money Earning Application" (No.
34427) to the Council Service Center at least two weeks prior
to your fundraiser.
To download a copy of the Unit Money-Earning Application, go to the council's
Forms Download Site.
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1. Have your unit committee and chartering organization
approved your project, including the dates and the methods? |
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There should be a real need for raising money based on your unit's
program.
We should not engage in special money-earning projects merely because someone
has offered us an attractive plan.
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2. Do your plan and corresponding dates avoid competition with
money-raising efforts and policies of other
units, your chartered organization, your local council and United
Way? |
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Check with your chartered organization representative to make certain
that your chartered organization agrees on the dates and type of fundraiser.
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3. Does your plan comply with local ordinances:
is it free from any association with gambling: and is it consistent
with the ideals and purposes of the Boy Scouts of America? |
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Money-raising projects that include the sale of raffle tickets are
in violation of this policy.
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4. If a commercial product is to be sold, will
it be sold on its own merits and without reference to the
needs of Scouting, either directly (during sales presentation) or indirectly? |
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Teaching youth members to become self-reliant and to earn their own
way is an important part of training our youth members. The official uniform
is intended to be worn primarily for use in connection with Scouting activities.
However,
the executive board of the local council may authorize wearing the uniform
in connection with council-sponsored products sales programs.
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5. If tickets are sold for any function other
than a Scouting event, will they be sold by your youth members as
individuals without depending on the good will of Scouting to
make this sale possible? |
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Tickets may be sold by youth members in uniform in the name of Scouting
for such things as pack shows, troop suppers, circuses, expositions and similar Scouting events.
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6. Even when sales are confined to parents
and friends, will they get their money's worth from any product
they purchase, function they attend or services they receive
from your unit? |
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Here again is the principle of value received -- a sale standing on
its own merit -- so that the recipients are not in any way subsidizing
either Scouting or
the member.
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7. If a project is planned for a particular
area, do you respect the rights of other Scouting units in the same neighborhood? |
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It's a courtesy to check with neighboring units or the local council
service center to coordinate the time of your project and to see that you are not
covering their territory.
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8. It is reasonably certain that people who
need work or business will not lose it as a result of your unit's plan? |
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Your unit should neither sell nor offer services that will damage someone's lively-hood.
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9. Will your plan protect the name and good
will of the Boy Scouts of America and prevent it from being capitalized
on by promoters of shows, benefits or sales campaigns? |
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Because of Scouting's good reputation, customers rarely question the
quality or price of a product. Unchecked, the network of Scouting units could become a beehive of commercial interest to the neglect of character building
and citizenship training.
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10. If any contracts are to be signed by your
unit, will they be signed by an individual without reference to
the Boy scouts of America, and in no way appear to bind the local council,
the Boy Scouts of America or the chartered organization to
any agreement of financial responsibility? |
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Before any person in your unit signs a contract, he must make sure
the venture is legitimate and worthy. If a contract is signed, he is personally responsible.
He cannot sign on behalf of the local council or the Boy Scouts of America,
or
may he bind the chartered organization without its written authorization.
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