Money Earning

Inspiration and advice for raising money for your troop.

Features

How to build a better budget

By Michael Freeman

All that Scouting costs money. Follow these steps so your troop, pack or crew can make every dollar count.

Leaders

Scout accounts, revisited

By Scouting magazine

Be reasonable, and remember that Scouting’s nonprofit status is at the heart of the matter.

Boy Scout Popcorn Sales
Leaders

Ten tips for making popcorn sales pop

By Scouting magazine

Question: What do movies and Scouting have in common? Answer: They both can be made better by popcorn.  It’s nearly fall, and that means it’s time for Scouts to sell popcorn to help fund all

Leaders

Creative Money-Earning Projects

By Mark Ray

Packs, troops, and crews are using effective, and often innovative, techniques to fund their annual program activities.

Leaders

Sale Time in Chelmsford

By Scouting magazine

A troop’s annual yard sale earns money for Scouting and also benefits others far from the Massachusetts location.

Leaders

Advice on using profits from money-earning projects

By Scouting magazine

Money raised for Scouting should be spent for Scouting, readers agreed in responding to assistant Cubmaster J.E., who asked if boys could use sales earning for things other than Scouting activities and equipment

Leaders

The Keys to Successful Money-Earning Projects

By Scouting magazine

What’s the best way to earn funds for a well-rounded program? Successful units follow three simple steps: determine financial needs well in advance, choose projects that meet BSA guidelines, and then work like beavers to complete them.