We opened our meeting, talked about Atlanta Area snow days, and heard from our Featured Unit(s), Troops 129B and 129G from the Tucker pocket of Hightower Trail. Patrice Keeter and Katherine Hunt spoke about the awesome activities and service the units are doing, and also contributed a great deal of helpful information to our discussion focus for January Roundtable.
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NON-TRADITIONAL FUNDRAISING
***Units must apply with Council’s Unit Money Earning Application (send to Mary Chesser).
- Christmas Trees – Troop 129B, Patrice Keeter
- Unit’s only fundraiser. Open for three weeks Nov/Dec. Pays for most of everything for everyone.
- Significant amount of work for a relatively small group of adults for planning and preparation. Everyone required to participate (unless not appropriate, ie., religion)
- Considerations:
- Up front costs
- Power permits
- Storage required for stuff
- Dependent on nature for the trees
- Appropriate space and visible location for the sale
- Similarities to pumpkin sale, i.e., Troop 534 at Shallowford Presbyterian Church
- Roasted Corn Booth, Georgia State Fair – Troop 757, Zach Hulet
- Large scale effort is similar in ways to the trees for planning, preparation, storage needs, and it pays for all the things for everybody.
- Open for one week, Scouts are not in school. Every family is required to participate 40 hours.
- Considerations:
- Up front costs for equipment and corn
- Health Inspector
- Hand washing stations and hot water.
- Pancake Breakfast with Santa – Troop 129G, Katherine Hunt
- Smaller scale with much less up front cost, planning and prep. Took 1/2 day.
- Scouts handled many aspects independently, and are taking ownership of the event, planning improvements for next year.
- BBQ dinner takeout, Dunwoody’s July 4th Parade – Troop 266, Scott Madden
- Catered bbq sandwiches and drinks, troop does watermelon, brownies, etc.
- One day. Participation not required, but each Scout is asked to sell 10 presale tickets. Presales outnumber day-of sales. Presales help protect against fluctuations on parade attendance.
- School Dinner Bake Sale – Pack 551, Erika Fields
- Taking advantage of a school dinner event, the Cubs hold a bake sale and walk around selling camp cards. They are encouraged to bake something to represent their culture.
- Low planning and prep. Approachable participation for younger Scouts.
- Other $$$ Ideas
- Hot chocolate or apple cider
- Wreaths (make from tree trimmings)
- Yard sale (pure profit)
- Tree ornaments
- Rent out your specialized equipment to other units
- Spaghetti Dinner
- Gift wrapping (I know there is a unit in Atlanta Area somewhere that does this)
- Car wash
- Krispy Creme Donuts (James Bratton led this for 2115 a while back.)