Especially Prepared for Name Foundation

PROPOSALS FOR CAMPERSHIPS [Name] Council Boy Scouts of America

Especially Prepared For [Name] Foundation A Proposal for Camp Scholarships

The [name] Council is firmly committed to the continued, uninterrupted delivery of a quality Scouting program to the inner city and low income population and to developing programs with maximum appeal for minority youth.

This is a special program requiring special funding, and a grant of [amount] from [name] Foundation will provide the following in support of the camp scholarship program at [name].

Camp Scholarships [qty] @ [amount] = [amount]

Accepted By: ______For the [name] Foundation

Amount: ______

By Date of: ______[Name] Council Boy Scouts of America

Especially Prepared For [Name] Foundation Summer Camp Promotion

The Scout Camping program of the [name] Council provides Scouts one of the finest opportunities to grow and mature, for the first time perhaps, on his won away from home, in his relations with others, in his mastery of building confidence and self respect, and in sharing and cooperating in a camp community.

In these busy times, many activities compete for a youth’s interest and hard-earned savings. Some activities are less wholesome and others are downright dangerous. Scouting needs to inform, encourage, enthuse, and excite a boy to choose to go to camp with his troop and experience the fun of the outdoors. This calls for a thorough summer camp promotion campaign - notices, flyers, charts, and reports - and a camp savings card to teach boys about thrift and “paying one’s own way.” This important service is part of the [name] Council’s budge and needs to be raised from community resources.

Your support of this program will help us bring boys to camp where they can learn about the true American way of life - sharing, helping, leading and growing.

Budgeted Expense

[List items and amounts]

Amount: ______

Especially Prepared For [Name] Foundation

19___ Scout Camp

Providing a topnotch Scout camping experience for the more than [number] Scouts who attend one of the four Scout Camps owned by the [name] Council is a never-ending challenge. Keeping the camper fee within reach of all Scouts is a commitment that requires the assistance of those who recognize the importance of a summer camping experience.

We need your financial assistance as Scouting seeks to extend a helping hand to the youth who will be our community leaders tomorrow.

Your grant can help the [name] Council hold the line on rising camp fees by providing:

Leader Recognition [amount]

Scout camp, like Scouting in general, relies upon volunteer support. Many men give up their vacations each summer to bring Scouts to camp with no remuneration - except the gratitude of the Scouts. Each camp leader receives a recognition item as a token of esteem.

Amount: ______

Especially Prepared For [Name] Foundation Proposal for Camp Scholarships

The [name] Council runs a special camp, Camp [name] each summer for [number] mentally and physical handicapped youth. Camp [name], organized and guided by a committee of professionals with extensive backgrounds in handicapped care, receives its name from the special one on one attention each camper receives during his week-long stay. This camp, open to all disabled boys from 8 to 21 years of age, will be held [date] through [date] at a Boy Scout camp near [area name]. Arts and crafts, music, horseback riding, swimming, nature, and gold panning are a few of the many exciting activities available through this program.

Many handicapped youth have never had the opportunity to participate in a summer camp program and because of the [amount] camper fee per boy necessary to cover the cost of food, insurance, transportation, program materials, etc., many will not be able to attend without your financial assistance. We have [number] young men who need scholarships to attend Camp [name] this year. Will you please consider giving your financial support to make this unique experience available to them? Our council newsletter and an article in the ______would link [foundation’s] name to community service for the handicapped youth.

Our goal is to help improve the lives of these special campers by providing an outdoor experience not normally available to them. We hope that [foundation], as a dynamic and service organization, will support this program.

Gift: [Number] Camp Scholarships

Cost: ______

Amount: ______

Especially Prepared For [Name] Foundation 19___ Scout Camp

Providing a topnotch Scout camping experience for the more than [number] Scouts who attend one of the four Scout Camps owned by the [name] Council is a never-ending challenge. Keeping the camper fee within reach of all Scouts is a commitment that requires the assistance of those who recognize the importance of a summer camping experience.

We need your financial assistance as Scouting seeks to extend a helping hand to the youth who will be our community leaders tomorrow.

Your grant can help the [name] Council hold the line on rising camp fees by providing:

Handicraft Program [amount]

Today, youngsters live in a world of high speed technology, disposable commodities and mass produced goods. Scout camp harks back to an earlier time when self reliance and handmade goods were treasured. To keep the craft alive, trained and skilled instructors and special tools, materials, and equipment are needed. The program covers leather working, woodcrafts, and plaster crafts.

Your contribution of [amount] will provide the necessary tools and equipment needed for the Handicraft program at one camp.

Amount: ______

Especially Prepared For [Name]

19___ Camp Promotion Program

The Scouting program is designed in such a manner that a boy can grow to his fullest potential under the able leadership of a trained community-minded citizen. The basic three-fold purpose of Scouting is character development, citizenship training and physical and mental fitness as well as a deep respect for God, country, and his fellow man. The outdoor camping experience is most conducive to imbuing these ideals within our boys.

Your contribution can provide camping experiences for more boys in the [name] Council during 199__, thereby guiding boyhood in the paths to which Scouting is dedicated.

I. Summer Camp Promotion Kits [List amounts] a. Troop promotion kits b. Boy promotion kits

II. Camp Leader Orientation Manuals

Total [amount]

Our Camp Promotion Program is launched at Scout Camp each summer and continues with Troop Parent Nights during the fall of the year. Over [number] Scouts attend Scout Camp each year.

Amount: ______

By Date of: ______[name] Council Boy Scouts of America

Campmaster Program

A Campmaster is a volunteer who gives of his time to spend a weekend at one of the council’s camps, supervising the nitty-gritty details of a unit weekend campout. He is responsible for check-in, check-out, latrines, trash collection, health and safety and is even available to help a unit with programs, campfires, and the like.

The [name] Council could not hire someone to do all of these things and our campmasters do them gratis. All they ask for is some coffee and some recognition. For what they do, we are getting a bargain!

Please sponsor the campmaster program. It is a service that benefits over [number] Scouts and leaders.

Budgeted Costs Newsletter [List amounts] Supplies Recognition Awards Postage

Total Cost

Amount: ______

Youth’s Frontier - Making Ethical Decisions

Every parent wants his or her child to become a person of worth - an independent, caring, dependable individual. Scouting can help, for it weaves lifetime values into fun activities.

The Boy Scouts of America has produced new guidebooks to help youth members, leaders, and parents in ethical decision making. It is an opportunity for young people to consider the pressures and temptations of life and how to make decisions based upon values and clear thinking.

The following costs relate to the introduction and launching of this timely and viable project by providing [number] copies to be mailed to the parents of all registered Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.

Printing of manuals [number] @ [amount]

Postage @ [amount]

Mailing labels/handling And processing @ [amount]

Amount: ______

By Date of: ______[name] Council Boy Scouts of America

Especially Prepared For [Name] Weekend Camping

Throughout the year Scouts go camping - rain or shine, warn or cold weather, many units schedule a campout every month. Units purchase their own equipment, boys contribute for food and supplies, volunteers and parents arrange transportation, and off they go - another great weekend campout!

The [name] Council operates three camps and also helps units camp on council property. Whatever will give the boys the best experience is our goal.

Your generous support of some of the costs associated with short-term camping will help us to meet this important goal.

Budgeted Costs

Reservation Forms and Report Cards [List amounts]

Promotional Flyer

National Camping Awards

Tour Permits and maps

Postage

Amount: ______

19___ Exploring Program

Every young person who seeks and hopes for the best in life must have vision, make a design and pursue a purpose. These are the requirements beyond dispute. They form the dynamics of achievement.

There is nothing more important to a young man or a young woman than finding the answer to the question: “What am I going to make of my life?”

EXPLORER PRESIDENTS ASSOCIATION CONGRESS (EPAC)

The National Explorer Presidents association Congress occurs annually and brings together the top youth leadership of exploring from each council in the country.

The week-long program provides training seminars in all aspects of funning an effective Explorer Presidents Association at the council level.

The budgeted expense of [amount] for each of the council EPA officers and designated members at large includes the conference fee, all conference meals, lodging and materials, plus transportation to and from the conference which is set at [location, city, state], [dates].

TOTAL:

Attendance at this outstanding national experience will provide invaluable training for our youth representatives and ultimately benefit the Exploring program in the [name] Council. All that is needed to make this a reality is your generous support.

Amount: ______

Prepared for [Name] Scout Ranch Campsite Improvement

Project: Build fifty new campsite tent platforms this winter for a total cost of [amount]. Each platform is used to support 6’ x 8’ canvas tents that house youth, leaders, and staff for the council’s campaign programs.

Description: Attendance at Scout Ranch has skyrocketed from [number] youth in 19__ to [number] in 19__ - a [percentage] increase in [number] years. This increase is a testimony to the quality of programming, greater promotion, and improved management of the overall campaign program. Along with this growth comes the responsibility to maintain facilities to meet the new demands. The facilities that take the brunt of this growing program are the tent platforms in each campsite.

Scout Ranch currently maintains 300 tent platforms with a capacity of 600 people. Each year it is necessary to replace existing platforms and to add additional platforms. As the camp has extended the weeks of summer operation and witnessed increased off-season use, the wear and tear on campsite platforms has increased dramatically. Evaluations from adult leaders attending camp consistently agree that replacement of old platforms must be kept a high priority.

The annual maintenance budget provides for the replacement of twenty platforms, but with the increase use, this has not been sufficient to keep up with the replacement need. Funding for this project will enable the ranch to build a total of [number] new platforms for 199__ and to catch up with the replacement schedule.

The current annual replacement rate is being increased from twenty to forty and a new design with pressure-treated lumber is being used to increase platform life span. Funding at this time is critical so that the ranch ranger can begin construction during the winter, have them ready for pressure treatment in the early spring, and installment by volunteers in the late spring.

Construction cost per platform is [amount]. The cost is kept remarkably low because the ranch is able to purchase lumber directly from a sawmill at [Name] Lake. The total cost to build fifty platforms is [amount].

This project will help the [name] Council to maintain safe facilities at the ranch, increase camper capacity, and improve the condition of existing campsites as we continue to use the camping program to impact the lives of a projected [number] young people in 199__. Although not glamorous, facility maintenance is vital to the council’s ability to offer programs that strengthen the mind, body, and sprit of young people.

Thank you for your consideration of this important project.