2020 FRIENDS OF SCOUTING Boy Scouts of America Washington Crossing Council One Scout Way, Doylestown, PA 18901 Phone: 215.348.7205 www.bsawcc.org Friends of Scouting is the annual giving campaign to support the services, programs and operations of the Washington Crossing Council. Why give to Friends of Scouting? Your contributions help provide Ockanickon Scout Reservation, Cub Family Camp, Adventure Day Camps, leader training, support literature, the Scout Shop, marketing efforts to grow Scouting, help for Scouts from low-income families, and STEM Programs. Your help through Friends of Scouting is critical to Scouting in our community. Who supports Scouting in Washington Crossing Council? Since 1928, the Washington Crossing Council has delivered a quality Scouting program in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Central New Jersey. The dedicated staff and volunteers of the Council work to extend Scouting to all youth and support the leaders who conduct the program. Who pays for Scouting? The Washington Crossing Council is supported by financial investments from individuals, businesses, Scouting families and volunteers. As well as through camping and activity fees, the Popcorn Fundraiser, Trust Fund support, Special Events and other revenue sources. The Friends of Scouting annual giving campaign makes up more than 11% of the council’s budget. The Unit Family Friends of Scouting presentation is given by a dedicated Scouting volunteer at a unit meeting where all parents/families will be in attendance. This meeting is ideally held sometime in January, February or March and in order to provide as little disruption as possible to the meeting the presenter will ask to be first on your agenda after the opening ceremony and will only take 7 minutes of your valuable meeting time. To ensure that your unit’s presentation nets the best results it is always helpful if the unit leader and/or unit coordinator make the first contribution immediately following the presentation. Should you have any questions about the Friends of Scouting annual giving campaign please contact Washington Crossing Council. NEXT STEP Friends of Scouting 2020 1. Yes! The families in our unit will participate in the 2020 Friends of Scouting annual giving campaign! You can count on the families of Pack Troop Crew Post #______ to do their part to support the quality programs and services provided by the Washington Crossing Council. 2. The following person will be our Unit’s FOS Coordinator: Name__________________________________________________ Email _________________________________________________ Phones (h)__________________ (w)__________________ (c)__________________ 3. We would like a presentation to our families on: Date: ____________________ Time: ____________________ Meeting Type: ____________________ Location (please provide Physical Address, Building Name, Room Number, etc): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4. Return this form to your District Friends of Scouting Chairman or District Executive. .