How is Scouting Financed?

	Where Does the Money Come From?	Where Does It Go?
Youth	Personal Savings Participation in money-earning projects	Uniforms Handbooks Personal Equipment Camp Fees
Their Unit	Members' Dues Special Money Earning Projects	Camping Equipment Registration Fee* Boys' Life Magazine* Insignia Special Events Program Materials
Charter Organizations	Organization's Budget	Meeting Rooms, lights and heat
Gulf Ridge Council	Friends of Scouting Campaigns Trust Funds Special Events Bequests United Way Organizations Combined Federal Campaign Product Sales	Organizing Units Serving Existing Units Training Leaders Maintaining Camps Maintaining Service Center Records and Information Professional Staff Service/Support
National Council	Members' Registration Fees Magazine Subscription and Ads Supply Division Uniform and Equipment Sales Grants National Service Fees	Local Council Activities Program Research and Development Program Materials Professional Training Communications Local Council Insurance and Benefits

How You Can Support Through a Family Contribution

There are facilities, adult training, communications, professional support to Units, District and Council activities, and program support--that need your help.

How Can You Help Continue the Success?

Enroll as a member of your Unit's Friends of Scouting Family Campaign which will help support the Gulf Ridge Council or ask to work in your District's Friends of Scouting Campaign as a worker who will contact 5 persons for a membership. Your financial support allows the Boy Scouts of America to continue to be a proactive organization that MAKES THINGS HAPPEN for young people.

NOTE: The registration fee you pay goes to the National Council for their operations (which you see back in Scouting Magazine and program development) and does not directly support the Gulf Ridge Council.

Every donation from a Scouting supporter, large or small, can mean one more community, one more family, and one more life served by Scouting's values.