Finance Committee
Chairman: Milt Hill
E-mail: mhequity@aol.com
Last updated 2/7/2011
The Onondaga District Finance Committee works on a number of fundraising projects. These include Friends of Scouting (FOS), Popcorn Sales, Boypower Dinner, and Inkind gifts. From time to time, we may undertake other projects as needed. Each District has similar projects with goals assigned based on District size and history.
FRIENDS OF SCOUTING
FOS is divided into 2 key parts. The Family campaign is the Pack/Troop level fundraiser through which we solicit our unit families. We do unit presentations along with follow up phoning to cover families that we miss at the presentations. Please get your unit presentation scheduled if you have not done so. You can contact Mike Kane, Nathan Boguhn, or me to schedule your unit presentation. Our goal is to raise $25,500 from the family portion and $8,500 from the Community part of FOS. We are always looking for people who can write a few letters to people they know who have the potential of donating to Scouting.
BOYPOWER DINNER
This year, on May 4th, we will host this great dinner. We will have retired 4 star general Barry McCaffrey as our featured speaker at the Onondaga War Memorial .and we will be honoring our men and women in the U.S. Military. Reserve your tickets now and help us to reach our District goal of $26,000. We hit our goal last year, and I know that together, we can do it again.
POPCORN SALES
Through popcorn sales, we not only raise money for Council, but also, the units profit as well. Our goal is to raise $150,000 from this campaign. Don't miss the opportunity to make some money for your unit.
KIND GIFTS AND PROJECT SALES
A gift in kind is an item that is listed on the Council budget that a person or business donates. A project sale is a Council budget item that a person or business funds with cash towards the purchase. For example, if there is a need for copy paper on the budget and someone donates 5 cases of paper, that would be an in kind gift. If someone donates $100.00 earmarked for the purchase of the paper, the would be a project sale. We always have a long list of items that are needed an frequently, people like to give a specific item or item that Council can use.
We will be doing a brief infomercial at our District Roundtable meetings to educate you on our fundraising opportunities. As usual, we appreciate all of the help that you give to Scouting via your support. We cannot do it without you.