WHY DO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA RAISE MONEY?
It takes many provide Scouting to all the youth annually in the Northern Star Council. Scouting and community volunteers who strongly believe that the Scouting program instills values and ethics, make financial investments to the Northern Star Council, or in other words become a “Friend of Scouting”. “Friends of Scouting” is the annual fundraising campaign for the Northern Star Council, Boy Scouts of America. WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES FOR UNITS To assist leaders, the council employs a trained, full-time staff that counsels, guides and inspires: 1. Through informal training in unit operation. 2. Through person-to-person counseling on unit relationships, administrative, and operational problems. 3. Through guidance of all committees, commissioners, roundtables, meetings, conferences, courses, district and council activities in the development of programs that directly benefit leaders and units. 4. Through contacts with community resources (clubs, churches, government, etc.) securing help for
