What is Friends of Scouting?
Friends of Scouting is the annual campaign where the Old North State Council asks Scouting families, businesses and civic-minded citizens to support our mission of providing the Scouting program to tens of thousands of young people in Central North Carolina.
Why should I give to Friends of Scouting?
Friends of Scouting provides roughly one-quarter of the money needed to operate the Old North State Council's Scouting camps, programs and facilities for a calendar year. These camping and training facilities are the "outdoor classrooms" in which Scouts have fun, learn leadership skills and develop into better young men and women. The Old North State Council spends approximately $200 per Scout each year to deliver these benefits and much more.
I already paid my child's registration and his unit collects annual dues. Haven't I already supported Scouting?
Your child's registration fee goes directly to the National Office of the Boy Scouts of America. If your child's Scout unit collects dues, that money stays with the unit to help pay for trips and other activities. None of that money helps the Old North State Council pay for:
- Maintaining and staffing the council's camping properties
- Training thousands of adult volunteer leaders in youth protection
- Providing programs like Cub Scout Day Camp, Cub Scout Adventure Days, Cub Partner Campouts, Cub Scout Resident Camp, Webelos Extreme Adventure Camp, Webelos Winter Camp, Boy Scout Summer Camp, Boy Scout Winter Camp, , Venturing Spring and Fall Activities
- Printing and updating Old North State Council website, to try and better inform you about upcoming Scouting events and programs.
We need your support
Please consider a gift to the Friends of Scouting campaign. Click here (need link) to donate online.
