Cub Scout Dues

Updated on September 17, 2011
K.B. asks from Lutz, FL
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What does your cub scout pack charge for dues? What does your son get for that? We've always been very involved in our son's pack but never really looked to see if there was a better way of doing this. We charge $50/year, which covers registration fees, badges/awards/belt loops, a pinewood derby car and a few other odds and ends throughout the year. Then we hit parents up for camping fees and sometimes for a den activity that involves a large outlay of cash (like building birdhouses). The den leaders usually cover the other expenses of the den. We do some fundraising that goes into the general fund (for what? we don't really know). Just looking for some better ideas before we move on to boy scouts at the end of the year.

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T.C.

answers from Austin on

Our pack has a $40 registration fee, then later there's a $60 activity fee that's waived if you sell $200 of popcorn. This covers 2 camping fees plus one meal during each camping trip, badges, pinewood derby car, and most of the craft projects at meetings. We pay extra for activities like bowling, banquet/potluck meals, and other trips like camping overnight at the baseball stadium.
At our pack's recruiting night, I spoke to a parent who was very concerned about the cost. She was worried about having enough money to pay the $40 registration fee- let alone buying the uniform. The pack leader said that sometimes the extra popcorn money can be used to pay for fees, or the scout store might be able to work out something.

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A.R.

answers from Milwaukee on

$25 plus a monthly magazine and neckerchief & handbook.

C.O.

answers from Washington DC on

My youngest is now a Web I - our pack charges $85 and that includes EVERYTHING - camp fees (3x), badges and belt loops, rain gutter regatta, pine wood derby, soap box derby and any other events or troop sponsored stuff we do and that also includes the Boys Life magazine...

So we don't get "hit up" for anything.

We do sell popcorn but it's not a HUGE push - we end up doing well but that's it...

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K.U.

answers from Dallas on

We just paid $24 for my son's dues, he's a Wolf Cub. They are also camping right now and charged us about $7 for the one night trip for my son and hubby.

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