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The Boys Scouts differ from the Girl Scouts in many respects. But one of the main differences is when it comes to Boy Scout Fundraising. The Girl Scouts are supported in large part by their well known cookie sales. Boy Scouts and their troops, however, make their own fundraising decisions. Many councils participate in popcorn sales, but the strong competition in many areas causes troops to look for alternative ways to raise funds. I've seen troops selling many different items and services including poinsettas, wreaths, carwashes, flags, and even mulch.

To help with your efforts, here are some Boy Scout fundraising ideas you might consider. While you will find hundreds of different Boy Scout and Cub Scout fundraising ideas on the internet, I'd like to take a moment to present a few of them here.

• One of the top Boy Scout fund raisers is selling chocolate candy bars. Consider selling the Original One Dollar Bar for your candy fundraiser. These are the largest one dollar fundraising chocolate candy bars available. They are packaged in patriotic wrappers that look like one dollar bills. Besides the size and great flavor, smaller groups will love the fact that they can purchase as little as one case of candy at a time.
• Another great Boy Scout fund raising program is holding a frozen cookie dough fundraiser. This works well for Boy Scouts because there is no cost or risk to start the fundraiser. Each scout is given a free brochure and order form and pre sells the cookie dough. They collect their money at order time. At the end of a suggested two week sale the orders are tallied and money collected used to pay for the bulk cookie dough order.
• A more unique Scout fund raiser to consider is selling flower bulbs. This is a pre sell or brochure fundraiser like cookie dough so there is no cost to get started. There are two seasonal programs so the bulbs can be sold any time of the year. Flower bulbs are great fundraising products that sell well and are easy to handle.
• Flag Subscriptions - individual homes pay to have a US Flag put up and taken down in their yard by scouts on six or seven key holidays each year. Proceeds can be divided between selling the subscription and doing the actual flag work. A troop needs to invest in the flags and ensure there will be enough scouts available to raise and lower all the flags. This fundraiser allows both 'sellers' and 'workers' to earn by doing what they prefer.

All scout fundraising events are supposed to be authorized by the Boy Scouts of America through the use of a Unit Money-Earning Aplication at this page.
When checking out new fund raising options, a lower up-front investment and a larger percentage of profit are two keys to success. It's also important to have a product that people need or want but don't often purchase for themselves.

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Comments:
 Jul 02, 2012 - Bert Guss

Looking for new ideas.

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Aug 31, 2012 - Tim Bourke

Hello Bert, have you seen or heard about the Super Rope Cinch? The BSA and the Sea Scouts are selling this new fundraiser and it works. For more information go to, www.jrpsllc.com

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Oct 09, 2012 - Mike Louw

Selling pancakes always works well

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Nov 13, 2012 - Eric R.

One of the best fundraising ideas I personally like is a clothing drive fundraiser. We have done it with a company called GoodThrift (www.goodthrift.com). They send you a cargo container to collect all the unwanted clothing in your community. You have a full month to do that (extendable upon request). Once full, they send a truck to pick it up. They pay by the pound (10 cents / lb), so your troop would made around $3000 for a full container. It's MUCH better if done in cooperation with neighboring churches, once they announce the drive to their congregations, the clothing bags will start pouring :).

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