Friends of Scouting

Introducing the 2021 Fund the Adventure patch which showcases the Scouting program through the pandemic we started to face during 2020. The challenges were difficult to overcome but with the tenacity and determination of our volunteers and youth we continued to bring quality program and continued support our youth!

The new FOS Coin goes right along with our theme of STEM this year!

A $250 donation will get this limited-edition coin which is also the 2nd coin in our Scout law series with a blow-up picture of our Scouts in action right from our very own Fund the Adventure Patch. It depicts that Scouting continues even during a pandemic.

Do not wait to send in this year’s donation to secure your coin and fill your plaque (Plaques are also available if you have filled your previous plaque or if this is your first year donating)

 For more information contact CJ Stewart via email at clinton.stewart@scouting.org or call the Council office at (907) 452-1976.

Click here or scan the QR code below to donate directly online.

You can also just send a filled out FOS Pledge card (see link below) to the Council office

Click here for a FOS Pledge Card

“My Friends, No great endeavor is accomplished alone.”

The time is fast approaching us now for our annual Friends of Scouting presentations to each unit. We conduct this unit level campaign through presentations made preferably at a Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet, Boy Scout Court of Honor, and Venture parent’s night. Presentations are typically 5 to 7 minutes with time to collect pledge cards.

“Friends of Scouting” is a campaign to provide financial support to your local council. In our case, that is Midnight Sun Council. This support is in the form of a pledge or donation from a company, organization or individual to ensure the financial viability of a council. Each council, including Midnight Sun Council, must raise all of its own funds to support its operating budget. Councils receive excellent program support from our National office but no financial support is provided. Scouting continues to grow and thrive within our council for many reasons, not the least of which is funding. The Midnight Sun Council serves not only the Fairbanks North Star Borough but approximately 279,000 square miles (49%) of the State of Alaska. Each year the Friends of Scouting campaign is conducted annually among the parents of Scouts and volunteer leaders. Families are the ones who see firsthand the benefit of Scouting for their child. District and unit volunteers conduct the campaign in order to give all Scout families the opportunity to support the Scouting program. During the months of January through April, each Pack, Troop, Crew and Post should schedule a “Family” Friends of Scouting presentation. This presentation explains to parents how our Council is financed and educates them about our facilities, camps, resources and funding needs.

Since Scouting began in 1910, its variety of programs have helped children succeed and has provided a lifetime of memories to each child. The mission of the Midnight Sun Council Endowment Fund is to solicit and receive contributions and dispense funds to assist and support ongoing programs, development needs and operational expenses of the Midnight Sun Council, BSA. The long-range goals for the Endowment is to provide not only a reliable source of the distributable income, but to have the assets positioned and managed to provide for anticipated yearly increases in the needs of the Council.

Midnight Sun Council Heritage Society:
The Heritage Society is the collective group of individuals who have contributed to the Midnight Sun Council’s Endowment Fund. The Fund provides a reliable source of funding to support Scouting programs now and into the future. Membership in the Heritage Society starts with a donation of $250 to the endowment fund. Additional giving levels within the society:

* Heritage Society Member: $250 minimum
* Sourdough Member – A deferred gift commitment to the Midnight Sun Council Endowment

James E West Fellowship: $1,000 or more in cash or market securities to the Midnight Sun Council Endowment Fund. Additional giving levels with this fellowship:

* Grand Teton Member – $2,500 minimum
* Pikes Peak Member – $5,000 minimum
* Mt. Whitney Member – $10,000 minimum
* Mt. McKinley Member – $15,000 minimum

1910 Society: $25,000 or more, outright or in a pledge payable within 5 years to the Midnight Sun Council Endowment. Additional giving levels within this fellowship:

* Ernest Thompson Seton Member – $25,000 minimum
* Daniel Carter Beard Member – $100,000 minimum
* Theodore Roosevelt Member – $500,000 minimum
* Waite Phillips Member – $1,000,000 minimum

The Founders Circle: $100,000 or more in the form of a deferred gift commitment to the Midnight Sun Council Endowment. Additional giving levels with this fellowship:

* Bronze Member – $100,000 minimum
* Silver Member – $250,000 minimum
* Gold Member – $500,000 minimum
* Platinum Member – $1,000,000 minimum

Endowment Emphasis
James E. West Fellowship Award Enrollment
James E. West Fellowship Recognition
Donor Recognitions
Major Gifts Recognition
Winthrop Rockefeller Award

 POPCORN SEASON IS HERE!!

Has your Unit thought about fundraising yet?

Have you Identified a Unit Popcorn Kernel? 

Hello Everyone, 

Below you will find the presentation and handouts in their digital form so you can print what you need for your Unit level kickoff. Also, please let me know when you do your kickoff, so that I can update the commission in the system. 

Thanks, Good Luck with your sales! 

Here some helpful links for you to view/download:

2022 Popcorn Order Form

App Guide

For further Information please contact CJ at Clinton.Stewart@Scouting.Org or by calling the Council Service Center at (907) 452-1976

 

scan QR code or click here

for Distinguished Citizen Banquet and Alaska Airline Raffle Tickets

or click on links below to view/download pdf forms:

click here to view/download 2024 Distinguished Citizen Banquet invite postcard

click here to view/download 2024 Distinguished Citizen Banquet response card

click here to view/download 2024 Distinguished Citizen Banquet Sponsor response card (fillable)

A big Thank you to our Sponsors!!

 Past Recipients: