What is Friends of Scouting?

Friends of Scouting is the annual campaign where the Baltimore Area Council asks Scouting families, businesses, and civic-minded citizens to support our mission of providing the Scouting program to thousands of young people in Greater Baltimore.

Why should I give to Friends of Scouting?

Friends of Scouting provides more than one-quarter of the money needed to operate the Baltimore Area 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 Baltimore Area Council spends approximately $140 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. Pack dues stay with the Pack in support of our Scouting program at St. Joseph Catholic Community. 

None of that money helps the Baltimore Area Council pay for the local Scouting program in Baltimore, including:

·     Maintaining and staffing the council’s camping properties

·     Training thousands of adult volunteer leaders

·     Providing programs like Cub Scout Day Camp, Cub Scout Resident Camp, Boy Scout Summer Camp, Youth Leadership Training, and a host of other activities.

We need your support

Please consider a gift to the Friends of Scouting campaign.

For more information, please take a look at the attached Friends of Scouting brochure and contact our Friends of Scouting Coordinator, Mark Crampton, at MCrampton@sha.state.md.us.

2009 Friends of Scouting Brochure