Chris Lytle
RECR 330
Three trends in the community that will affect the cost of the Program.
1. The community is majority white middle class
2. The community has lots of areas for outdoor recreation; lakes, rivers and hiking
trails
3. The community has churches that provide places of meetings.
Expenses of Program
1. Scout handbook
2. Scout uniform( can be donated)
3. Backpacking and hiking equipment (can be donated)
4. Annual fee, pays for JLT, troop expenses, camp ground permits and expenses
Fixed costs:
1. Eagle Scout Ceremony costs; Troop Gift and cake
2. Service Projects; gloves, trash bags, road signs, waste costs
3. Fun events; ex pumpkin toss, Dutch oven cook offs
4. JLT
Variable Costs
1. Large Hikes
2. Boy Scout Jamboree
3. Philmont; large hiking program in New Mexico
Revenue
1. Annual fee
2. Christmas Tree sale
3. Pop Corn Sales
4. Friends of Scouting-Large annual donation, sponsors like Boeing and Microsoft
Coverage
Eagle Scout ceremonies
Camp Costs
Service Projects
Fun events held by troop
The psychological issues that the pricing of the annual fee maybe too high.
a. Need to look at what is being covered, a majority of the scouts activities: major
campouts, service projects, his Eagle Scout ceremony and some of the fun events
held by the troop
