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First, contact your Human Resources Department. Complete their matching gift form. Submit the form to your employer or to Three Fires Council depending upon your employer’s instructions.
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When Three Fires Council receives your completed form, the information will be verified. Then the form will be returned to your employer to match your Scouting contribution.
hree Fires Council proudly provides Scouting programs for youth in Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties. This includes:
ub Scouts (ages 7-10), a year-round program for boys and their families. Cub Scouts is an educational program that builds character, citizenship, and personal fitness.
oy Scouts (ages 11-18), an outdoor program created to develop character, citizenship, and fitness in young men. The Eagle is the highest Scout rank.
ift matches If your employer has a Matching Gifts Program, your Scouting donation can double its impact.
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enturing (ages 14-20), a program that helps young men and women grow into responsible and caring adults through education and recreational experiences.
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earning for Life (ages 5-20), a coeducational classroom-based program that offers character and career education through role models and grade specific, action-oriented lesson plans.
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xploring (middle school students through age 20), a worksite-based career program for young men and women that provides “hands-on” career experiences in a real-world setting.
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egacy planning Please remember Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America, in your will.
Planned gifts, gifts of appreciated property, gifts through life insurance, and charitable trusts help secure the financial future of Scouting. Donations to the Friends of Scouting campaign are tax deductible. Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Federal Tax ID # is 36-3831877.
For more information about becoming a Friend of Scouting, please contact: Ron Wentzell, Director of Development Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America 415 N. 2nd Street | St. Charles, IL 60174 630-797-4615 | [email protected]
YO U R O P P O R T U N I T Y AWA I TS AS A
FRIEND OF SCOUTING TO
BUILD AN
ADVENTURE Three Fires Council
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couting programs provide youth, ages seven to 20, with outdoor adventures as well as internal growth. Scout programs provide youth with: • goal-setting challenges; • opportunities to lead; • experience reaching out to the community.
Your donation makes a huge difference. Please consider a donation at the most comfortable level possible. Donations can be made online through www.threefirescouncil.org.
Donation levels:
$160 $250 $365 $500 $1,000 $2,500 $5,000 Scouting helps prepare youth for life.
A generous donation of $160 helps Three Fires Council provide quality Scout programs for 15,000 local youth. To continue to provide excellent Scouting programs, Three Fires Council needs your help.
Other donations are also most welcome.
2014 Three Fires Council Operating Budget Expense Expense
As a friend of Three Fires Council, your generous donation will provide: • Scouts with access to accredited camping facilities at Camp Big Timber, Elgin, IL; Camp Freeland Leslie, Oxford, WI; and Adventure Camp, Rochelle, IL; or camporees; • Council-wide activities such as STEM-O-RAMA; • Council resources available to volunteers at the Norris Service Center, St. Charles; • Scout shops in St. Charles and West Chicago; • Advanced training for adult leaders; • Paid accident and liability coverage for youth and adult leaders.
Friend of Scouting Leadership in Scouting Investment Daily Donor ($1 a day for Scouts) Patron Investment for Our Scouts Guardian Investment for a Den or Patrol Sponsor Investment for a Pack/Troop Benefactor Investment
Fundraising 7.41%
Management 3.44%
Program 89.15%
Income
Direct Giving Friends of Scouting, Special Events, Project Sales, Foundation & Others $1,260,514 Investment $71,232 Scout Shop Sales $312,710
United Way Popcorn $1,062,518 Camping/ & Government Grants $9,749 Activities $1,336,022
Return on 2013 Scouting investment
Three Fires Council achievements included:
community service hours; Scout program members; attendees at Council camps; provided for 108 financially needy Scouts to attend camp 2,718 special needs Scouts; 364 new Eagle Scouts, the highest Scout rank.
154,201 29,479 8,838 $7,945
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First, contact your Human Resources Department. Complete their matching gift form. Submit the form to your employer or to Three Fires Council depending upon your employer’s instructions.
B
When Three Fires Council receives your completed form, the information will be verified. Then the form will be returned to your employer to match your Scouting contribution.
hree Fires Council proudly provides Scouting programs for youth in Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties. This includes:
ub Scouts (ages 7-10), a year-round program for boys and their families. Cub Scouts is an educational program that builds character, citizenship, and personal fitness.
oy Scouts (ages 11-18), an outdoor program created to develop character, citizenship, and fitness in young men. The Eagle is the highest Scout rank.
ift matches If your employer has a Matching Gifts Program, your Scouting donation can double its impact.
V
enturing (ages 14-20), a program that helps young men and women grow into responsible and caring adults through education and recreational experiences.
L
earning for Life (ages 5-20), a coeducational classroom-based program that offers character and career education through role models and grade specific, action-oriented lesson plans.
E
xploring (middle school students through age 20), a worksite-based career program for young men and women that provides “hands-on” career experiences in a real-world setting.
L
egacy planning Please remember Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America, in your will.
Planned gifts, gifts of appreciated property, gifts through life insurance, and charitable trusts help secure the financial future of Scouting. Donations to the Friends of Scouting campaign are tax deductible. Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Federal Tax ID # is 36-3831877.
For more information about becoming a Friend of Scouting, please contact: Ron Wentzell, Director of Development Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America 415 N. 2nd Street | St. Charles, IL 60174 630-797-4615 | [email protected]
YO U R O P P O R T U N I T Y AWA I TS AS A
FRIEND OF SCOUTING TO
BUILD AN
ADVENTURE Three Fires Council
S
couting programs provide youth, ages seven to 20, with outdoor adventures as well as internal growth. Scout programs provide youth with: • goal-setting challenges; • opportunities to lead; • experience reaching out to the community.
Your donation makes a huge difference. Please consider a donation at the most comfortable level possible. Donations can be made online through www.threefirescouncil.org.
Donation levels:
$160 $250 $365 $500 $1,000 $2,500 $5,000 Scouting helps prepare youth for life.
A generous donation of $160 helps Three Fires Council provide quality Scout programs for 15,000 local youth. To continue to provide excellent Scouting programs, Three Fires Council needs your help.
Other donations are also most welcome.
2014 Three Fires Council Operating Budget Expense Expense
As a friend of Three Fires Council, your generous donation will provide: • Scouts with access to accredited camping facilities at Camp Big Timber, Elgin, IL; Camp Freeland Leslie, Oxford, WI; and Adventure Camp, Rochelle, IL; or camporees; • Council-wide activities such as STEM-O-RAMA; • Council resources available to volunteers at the Norris Service Center, St. Charles; • Scout shops in St. Charles and West Chicago; • Advanced training for adult leaders; • Paid accident and liability coverage for youth and adult leaders.
Friend of Scouting Leadership in Scouting Investment Daily Donor ($1 a day for Scouts) Patron Investment for Our Scouts Guardian Investment for a Den or Patrol Sponsor Investment for a Pack/Troop Benefactor Investment
Fundraising 7.41%
Management 3.44%
Program 89.15%
Income
Direct Giving Friends of Scouting, Special Events, Project Sales, Foundation & Others $1,260,514 Investment $71,232 Scout Shop Sales $312,710
United Way Popcorn $1,062,518 Camping/ & Government Grants $9,749 Activities $1,336,022
Return on 2013 Scouting investment
Three Fires Council achievements included:
community service hours; Scout program members; attendees at Council camps; provided for 108 financially needy Scouts to attend camp 2,718 special needs Scouts; 364 new Eagle Scouts, the highest Scout rank.
154,201 29,479 8,838 $7,945
