| This annual campign is an opportunity for families and community organizations
to make a financial contribution to help the Scout program here in central
and southern Maine. Donations are used to support the camps, materials
for leaders, maintain advancement records, and keep the program affordable
for all youth.
The Annual Friends of Scouting campaign has both a Community phase and
a Family phase. The community campaign includes donations from businesses
and community individuals while the family campaign enrolls the parents,
and relatives, of youth enrolled in the Scouting program. The family campaign
consists of a ten minute unit presentation that will be done at a Blue
& Gold Banquet, Pinewood Derby, or Court of Honor.
The program also means money back to the units. Units that have a presentation
where over $500 is raised and paid in full by May 19, will receive 15%
of that total returned to the unit account in the Pine Tree Council office
to use for awards, advancements, or anything camp related. Families that
donate a minimum of $125 will receive the limited edition Pine Tree Council
shoulder strip for the Scout uniform. Units that hold a presentation will
also be awarded a colorful recognition streamer for their unit flagpole
and a Friends of Scouting sticker will be awarded to every family that
participates in the program.
We appreciate any donation a family feels they can give. Please support
the Scouting program by making a tax-deductible donation to the Pine Tree
Council to keep the program available to every youth in Maine.
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| Endowment is one of the best ways to ensure that your council can continue
to offer the outstanding programs it now has and also grow to meet the
needs of youth and communities it serves.
In its gratitude for such support, the BSA nationally offers three distinct
endowment recognition awards. These awards are presented by the local council
to donors who support Scouting's financial future with council endowment
gifts.
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| James E. West Fellowship
James E. West was the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts
of America, and he served in that position for more than three decades.
The West Fellowship award is available for gifts of $1,000 and up in
cash or marketable securities to a council endowment fund. The gift must
be in addition to - and not replace or diminish - the donor's annual Friends
of Scouting support.
Many individuals and corporations make these gifts either on behalf
of someone else - such as in honor of an Eagle Scout, Silver Beaver recipient,
a special accomplishment, or anniversary - or in memory of a special individual.
If an institution is truly "the lengthened shadow of one man," it is
more than fitting that the BSA honor James E. West's significant contributions
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Founders Circle
The newest level of endowment recognition, the Founders Circle, is intended
to recognize deferred gifts designated for council endowment funds. With
deferred giving (also called planned giving) so widely and effectively
used by so many donors, the BSA wants to recognize the importance of such
major gifts. Donors are recognized for gift commitments with a minimum
value of $100,000. Unlike the other endowment recognition awards, a donor
may qualify for membership with gifts made through:
* Charitable bequests in a will or codicil
* Charitable trusts, such as unitrusts, annuity
trusts, and lead trusts
* BSA Gift Annuities or BSA Pooled Income Fund gifts
* Life Insurance/retirement plan designations
* Other deferred gifts approved by the local council
As with the 1910 Society, there are four levels of membership within
the Founders Circle. They are:
* Bronze: $100,000 minimum gift commitment
* Silver: $250,000 minimum gift commitment
* Gold: $500,000 minimum gift commitment
* Platinum: $1,000,000 minimum gift commitment
The early founders of the BSA had the vision and commitment to make
Scouting the number one youth organization in the world. In that spirit,
we honor the modern-day visionaries who qualify for the Founders Circle
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| The 1910 Society
Founded in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has grown into something
larger and more significant than anyone anticipated.
We honor that special date by presenting the 1910 Society award to donors
who make gifts of $25,000 or more to their council endowments. These gifts
can be in the form of cash, securities, land, five year pledges, or other
property suitable for a council endowment fund or easily converted to cash.
There are four levels of recognition in the 1910 Society that honor
four very special individuals who shaped modern-day Scouting:
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Seton Level membership
$25,000 minimum gift
Ernest Thompson Seton, nationally known artist and naturalist, author
of the first official American Scout handbook and many other books important
to Scouting.
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Beard Level membership
$100,000 minimum gift
Daniel Carter Beard, first chairman of the National Court of Honor,
national Scout commissioner, and author of many well-known books and stories
for youth.
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Roosevelt Level membership
$500,000 minimum gift
Theodore Roosevelt, first Chief Scout Citizen, first vice president
of the BSA and President of the United States.
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Phillips Level membership
$1,000,000 and up
Waite Phillips, one of the BSA's first benefactors, and donor to the
BSA of almost 130,000 acres of land in New Mexico which became Philmont
Scout Ranch.
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