We've always collected dues, 50 cents a week or $2 a month. The money gets used for supplies like handbooks, patches, craft materials, and camping equipment. Our outpost does not receive any money from the church budget so we rely solely on dues and donations. I've never seen anything wrong with collecting dues. In fact, when we go on an outing, we usually ask the boys to bring a buck or three to help cover the costs of things like food and campsite fees. The trick is to be reasonable: say $1 for a day fishing trip, $3 for an overnite campout, and $5 for longer outings.
The payoff is that the boys don't have to pay any major expenses and that makes the parents happy. We supply our boys with uniforms instead of having them buy their own. Last time I checked, a complete uniform was around 60 bucks. We also pay chartering and Pow Wow registration fees, which for some reason, go up every year... I also give the boys incentives to bring dues. I have a system in which the boys earn point for bringing dues. They get points for lots of other stuff like attending Sunday School and church, or bringing a new boy to the meeting. At the end of each quarter, the boy with the most points gets a prize. At the end of the year, the grand prize winner gets a ranger t-shirt or cap or somoething like that. Oh, one more thing and then I'll sit down. If you haven't done so already, contact Mark Jones on RangerNet. He's got a Ranger Records computer program thats the greatest thing since propane stoves! Shane Cdr Shane A. Reidelberger Outpost 90 Percy Assembly of God Percy, Illinois ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Glover, Rene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [RR] Outpost dues Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:20:35 -0500 Just curious how many outpost use a dues system and or do you see this as a conflict in ministry since rangers is not really a "club"? Thanks, Ren� _______ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______ This mailing list is dedicated to the glory of God. Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. Offering bucket: http://eBible.org/mpj/partner.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
