Fundraising's not just for fun, it teaches morals too. Kids learn about work ethic through the whole fundraising process. See something you need or want and work hard to achieve it.
(AUTUMN PHELPS) 8/27/2007
While youth fundraisers help make expensive activities affordable, they also can teach kids about work ethic. The Boy Scouts are a prime example.
"There are a couple of skills that they learn," said Kevin Litt, Boy Scouts field director for Brevard and Osceola counties. "The most important is that if they do some work, they get a reward for it. We want our boys not to expect their parents to pay for everything."
The biggest fundraiser of the year for local Boy Scout troops, which begins Sept. 10, is popcorn sales. At many Lowe's, Wal-Mart and Publix locations, troops will sell pre-packaged gourmet popcorn, what some call the Boy Scout equivalent to Girl Scout cookies.
"The Cub Scouts tend to do the best because they're the cutest," Litt joked.
But all levels of Boy Scout Troops reap the benefits of popcorn sales, as about 35 percent of the money goes directly to the troops to use for camping trips and other programs, Litt said.