1. Pancake Suppers, using pancakes, country sausage, coffee, syrup, cream, sugar. Flour mills or grocers are often willing to donate enough pancake flour, for advertising. Other things may be bought or donated. The Troop Committee and older Scouts act as cooks, serving done by boys. Twenty-five cents is charged. Many of these have been put on by Scout groups, one group serving 350 people, and making a profit of over $70.

2. Turkey Dinners are popular and profitable during winter months. Several Troops put them on every winter. The best one served over 300 people. Charge was 50 cents for children, 75 cents for adults. The Troop bought everything, no donations, and paid a caterer to do the work. It can be done by Troop mothers, however. This particular Troop cleared $54.

3. Doughnut Sales in small communities are successful. Made by mothers and sold to people in the community or church. If well organized a good sum can be realized by Troop.

4. BOYS' LIFE, our own Official Boy Scout Magazine, offers an exceedingly practical plan which makes it possible for a Troop to raise funds. The plan can be very effectively applied to any Troop and allows for great interest on the part of the Scouts in that the activities involved in operating the plan can be developed into a competitive game within the Troop. In itself, the plan is comparatively simple. The Troop as a unit under the supervision of the Scoutmaster or under the supervision of some other Scouter, designated by the Scoutmaster, or under the supervision of the Troop Committee, undertakes to have each Scout of the Troop act as a junior salesman for BOYS' LIFE subscriptions. In return for subscription sales BOYS' LIFE offers an attractive commission. For complete details of this plan, write to BOYS' LIFE, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y.

5. Penny Carnivals.-Have been used successfully in schools. One was staged in a high school during the winter and cleared over $200. It is fun and interesting to set up and one the young people can enjoy. They have fortune tellers, movies, minstrel show, swim meet, hot dog stands, snake charmers, tea gardens, strong man, sell balloons, ice cream cones, etc., and it is one cent to get into each booth.

6. Dramatic Performance.-A Scout Circus, Merit Badge Exhibit, minstrel show, play. Do not undertake more than you can successfully carry out. This takes work and the outlay of some capital. Its returns can be very good if the affair is properly managed, but unless you have someone of experience to help you, you better try some other project. See Literature Catalog for Scout plays.

7. Scout Entertainers.-If you have talent in the Troop, Scouts can sometimes earn money by entertaining at luncheon clubs, parties and similar gatherings.

Songs, Scout demonstrations, clever skits, interest such an audience. Work up your act in advance and practice until the Scouts are perfect. Then send out personal letters to the President or Secretary of such organizations announcing the kind of show you are ready to put on and how long it lasts, and the fee. Get the Troop Committee to help you boost the idea. This is a popular and successful way of earning money.

8. A Troop in a small city ran a "Family Service." Its Scouts were prepared to go out in pairs to stay with small children in the evening when the parents wanted to go out, and to wash dishes of the evening meal for a small additional fee. They had a good list of regular customers. This would be practicable in a large city where many young couples who are unable to afford to pay for reliable help to stay with the children will gladly trust the little ones with Scouts whom they know to be trustworthy. Make contacts through the parent institution. If each member of the institution will bring the name of one of his friends allowing his name to be used as a reference, a personal letter may be sent to the entire list.

9. A variant of the above plan was used in a large city where Playground space is at a premium. The Scouts secured the use of a vacant lot which they fitted up with playground apparatus such as swings, seesaws, and other things, constructed in the main by the Scouts themselves. They took turns giving service to this playground from 3 to 5 every afternoon, and called for and delivered their young charges. This did not impose a burden on any members of the Troop, was a real service to young mothers of the community and netted the Troop treasury a nice sum.

10. A Troop in a town of less than average wealth has three or four fellows whose mothers own vacuum cleaners. They have built up a list of customers for whom they vacuum the whole house every Saturday. This list was built up with the cooperation of the parent institution and neighborhood stores who permitted the Scouts to leave cards which they distributed to their customers.

These Scouts do a fine business each summer with their dog washing service. In addition, they wash and polish care in their spare time.

11. One Troop runs a "Dog Washing Co." They got out typed handbills and delivered them to dog-owners (not tossed on the front steps, but delivered to each owner in person). They charge fifty cents for a ten-pound dog and scale their prices up or down according to weight. They have a list of regular customers, who appreciate being relieved of an unpleasant job.

12. Conduct a Store at Stated Hours for the sale of Scout-made objects. This is better over a long period than for quick returns. In most communities it will be possible to secure some vacant store rent free. Get one as near to the shopping center as possible. Advertise in the daily press. Possibly the paper would be willing to give the Troop free advertising. Prepare and distribute handbills stating exactly what articles are for sale, that they are carefully made and backed by the Scout guarantee. Handicraft articles may be sold here, also such things as bird houses, carpentry work, etc. For numerous suggestions, see Chapter X, Handbook for Patrol Leaders.

13. Sell Greeting Cards.-Watch the advertising in BOYS' LIFE or make the cards yourself either by having the Troop artist produce a linoleum block (see Handbook for Patrol Leaders), or by having an engraving made from his original design, having the cards printed and hand colored by the Scouts.

14. Collect and sell old metal, papers, bottles, junk. First of all make your local contacts and make sure of what you can resell. This is something better attempted in the city than in the country. Many Troops raised considerable money this way. Scouts can call personally on all the houses within a certain district and explain what the Troop is doing and why, asking the housewives to set aside the material which the Troop is collecting. Be sure the boys call punctually when they say they will to collect the material.

15. Tickets are sold for Scout-promoted movies on certain nights and a percentage given to the group. Arrangements could be made in connection with some movie house. (Consult your Council Office before you undertake this.)

16. White Elephant Sales.-Some institutions allow the members of the institution-church or whatever it may be-to bring things from their homes with which they are willing to part. A sale of these items is held and the profit applied to the Troop.

17. Rummage Sale.-This could be managed in the same way and for the same purpose.

18. Bean-Hole Beans have been baked by Scouts as a source of revenue. One Troop baked three hundred quarts in a dozen holes in the school yard and sold them to the folks of the neighborhood who would have bought even more if the Scouts had had them.

19. Card File Recipes.-Sometimes the ladies of a community who have their own recipes which are very good get together and have them typed on 3 x 5 cards or 4 x 6 cards and then sell them for 5 cents or 10 cents each. This is where the mothers' club or women's auxiliary and other women members of the Sponsoring Institution can be a real help to the Troop.

20. Food Sale of popcorn balls, candies, cakes baked by the mothers and other items made by mothers or Scouts themselves have been successfully conducted. Like most projects, the success depends upon the advance promotion. It is not merely enough to advertise in the papers or distribute handbills. A personal call explaining what sort of things may be obtained and when and where the sale will be held gives much better results. Be sure that all the goods are of prime quality. Usually Scouts bake or cook in their own homes and bring the articles to some central point to be sold. If the articles are sufficiently good perhaps it may be possible to build up an order business on a regular weekly basis. Scout-made biscuits may be a feature for one day in the week and candy, popcorn, etc., for other days.

And finally a few suggestions applicable in rural districts only:

21. Erect a Roadside Stand on Some Popular Automobile Highway and sell farm produce on a commission basis. This is a service to farmers, a service to the public and the Troop itself can earn money, each boy taking charge of the stand for a certain number of hours a day or else on a certain day in the week.

32. Specialize in Rural Craftwork.-Make things out of farm products such as gourds, pumpkin shells, nuts, corn, dead timber, etc. The Rural Scouting Service at the National Office has special material on this subject. Get it free from them.

23. Raise Plants and Flowers.-You can get free instructions from your County Agent on raising plants from seeds and cuttings. Sell these at your roadside stand. Or raise livestock, poultry or dairy products.

24. Raise Pets.-There is a big demand for pet animals. If a Scout can secure good stock, this is one of the best long term projects. Study your market conditions. If you are near a city go in to call at some of the pet shops to find out if they will take your pets and what they are willing to pay. If you live in the country, talk to your neighbors and your Troop Committee before making the venture.