Candy Bar Sales Help Cub Scouts Pack
by Lori Hurley
(Lawrence, MA)
Cub Scouts Pack 13 of Lawrence, MA needed to get together some funds for trips and materials. We have 18 boys in the pack. We decided to sell candy bars for $1 a piece, a .50 profit for the pack.
We had 2 employees of the local market in our parent group and asked special permission to sell the bars in the front of the store for a few hours on a Saturday. The store agreed and even made overhead announcements to go over and see our boys, buy a bar and support the pack. This sold several cases of candy bars!
We also had a parent in charge of a local church's Bingo night. They were allowed to sell the candy bars to Bingo players and staff, that sold 4 more cases! Our boys made posters for both selling events and sold bars to friends and family (each boy had a box of 40). With our event sales and the boys selling themselves we made about $700, a huge help for the pack!