Time to Recharter

It's time to recharter!

As a brief reminder, recharter is a full membership audit of all registered members (youth and adult) for Troop 1910. The Troop has to submit our "Recharter" the first week of December to the Boy Scouts of America for the 2018 calendar year.

As part of this process, each Scout and leader must, in short, re-register for the upcoming year meaning payment of dues and submission of TWO complete BSA Health Forms A&B (with all necessary copies of insurance cards and/or shot records attached thereto).

Recharter dues are as follows:

• Scouts are either $110 or $122 if your son wishes to receive the Boy's Life Magazine, (it’s an additional $12) 
• Assistant Scoutmasters and Committee Members are $35.50 

The annual registration fee for youth members of Troop 1910 is reached from three components:

1. National Dues – this fee is paid directly to the Boy Scouts of America for each youth in the unit and registers the Scout for the period from January through December. The fee of $35.50 per scout is comprised of the $33 BSA annual dues and the $2.50 liability insurance cost which is paid per person. 
2. Boys’ Life – this is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America. It’s a great read that reinforces Scouting and the good family values that are part of our program. As stated above, the $12 subscription to for Boys’ Life is optional. 
3. Troop Fee – $74.50 Troop 1910 charges an annual fee to help cover the cost of running the Troop. This fee includes all program costs and is set each year by the Troop Committee. At the very basic level, this covers the advancement, awards, mother's pins, merit badges, Cyber Chip patches, as well as helping maintain and repair the Troop equipment used every month on the campouts and at Troop events. 

However, as I'm sure you can realize, the $74.50 Troop Fee does not even begin to cover the annual expenses associated with each boy in the Troop. Thus, we rely heavily on fundraising to ensure an awesome program for our Scouts. A Scout is Thrifty.

Membership renewals will be accepted at one of three meetings: 10/30, 11/6 or 11/13. Recharter payments and Health Forms are due no later than that so that we know you are continuing your path in Scouts with Troop 1910.

Remember, TWO is the magic number!  We need TWO COPIES of the BSA Health Form A and B (this does not require a doctor's signature, but it does require a copy of your insurance card (front and back) as well as shot records.

 

Checks should be made payable to Troop 1910. If you would like to pay via credit card, that can be done as well. For your convenience, we can invoice you via Paypal should you elect to pay that way. There will be a processing charge associated with this convenience to simply recoup the charges we are assessed.

Without registration payment commitments by the last date of November 13, we cannot recharter your Scout. Awards and rank cannot be recorded for unregistered Scouts. 

Thank you for your assistance in making this as painless and streamlined of a process as possible. We appreciate everyone's prompt attention to this matter. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact our Membership Chair, Greg A. Paul.