The purpose of the council campership program is to make summer camp available to deserving Scouts who would not otherwise afford
the attendance fees. Care is exercised to ensure that only Scouts who need and deserve such help shall be aided. Details of the application
are confidential. In keeping with the Ninth Scout Law, "A Scout is Thrifty," all Scouts who receive a campership are required to
earn or provide part of the fee.
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2009 Campership Application
General Information :: Please read carefully
- All Campership applications must be submitted by March 1 for Boy Scouts and 2 months prior to camp for Cub Scouts.
- Any application received without a brief explanation of why it is being requested will be returned so they can be completed; if
they are received a second time without an explanation the Campership will be denied.
- Letters will be sent to the Unit leaders notifying them if a campership was granted and in what amount.
- All youth using council facilities whether for short-term overnight or long-term summer camp periods are already subsidized, in
part, by the council’s yearly operating budget which pays for taxes, year-round camp rangers, maintenance, liability insurance, heat,
light, etc. The community through United Way allocations, Friends of Scouting, popcorn sales, trust fund income and Campership donations
pays this cost.
- No more than half of the total attendance fee will be granted.
- All applications are reviewed and approved or disapproved by the Council Campership Committee. This committee is made up of volunteers
from throughout the Mid-America Council.
- Applications are accepted on an annual request only. A campership cannot be transferred to another camping season or to another
registered Scout.
- A Scout, who is awarded a campership, but does not attend summer camp, forfeits the campership.
- Camperships are not granted to adults.
- The remainder of the camp fee must be paid prior to attending Camp.
- Camperships are issued only for Mid-America Council camps to Scouts registered in the Mid-America Council.
- Scouts from units that conduct a FOS campaign and participate in popcorn sales will receive first preference.