Show your support by donating to the Mid-America Council, Boy Scouts of America. Your contribution can help the Council provide valuable programs which benefit each and every Scout. The scoutingfriends.org Web site enables you to make a contribution online via major credit card, check, or PayPal, or you can print a form to send a contribution by mail. Donate online at scoutingfriends.org.

Jim Jourdan is a long time Scouter, he is presently serving as the Goldenrod Order of the Arrow Adviser and on the Troop 1103 unit committee and he is the Network Administrator for the Mid-America Council. His wife Sherry has trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder of the trigeminal nerve in the jaw. (Trigeminal neuralgia causes stabbing, mind numbing, electric shock-like pain from just a light touch of the cheek. This disorder can be corrected by surgery.) As a full time employee Jim does have medical insurance. Unfortunately, Sherry's condition is pre-existing and Jim's insurance will not cover any expenses.

We're asking you to “Do a Good Turn” for one of our own. We have established a fund for Sherry here at the Mid-America Council. If you wish to help please send your gift to:

Mid-America Council
12401 West Maple Road
Omaha, NE 68164
ATTN: Mark Custer

Make your check payable to the Mid-America Council and note the Sherry Jourdan Fund in the memo section at the bottom of your check. If you prefer you can use your credit card; contact Scouter Services at 402-431-9272. Please provide the name on the card, the amount of the gift, your address, card number and expiration date.

Please “Do Your Best” to help Sherry and Jim, thank you. For more information, contact Mark Custer, 402-431-9272, mcuster@mac-bsa.org.

Thank you for your interest in how the Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council funds its many programs, camps and leader training. There are four ways our youth programs are funded:

• Annual Giving - Our "Friends of Scouting" Campaign
• Endowment - Includes wills, estate planning, the James E. West fund
• Capital Gifts - Support our camps and Scout Service Center
• Gift-In-Kind - Donation of items or services

Friends of Scouting is our annual giving campaign. Scouting families, businesses and civic-minded citizens are asked to support the Mid-America Council in providing the Scouting program to thousands of young people in 58 counties in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and southeast South Dakota.

Friends of Scouting form coming soon.

The James E. West Fellowship Award is a national recognition for individuals who contribute $1,000 or more in cash or securities to their local council endowment fund. This contribution is in addition to and does not diminish or replace the donor's annual gift to the Council's Friends of Scouting Campaign. Organizations or individuals may contribute an award in honor of someone. The award is presented with a certificate, a lapel pin, and a square knot to wear on the uniform. James E. West fellows names are added to the wall in the Durham Scout Center.

The Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council has a Scout Tribute Fund you may send a contribution to, in any amount, to honor someone on a birthday, special occasion, anniversary or in memory of someone deceased.These gifts remain in perpetuity to ensure that Scouting is available for the youth of our future generations. Donations to the Scout Tribute Fund are tax deductible.

Tribute Fund Form Coming Soon.

Benefactors contribute between $5,000 and $99,999 to the Mid-America Council Boy Scout Endowment Fund either as an outright gift now or as a bequest in their will. Benefactors insure the continuation of quality Scouting Forever. A certificate and statuette is presented to each donor at an appropriate occasion.

Heritage is the title given to an original life-size sculpture by Western artist, Herb Mignery, which depicts a pioneer family. Commissioned by the trustees of the Boy Scouts of America, Mid-America Council, this statue is located in the Central Park Mall in downtown Omaha. At the base of the statue, there are bronze plaques affixed which honor individuals who are participants in the Mid-America Council Boy Scout Heritage Program. These leaders have given their support with a minimum donation of $100,000 through: outright gifts, bequests, gifts of insurance policies, trusts or annuities. 

The Council receives financial support from various United Ways.  Area United Way offices collaborate with community organizations, partner with businesses, team with service delivery organizations and join forces with dedicated leaders and volunteers. Together, the Boy Scouts and the United Way help solve community needs that affect families and children, assuring a community-wide services infrastructure.

If you have an outgrown Scout uniform in good condition, please give it to a Scout who needs one. Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Venturing shirts and pants are needed. Please bring your gently used uniforms to the Durham Scout Center, 12401 W. Maple Rd., Omaha, Nebraska.