To assist families in paying registration fees, your Pacific Harbors Council is offering membership Growing Leaders Fund (GLF) for those in need.

The Growing Leaders Fund is a finite amount of funds provided through donations by concerned community groups, individuals, memorial funds, and donations to the council’s Friends of Scouting Campaign.  Scholarships used by the council to assist with membership fees for youth who could not otherwise afford to be in Scouting.

The priority for financial assistance will always be our youth. On a case-by-case basis, the funds may be used to offset an adult registration the adult is taking criticual position within the unit and otherwise unable to pay for the registration. Examples would include a Key-3 position, start a new unit, or obtain minimum required adults to charter or recharter a unit.

To ensure the fund can assist as many Scouts as possible units must consider other options prior to submitting a request.  This includes determining what the family can afford, if the unit can support part of the request internally, and has the unit asked their chartering organization for assistance. 

GLF may be granted for up to 50% of the current Scouting America Annual Youth Registration Fee per request. In unique cases or when the donor designates funds to help a specific unit or family up to 100% of the current registration fee may be granted.

All requests for assistance with registration fees shall be submitted via the online form through the council website for approval, first by the Assistant Scout Executive, then by the Scout Executive, and finally for review by the Council Commissioner. While it is preferred that the unit leader completes the form, forms will be accepted directly from the parent, a commissioner, or a field team member if needed to support a family.

The Council Registrar will process approved GLF requests immediately upon request, once the application and remaining payment have been received for new members, or the payments has been received for renewing members.