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Pratt Co. United Fund
A donation to the Pratt County United Fund is an investment in the youth of the community. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will each receive $5,700 if the campaign goal of $47,100 is met.
“We are very close,” said Dona Cramer, a member of the Pratt County United Fund, Inc. board on Tuesday afternoon.
Girl Scouts
Nearly 100 girl members and adult leaders in the Pratt area are involved with Girl Scouts. Any girl from kindergarten through 12th grade may be a Girl Scout.
“Funds from United Fund help keep the cost of the Girl Scout program affordable to all,” said Traci Taylor, community/fund development manager for Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland.
Pratt girls have recently completed a very successful “Warming Hearts & Hands Coat Drive,” collecting more than 200 coats to provide to local churches and elementary schools.
In other programs, the girls learned how to sew by hand and with a machine and they recycled plastic bottles, plastic bags, pop cans, old CDs and other trash by turning Trash to Treasures. A Fit’s Inn program helped them learn about healthy behaviors.
Next up will be the annual cookie sale program. While many may see a box of cookies, Girl Scouts and their supporters see the opportunity for young women to develop skills in money management, goal setting and accountability, Taylor said.
Boy Scouts
Pratt is home to Boy Scout Troop 201, with 15 members in sixth grade and beyond, and around 60 younger boys in Cub Scout Pack 222.
Boy Scouts participate in six campouts during the year, including a week-long summer camp. They’re getting ready for a winter Trappers Rendezvous, to be attended by about 4,000 boys, said Scoutmaster Brett Houdyshell.
Scouts participate in a variety of service projects. Several worked at the Pratt Numana event last June, packaging meals to be sent to Haiti. A couple of them help out at the Pratt Area Humane Society as part of fulfilling badge requirements.
They are also involved in an annual Scouting for Food event, to collect non-perishable items for the Pratt Christian Food Bank.
They use popcorn sales to fund some of their activities. As the boys get older, they’re learning how to pay their own way, Houdyshell commented.
United Fund has helped the troop upgrade equipment. When he became scoutmaster three years ago, Houdyshell said the troop enjoyed a surge in membership, but they were “tent poor.” United Fund money was used to buy good serviceable tents for their campouts.
Send donations to
Pratt County United Fund
114 N. Main
Pratt, KS 67124
To learn more about Scouts in Pratt
Girl Scouts:  Contact Jeanette Clement, Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, 316-295-0740 or jclement@gskh.org
Boy Scouts: Meet at 7 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at First United Methodist Church. Stop by and get acquainted, says Scoutmaster Brett Houdyshell.
Pratt Co. United Fund
A donation to the Pratt County United Fund is an investment in the youth of the community. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will each receive $5,700 if the campaign goal of $47,100 is met.
“We are very close,” said Dona Cramer, a member of the Pratt County United Fund, Inc. board on Tuesday afternoon.
Girl Scouts
Nearly 100 girl members and adult leaders in the Pratt area are involved with Girl Scouts. Any girl from kindergarten through 12th grade may be a Girl Scout.
“Funds from United Fund help keep the cost of the Girl Scout program affordable to all,” said Traci Taylor, community/fund development manager for Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland.
Pratt girls have recently completed a very successful “Warming Hearts & Hands Coat Drive,” collecting more than 200 coats to provide to local churches and elementary schools.
In other programs, the girls learned how to sew by hand and with a machine and they recycled plastic bottles, plastic bags, pop cans, old CDs and other trash by turning Trash to Treasures. A Fit’s Inn program helped them learn about healthy behaviors.
Next up will be the annual cookie sale program. While many may see a box of cookies, Girl Scouts and their supporters see the opportunity for young women to develop skills in money management, goal setting and accountability, Taylor said.
Boy Scouts
Pratt is home to Boy Scout Troop 201, with 15 members in sixth grade and beyond, and around 60 younger boys in Cub Scout Pack 222.
Boy Scouts participate in six campouts during the year, including a week-long summer camp. They’re getting ready for a winter Trappers Rendezvous, to be attended by about 4,000 boys, said Scoutmaster Brett Houdyshell.
Scouts participate in a variety of service projects. Several worked at the Pratt Numana event last June, packaging meals to be sent to Haiti. A couple of them help out at the Pratt Area Humane Society as part of fulfilling badge requirements.
They are also involved in an annual Scouting for Food event, to collect non-perishable items for the Pratt Christian Food Bank.
They use popcorn sales to fund some of their activities. As the boys get older, they’re learning how to pay their own way, Houdyshell commented.
United Fund has helped the troop upgrade equipment. When he became scoutmaster three years ago, Houdyshell said the troop enjoyed a surge in membership, but they were “tent poor.” United Fund money was used to buy good serviceable tents for their campouts.
Send donations to
Pratt County United Fund
114 N. Main
Pratt, KS 67124
To learn more about Scouts in Pratt
Girl Scouts:  Contact Jeanette Clement, Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, 316-295-0740 or jclement@gskh.org
Boy Scouts: Meet at 7 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at First United Methodist Church. Stop by and get acquainted, says Scoutmaster Brett Houdyshell.
