# Scouts & 4-H: Dues, campouts and permission forms for scout units and 4-H clubs

Source: https://backpr.com/solutions/scouts-and-4h. Last updated: 2026-10-19.

URL: https://backpr.com/solutions/scouts-and-4h

With BackPR, a scout unit or 4-H club can collect dues, sign families up for events and campouts, gather signed permission forms and give volunteer leaders their rosters.

Common problems:
- **Dues and trip money in envelopes:** The treasurer collects dues in cash at meetings, campout money by check and the rest through payment apps, then matches it all up by hand.
- **A permission form for every outing:** Each campout, service project and field trip needs a signed permission form and current health information, and a few always turn up in the parking lot.
- **When a leader steps down:** The roster, family contacts and medical notes leave with them, in their inbox and their spreadsheets.

How BackPR handles it:
- **Dues on autopay or in installments:** Collect yearly dues as a membership, or split them into monthly payments on autopay. Scholarships, applied privately, help families who need it.
- **Events, campouts and camps:** Families sign up for each outing from their phones. Longer trips and summer camp can take a deposit, with the balance on a payment plan.
- **Permission forms that come back signed:** Make the permission form and health information required, so no one is registered without them. Families who are missing an item get reminders.
- **Rosters for every volunteer leader:** Group youth into patrols, dens or project groups, and give each leader their own roster with medical notes, emergency contacts and attendance.

Most-used features:
- Dues as memberships
- Autopay and installment plans
- Event and campout registration
- Trip deposits and payment plans
- E-signed permission forms
- Medical and allergy information
- Missing form reminders
- Patrols, dens and groups
- Leader rosters
- Volunteer sign-up forms
- Scholarships
- Treasurer reports

Scout units and 4-H clubs that are registered nonprofits use BackPR free, and other organizations get pricing by quote.

**Does BackPR replace our national registration?**
No. Youth and adult members still register with your national or state organization as it requires. BackPR handles your unit's or club's own dues, events, forms and payments.

**Is BackPR free for our troop or club?**
If your unit or club is a registered nonprofit, yes: no subscription and no BackPR fees. Not sure of your status? Ask your council or Extension office, or email support@backpr.com. Others can request a quote.

**What happens when leaders change?**
Give new leaders access and remove the ones who left. Rosters, forms and payment history stay with the unit, and last year's events can be copied to the new year.

**Can parents pay for summer camp over time?**
Yes. Take a deposit at sign-up and schedule the balance in installments, charged automatically to the saved card or bank account.