The Best Proposal Argument

The most effective proposal argument, I have ever heard and took steps to work with their call to action was the Salvation Army’s Proposal Argument.  In 2005, my son joined the Boy Scouts Troop 995 located at the Broken Arrow Salvation Army’s Boys and Girls Club.  That year the fund raiser campaign to Ring the Kettle was beginning and all Troop Members were required to participate a minimum of four hours.  The Salvation Army began to list all of the services provided in our area including an Emergency Shelter Dining Room, Transition Housing, Emergency Financial Assistance Program, Drug Rehabilitation Facility, and the Boys and Girls Club. 

At the Boys and Girls Club facility, the Boy Scout Troop is allowed to use the facility during troop functions and meetings which include a gym, swimming pool, recreation area, and kitchen. One of the most important features that the Salvation Army provides for the Boy Scout Troop is the use of vans and a small bus for troop outings. This transportation has been essential for the fifty to one hundred members to participate in trips around Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri for different outdoor facilities to complete merit badges, character development, personal fitness, and ecology training.

 Although this directly benefited my son and family, I still felt the desire to continue to do more through volunteering more time to the Kettle campaign and other fundraising opportunities in the Bouncing Bar-Be-Cue commitment.  Another personal connection to the good that the Salvation Army does in the community, a distant family member successfully attended the in house drug and alcohol treatment facility for eight months.  He has been sober for more than four years. 

I personally support the Salvation Army in my community due to the impact the programs have locally and personally.  Six years later, my son is still involved with the Salvation Army through the sponsorship of the Boy Scout Troop 995, completing his Eagle Project and is awaiting an Eagle Board for the final hurdle before obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout.