Re: Volunteer Compensation

Dave,
Why Scouting is worth more than money? And why I've stayed in
Scouting.
I have two boys 6 & 7 I've been a Scouter since I was 20 yrs old am now
35.

When I was a Scout from the time I was 12 to 18 I had 5 - 8 different
Scoutmaster each did things different. When I was about 17 a good
friend who was also a DE asked if I was going to get my Eagle I said yes
as we were talking he said something about merit badge counselors and I
didn't know what that was except the ones at Scout Camp. He told me
that merit badges had to be passed by a councelor. I told him that most
of the merit badges were passed off by the Scoutmaster(s). Except for
the one I got a camp my first year. He told me the honest thingf to do
would be to have them passed by a counselor I still had a few merit
badges to do + redo the ones. Well I started to do them but when your
17 their a lot going on. I could have went ahead and got my Eagle but
that would not have been very honest. To this day when a boy gets an
Eagle I hurt because I will never have my Eagle. After that I made a
vow to me and God that would stay in Scouting to make sure the boys
knows how to get their Eagle.
I went on an LDS mission but when I came back I became an assistant
scoutmaster. Since then I held many position in scouting. This is one
of the reasons I've stayed in Scouting for the last 15 yrs. its never
been about money.


Yours In Scouting,

Les Chaffin chaflesl@isu.edu
WV2-111-98 I use to be a Beaver a good O Beaver too!
Scoutmaster Troop 104
Falls District Varsity Roundtable Commissioner
Snake River Council, Twin Falls Idaho

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