Re: BOY'S LIFE

On Sat, 30 Apr 1994 09:10:22 -0400 John Pannell said:
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>On a related topic... We also have several boys who will freely admit to
>never picking up Boys' Life. To them it is a waste. Any ideas how to
>correct this situation? As a point of information, they are required to
>subscribe to Boys' Life and with the exception of multiple members in the
>same household, cannot elect to not subscribe.
>
John, perhaps they see no value because Boys' Life is not a part of the
troop program. When was the last time BL was used at a troop meeting? When
was the last time a reference was made to "checking out the article on. . ."
in the last issue? If the troop uses BL, then the scouts will probably also
make use of it. Some time ago, there was an article on Kirby Puckett
(Minnesota Twins). Since a Twin's game was on our activity list, we shared
the article at the troop meeting before the game, and I was able to set up
a chance to say hi to him (I worked part-time at the Metrodome). After that
there was a lot more reference to BL in the troop!

jim Sleezer
Roundtable Commissioner, Pawnee Bill District, Will Rogers Council
Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 18
Stillwater, OKlahoma
JHS8 at OSUVM1.BITNET JHS8 at VM1.UCC.OKSTATE.EDU (Internet)

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