Re: Dishwashing
Bob & Lorrie Dewar (dewar@TECHHEADNET.COM)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:15:21 -0600
Tom;
If you are using the Patrol Method on campouts, then I do not understand
where you see a problem, as each Patrol does their own cooking and cleanup
so you would only be looking at groups of approx. 6-8 boys.
On the other hand, if you are NOT using the Patrol Method on campouts
then you have a much bigger problem than just dirty dishes. In a Patrol
there are just enough boys so that each one has a responsibility to the
Patrol. This will be in the form of some Patrol level job, and it is here
that the Scouts recieve their first dose of leadership and this is what we
are teaching them, not camping or knots or any of a 100 other skills. In the
Patrol jobs will get done or everybody in the Patrol will know exactly who
is not performing, and they will bring peer pressure to bear down on any boy
not doing his share. For these reasons and more the Patrol method works as a
vehicle for Scout advancement and learning. Look over your program, it may
very well be ill if you are not running the Patrol Method on campouts.
Scout On
Bob Dewar
Scoutmaster, T329
-----Original Message-----
From: TWMCG904@AOL.COM <TWMCG904@AOL.COM>
To: SCOUTS-L@LISTSERV.TCU.EDU <SCOUTS-L@LISTSERV.TCU.EDU>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 7:45 AM
Subject: Dishwashing
>How do your troops set up the dish washing line at campouts? We are
currently
>using three buckets: hot w/soap, cool with bleach, hot clean rinse. We
>scrape out and pre-scrub before the wash, and air dry on a tarp. I'd like
to
>hear about other approaches. We have 40+ scouters washing-up. As the
troop
>grows, my concerns about sanitiation grow.
>
>YiS
>Tom McGrath
>ASM
>Troop 35
>Wheaton, IL
>
