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Just received email of another delay in spending out our 2024 summer camp guide. I noted that summer 2023 seemed lighter in attendance than prior years and I think that is causing issues with plans for 2024. Has anyone else seen 2024 summer camp plans change from prior years? "With declining membership in Bay-Lakes Council, as with most councils across the country, there are serious, but not insurmountable financial repercussions. These budgetary considerations need to be dealt with wholistically to ensure the viability of the Scouting program in Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan

The New Zealand Scouts Jamboree is underway in Waikato with over 4000 scouts setting up camp. The spacious surrounds of the Mystery Creek Events Centre have been transformed into a vast "tent city" for the duration of the nine-day event which has attracted scouting enthusiasts from as far away as the United States and United Kingdom. Most of the scouts are aged between 11 and 14, but a group of 14 and a half, and 15 and a half-year-olds were also invited because the last Jamboree was disrupted by the pandemic. ... The range of activities on offer includes water s