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Thanks for your information and suggestions, Unc and Eamonn. I have already been asked if I wanted a position within the Pack...I'm guessing it was because of my mature age (45) compared to some of the other cub scout parents, LOL. I turned it down for now, since I'm involved with quite a few other benevolent orgs. currently. I might volunteer to be a Den Leader for my youngest son when he can be a Tiger in 2 years. I did volunteer for the 3 day summer camp and got a good initiation for having SO many young scouts all in one place!

Eamonn, Thanks for explaining some of the council's expendentures. I was aware that the people who are employed by the scouts need to have funds for their salaries and benefits, however I had forgotten about the large camp that the council owns and operate. My son's summer day camp was not held there, but at the county fairgrounds. The FOS visit must have been one of the meetings that my son was with his dad, and hence we did not attend. I never heard any mention of this last year and was not asked to contribute to an FOS fund. There are only 4 scouts in his den, so not sure if someo

Scoutnut, Thanks for responding to my post. I will try to answer all of your questions, even though you might have meant for them to be rhetorical. These are what I have had to pay for: Since this is the first year my son has worn the blue shirt..I had to buy all the patches for his shirt, except the Tiger, Wolf and Quality Unit patch. He did receive a patch for the summer day camp, but I thought it was part of the registration fee I paid. I haven't seen any of the boys with a red vest for their patches, so I assume if I wanted my son to have one, I would be required to purcha

This is only my son's 2nd year of Cub Scouts (2nd grade), and I decided I was not going to go around the neighborhood with my 7 year old this year and hawk popcorn. I did this last year and people did not respond favorably to yet another fundraiser from a child...after all it is JUST popcorn and IMHO there isn't anything special about it. I am bringing a check for the Pack for $100 to the next meeting instead. If he was older, I would suggest that they should somehow WORK for their money. The neighbors are so sick of ordering from these type of fundraisers, and they have to help their own chil