Idaho-SM

We just returned from summer camp at Camp Meriwether, on the Oregon coast. We took two boys who had never seen the ocean. Most of our boys went with the usual goal of trying to earn 5-6 merit badges. At the end of the week, our scouts averaged only 2 merit badges per scout. There were too many things going on. And that was a good thing. All of our boys spent a lot of time on the beach, building sand castles, burying each other, etc. They also visited the other program areas, such as Black Powder, Frontiersman, and the Campcraft area. These boys had much more fun this year, than they did las

We, like so many others, have not had good success at selling popcorn. It seems that the "value" is not as good as other types of popcorn we can buy in the stores, and they're much cheaper. We always sell Christmas wreaths in November, and that one fundraiser fuels our whole program. Most of the money goes into the boys' individual accounts to pay for summer camp, or weekend camps. This fundraiser is usually by word of mouth, and most of our boys do not have to go door-to-door to sell the wreaths. After a few years, we now have people call us, wanting to know when the wreaths will be offered.