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I like the idea of the folders for each boy.

I have 9 wolf cobs and it gets so confusing.

Thanks

If you are still doing it at the end of the year(school year)

Let them know you will not be back next year and they will need to find someone else.

That's what happened to our pack and in September a new family who had moved to town joined our pack at round up and the mom who had an older son in scouts took it over . And it is working great. We were probably very lucky.

I would like know how other packs do the award for the pinewood derby.

This year we gave 1-5 fastest

1-3 most colorful

1-3 best them

1-3best paint job

1-3 best design.

How do you feel about making sure everyone gets an award or do you think participation ribbons for those who didn't win are enough.

This year 3 boys who one in the fastest catagory

Also one in some of the other catagories So they ended up with 2 awards while 3 boys just recieved participation.

I would like to have some ideas on different ways to run the Father/son Cake bake and auction

We judge cakes for catagories such as tallest , longest, best theme, best spirit. Those cakes are awarded ribbons and the Remaining cakes are judged for best tasting. Those are the cakes that are acutioned off. Lastyear there were 3 best tasting and they all went for over $100. With a lot of pressure put on the parents of the scout to buy their cake back. This year we tried something different . A silent auction which kept the cost of the cakes down. But we found a lot of resistance to the change. You know if you have done something one way for a while it shouldn't change. We are concerned about the cost and would like to include everyone not just the scout family that baked the cake (who may not be able to afford to buy back their cake).