RangerT

I hear you Calico and agree 100%, however popcorn sales never have gotten the publicity of GS cookies and every year it seems to me that fewer and fewer scouts are seen selling popcorn in my area. This afternoon there were a group of cub scouts selling popcorn outside the market and one young webelos invited me over to his table to show me his display. He explained each product to me and then talked about how sales benefit his pack. I tell you that I was so impressed by his pitch that I bought a tub and gave him an additional donation. This scout proved again to me why scouting is still so nee

I am new to this forum but not to scouting. I have been reading all this ratrap about how scouting is dorky, out of date, not relevant to kids today and it really makes me steam. First of all scouting was never intended to appeal to all boys, as others have stated in this forum, and for the boys it does appeal to there is no finer youth program. As an Eagle scout I thank scouting for all it has given to me rather than rip it all down and turn it into some lame video arcade style game. All scout leaders should be proud of the BSA and to learn as much as they can to deliver the best program they