Shilue

Our pack, for normal campouts, solicits a token amount to help with the costs of food. I don't know what the per person cost is, but they cap each family at $25. Since my family is 4, we also only have to pay the $25. Now, we are going to the Yorktown in December, and because of the high cost of the trip, each family had to pay the $60/person. Nobody minds, because all other costs (registration, advancements, Boys Life, etc) are paid for by the pack.

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Beavah made a good point about not just accepting someone from the street, which hadn't occurred to me. Right now, I'm doing what I can to help out on campouts and Tiger activities. We did have a GoSeeIt coming up that I volunteered to take care of making the arrangements, and that's worked well so far. I'm really happy that I'm involved in Scouting again in some way, and I'm most happy that my son is having fun in Tiger Cubs, and keeps asking when the next den meeting is.

I grew up in scouting, from Cubs up through Eagle, and spent 2 years as ASM. I loved the program and credit it strongly with it making me the man I am today. I've been wanting to get back involved, and have been looking forward to the day my son was old enough to join. He finally got there, and has joined a pack as a Tiger cub. He's also having a blast. The pack we joined was reccomended by the parents of my son's best friend, and it was an excellent choice. It's a very well-run pack, with an awesome cub master and assistants, and the den leaders are very organized. Here's the dilemma that I've encountered: I've asked if there's a position for me to volunteer for, but they apparently have all of the leaders/volunteers they need. I'm kind of bummed because I really want to be an integral part of the pack and help kids along as I myself was helped. Ideally, I'd like to be a registered adult leader, but at the moment, they don't have room for any. Based on my history with scouting, I was rather surprised, and after reading forums on here, I imagine that it's a rarity still among packs. What I'm doing so far is just helping out in whatever ways I can find. So, after reading several threads on here about the trouble some packs have in finding adult volunteers/leaders, I thought I'd post a message that there are cases out there where the opposite is true - a parent wants to volunteer to be a leader, but there's nothing availible!