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For identification, we use bright blue AT&T-donated lanyards for boys & adults. One of our camp inspectors was a bit disgruntled when he arrived late and tried to catch his group without checking in at the trading post. One of my staff members stopped him & wouldn't let him pass as he didn't have a blue lanyard on. :-) We found t-shirts too expensive due to the various unknown sizes. They're an optional purchase for the Boy Scouts at camp and quite popular. The last thing our Cubs want to buy is clothing when he could buy a knife or light saber. Hats are tremendously

Thanks for all the ideas! We have a really large Cub group in Salt Lake City. My camp alone will have 4,000 come through the camp in 44 days. We pair our camps together so that they go to my camp one day and another camp the next. For $33 per boy, the boys get a craft and a 9-2:30 program. We start & close with a ceremony in an amphitheater with round-robin stations in between. We have volunteers pushing for a circus theme but we can't see how that would be much fun. We're afraid it would turn into Stupid Pet Tricks Camp or clown college. Without elephants & trapeze s

How did you market your 20,000 Leagues program to leaders? Do you have problems attracting campers? Marketing is a concern for us so we try to tie into movies or other things that are currently of interest to the boys. What about you?

My council has 6 summer camps for Cubs/Webelos and will be changing themes for all of them next year as they do every 3 years. What are some of the more unusual day camp themes? I'm familiar with the Old West, Knights of the Roundtable, Robin Hood, and similar traditional themes. We currently have a Jedi camp, Harry's Magical Fort (inspired by a popular book series), American Heroes, Australian Outback, Maui, & Waikiki. One of the better ideas introduced at this year's Jedi camp is a light saber training station. We got a beep ball (used by blind folks to play a version of