CCTp1776

Hi Jane... which merit badge(s) have you signed up to do? I do Family Life, Personal Fitness and Pets. I dropped Environmental Science last year. If you need help with those, or with something in general, don't hesitate to ask. Check out www.meritbadge.com for lots of information.

Hello everyone... I was a poster here a while back, about a year ago. I took a break from Scouting and have recently returned when my youngest son transferred to a new Troop. I was a Scouter for 10 years before that, starting with my older son in 1st grade. Now I find myself as the new committee chairperson of our recently formed Troop 1776. I expect to have issues as we get our first year of scouting off the ground. I'm hoping those of you with lots of experience will help me if I need it, or at least allow me to vent. YIS

The last summer I was on staff at camp I was a Commissioner. We had two female junior staffers working on the waterfront. The problems we had were not with the staff, but with the campers. Some Scouts refused to participate in the waterfront activities "because there were girls there". They were self conscious and didn't want to be seen in their swim trunks. Since that summer, only boys have been hired to work the waterfront. I think we need to remember that not all of the boys would be comfortable with young girls at scout camp and be sensitive to that. CC (not new to this forum, jus