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Guess I ain't dating him then

I think you're confusing Scouts with the Catholic Church.

The Left is what happened to the Boy Scouts

Go Woke Go Broke. Boy scouts went woke!!!

How dare you presume they/them gender.

Was a scout for 3 years. Learned a lot from the experience. When I graduated from college in 1971 with my Bachelors Degree, I had a job offer from the Scouts but turned it down for another job. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken the job. Don’t know if I would today with all the Woke stuff supposedly going on in the organization.

The VFW post I was a member in for 30 years chartered the local boy scouts and cub scouts in that community. Our small post closed and the Lions took the charter. The VFW post I now belong to charters the boy scouts and cub scouts in that community. Yes the scandals have caused a lot of issues. It has however brought in quite a few female den leaders etc. The other factor many don't realize is the big increased cost for the youth to join. The insurance and other costs have risen a lot the last few years. The cost to enroll the youth is now about 3 times what it was less then 10 years ago. Paying out millions in settlements costs money. Our post now covers 1/3rd that cost and we share that with two other non profits. The numbers in the troops in both communities have held very well the last decades.

Bryce

I thought it was wholesome also , I couldn't get away with nothin every old church lady in town knew my dad with a spy network like that there was no choice but to stay on the strait and narrow.

Did anyone else's troop go on weekend camp-outs? Mine did--all year.

Whatever weekend we picked, the weather would deteriorate. We camped in blizzards, downpours, and windstorms. Never in good weather, it seemed.

Jim

Benefit of the doubt

Remember Den Mothers? Cub scouts? BSA had a camp outside Omaha. Had some good trips there. I agree, woke left ruined them.

Yep, remember the weekend campouts. Also, remember cooking bacon for the first time on an open campfire. I burnt it but I was proud I made it and ate it and enjoyed it (I think).

Lol
Depending on your age, I my know you.

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Yes once a month every month and a week summer camp in the summer . Coldest I rember camping was -7° woke up every time I moved inside my mummy bag from the cold. The only time that old down filled surpluses mummy bag didn't keep me warm. Had one trip cut short when ther was 6" of water in the tents after heavy rains at a jamboree.. hi river levels stoped us from launching our boats once. Another troop did in the swollen River. First 4 boxes didn't make it around the first bend. Packs and coolers wer floating down the river fast. We decided to just camp and leave th boats on the trailer

Often our monthly weekend campouts were used as training. Preparation for the big adventures. Sometimes it was just a free for all. Fishing story telling exploring. Yep we got cold and wet too. I didnt think very many parents today would let little johnny do such "dangerous" "child abuse" type stuff.

When my son was 7 I took him on a back packing camp mule deer hunt in CO. Told the school what we were doing and asked what I should be teaching him so he didnt fall behind. Told me they could not allow it. Were pretty upset when I said I wasn't there to get permission. That adventure is I believe still one of his fondest memories.

I was a Cub Scout then a Boy Scout. I made it to Star Scout before other interests led me in another direction.

Those were good years. We had an awesome Den Mother, later a great Scoutmaster, paper drives (we collected old newspapers and sold them for recycling) summer and winter camping at Camp Shikellamy, weekend camping trips all summer long to Glow Wood, the Order of the Arrow ceremonies, long games of nighttime Capture the Flag, jamborees...

We chartered a troop at a gun club I belong to near my camp until the liberal, woke crap hit the fan some years ago. It ended up being a liability issue the club couldn't afford and that ended the charter.

My newest camp member was an Eagle Scout. I wrote a letter of recommendation to the Eagle Scout Review Board explaining what a good kid he is.

It's a shame what has happened to the organization.

My oldest is an Eagle Scout. Also a Marine. We are both in Tribe of Mic-O-Say.

In Troop we belonged to, they had a saying........3/4 of scouting is "outing". We camped. Only time I can remember cancelling a campout was the time they got 19 inches of snow on a Friday, and couldn't physically get the equipment trailer to the campsite. We went following weekend. Coldest I camped was +5F. Below zero you got the rare and coveted clear bead. I don't have one of those.

But once they started allowing gays and girls, I walked away and no going back. I was a kid once.........and on two different occasions was exposed to what would now be labeled sexual assault. Both from trusted older boys. Being an adult in charge, I won't accept the liability for when some 15 year old girl gets knocked up on a campout.........or when any other kids.......boy or girl.......gets assaulted while on campouts. Same with adult leaders........men and women..........in the woods after dark. Stuff happens and I don't want to be anywhere near any of it.

I went camping one weekend a month with the Troop, and one weekend a month with Order of the Arrow. Also staffed a few leader training sessions and one summer at camp. The camping were the best times, even if the weather sucked.

we had a campout our activity every month.

My troop was big into canoeing went to Canada , Ontario white otter wilderness , boundary waters , and Michigan on canoe trips.
the off years we went to summer camp in WI at the council camp.
then our scout master had a cabin and some acreage in the UP so we often did a week there also.
we also did a lot of cooking which is probably part of why we weren't into back packing we wanted to haul in good food or catch and cook fish.