It's a little-known secret, but there is no love lost between me and the Boy Scouts of America.
As the president of my LDS ward's Young Men's organization, I am in charge of a budget. Expenditures for all camp-outs and activities are funneled through me. Our budget (including a fundraiser) for 2009 was around $5,500. That includes a week-long camp for the 12-13 year-old boys. And mind you, we have about 35 boys, so we're spending about $150 per boy each year.
Guess how much of that money went to the Boy Scouts of America???
******** $3,600 ********
That is unacceptable to me. That is 65% of my yearly budget that goes straight to BSA coffers. If I were to start my own "scouting" organization and compete directly with the BSA, I guaran-dang-tee you I could be a millionaire in NO time.
We held a court of honor in October to honor the boys and the merit badges they earned over the past 4 months or so. Guess how much those freakin' badges cost us? 350 smack-a-roos! For little cloth badges!!!
Perhaps that is the price we pay to build young men????
I tell you what.....I can think of cheaper ways to build young men. Freakin' racket.
Me, Myself and I
- Mateo
- I am a Mormon...married to Lisa. We have 5 awesome children. I am a gun rights advocate and believe the 'right to keep and bear arms' refers to an INDIVIDUAL right, as affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. I like to hunt big game, although I have only ever killed a single buck deer. I am an actor of sorts and have been in many local plays and musicals.
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5500?! Sheesh - our entire ward budget for 2009 was 8000. Probably will be about the same or less for next year...
I hear you though! We joke that we would like to see the church do its own scouting thing, of course then BSA would probably crumble.
But, hey, they made camps "less expensive" for 2010! HA! With food, it's 200 per boy! Whatever...
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