Scouts in the News

Here's a few news blips about Scouts this week. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

• Most Pathetic - troop treasurer embezzles $16K from scouts.
  This is a way too common occurrence. A few tips to help prevent this sort of thing:
  • Use checks rather than credit cards.
  • Require monthly financial statements, verified by a second person checking the bank statements.
  • Require multiple signatures on transactions.
  • Require receipts for reimbursements.
• Most Inattentive - someone steals $3.5K from scouts in a cigar box left unattended.
  The story says it was full of donations which should be a mistake since scouts do not solicit donations.
• Best Eagle Project - Eagle service project to create book-exchange free libraries.
  When I hiked the Ice Age Trail last year, I saw a few tiny book-swap libraries in front of people's homes right on the street. This might be a cool idea for an Eagle candidate in your troop!
• Best Memorial - scouts and friends finish Eagle service project for deceased scout.
  When a youth dies, there's not much we can do, but this troop paid their respects by completing his project for him.
• Silliest - scout leader hottest husband in country?
  Silly, just silly. :-) Not so much the story, because he sounds like a great guy, but the whole idea of hottest husband contest.
• Best Campout - assisted living seniors.
  This troop found a great way to interact with older community members in a meaningful way.
  

If you'd like to see your scouts "In the News" locally, check out these tips and pointers. We could all use a little good press out there.

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