[RonF]

Good idea. Here's another suggestion. Deliver the check to the Council office yourself. Then, while you're there, ask to see the District Executive for the area where you live, or where your kid's school is. Ask him or her for a listing of Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Sea Scout Ships, or Venture Crews in your area. They call up the unit leader and ask if he or she could use some help.

Let the grass and weeds grow in your lawn for an extra weekend. Go out on a campout. Show some kids how to cook a meal, clean up after, identify some bugs, trees, or flowers. Show them how to catch a fish, and cook them up. Teach them how to tell deer shit from rabbit shit, or a fox track from a raccoon track. Or, go into the Scout store, look through the rack of Merit Badge booklets, and register as a Merit Badge counselor. Teach a few kids what Citizenship in the Community or Nation really means, or how to tie 15 different knots, or identify 20 different constellations in the sky.

Or, go out to the Scout camp work weekend that's very likely going on this weekend or next weekend and help them set up camp. Help run new electrical service in the dining hall, or clear some downed trees in a campsite, or set up new sitting logs in the Chapel.

Sure, the Scouts need money. But we need people, too.

[RonF]

That page also has links to a page that allows you to plug in your city or zip and find out the name, address, and phone number of your local Council.