From: Mark Alman (m-alman@raytheon.com)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 08:29:54 CDT
Hey, Alan. Our Troop in north Iowa used to do the same thing for
our Boundary Waters trips.
It took me over 20 years to realize we were doing more than
raising money. Splitting all of that oak by hand was a great way to get us
in superb shape for paddling/portaging!
(A rather slow) Mark Alman
At 08:32 AM 10/2/2002 -0400, Alan R. Hamm wrote:
>A very good point. When I was a scout we used to split (by hand) and sell
>firewood to raise money for high adventure trips. That partially funded
>Philmont and 2 trips to Maine. It also taught a bit about working to earn a
>reward, rather than just having it handed to you. Hey, 30 years later I
>remember how I got to go to great camps. I doubt most of our youth will
>have the same memory.
>
>Alan Hamm
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Signe Rogers" <HikinGrammy@iGlide.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:55 AM
>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: A survey
>
>
> > >The only way to lower
> > >the Advisor's fees would be to raise
> > >the amount charged to the boys.
> >
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