Ooops sorry I missed your question jac. Thanks for the save airballrad. Work has been crazy here last couple days and haven't been able to get back to the forums unitl today.

We usually get several opportunities to camp throughout the year. Council campouts twice a year (I think), District campouts twice a year, and pack campouts as well. Admittedly this was our first pack campout of the year. At previous campouts it seemed like we always ran out of activities for the boys. They would sit around complaining of being bored and none of the other parents ever had anything else planned. I did NOT want that to happen at this campout. I had activities, games and skits ready and waiting. Some crafts were the only thing I did not have. By fall I will have plans and materials for those as well. I feel like it is SOOOOOO important to keep the boys entertained, active, and learning if possible. I tried my best to do this with our pack/den activities as well. If the boys have fun they'll WANT to come back. If they learn something in the process the parents will WANT to keep bringing them back. My only fault over the past year was not getting the parents more involved, but I plan to change that this fall. Scouting has to compete with so many other extra-curricular activities that we need to do everything we can to get the kids (and the parents) to want to come back.

[steps off soapbox]

And now back to your regularly scheduled thread already in progress.