The Jambo ends today and everybody leaves tomorrow. Its been an interesting exp-erience, from helping physically and emotionally damaged youth to the majority who are just boys even though they may be 6ft 5, weigh 250 lbs of muscle and look like college football players....they are kids having fun and maybe we have future national leaders here.. The West Point booth was packed with interested boys.
So these are kids like kids have always been and we emphasize the Scout law...trustworthy , loyal,l helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave clean and reverent . So a few of us leaders went out to dinner about 12 days ago while we were setting up and this rode hard 30ish waitress with one arm covered with tatoos starts asking about Boy Scouts because she says she has several boys so we tell her and then she says she wishes she had gone with a Boy Scout alum when she was in her teens.... she might not have a bunch of kids and trying to kick a drug and alcohol problem.
I'll post photos when I can...somehow can't do it tonight , internet issues, etc.
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