Were you a girl scout or a boy scout, leader or equivalent as a younger person?

I really wanted to but for some reason I wasn’t allowed. Most of friends were so I kinda felt left out but I did go to summer camp. In fact, we HAD to go every summer. They were like permanent baby sitters. We learned arts and crafts and how to shoot a bow and arrow. Mostly it was fun.
 

Girl scout here. Dug a six foot deep hole and roasted a whole pig. (kinda gross) and ate my first red army ant. (put my bed roll on top of an ant hill) Got a lot of merit badges. I remember it as being a lot of fun!
 
I missed out on all of that when I was a child but later, when my daughter and son were ready for such activities I looked around for an outward bound group that they could join. There was a club in my area that, while not affiliated with the scouting movement, was modelled along similar lines. I volunteered as a leader and started out as an assistant with the boys pack. Later moved to girls pack and eventually girls troop.

Never having slept anywhere else but in a bed before I had a lot to learn and I had a great time. I kept it up until a work promotion made it difficult to continue. Since then, all of my 6 grandchildren spent time in the scouts, gaining a lot in the process. My daughter was a volunteer parent too. One grandson and one grand daughter took part in several of the combined concerts (can't remember what they were called - just remembered - the Gang Show). Membership of these organisations is a great way to learn the value of being part of a community and of being of service to others.
 

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I was a Cub Scout during my elementary years. They asked my mother if she wanted to be a “den mother” when I started, and I asked her quite seriously if that was like being an old lady! Hilarity ensued...

So I went through being a “Wolf,” “Bear,” and “Lion” Cub Scout. By the end of my elementary years, I had experienced enough of kerchiefs, caps, and Blue-and-Gold dinners, and was pretty much scouted out. Besides, I heard that the secondary Boy Scouts would be taken into the woods, and expected to dig and use their own latrines, and I wanted none of that! 😸
 
It's kind of fuzzy, now. I was a "Tenderfoot" ? I think. I had to work up to be a scout. We went on some day trips to the woods. I remember cooking hot dogs over a fire. I didn't get too involved with the Scouts. The blue uniform and the brown hiking one were extremely expensive. Even as a kid, I was shocked at how expensive anything with the word "Scout" on it was.
 
Treacle said:
Actually it might have been a toadstool. :oops: Not a real one of course that would look stupid. 🤪 I'm sure we danced around something:unsure:
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My memory is still sharp, but some things escape me, Brownies and Girl Guides being one of them, so I'm not the best person to ask. :)
 
I was a Boy Scout, it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it very much.
A Scout is... Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, & reverent!
Whew, I still got it..
 
I was never a Girl Scout...When my daughter came home from school, she asked if she can be a Brownie....Of course she did and I did be a
Brownie leader....It was really fun....
 

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