MT Pockets

I'm definitely for healthier snacks, or none at all. I see it this way...they are only there for about an hour, after dinner time I might add, so the little darlings should be able to go that long without.

We don't serve refreshments at the weekly den meetings, just at the monthly pack gathering. It just bothers me that it's deteriorated down to plain crap food. At home we make a real effort to avoid this junk, and there, it just a junk food free for all. Not that I care to dictate what others feed little johnny at home, but there seems to be no thought, or care put into what is brought, they just do it because they have to and it was cheap. My wife usually make a yummy homemade treat to share, but I also understand that not everyone has the time and resources to do that. Yes, I am part of the pack's leadership and plan to bring it up. I was curious as to what everyone else was doing.

I'm wondering what everyone else does for pack refreshments? This is my first year as a den leader and one of the areas that I would like to improve upon or ditch altogether, is the refreshments that are served at the end of our pack gatherings. I'm not totally convinced that we even need them. It seems that it's turned into a junk food pig out fest. The only thing that people are bringing in, is boxes of twinkies, Ho-Ho's, chips, (bad)cookies, donuts...you get the picture. I was under the impression that we are supposed to be teaching these youngsters to be healthy and strong? seems counter productive to me. With that said, if you are serving refreshments, what are you serving? and does anyone have any ideas on something better? YIS

Hello everyone.... I'm new to the forum. I'm the Tiger leader for my son's pack, and I'm also new to scouting. I'm glad to find such great resource as this website! I've learned allot this past year, and hope to build on that to provide an even better program for the boy in the future. YIS