Do Webelos need a parent at Camporee?

[Vicki]

I don't know if you would call the way we set things up sophistry or not, but at our camporees (spring and fall), there is a Webelos side and a Boy Scout side. Separate activities, separate camping areas and campfires. The troop I have been associated with invites the Webelos over for lunch and for cobbler after the campfire. Nice, controlled, situation. The Webelos have several adults (Cubmaster, Den Leaders, a couple of parents) but no 1:1 ratio is required. Works out really well as they (and the parents who attend) get to camp and get exposed to how Boy Scouts do things without getting exposed to some of the ways some Boy Scouts do things (if you get my drift). We leader types also get an opportunity to size up (and recruit) the Webelos parents. And, of course, they get a chance to check us out.

 

Vicki