{"id":1162,"date":"2010-06-23T23:31:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T22:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2010-06-23T23:31:25","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T22:31:25","slug":"earning-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Earning It"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"22nd_World_Scout_Jamboree\" It\u2019s pleasing to know that one of my ex Scouts will be representing his Country, County, District, Explorer Unit and Scout Group at next year\u2019s World Scout Jamboree<\/a> in Sweden (no pressure then!).<\/p>\n

To attend this exciting event is going to cost him about \u00a32100 or $3145 or kr24,375. Now this is quite a lot of money to pay to go away for a fortnight or so, especially in the current economic climate.<\/p>\n

So he is not just getting his parents to \u2018cough up\u2019 the amount, but doing various activities to raise the money. He, along with the other 4 Explorers from my District who are going, have done sponsored walks, held a charity stall on the local charity market and done car washes to name but a few. He is also, in the best traditions of \u2018Bob a Job\u2019<\/a>, going to do work for people in return for a donation to the fund (hmmm, the car needs washing I think!).<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, a District colleague of mine was at a meeting and was chatting to someone from another county. This person was apparently quite surprised to learn that our Explorers are fundraising to enable them to go to the Jamboree. He, apparently, just wrote a cheque for the full amount for his son to go and couldn\u2019t understand why our Explorer\u2019s parents don\u2019t do the same!<\/p>\n

Now apart from the small matter that they probably cannot afford to just write out a cheque for that much, it gives the wrong impression to the Explorer attending the event. As our Explorers have to work for the money, they will appreciate the actual cost of going to the Jamboree and realise that it\u2019s an honour to go and will be a once in a lifetime event (I am, of course, very jealous as I never had the opportunity to go on one!). The Explorer whose Daddy just wrote the cheque will think that this is the normal way to get money for things they want in life. I think our Explorers will have a better understanding of the value of money and that it doesn\u2019t just grow on trees in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s pleasing to know that one of my ex Scouts will be representing his Country, County, District, Explorer Unit and Scout Group at next year\u2019s World Scout Jamboree in Sweden (no pressure then!). To attend this exciting event is going to cost him about \u00a32100 or $3145 or kr24,375. Now this is quite a lot … <\/p>\n

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