In the environment we live in here in Ferry County, many of our kids enjoy being in the outdoors, and have the opportunity to go camping, exploring, hiking and swimming more often than most kids. It is this love for the outdoors and the desire to challenge young people to develop character in their lives that inspired scouting programs.

You may not know, but scouting programs have been around for over a hundred years. At the turn of the century they were developed because it was noted that “young people were no longer learning patriotism and individualism.” Many scouting programs were developed over the last century based on kids’ needs for mental, physical, social and religious development. The YMCA, the Salvation Army and various churches developed their own scouting programs, many of which later merged with the Boy Scouts of America.

Little Girls Cheer Camp. It can make you tired just thinking about it. For parents, there are papers to be signed, schedules rearranged, work hours altered, and just one more thing to pay for. For the older girls who organize the program, it means double practice to work on game plans, dances and stunts. But what about the little girls? What can a cheer camp mean to the little ones for whom we do all these things?