This way, there will be some transition, and new principals will have input on budgets and what's going on at the schools next year, and the schools will get a chance to get to know them.

There will be seven troops with boys ages six to 18 and adults helping as well. We hope to be able to get bags to most of the homes in the city limits.

Soaring gasoline and natural gas prices will have a major negative impact on family budgets and household spending, likely resulting in job losses in sectors like tourism and retail trade.

When they pay us back, it will all be put back in the budgets like it came out,

This is a special Scouting program that the boys can earn a patch for. We thought this was a good time to try and fill the shelves of the local pantries.

This will help our schools tremendously. Their budgets have been strained, and they have had to use reserve funds to be able to reopen schools while paperwork for insurance and FEMA is being processed.