A 2011 report found that Scouting in Michigan is on the decline.
Lake Orion’s Camp Agawam, a Boy Scout camp on West Clarkston Road since 1918, is one of three Michigan Scout camps that will not operate in 2013. In a message posted on the Boy Scouts of America’s Great Lakes Council webpage, the council announced that the “difficult, but necessary” decision was made to close the camps after a committee review of the council’s Michigan camping programs and properties. The move comes after a 2011 study found that Scouting membership and revenue have declined “precipitously” in Michigan, due at least in part to the recession. A letter posted over the signatures of Scout executives Jack Chandler and Richard Fisher states that, “An extensive nine-month review was conducted for each camp’s program strengths …
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Lake Orion camp one of three area Boy Scout camps closing in 2013.
Boy Scouts of America will close a Lake Orion's Camp Agawam—which it has operated since 1918—for the 2013 camping season. The BSA Great Lakes Field Council said in a message on its website: "Our objective as always is to be good stewards of our programs and properties. ... This schedule is for the 2013 camping season only. A continuing review of our future camping requirement for 2014 and beyond will determine the needs for additional camp availabilities." The camp at is 1301 W Clarkston Rd in Lake Orion. Jim Huttenlocher, a Boy Scout volunteer, told WDIV: "This decision was agonizing. We knew we had to do it from a financial standpoint but we also knew we had to do it for the kids to give them the best experience possible."
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steve
3:20 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
This is indeed a sad situation. My father was a scout there in 1930 and the camp was the highlight of my summers from 1961-1964. The demise of scouting can be attributed to those who set out to attack scouting as being exclusionary toward homosexuals and athiests. This is very sad. more ›