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My youngest son, D-, had a great time at Boy Scout summer camp. A love of scout camp together with a desire to be a camp counselor next year caused him to explore the possibility of being a CIT or Counselor-In-Training. And he's decided to become one starting next Sunday.

CITs are low men on the totem pole. They are at camp to learn about all the merit badges and activities that go on at Boy Scout summer camp, get some training, and hang out in the woods, but they also have to perform some amount of menial work. They don't have to pay for this indoctrination but they don't get paid either. The job of CIT is a true labor of love.

Actually I'm very proud of him. D- sometimes has "issues" with self-motivation. He can be maddeningly content to just sit around on his butt. There'll be none of that as a CIT. What's great is that I know he'll make a great Boy Scout Summer Camp Counselor. He's patient, kind, and just about the nicest person I've ever met. Being a CIT for two weeks will keep him busy during an otherwise boring summer. He'll be away from us and on his own. I have no doubt that both he and Broad Creek will be the better for it.
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