Backing his son Craig and boosting his self-confidence
In early spring of my 9 th grade year of school I had applied unsuccessfully to be on staff at Steiner Boy Scout Camp the next summer. Unknown to me, Dad went to Program Director doing the hiring to see if something could be done to get me on the staff. He also got my scoutmaster to put in a good word for me. Dad worked out a deal with them that they would let me work on staff for just room and board, (room being a 2-man wall tent) and no pay if I would earn my Eagle Scout rank before coming the scout camp. However, if a position opened up, I would get paid as well. At the time I was about seven merit badges away from earning my Eagle and I needed to do my Eagle project. I don’t know if I would have been motivated to complete these things otherwise, but now I was very motivated. I still remember telling my mom that I couldn’t attend my junior high’s graduation dance because I had to work on merit badges. I not only got it all done, bu...