+PiRat Crew Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 One of our scouts in interested in combining geocaching and community service for his Eagle Project. Would it be OK if he held a geocaching event and asked those attending to bring donations to a food pantry? I noticed that events should be free and wondered if asking for food donations would be a no-no. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 The idea runs afoul of the listing guideline section called "Caches That Solicit.". A cache page cannot be used for fundraising or charity donations without special permission from Groundspeak. Quote Link to comment
+Skillet68 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Maybe he could host a CITO instead? Quote Link to comment
+PiRat Crew Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Maybe he could host a CITO instead? That was the original idea. We are just not sure that our local council would approve a park clean-up as a project, though with the geocaching it would be more than that. There has to be a benefiting organization with an eagle project. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Skillet68 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Maybe he could host a CITO instead? That was the original idea. We are just not sure that our local council would approve a park clean-up as a project, though with the geocaching it would be more than that. There has to be a benefiting organization with an eagle project. Thanks. That's easy to do. Usually the County or even State will be in charge of Parks. Or you could even get with a State Park. Most of them would be more than willing to help set up a CITO in their park. And being it is for an Eagle Scout Rank, maybe stay away from the local park and try to do a State Park or Lake area. Or if there is a part of town or an area that is really bad team up with the City to clean it up. Quote Link to comment
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