In-kind Giving

     The South Texas Council has many needs and projects that require materials or services that may or may not be in the budget.  Often we find that individuals and companies have materials, equipment and services that can be made available for donation to the South Texas Council.  Please review this wish list, and perhaps you will find that you or your company can help.

     For boats, camping and training equipment, contact Bart Gentry (361-814-4300, extension 18, or via e-mail:  bgentry@stxbsa.org).  For office equipment or services, contact Claudia Wright (361-814-4300, extension 29, or via e-mail:  cwright@stxbsa.org).  Thank you!

Wish List:  Services

• Service of air conditioning and heating units at Camp Karankawa (near Corpus Christi), Camp Huisache (near Laredo), Mauritz Scout Reservation (near Victoria), or Lucien Flournoy Service Center (Corpus Christi)
• Service of fire extinguishers at these same locations
• Service of pick-up trucks at Camp Karankawa
• Service of camp tractors at Camp Karankawa and Mauritz Scout Reservation
• Pumping of septic systems of pit latrines at Camp Karankawa and Mauritz Scout Reservation
• Lawnmower and weed-eater services at Camp Karankawa
• Gas, oil and diesel fuel at Camp Karankawa
• Janitorial services at Lucien Flournoy Service Center and Camp Huisache

Wish List:  Items

• 11 laptop computers for training in all 8 districts and one for each camp 
• Paper stock
• Folding machine
• Large paper cutter
• Landscape plants
• Frost-free refrigerator
• Truckload of river rock
• Truckload of top soil
• 2 five-shelf storage cabinets for Lucien Flournoy Service Center (78 inches high x 18 inches deep x 36 inches wide)
• 1 two-drawer lateral file
• 11 video projection units (1 for each district and 1 for each camp)
• 5 television sets (32 inch), for Lucien Flournoy Service Center, Camp Karankawa and Mauritz Scout Reservation
• 3 VCR units
• 25 folding tables for Camp Karankawa
• 250 stacking chairs for Camp Karankawa
• 4 flip chart stands
• Flip chart paper

Sailing Needs

• Sunfish sailboats
• "Hobie" type catamarans
• Monohull sailboats (all types - seaworthy only)
• Usable sails, rigging and other nautical equipment
• 1 ski boat for summer camp pogram
• Boat trailers
• Boat storage (dry or slip)
• 3 ski vests (small, medium and large)
• 10 type 2 personal flotation devices (5 youth - 5 adult size)
• 5 type 3 personal flotation devices (adult)
• 5 type 3 personal flotation devices (youth)
• 10 snorkeling outfits
• 15 non-styrofoam kickboards
• 2 gallon polyester resin and hardener (sail boat repair)
• Assorted sandpaper

Camp Karankawa (near Corpus Christi)

• Cope (ropes) course
• 10 seventeen-foot canoes with paddles
• Generator
• Pool chemicals
• Mountain bikes for new program feature
• Fire ant killer
• Chipper
• Wasp spray
• Weed eater
• Gas-powered chain saw
• Deep fryer
• Power branch trimmers
• Large walk-in freezer
• Riding lawn mower
• Booster heater for Hobart
• 2 leap flowers
• Pioneering pole cage (10 feet x 25 feet)
• Power washer
• 12 new picnic tables
• 15 seventy to one hundred foot hoses
• Flatbed trailer
• 30 rental and loan tents for low income, new units and Cub families without tents
• Tractor
• 5 pavilion tents for temporary shelter during events and activities
• Air conditioner for staff lounge area
• Fixtures for trading post
• Projection TV
• Computer for trading post
• Retile office floor
• 2 cash drawers for trading post
• Vacuum cleaners
• 2 scanners for trading post
• Floor buffer
• Credit card machine for trading post
• Ice machine for trading post
• Copier for the office
• Computer printer for the office
• Electricity for shooting range
• Repair of lighting for dining hall
• 3 computers for office
• New floating backboard for pool and waterfront
• Backstop for rifle range
• Portable stsorage buildings
• Industrial size garbage disposal for dining hall
• 2 sets of cleaning rods, patches, etc. for 22 and 20 gauges
• 24 cases - clay pigeons
• 5 boxes of #11 percussion caps for muzzleloaders
• Rifle targets
• 5 boxes .490caliber round balls for muzzleloaders
• 5 cans of Pyrodex propellant for muzzleloaders
• 20 pairs of shooting glasses
• 20 ear protection muffs
• 12 cases of 20 gauge shotgun shells
• 100 twenty-eight inch arrows
• 10 archery finger tabs
• 10 archery arm guards
• Bows (recurves of various sizes and compounds of various weights and sizes)
• Rope for knot-tying and pioneering (1/4 inch sisal)
• Leather craft tools
• 1 spool of 1/4 inch nylon rope
• 10 Dutch ovens
• 10 patrol cook kits
• 1 leather shears
• 3 grills

General Cub Scout Day Camp Needs 

• BB gun backstops
• Cub size bows
• Arrows
• Archery targets
• Pavilion tents
• 8 large first aid kits

Camp Huisache (near Laredo)

• Cope (ropes) course
• 6 sunfish sail boats
• 6 seventeen-foot canoes and assorted paddles (now have 6)
• Personal flotation devices (PFDs)
• 6 rowboats
• Aquatics storage area - chain-link fencing

Mauritz Scout Reservation (near Victoria)

• 3 large first aid kits
• Tractor
• Tractor service

     If you have something you think might be useful to the South Texas Council, but that service or item does not appear on this "Wish List," please contact Claudia Wright at the telephone number noted above.  We appreciate your consideration.