I'm not really udsrentanding what you mean in the last paragraph? Did you mean Young Men and not YW? What's any of that got to do with fast offerings? I frankly don't like the FOS drive. But I donate because if the church is actually asking for it on such a large scale, the Lord's servants must feel it is worthwhile despite its certain many imperfections.I suppose it's also recognition that I really should be willing to detach myself from my wealth and freely give it when called upon. I don't begrudge donating, I just don't fully realize the value like others of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to executive incomes when the church could easily duplicate and improve upon scouting within the YM program itself in a matter of weeks for a fraction of the cost. Typing all that out for the first time, I get the sense that perhaps the church is not just interested in what scouting can do for the church youth (as we can easily do that with our own programs), but perhaps the immense good the BSA does for all those other youths that are involved. Viewed in that light, it's like we're supporting an organization that helps train up other good young men in many other faiths. Surely if the church pulled out of scouting, the BSA as a whole would suffer financially, which would have an impact on thousands of other non-member kids.Of course I'm not one to judge if that's sufficient reasoning as we all know there are many other better ways to help kids around the world. Not to mention the lack of comparable support for girls organizations (outside of the church).