Have you ever seen a:  
    Package of energy
    Box of tricks
    Tons of enthusiasm
    Barrel of questions
    Or a thousand why nots, how comes, and do we have tos?

Can you:
    Set up a eight-man army tent
    Light a Coleman stove or Coleman lantern
    tie a bowline, a sheepshank or clovehitch?
    A Pathfinder can.

Have you ever:
    Iced a cake
    Slept in a hammock
    White-watered a raging river
    Spent the night in a cave
    Put up a tent in the rain?
    A Pathfinder has.

Do you:
    Visit the sick
    Sing to the elderly
    Get up front and lead out
    read the New Testament in one year
    Memorize verses and entire chapters?
    A Pathfinder does.

Will you:
    Follow your leader, sing our song
    Say our Pledge, live our law
    Wear our uniform, give your all
    Love your God?
    A Pathfinder will.

Have you ever gone to:
    A Southern Union Pathfinder Camporee at Camp Kulaqua, Florida or Cherokee, North Carolina
    GCC Pathfinder Camporee at Cohutta Springs
    Discover the Power, Faith on fire or Courage to Stand Camporees at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    North American Division Camporee at Camp hale, Colorado (1985)
    Friendship Camporee in Pennsylvania or Dare to Care Camporee in Colorado?
    A Pathfinder has.

Could you:
    Lead out in a songfest   
    Collect food for the needy
    Administer First Aid
    Tell a Christian story to children
    Represent your church, your God, and your country
    Be proud of who you are?
    A Pathfinder can and is.

Or could you:
    Eat 4 Vegelinks
    Drink 6 glasses of drink
    Eat 4 cookies
    A bag of chips
    A candy bar, raisins, nuts and then ask...
    "What time is the next meal?"
    A Pathfinder does!
 
And finally, would you:
    Allow adults like me to join your fun
    And tolerate all the mistakes and
    Blessings that you get?
    You may not, but...
    A Pathfinder will.

Written by Ron Carter
Shared by Dave Cress
Adapted by Allan Williamson