Legal Opinion

Volunteer Child Services

Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General

Decided August 31, 1978No. Official opinion no. 78-22Published

1Opinion of the Court

GORNISH, Acting Attorney General, SKUBECZ, Deputy Attorney General,

— You have asked for our opinion as to whether children under 16 years of age may perform volunteer activities within our state parks and state forests such as trail maintenance, litter removal, and tree planting. You have indicated that civic organizations and service clubs conduct such programs with children participating and that the Boy Scouts of America routinely request permission to *161engage in these and similar conservation projects as part of their merit badge program. In the context of the foregoing, you have…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Roland Electrical Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LenrootSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Brock v. BowserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Lenroot v. Interstate Bakeries Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1944
  5. Lenroot v. Western Union Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944

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