MySpace Kid Organizes Scouting Fundraiser

The Internet s self-proclaimed “Youngest Blogger,” Seth Hicks, aged 8, was inspired by a recent story at the Guns-N-Butter website to start a fundraiser to buy panties for poor Hollywood Starlets.

“I am working for my “Caring Challenge” badge for the Cub Scouts and I thought this would be the best way the help poor Britney Spears,” he wrote in his popular MySpace blog at www.myspace.com/mommydontknow

“I was shocked to discover that some singers and Hollywood stars can’t afford underwear. What better way to show that America cares than to have the scouts help them to ‘be prepared?'” he wrote referring to the famous Scouting Motto.

With the help of his Den Mother and fellow cub scouts, Seth Hicks had a blowup poster printed showing Britney Spears getting out of a car. A Cub Scouts of America symbol obscuring any nudity was tactfully taped to the poster.

The poster, along with a fundraising jar, was setup outside the local Walmart during the busy Holiday shopping season. Walmart shoppers greeted the fundraising idea with great enthusiasm, and the tip jar filled up quickly.

Not everyone was happy with the Scouting efforts, however. Charlie Miller, a volunteer with the Salvation Army at the same Walmart said, “I stand here ringing this bell and the shoppers have to choose between the red kettle and a big Britney poster. That kid is taking donations away from needier people.”

Seth Hicks’ Cub Scout Pack raised enough money in 5 hours to send Britney Spears 640 pairs of cotton Hanes Her Way panties, along with the money to ship them overnight by FedEx.