Happy Birthday 2-8

[Black wallnut]

Although there has been Scouting in America for a bit longer, today is the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America! The BSA is in full celebration with a year long schedule of centennial events. They have launched a website for scouting alumni.

If you have ever been involved in scouting check in and be counted. If you are involved now as an adult leader, even if just as a Tiger partner thanks for your service to our nations youth! I know there are a bunch of our membership active.

[Pappy]

Scouting is one of the few organizations that has remained true to its principles through the years. Hopefully it will continue to weather the assaults on it by political correctness.

I spent several years as a Pack Committee Chairman, Assistant Scoutmaster, and Scoutmaster. I would not trade those experiences for anything.

[master53yoda]

I was on the eagle board (the guys that interview and conduct the boards of review for those young men earning their eagles.) in out district for about ten years, I enjoyed it very much. I have also been the scoutmaster, committee chair and a venture leader. My son was the Lodge chief and Meteu for 3 years so I stayed out of the order to allow him to be who he was.

Scouting gave me the excuse to learn to white water canoe and do a ton of backpacking and camping under all conditions.

I would not have missed for for anything.

[toolguy1000]

even today, i'll use techniques i learned in scouting and people will look in amazement wondering aloud "where'd you learn to do that?" there wasn't anything my scoutmaster couldn't do in the outdoors. i watch these survivorman shows and kind of chuckle. we used to joke that we could drop our scoutmaster into the middle of nowhere with a hand axe and a pocket knife and he'd have no trouble surviving for as long as necessary. congrats to the BSA.