Pack54CM

I too recently received my awards from Nations Trails. Just like others in this forum, I waited over 3 months to receive the awards with not so much as a note of explanation or anything. It is sad that I won't use Nations Trails again because the requirements for the awards were very educational for the scouts and the awards (once I received them) are quite nice. Hope others who are waiting receive their orders. I pestered Nations Trails for the better part of a month before I received my package, so if I have any advice at all it's to leave daily messages on Nations Trails answering machine. YIS Tom

norrin_the_hun Did you have any luck with the Marlborough police in addressing the "Nations Trails" issue? I'd like to get some additional information from you (for the police) so I can contact them as well. Maybe if enough people contact them, something can be done. Pack54CM

GernBlansten Thanks for the contact info on Nations Trails, however, I can tell you that the email does not work (comes back as undeliverable) and the phone message (there is NO live time person answering the phone) truncates before you can leave any type of message. My pack check was cashed as of May 1st, and although I do hold some hope that my unit will eventually receive the awards we ordered (looks like from many of the posts that the units finally received their awards after MANY months of waiting), my leadership team & I have decided to recognize our Cub Scouts in some other way (as suggested in this post) for what THEY have accomplished. Pack54CM

Our council initially promoted this award and I had about half (30) of my Cubs complete the requirements for the silver award. This was at the end of February 2008. I immediately sent in my order for the award sets (including the payment for ~ $200). I have yet to see any awards. My calls and emails go unanswered. I attempted to email Nations Trails today, however, my email was returned as "undeliverable". I am going to take the recommendations from the many posts I have seen here and go about an alternate way to reward/recognize my scouts for completing the requirements. I would strongly urge any troop/pack considering Nations Trails to NOT GET INVOLVED WITH THEM. I know that I have recommended to my District Executive to have their link removed from our council website and to warn others in our council.

Our council initially promoted this award and I had about half (30) of my Cubs complete the requirements for the silver award. This was at the end of February 2008. I immediately sent in my order for the award sets (including the payment for ~ $200). I have yet to see any awards. My calls and emails go unanswered. I attempted to email Nations Trails today, however, my email was returned as "undeliverable". I am going to take the recommendations from the many posts I have seen here and go about an alternate way to reward/recognize my scouts for completing the requirements. I would strongly urge any troop/pack considering Nations Trails to NOT GET INVOLVED WITH THEM. I know that I have recommended to my District Executive to have their link removed from our council website and to warn others in our council.