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Makes it so much easily to know how old the troop is, My daughters troop is 2019 for the same reason me too!

We can get that many after the removed the flags from veteran graves on holidays, they pass the damaged ones that cannot be reused to us to take care of.

For our pack, and my kids when they were in it, We recommend the blue shirt, but if they want a belt, we tell them to get the cub scout belt bucket (not the rank ones). And i have yet to have a scout in the last 8 years buy the socks. Alot of our dens make custom slides instead using the metal ones. As a pack, in the "bridging up" ceremony, our pack provided them with the next seasons necker and slide. Personally, I like the different colors each year, helps separate the different dens on group outings and pack meetings, but unless you have 50+ kids, its probably not needed.

My Boy Troop has a shed at the Church. Been with the same church for 20 years. Best thing the troop ever did. Specially because we can back the trailer right up to it, and swap out gear for certain campouts. Only down side, a couple years back they allowed the pack to put stuff in it, which as their leadership keeps changing, its hard to have them keep their side neat and organized, and that pinewood derby track is taking a lot of room.

Funny you mentioned FingerPrinting MB. My Son earned it at summer camp in under an hour as well. MB colleges are different everywhere. Alot is on the what badge it is. But if its a badge that can be taking at Summercamp, then its not much different then a MB college IMO

Might not be an original, but its an old classic.

this is the brand and color I have used on multiple shirts, very good color match https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NMUZWP8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Dust Tan by Velcro

Sea Scouts do not have to have sailing ships. We have 4 in our state that I am familar with. 1 has a sailing ship 1 does canoes/kayaks 1 has a powered motorboat (smaller size) (6ish people sized) 1 has a larger motorboat, medium yacht size (15-20 sized?)

MBC is a district position, while ASM is a unit position. Approved by different people

I like that setup. I will have to show that to my SPL

dug deep pulling up a 9 year old post and no one said anything about excluding a due paying Scout or Scouter from events. The original post asked about an unregistered Mom and underage sibling

yes

it used to be that if you contacted national supply, they would mail you a strip to sew over

Sent you a mailing address via private message

Are you looking to Pen pal? or do you need to video conference? I have a Webelos den that could help, ages 9-10

I'm surprised the Scouts even cared/knew enough to think they were on the ballet, every year with my scouts, its been a surprise that they are on the ballet.

maybe I missed it in all the responses. Do you have confirmation that the SM prevented those Scouts because they were first year scouts? And awesome job have 5 scouts with first class in a year, my troop has had 2 in the last couple years. And do you have a copy of the units by-laws? I know my troop has by-laws, but they are usually a thing of forgotten past, and no one remembers to pass them out to new parents. If the scouts were expecting them to see their names on the ballet, it is up to them to talk to the SM about it. Having another parent push on their behalf isn't going to solve anything. Either way, its not going to change the results for this year.

activity badges are usually a UK thing, similar to earning merit badges

what country are you from? Are you looking for a group in the US?

My 2 troops do custom neckers at crossover. Same issue. But my boy troop has them in super bulk so its a loss, but not a huge one. My girl troop took the time to custom make theirs, so yeah, that could suck, but its our first year and we don't have the funds to buy them yet, so homemade is the way to go.

my den with my son, no outgoing gifts The pack that feeds into my troop (different then my son's), does handbooks. But this year they learned to give them to the scouts at the first troop meeting. Some never made it to the first meeting and what a waste of a book.

If they are both published by BSA, they would both stand.

I know the merit badge slash has optional pin to hold to the Shoulder of the uniform, but is there anything for the den chief cord? Maybe its me, but it bugs me every time I see my son's turned around and the metal piece showing.

The old boy standard was 1 leader in a car was fine, because it still met the no one on one contact. But now that there's girls, it changes the mind set. But it would still meet the no one on one contact. Female leadership would be at the event, just not in each car transporting all the scouts.

Nope, Haven't seen him since I thought of the question