OregonScouter 10 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Is a scouter allowed to wear a Philmont arrowhead patch on their uniform that they earned as a scout? Link to post Share on other sites
FScouter 24 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Sure, on the right pocket as a temporary patch. Link to post Share on other sites
Twocubdad 665 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Wore mine last night. Link to post Share on other sites
OregonScouter 10 Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 If that's true, then can a Scouter wear other temporary uniform patches they earned as a youth Scout, like summercamp patches, OA conclaves, Camporees, etc.? A scouter can't wear a World Conservation Award path they earned as a scout can they? (since there is no option for adults to also earn that award). It's been 25 years since I've been in scouting, so I'm a little rusty. Link to post Share on other sites
Bob White 20 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Any temporary patch earned as a youth can be worn as a temporary patch as an adult. Bob White Link to post Share on other sites
Eamonn 61 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 OregonScouter Welcome to the forums. Just wondering was there a World Conservation Award 25 years ago? Eamonn Link to post Share on other sites
dsteele 20 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Orgeon -- Yes. Eamonn -- Yes. DS Link to post Share on other sites
OregonScouter 10 Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 Yes, the World Conservation Award (WCA) is illustrated and described in my well-worn 1976 edition of the Scout Handbook. The award is not illustrated in my 1975 Scout Handbook, so I suspect its appearance coincided with the American Bicentennial. There was one additional requirement for the award back then; you also had to earn the Conservation and Environmet skill award. Skill awards (metal badges worn on your web belt) are no longer part of the Boy Scout program. The panda bear, illustrated on the WCA, is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund. Link to post Share on other sites
NJCubScouter 1389 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I wear my Philmont arrowhead pocket flap, earned as a youth. It never occurred to me that other temporary patches in my "Scout box" could also be worn today, but I guess it makes sense. The Philmont one is the one I want to wear anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I earned three arrowheads as a Scout in the 70's and 80's. I continue to wear one of them today. (I only wear the one and have kept the other two in mint condition). It continues to be a great conversation piece. Link to post Share on other sites
Eamonn 61 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Not to change the subject but.... While I was busy Scouting back in the UK. I attended the World Jamboree (Nordjam 75) We were told that we were the first to earn the World Conservation Badge. It is in the tupperware box - Somewhere. Eamonn Link to post Share on other sites
Fat Old Guy 11 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 " The panda bear, illustrated on the WCA, is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund." The bears are different. The one on the Scouting badge is a male, the WWF is a female. Link to post Share on other sites
acco40 95 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Is the bear heterosexual and does it believe in God? Didn't the first Earth Day start in the early '70s? Link to post Share on other sites
eisely 13 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 If you put male and female patches away in the same tupperware container, will they try to breed? Link to post Share on other sites
eisely 13 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I believe the first Earth Day was early in 1970. I was in graduate school at the time. In addition to calling attention to environmental issues, it provided a diversion for everybody from the ongoing war in Viet Nam...until the incursion into Cambodia later that spring. Link to post Share on other sites
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