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  1. Rabbi Peter Hyman receives Bronze Wolf Award

    By RememberSchiff,   
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  2. A Poem: The Ballad of Reckless Youth

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  3. Matching Mountains, Boy Scout Uniform....

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  4. Service Certificate 1926

    By skeptic,
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  5. Remembering Steve Fosset

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  6. Savannah First Black Boy Scout Troops

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  7. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2021/02/15/meet-harry-cooper-of-missouri-who-is-believed-to-be-the-first-black-eagle-scout/

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  8. Original 14 badges of merit

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  9. Why is it a Beaver?

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  10. 2021 Presidential Inauguration - Will the Boy Scouts be there?

    By RememberSchiff,
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  11. Five Deaf Eagle Scouts

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  12. Boy Scout Soldiers

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  13. The old Scout Trail

    By Oldscout448,
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  14. I should clean up the attic

    By SSScout,
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  15. Camp Pequea - 1910 (Lancaster County, PA)

    By RememberSchiff,
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  • LATEST POSTS

    • Tron
      It appears that the decision is done; see letter.

      By Tron · Posted

      So basically anyone interested in the Family Troop option is going to hold off on recharter until right before Christmas. Looks like registrars are going to have a horrible week leading up to the normal HQ shutdowns.
    • RememberSchiff
      It appears that the decision is done; see letter.

      By RememberSchiff · Posted

      Found this on Sam Houston Area Council website: Family Troops The National Executive Board for Scouting America approved the implementation of the combined troop option. The family troop option will become available to all chartering organizations as a third option on December 15, 2025. The chartered organization must be a part of the discussion to decide to change to a family troop, and they must approve the decision to change the model. Troops will continue to be able to organize as boy troops and girl troops. Resources: Converting from a Family Troop       (3 page pdf) Family Troop Best Practices                (5 page pdf) Family Troop Decision Guide              (5 page pdf)
    • Eagle94-A1
      It appears that the decision is done; see letter.

      By Eagle94-A1 · Posted

      I too hate the term.
    • DuctTape
      It appears that the decision is done; see letter.

      By DuctTape · Posted

      I cringed when I read the term "Family Troop". My initial reaction was, "there's the final nail in the coffin of the Patrol Method".
    • FireStone
      It appears that the decision is done; see letter.

      By FireStone · Posted

      This is so poorly worded and tone deaf. Family Scouting was a smart concept for Cub Scouts. It makes no sense as a marketing tool for Troops. And like Jameson76 mentioned, it's not what 11-17 year olds want.  Also pitching this as a solution to inadequate numbers needed to start a single-gender troop is just pure nonsense. This didn't come about to solve that problem and we all know it.  I'm 100% in favor of this all happening, it's long overdue, but I don't get this particular marketing pitch to roll it out as "family scouting". It makes no sense. 

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