andysmom

I am a merit badge counselor and a Mom of a scout with Aspergers. My son reads the work books and does the worksheets prior to contacting a counselor. HE calls a counselor himself. The worksheets, in my mind are not supposed to be used in place of talking and working with the counselor. I fully expect that he will do, show, demonstrate and discuss every requirement with his counselor. That being said, I hope that if there are writing components to the merit badge I would hope that the counselor would accept the write ups he does on the worksheets. He is doing environmental science at

When my son makes Eagle (crossing fingers) my husband will wear a suit and tie (he is the Scoutmaster). When he wears his Scoutmaster uniform that is his role, he is the Scoutmaster for ALL the boys in the troop. In his suit and tie he will only be the proud Dad of his son. Being the father to his son is his only job that day.

My son has life threatening food allergies. He is allergic to egg, dairy and tree nuts. It is not always easy to plan meals around those restrictions for me, so I don' put that responsibility on others. My son brings his own food and cooks his own meals using his own chuck box that we have provided him with. He plans meals with his patrol, tells me what they are having and we plan his meals as close to theirs as we possibly can. He might need a different brand of pasta sauce or hot dogs than the boys would normally buy and it would no doubt be more expensive for them. The boys in his pat

Ours are $150 a year, include registration, Boys Life. We give crossovers a necker and book. Camp outs are $5 a weekend for food, troop covers cabin/site fee and an additional $7 for food. Extras like climbing, canoeing, etc are extra.

Our SM stepped down after 7 years this past spring. We gave him a framed print of Norman Rockwell"s "The Scoutmaster" because he gave a Rockwell print to every scout who earned Eagle. He loved it.

Our troop recently celebrated it's 100th recharter. We had a catered dinner with former Scoutmasters and Eagle Scouts were special guests. We had commemorative patches made. Each attending former scoutmaster was given a framed patch and was recognized. We had tables of photo albums and memorabilia as well as a slide show. Local public officials were invited and many attended with citations etc. It was a memorable event. Most of the "unit alumni" were contacted by word of mouth, I guess everyone just knew someone. Congratulations on your milestone.

The way I see it is if someone is selling a huge quantity of restricted items then yes, I would think there is something shady going on and "honest folk" might want to avoid this seller. If, however, I put on eBay a couple of the 2010 cub rank patches that got put back into my advancement box for whatever reason(a boy earned it but never showed up to get it, miscount during purchasing, etc)why is that a problem. I am talking 1 or 2 patches here. It is a way of building up the pack's account and clearing out stuff that we won't use and maybe someone else can (collection, replacement, whateve

Hi all, I am newly registered but have been reading for a few weeks. My son earned his AOL and crossed to the troop last month. I served on the pack committee for 3 years and was advancement coordinator for 2. My husband was the pack committee chair for 4 years and served as assistant den leader since our son was a Tiger. He has served as a Unit Commissioner and recently gave that up to become the District Training Chair, he has completed Wood Badge and has served once on Wood Badge staff and has been asked to serve as staff again. He is an ASM in my son's troop and has SM aspirations