jon80flt

I found that a Baseball (5-gal) Bucket with a padded seat lid makes for an excellent Troop level first-aid kit. It's easy to organize (you can get dividers from Home Depot/Lowes), and makes a convenient extra seat when needed. There's even room for larger items, like a blanket, permission slips and epi-pens, or, in our case, personal "girl-stuff" items. We painted a huge "+" on it, in glow-in-the-dark paint, so it is easy to find at night. I also require each scout to have their own personal first-aid kit in their 10-essentials bag. Granted... we don't bring it on backpack trips!

Ok, now a point of view from an Eagle who didn't want his own ECOH. Hi all, I'm brand new to your site... I just stumbled across it this week... I'm liking what I've seen so far! As GWD-Scouter would put it, I was one of those boys who "got" his Eagle... who didn't "earn" it. I was 3 merit badges away from my Eagle on my 14th birthday, and I was still 3 merit badges away from Eagle when I was 17 1/2, when I decided to "just get it done." I had my EBOR on the morning of my 18th birthday... talk about getting in under the wire! At the time, I was having lots of problems at home..