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Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch Elbert County Colorado Denver Area Council Mountain Time Zone This camp is set about an hour SE of Denver at about 7200 feet which makes for great cool summer sleeping weather. The camp is 3 in 1. Eagle Point where you bring all of your own equipment and they supply the food that you cook. The boys can sign into Merit Badge courses with Camp Deitler (located near) or you can work on the skills that you want with your bows with the equipment and staff, design your own program. We had a great combination of both Merit badges and Rank advancement come from

My son called yesterday with the same news. I too am heartbroken from it. He so admires his brother's traded patches from 01. I have been checking the web trying to find some as well. contact mw privately and I will see about getting your son a set of Denver's patches. they are the theme of America the Beautiful. quilter604@msn.com

I should think that earrings would have a lot to do with the troop's written policy. If you accept the boy into the troop with an earring and the policy says no. You cannot tell him to remove it but by signing the policy statement no additional holes should appear and that should be made clear.

I should think that earrings would have a lot to do with the troop's written policy. If you accept the boy into the troop with an earring and the policy says no. You cannot tell him to remove it but by signing the policy statement no additional holes should appear and that should be made clear.

Lots of great trainings. Cubmaster and Webelos are both usually big sessions. Both are very worthwhile. I know the folks who are teaching Webelos this year and they are great. Both have been trainers for along time and have written for BSA and are experianced Philmont trainers. There is a lot of time to have together as a family. On cub weeks most if not all the sessions are at PTC and you will eat most of your meals together. there is a free day and evening activities that are a blast for all. If you do the Webelos session you will have the opportunity to take Webelos out on an overnigh

Denver Area alternates by year week long and weekend. Two years ago I took the week long and loved it. I had a whole week to myself. No cell Phones (no recepption)no radio, no tv....it was great! It really gave me the opportunity to reflect on my life in scouting. It truely cemented our patrol. I was on crutches at the time and received a lot of help. I volunteered to do most of the cooking in payback. Another patrol member had just finished chef's school but had a cold, as a result I had a 3-d cookbook. Our meals are still spoken of at WoodBadge breakfasts! We spent the week making do a

I am very concerned about a troop that does not all and welcome all parents on a campout. You have the right to know what happens on campouts. I am also concerned about the level of difficulty of a first campout with new scouts. Are they looking to drive all of the new boys off? I am wondering also about the retention in the unit. If they annually only gain one or two boys yet they recruit a dozen, how are they actively promoting Scouting in their town? Many youth would be turned off by this troop and never go and explore another unit. How sad. By fighting this issue you will be doing a lot