TraceyK

Laura: I agree. Kids and adults should be publicly recognized for their service. Our pack awards the service pins in the spring (to represent the year just completed). We also award stars with blue backs to all the leaders in recognition of their service. We tried to recycle the old stars (since the boys no longer wear them) to save money but that didn't work very well. Only a few turned in their old stars. Oh well...

Okay, I'm only a year into active duty as my son's pack's awards chairperson and I'm stumped. In the past, I think the Tigers have gotten service stars on orange backs. Wolves thru Webelos got stars with yellow backs and the number count started over again at Year 1. So a boy with 3 years of Scouting, beginning with Tigers, would have both a star with an orange back and a number 2 star with a yellow back. However, when I tried to buy more orange backs at the Scout store, it no longer sold them. So I bought the "Insignia Guide: 2002-2004" booklet. It states that yellow backs are