IndyScouter

Hey Beastlygaming, Just started on this site, saw your goals and had to comment. Since it has been over a year, I wanted to know if you made XXX and/or Eagle. Sounds like you had some great scouting goals. Even though I now live in Fort Wayne area, I still have strong ties to CAC from my younger days and I managed to earn both. If you haven't thought about it you might consider working at cub scout day camp. It is a great way to continue your work with younger scouts just getting started. I loved working at Camp Belzer during the summer for many years. I worked side by side with many teenage scouts who were interested in continuing their scouting trail just like me.

Ok. I have been trying to strain my brain and think about your last name. Is your last name Arnold? The 100 yr anniversary was awesome. A bit hot but was great to see many old faces. I can't wait to see how XXX can top it in 2020.

Thanks Prof, Ok, we had to work with each other if you were on staff in 1983. You might know me as "Uncle Dougie". It still is a great camp! Long love Chief Belzer...

Thanks Ssscout. Yes, I agree about never leaving scouts. Once an Eagle...Always an Eagle. It just gets in your blood and that is an infection for which there is no cure. How about some hot chocolate with marshmallows? I am still just a kid at heart

I am a former Boy Scout that started back in the mid to late 70's and just never stopped. At age 13 I was introduced to the wonderful world of cub scout day camp staff by my parents who thought a teenage boy should do something more than eat, sleep, and watch tv all summer long. Although I thought my parents were wrong, I obeyed with their wishes and ended up working 25 summers. I spent the off camp months as a high school teacher. Now that I have long retired from camp life, I spend my quiet times searching for historical facts, patches, etc. from Camp Belzer's(Chank-tun-un-gi) 100+ years of service to Indianapolis scouts. I stumbled on to this site the other day when one of the patches we used was mentioned in one of the posts. Any information anyone has offer about the camp would be welcomed with open arms.

This is a Webelos Camper award. It is a part of a Boy Scout program run by the Firecrafters within Crossroads of America Council. All council cub scout day camps allow each first year camper to earn the patch Some of the requirements include memorizing the Scout Oath, Law, and Firecrafter slogan, setting up a tent, attend five days of camp, cooking a meal at camp and going on a short hike. The program started in the mid to late 1970's as a way to encourage webelos to transition to Boy Scouts. At Camp Belzer hundreds of boys earn the badge every year. A second year Webelos can earned the Webelos FIrelight Award.