Thread: Any former Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts here?

Me and my 6 year old just started in the Cub Scouts! He is a Tiger Scout, and I think I am looking forward to this more than he is!
I was wondering if there was other members here who were brought up on the good old values of the Boy Scouts of America?

started as a bobcat, made it plumb past arrow of light webelo to tenderfoot scout.

my wife and I started a group in small town oklahoma : served 2 years as cubmaster

Cub Scout then a Webelo. Did very little as a Boy Scout until I retired.

Good buddy of mine made Eagle Scout. I was always really impressed he was able to do that.

I was a Wolf Cub, the Canadian version.

Cub scouts way back when. 60's.

I Went through the whole round as a Cub, wolf, bobcat, bear, webelo, arrow of light. I got into the scout troop after that and am proud to say that I am an Eagle Scout ( a distinction that you never lose). Scouting for me was valuable life experience. Some of the merit badges are quite challenging and not always about outdoorsmanship. Citizen of the community, citizen of the nation, citizen of the world, personal management, and communications are all required merit badges to earn the Eagle. Take a look at the requirements here:

Merit Badges - MeritBadgeDotOrg


Check out what some others had to say about being or knowing Eagles here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/conve...le-scouts.html

Be careful Mark! The way they get you to volunteer is with the line "It's only two hours a week!" Ask my Dad how that worked out! He is now a shooting sports director at national camp school, a venture scout leader, an active member of the Order of the Arrow cook team, a roundtable committee member.....

It is very rewarding, you and your son are in for some wonderful memories. I would leave you with only one real piece of advice. Hip Belts. Whatever you do, when he starts to go hiking and needs a backpack (maybe not for years yet), for God's sake make sure the hip belt is decent. lol.

Have a great time!

-Rob

This will be closed untill the Mods have a chance to look this over

Thanks

This is a smurfing boy scouts thread. How hard can it be not to get into a fight?
I'll reopen this thread, but please don't get into arguments over how you don't like someone else's post.

If you find posts disagreeable, then simply be the bigger man or woman and let it go. Life is too short.

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