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Memories
I haven't been active with scouting for about 15 years now, but the memories are still vivid!
I was a leader for almost 18 years, with my two sons, from Tiger Cubs thru 3 years of Boy Scouts.
I am still proud of all the boys that i had in my charge during those years. Although we have lost contact, I occasionally run into a couple of them at least once a year.
Their memories are just as fond as mine of those years.
Being awakened by their crazy leader with a metal pot and wooden spoon. Singing crazy songs as we marched from event to event during Weblos Camp. The great times we had at Lost Valley with family camps. Tree planting in the San Bernadio Forest. Trips on the big 5 masted sailing boat at Dana Point. Silly things the parents would do just to entertain the kids.
We had a very active troop, 634 i think it was, and family camps were the highlight every summer. One comes to mind where we had over 125 scouts, parents and siblings. Everyone had such a great time with absolutely NO problems arising!
I miss those times, but now its someone elses time to make memories for themselves.
I was a leader for almost 18 years, with my two sons, from Tiger Cubs thru 3 years of Boy Scouts.
I am still proud of all the boys that i had in my charge during those years. Although we have lost contact, I occasionally run into a couple of them at least once a year.
Their memories are just as fond as mine of those years.
Being awakened by their crazy leader with a metal pot and wooden spoon. Singing crazy songs as we marched from event to event during Weblos Camp. The great times we had at Lost Valley with family camps. Tree planting in the San Bernadio Forest. Trips on the big 5 masted sailing boat at Dana Point. Silly things the parents would do just to entertain the kids.
We had a very active troop, 634 i think it was, and family camps were the highlight every summer. One comes to mind where we had over 125 scouts, parents and siblings. Everyone had such a great time with absolutely NO problems arising!
I miss those times, but now its someone elses time to make memories for themselves.
Greatest leadership training
This quote really grabbed me, "I enjoy working with Scouts. I believe that Boy Scouts are the greatest leadership training in the country." Posted by dnis in a reply to Anyone camping w/Scouts this summer?
Wonder how many of today's leaders were Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts? Have any of the Scouts you've lead gone on to leadership roles? Would be interesting to hear about this.
Smiles! RiReg
Wonder how many of today's leaders were Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts? Have any of the Scouts you've lead gone on to leadership roles? Would be interesting to hear about this.
Smiles! RiReg
TROOP TRIP
Wow. We just had the most successful extended troop trip I think we've ever taken. As Girl Scout leaders for 33 years, my husband and I have taken many a troop on many a trip. This one was the most pleasant, least stressful, most successful of all.
Most of our girls are low income, and just about everything we do is a first for them. Other troops take trips to Hawaii and Europe, each girl paying several hundred dollars to go. Our girls struggle to come up with a minimal $50 to $100. Half the girls paid that fee with Cookie Dough (council coupons based on the number of boxes of cookies sold). The rest of the $400+ per girl was raised by the troop - at a 45 hour gift wrap booth at Christmas, pre-selling county fair tickets, selling Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookies (over $5,000 boxes sold by 12 girls, mostly at weekend cookie booths), picking up trash (in exchange for a donation), and recycling.
Each of the girls also put in her share of service hours and earned her share of badges, etc. So, our year wasn't all about raising money. This was the longest trip this group of girls has taken. Hopefully, it has set the stage for somewhat longer trips in the future.
We spent four days and drove 1278 miles. We went to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles where we also talked with a Holocaust survivor, stopped in Solvang (Dutch town) to shop, shared fried twinkies on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, played in the evening waves on the beach, toured the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, played at The Tech Museum and saw an Imax movie about Lewis and Clark, drove a stretch of Hwy 1 down the California coast, toured Hearst Castle at San Simeon, and had dinner at Chevy's. The only thing we did that any of the girls had done before was walk on the beach. Even then, no one had done so at 9:00 at night.
The girls were great. We didn't really have any problems with them at all. They were even patient when they had to update the budget and figure out our gas mileage before they could go to bed each night. Each girl had her own highlight. I think the Museum of Tolerance had the biggest emotional impact on them.
Because many of our girls' parents will not allow them to go on such a "long" trip by themselves, we won't be going on another big trip for a couple of years. We don't want too much focus on an event only half the troop can attend. We told the girls we'd consider one every two or three years. They're already talking about where to go in two years, and how much money they need to set aside from next year's cookie sales.
Most of our girls are low income, and just about everything we do is a first for them. Other troops take trips to Hawaii and Europe, each girl paying several hundred dollars to go. Our girls struggle to come up with a minimal $50 to $100. Half the girls paid that fee with Cookie Dough (council coupons based on the number of boxes of cookies sold). The rest of the $400+ per girl was raised by the troop - at a 45 hour gift wrap booth at Christmas, pre-selling county fair tickets, selling Fall Product and Girl Scout Cookies (over $5,000 boxes sold by 12 girls, mostly at weekend cookie booths), picking up trash (in exchange for a donation), and recycling.
Each of the girls also put in her share of service hours and earned her share of badges, etc. So, our year wasn't all about raising money. This was the longest trip this group of girls has taken. Hopefully, it has set the stage for somewhat longer trips in the future.
We spent four days and drove 1278 miles. We went to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles where we also talked with a Holocaust survivor, stopped in Solvang (Dutch town) to shop, shared fried twinkies on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, played in the evening waves on the beach, toured the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, played at The Tech Museum and saw an Imax movie about Lewis and Clark, drove a stretch of Hwy 1 down the California coast, toured Hearst Castle at San Simeon, and had dinner at Chevy's. The only thing we did that any of the girls had done before was walk on the beach. Even then, no one had done so at 9:00 at night.
The girls were great. We didn't really have any problems with them at all. They were even patient when they had to update the budget and figure out our gas mileage before they could go to bed each night. Each girl had her own highlight. I think the Museum of Tolerance had the biggest emotional impact on them.
Because many of our girls' parents will not allow them to go on such a "long" trip by themselves, we won't be going on another big trip for a couple of years. We don't want too much focus on an event only half the troop can attend. We told the girls we'd consider one every two or three years. They're already talking about where to go in two years, and how much money they need to set aside from next year's cookie sales.
Anyone camping w/Scouts this summer?
Are you camping with Scouts this summer? Where are you going? What will you be doing? What camp songs and stories will you share with the kids? ... with us?
Boom boom boom ~suzy
Boom boom boom ~suzy
Let the games begin
Help us meet this challenge, all my scouting friends!
In honor of our athletes, we’re launching a "Pass the Torch" challenge! Our goal is to literally, pass this virtual torch to 100,000 people on Eons over the next two weeks! Paste it in a Post in your Groups; put it in a Comment on all your friends' Profiles. Carry the torch for fitness throughout Eons.
On 8/24, we’ll return the torch to the Calling All Athletes Group and the first 250 people to paste the torch back into that group and write about a favorite Olympic moment (are you watching it on TV?) will receive a Fitness Notebook from Humana!
Let’s celebrate our athletes from around the world and right here on Eons! Show 'em how much you appreciate them!
Boom boom boom ~suzy
A Short Story
I wrote a short story about 3 scouts having an experience in the 1950's. It wasn't a regular scouting function, but something we liked to do on a hot summer day.
If you are interested, read the first comment below.
keep the faith.
Darrel65
If you are interested, read the first comment below.
keep the faith.
Darrel65
SIZZLIN HOLIDAYS DAY CAMP
I'm lucky enought to be able to direct a very special day camp for our Girl Scout council every summer Since the outside temperature ranges between 108 and 122, not much can be done outside. So, I have to make the indoors a very special place to be. I do that by decorating to the max, so it no longer looks like a school. Each of the three to five units has it's own special theme, and we use two or three boxes of decorations in each room. We celebrate a different holiday each day, and use tons of decorations each day.
It's a small camp this year - recession - and we only have 37 girls (about half the number we had last year). We're running it at full speed, anyway. That meant eight trips with the pickup full of camp supplies and decorations, two staff trainings, four set up days, and countless hours of planning and preparation.
We arrive at camp at noon each day, and spend the next three hours decorating the main room with the day's theme. Camp officially opens at noon, but most of the campers were there long before that - spending time in Pooh Corner. Pooh Corner is an adventure in itself: hand puppets with a makeshift theater, a huge scrap craft table with all kinds of materials, dress up corner, table games, dolls, blocks, an entire bookcase full of books, nearly a hundred stuffed animals, and throw pillows on the floor.
Today was Thinking Day, and the girls made their own cardboard totem poles. We had money, crafts, Girl Scout/Guide uniforms, pictures, and food from other countries. The girls learned songs from other countries and ASL sign language for a favorite Girl Scout song. We had a flag ceremony and a candlelight ceremony, and the girls began work on a badge.
After camp we had to take down the main room decorations so we can do it all again at noon tomorrow for St. Patrick's Day. As director I get to choose who does what - and that means I reserve the song leading for myself. We actually acheived such good harmony during the rounds that I had the girls close their eyes and listen to themselves.
Now, I have to go fold ten copies of tomorrow's first Treasure Hunt clue into paper airplanes they will have to chase to get their clue. It's a lot of work, but I love doing this camp! Stay tuned for tomorrow's excitement.
Yours in Scouting,
Ann "Patches"
It's a small camp this year - recession - and we only have 37 girls (about half the number we had last year). We're running it at full speed, anyway. That meant eight trips with the pickup full of camp supplies and decorations, two staff trainings, four set up days, and countless hours of planning and preparation.
We arrive at camp at noon each day, and spend the next three hours decorating the main room with the day's theme. Camp officially opens at noon, but most of the campers were there long before that - spending time in Pooh Corner. Pooh Corner is an adventure in itself: hand puppets with a makeshift theater, a huge scrap craft table with all kinds of materials, dress up corner, table games, dolls, blocks, an entire bookcase full of books, nearly a hundred stuffed animals, and throw pillows on the floor.
Today was Thinking Day, and the girls made their own cardboard totem poles. We had money, crafts, Girl Scout/Guide uniforms, pictures, and food from other countries. The girls learned songs from other countries and ASL sign language for a favorite Girl Scout song. We had a flag ceremony and a candlelight ceremony, and the girls began work on a badge.
After camp we had to take down the main room decorations so we can do it all again at noon tomorrow for St. Patrick's Day. As director I get to choose who does what - and that means I reserve the song leading for myself. We actually acheived such good harmony during the rounds that I had the girls close their eyes and listen to themselves.
Now, I have to go fold ten copies of tomorrow's first Treasure Hunt clue into paper airplanes they will have to chase to get their clue. It's a lot of work, but I love doing this camp! Stay tuned for tomorrow's excitement.
Yours in Scouting,
Ann "Patches"
LONDON BRIDGING
What began as an experiment last year has already become a treasured troop tradition. It has the added bonus of going into a different state, which just adds to the excitement. We travel the 200 odd miles to the London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona for a midnight bridging ceremony from Junior Girl Scouts to Cadette Girl Scouts . . . .
SCOUT NIGHT AT THE DIAMOND
The latest of our troop events:
School is out, girls are moaning about having no weekly meeetings . . . well, okay. Truth be told, that feels pretty good each year. I mean, who would want to hear the girls say, "Thank you, God, no more Girl Scouts"?
This is an annual event for us, always one of the first to be brought up when the girls plan for the year and/or during our Cookie Sale goal setting.
See the first reply for my report on our outing.
"Patches"
School is out, girls are moaning about having no weekly meeetings . . . well, okay. Truth be told, that feels pretty good each year. I mean, who would want to hear the girls say, "Thank you, God, no more Girl Scouts"?
This is an annual event for us, always one of the first to be brought up when the girls plan for the year and/or during our Cookie Sale goal setting.
See the first reply for my report on our outing.
"Patches"
Eons Picnic SKIT -- You're Invited!
Please come to Boston in the Summer...
What: A Picnic SKIT — Party with the Eons Team!
When: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
What time: 5-8 PM
Where: 1 1st Ave., Building 34, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts
Join us for a cookout, games, music and fun here at Eons. Bring a friend. Just RSVP as a Reply to this post (so we can get an accurate count of how many Eons Members are joining us). Swag for all... and... the first 25 Members that RSVP and come to the party will also receive an Eons mug!
We can't wait to meet you!
Boom boom boom ~suzy
