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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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Campout stories, patrol meeting ideas and hard-won advice from the Scoutmasters, den leaders and Wood Badgers who wrote it all down. A note from Gregg ↓
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- The BlogoreeWatch Scouting blogging grow, peak in 2011 and change, year by year.Walk this way →
- The CampfireEvery volunteer blog has a tent at the fire. Slide through the years and watch the camp fill up.Walk this way →
- Trail Map of the BloggersFollow 51 bloggers from their first post to their last, and see who's still on the trail.Walk this way →
- SnapshotsPictures from Scouting blogs, one wall of photos for every year. Pick any one to read its post.Walk this way →
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Video Games Belt Loop Requirements (opens in a new tab)
Video Games is one of the forthcoming new Cub Scout belt loops for the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program . I have received from an unofficial source this set of requirements for the new award: Requirements Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment.
Cool Camps goes digital (opens in a new tab)
Besides lifelong memories, camps across the U.S. boast incredible activities that keep Scouts coming back for more, year after year. Every camp offers unique experiences. But with more than 400 Scout camps to choose from, how can you select a stand-out destination and one-of-a-kind program suitable to your Scouts' interests?
Weekend Patrol Box #24 (opens in a new tab)
Hallowe'en is coming up fast, and there are plenty of Haunted Houses in our area to go to (including at Camp Rock Enon this weekend). This fundraising effort by our council shows the kind of project that can be accomplished when folks make an idea happen.
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A note from Gregg
Hi, I'm Gregg. Back when I was a young Scoutmaster, I went looking for other Scouters writing about what they were doing in their units. I found a lot more of them than I expected, and I couldn't stop reading.
A Scoutmaster would post about a campout that went sideways and what the patrol learned from it. A den leader would share the craft that actually held a room full of Tigers. A commissioner would write about the unit that turned it around.
Back then, keeping up meant visiting dozens of sites to check for new posts. So I built HalfEagle. It was a public reader for the latest and greatest Scouting blog posts. It helped Scouters find new blogs to follow. People don't blog like they used to, so I've turned HalfEagle into an archive and a museum for a time I loved.
So, to every one of you who wrote it down: thank you. And to everyone else: pull up a log and take your time.
Yours in Scouting,
Gregg Hilferding