Chance had Pack Meeting on the the 16th and Jordan had a Court of Honor on the 24th. This is where the boys get their awards. Pack Meeting is for Cub Scouts and the Court of Honor is for Boy Scouts.
Scott is awarding Jordan his merit badges he earned at camp Wente. Jordan also earned a 50 mile patch for the High Adventure backpacking trip to Yosemite. That trip also cinched up his camping merit badge. I also expect his Uncle Mike to either call him, email or text him about what is up with the uniform. Jordan is a fully outfitted scout and this is what he showed up in!! He is missing his scout pants and merit badge sash! And this kid loves SCOUTS, so what is up? I asked him, he was like... "I don't know". Come on Jordan... need to wear the "uniform".
A bit more on the uniform... In May we had a very large "Little Philmont" with Pres. Dalqhiest, President of the Young Mens for the LDS church. Uniforms was one of many, many scouting topics talked about. The boys need to respect and wear the uniform. They showed a picture of a young man in his two uniforms, his boy scout and his priesthood. The priesthood uniform being the white shirt, tie, and dress slacks. So... for cub scouts our committee decided we needed to "Up the Bar", the theme of "Little Philmont". As leaders we needed to be in full uniform-- including the pants. (Can't expect the boys to wear a uniform if the leaders don't) We then asked the cub scouts to come in full uniform from the waist up and then on pack meetings to wear a nice navy or blue jean pant. Our Cubmaster then offered to do uniform inspections. It has been great! Here's the Wolf Den lined up for uniform inspection-- Chance is at attention, he was missing his Wolf manual. But he passed on the rest... nails trimmed, hair brushed, shirt tucked in, neckerchief, slide, hat, and belt!
Award time... Chance earned quite a bit over the summer. He scored a bunch by going to scout camp and earned some speciality patches by attending our Family Pack Activities during the summer. In fact, we gave out lots of awards-- $430.00 worth! We have 27 boys and that was not ALL the awards as the Scout shop had run out. Our Webelos who attended camp earned 8 activity pins! We had a very productive summer.
The photos of him earning his Wolf awards with his den leaders handing them out did not turn out well. The two below are him being awarded by the cubmaster with the Trail Trekker, Leave no Trace, and Outdoors Activity badge.
Scouting... it is a good thing.
What it has done for my boys and family--
backpacking trips with dad
hikes with mom
family home evenings on wolf achievements
leadership
hanging out with friends
doing lots of fun boy stuff-- like BB guns, archery, shot guns
doing even more fun boy stuff-- like camping, making catapults, baking cookies
record keeping on chores, exercise, healthy habits, and money spending
service to God and Country
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Way to go Rasmussen Family!! Congrats, Jordan and Chance on all your fantastic awards!!
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