Scout Troops of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish
Merit Badges were the work of the day. The merit badges came in two basic flavors, aquatic and all others. The meeting place for breakfast, lunch, dinner and many of the aquatic merit badges was the Bayview Terrace. The rest of the merit badges classes, not aquatic, happened in the
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Last month I wrote about CFI’s Adult leader Programs in our troop newsletter, and mentioned “Nap Safely.” Well, I can tell you we all passed that course at summer camp this year and we did it safely. But I must tell you that some of our leaders; Bernie the
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This past weekend we went to the range. It was shotgun shooting day. After spending two weeks in a classroom environment learning about shotguns and shotgun shooting safety, we caravaned up to Tucson and went to the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club to put the classroom work to good use.
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Another year has come and gone and fishing is next on the list of campouts. This campout is a good time to let the new scouts in the troop earn their fishing merit badge if they don't already have it. We packed up and convoyed to Parker Canyon Lake, our
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The requirements for eagle scout have always undergone change since the beginning of the Boy Scout movement. It evolved from a Merit Badge into a full-fledged rank in 1927. Life and Star ranks were also merit badges at the same time. This was about to change. The order of award
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During the proofing of the June 1911 “Official Handbook for Boys”, it stated that the highest award presented to a scout would be “Wolf Scout.” Then two months later when the same handbook was released again in August, the highest award would be the “Eagle Scout.” In 1911, Eagle was
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Within the Coronado National Forest there is a ranch that offers a glimpse into the past while providing all families an opportunity to spend a day in the northeastern flanks of the Huachuca Mountains just outside Sierra Vista. It is an historic site set in a picturesque grassland with oak
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The culmination of the journey for any young scout in BSA is reaching the rank of Eagle Scout prior to reaching their 18th birthday. Unfortunately, only four percent (4%) of scouts ever attain this rank. Originally conceived as the Wolf Scout in June of 1911 when the rank was introduced.
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No, not really. Most scouts achieve the rank of Eagle Scout rather late in their scouting career. In 2019 the average age for new Eagle Scouts was 17.3 years. 2019 was also the largest group of scouts (61,353) to achieve the Eagle rank since the first 23 scouts were awarded
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The culmination of the journey for any young scout in BSA is reaching the rank of Eagle Scout prior to reaching their 18th birthday. Unfortunately, only four percent (4%) of scouts ever attain this rank. Originally conceived as the Wolf Scout in June of 1911 when the rank was introduced.
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