In the US, we are a "big" Scouting family. Super Handsome's dad was is Scouts, Super Handsome Eagled, my dad was in scouts and my brother Eagled as well. My dad is still involved, and Super Handsome just finished his Woodbadge requirements! Oldest Son has achieved Life, Second Son just earned First and Second Class, Kids 3 is a Bear and Youngest Son is now a Tiger. With all my boys in Scouts, I decided that I needed to support them as well and I have been a Committee member in our troop in Fort Wayne.
Now, we are in the UK. Before we got here, Super Husband contacted the district here (called the Mayflower district) and we met with the district executive. He was kind enough to stop at our house and talk to us about the program. There are some very exciting opportunities coming up!
Our boys will be Lone Scouts. What exactly does that mean? Well, I have not read the information, but from what I understand, the gist of it, is that we are our own Troop/Patrol. The older boys will be helping the younger boys. We will do things with the district and we will try and do things with some of the other troops as well.
At the end of January, the boys will be going to Lakenheath AFB to do a merit badge university. Super Handsome and Oldest Son were both active in the Order of the Arrow in the US and I hope that they will talk to the leaders more about it when we are there.
Oldest Son also learned that they are going to be doing an NYLT (leadership training for you non-scouters) camp and he is eligible to be a counselor. They would like to hear about his training to incorporate ideas as well!
Second Son has also attended the local UK scout meetings a few times. At the first meeting, Super Handsome went with both boys and was politely, but pointedly show the door! They focus on the boys. :) Oldest Son will be joining the older, explorer group. We hope to hear from them in the new year. Kid 3 group is really neat, as boys and girls are involved in scouting together. Youngest Son, sadly, is to young for Scouts in the UK.
We are also planning to send the boys to scout camp in Germany this year. Kids 3 can go for a weekend and Older Sons will go in July after they get out of school. I am not sure who is more excited, them or us! We plan on taking the time to explore the surrounding area with the Younger Sons! The dates of the camp that is located in the UK is when they are still in school so I think that they will probably end up missing it.
Our BSA scout office is located in Italy. I sent our applications to our district executive and he forwarded them on, that is where I also paid my fees. We are part of the Transatlantic Council and here is the website if you are interested in seeing all the activities!
http://www.tac-bsa.org/Home.html
You can also see the fundraising, yes, there is popcorn and some NFL merchandise as well!
I am absolutely positive that I will be doing more posts about our Scouting experiences while we are here. Until then, Happy Scouting!
Now, we are in the UK. Before we got here, Super Husband contacted the district here (called the Mayflower district) and we met with the district executive. He was kind enough to stop at our house and talk to us about the program. There are some very exciting opportunities coming up!
Our boys will be Lone Scouts. What exactly does that mean? Well, I have not read the information, but from what I understand, the gist of it, is that we are our own Troop/Patrol. The older boys will be helping the younger boys. We will do things with the district and we will try and do things with some of the other troops as well.
At the end of January, the boys will be going to Lakenheath AFB to do a merit badge university. Super Handsome and Oldest Son were both active in the Order of the Arrow in the US and I hope that they will talk to the leaders more about it when we are there.
Oldest Son also learned that they are going to be doing an NYLT (leadership training for you non-scouters) camp and he is eligible to be a counselor. They would like to hear about his training to incorporate ideas as well!
Second Son has also attended the local UK scout meetings a few times. At the first meeting, Super Handsome went with both boys and was politely, but pointedly show the door! They focus on the boys. :) Oldest Son will be joining the older, explorer group. We hope to hear from them in the new year. Kid 3 group is really neat, as boys and girls are involved in scouting together. Youngest Son, sadly, is to young for Scouts in the UK.
We are also planning to send the boys to scout camp in Germany this year. Kids 3 can go for a weekend and Older Sons will go in July after they get out of school. I am not sure who is more excited, them or us! We plan on taking the time to explore the surrounding area with the Younger Sons! The dates of the camp that is located in the UK is when they are still in school so I think that they will probably end up missing it.
Our BSA scout office is located in Italy. I sent our applications to our district executive and he forwarded them on, that is where I also paid my fees. We are part of the Transatlantic Council and here is the website if you are interested in seeing all the activities!
http://www.tac-bsa.org/Home.html
You can also see the fundraising, yes, there is popcorn and some NFL merchandise as well!
I am absolutely positive that I will be doing more posts about our Scouting experiences while we are here. Until then, Happy Scouting!
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