Weekend Patrol Box #16

National Honor Patrol Award, cloth, No. 00367, Boy Scout, beneath patrol emblem of patrol that has met the standard.--Scouting.org

Great way to begin the weekend!  

One of our patrols has earned the National Honor Patrol Award, which they will receive at our Court of Honor next weekend.  They worked on it as a patrol, with little interference from the adults.  It is a great example to set for our new patrol of former Webelos, the Bloody Sharks.

Here are a few spices to enjoy with your Memorial Day Weekend patrol box:

1. The Best Patrols from Scouting magazine.  Includes National Honor Patrol requirements.
   
2. Prone to blisters when hiking?  Everything you wanted to know about taping them.
   
3. Finally, it's back--Merit Badge of the Week:  Automotive Maintenance
   
4. Great series on Webelos to Troop conversion at The Trainer's Corner.
   
5. Immersion training for the New Scout Patrol--part 1, part 2 and part 3.
   
6. Webelos Scout, not Webelos--got it.  Thanks KISMIF.
   
7. Arbor Day Foundation--BSA tree for the 100th Anniversary.  You buy one, and another will be planted in the "newly created Boy Scouts of America Centennial Forest" for each tree you purchase.
   
8. Be a BSA Speaker--easy to do, and I'm all signed up.  Anyone need a speaker?
   
9. Name that council! Each week, BSA's Cracker Barrel blog posts a council shoulder patch with the words blocked out for you to try and figure out.  Patch hounds will probably know, and interesting for the rest of us.
   
10. In honor of Memorial Day--everything you always wanted to know about it.
    

How will your troop or pack spend the Memorial Day weekend?  Anything exciting?  Share your plans with us in the comments.

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Weekend Patrol Box #10

Cold and blustery are coming your way.

Make sure that your patrol box is stocked with plenty of coffee (sugar and cream, if you like that) and hot chocolate mix to get through the weekend. And extra cups. Why do some of the Scouts always forget to bring a cup?

Oh, and plenty of spoons or coffee stirrers.

1. The cool weather is making me think of indoor work, like woodworking. My Scout work would improve if I had the tools and space to make some projects happen. This is the winter...
2. We signed up a new Cub Scout, fresh from Mexico. He speaks very little English right now, but is very excited. Our Bear Den Leader and I are rapidly learning about Spanish resources for the BSA online. Tip: we ordered a Spanish version of the Bear manual through our Scout office (for the parents) and an English version for him. Spanish edition was $2 cheaper! Scoutstuff pricing was the same though.
3. Adult application in Spanish.
4. Youth application in Spanish.
5. Scouting...Vale la Pena! And in English!
6. BSA Innovation Engine--lots of new ideas for Scouting. After the first of the year, you can contribute, too. Vote! C'mon Robotics Merit Badge!
7. 0 (Zero) degree sleeping bags at scoutdirect.com for $30. Quick, while they last.

   "We recently received some Crescent Lake 0 Regular mummy sleeping bags which arrived to us with a minor cosmetic mistake. Our factory embroidered Crescent Lake 20 instead of Crescent Lake 0 on the outside of the bag."

8. Don't forget to log your "Scouting for Food" into Good Turn for America.
9. And read up on your BSA Good Turns. 100 train carloads of peach pits, really?
10. Backpacker.com brings us good advice on surviving disasters in the wild.
11. Advanced Buddy System: Stay or Go?
12. Hammock camping is a great way to be mobile in the woods--Backpacker.com video.
13. Signal miror--can you use one properly? Do you own one? Image.
14. Veterans Day is a good time to bring up the US Heritage Awards: Silver for Cub Scouts, Gold for Boy Scouts. Our Cub Scouts earn them while working on Citizen activity badge for Webelos rank.
15. Boyandgirlscouts.com shared info on an ArrowCorps5 documentary coming.
16. Webelos to BSA transition--great questions to know the answers to before you are asked.
17. And those new Scouts are ready for the National Honor Patrol award over at boyscouttrail.com.

Lots to work and and think about this weekend. If there is anything you'd like to see on here, please let me know.

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