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Bobcat Brady
By krmac | October 7, 2008
This evening during our pack meeting, Brady was awarded his very first badge, the Bobcat. There were several new boys, including Brady, who were honored tonight. The leaders dressed in Indian headdress’ and spoke to the earning of the bobcat badge being a foundation of the scouting experience. One of the leaders then applied blue and yellow facepaint to the boys’ faces to represent the colors of scouting. Here is an exerpt from the speech…
Boy’s you’ve accomplished the first step in Cub Scouting. In all things there is always a first….the first stone layed in a new building, the first step across a bridge. The first is sometimes the hardest, but thats because it lays the foundation or the strength for what follows. The Bobcat badge is your foundation. The trail of Scouting lies ahead of you, but don’t be afraid. You won’t have to do it alone. You’ll have lots of help from your Akela…Akela can be your parents, your den leader, even I your cubmaster will help you along the trail, helping you become successful.
As a symbol of your achievement and of becoming a member of this pack, I ask my assistant to give you the colors of Cub Scouting…blue on the right cheek, yellow on the left.
Your parents stand here with you as an example to show they are proud and that they are there to help you, just like they helped you earn the Bobcat badge. I am presenting your Bobcat badge to your parents who in turn will present you.
We are having so much fun with scouting and can’t wait to go camping in 2 weeks! Here are a few photos from tonight…
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tyler will start scounts in a few weeks when he turns 8…we have a troop through our church and I’ve been asked to run it…maybe your excitement will rub off on me….cute pictures, nice smile in the last one
Posted by: kristen duke on October 12th, 2008 at 9:00 pm