Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Snow, snow, go which way?

Despite the frustrations of a twice postponed leader meeting, we've still got a February Pack meeting this Thursday, on Feb. 8, at 7:00 pm, with a leader's meeting in the library of Granville Elementary starting promptly at 6:30!

Feb. 8 is the BSA "birthdate," with the federal charter for the Boy Scouts of America issued on February 8, 1910. That's less than three years after the first twenty-two boys and four leaders tested out Baden-Powell's new book, "Scouting for Boys," on Brownsea Island off the southern coast of England, in July of 1907.

Which means an exciting series of centennial events are going on in the next few years for Scouts around the world, starting in central Ohio with the Scouting's 100th Camporee in Ross County (see link to left). Stay tuned for more exciting and inspiring stories from the earliest days of the Scouting Movement!