Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 15, 2024
It’s been a long time since I attended a TOR with just a small cloth bag of stuff and no ambitions other than talking to people. I did have one prearranged deal and some Best Hobby drop offs but mostly I came to see people and pass out some of my own TOR fliers. It’s pretty remarkable that North Carolina has 4 TORs on the calendar nowadays. If you put these shows in your GPS none of them is more than 2 hours drive away from the other.
They are all different and thankfully spread out across the calendar pretty well. But I genuinely think that this many opportunities to see people in person is a great lift to the hobby. I am not advocating for people to rush out necessarily and start more shows but to absolutely support the ones near you that are already established.
So the magic question still remains – how do you get “regular” Scouts and Scouters to attend. I’d love to hear back from the readers on ideas they have seen be successful. I have a three month window to get the word out for my TOR and I’m willing to test out any theory.
On eBay I have 108 live auctions running this week including merit badges, vintage OA, camp patches and more. I have taken the foot off the pedal listing auctions heading into the busy holiday season. But I am ramping up to hit the ground running in 2025.
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Camp Director, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor Member and past Chief, lifelong Scouter and patch collector.Jason Spangler
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Indian Trail, NC 28079
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I started collecting Boy Scout memorabilia when I was inducted into Santee Lodge 116, Order of the Arrow at Camp Coker in the summer of 1986. All the guys of ISWA chapter in Elk campsite seemed to be trading and since my dad sent me to camp with a small bag of patches, I jumped in and never looked back....
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