Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 07, 2018

  This morning as we are school shopping Sophia remembered that there is a small Girl Scout Jamboree at the Summit next summer before the WSJ. Now she wants to go to both so she can get extra time in at the Skate Park. Oh my looks like dad better sell some more patches!   Even with all the new...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 05, 2018

  It's a wrap! Hopefully by Sunday morning most of the contingents are home and everyone was able to sleep in their own bed last night after a wonderful week at the 2018 NOAC. I need to spend as much time today as possible with family so I'm going to skip over the commentary and save some of that for...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 03, 2018

  It's been a wild ride for patch traders here at the 2018 NOAC. We had rain the first day, a spiraling fiasco the next 48 hours and Thursday brought a return to calm and awesome trading you would expect when over 6,000 Arrowmen are in one place from all over the country.   I have always said that the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 29, 2018

  Today's Hot Finds Newsletter is coming to you from the NOAC at Indiana University. Today is #2 of the Pre-NOAC TOR put on by Chris Jensen. Yesterday was a good start to the event with lots of familiar faces reconnecting with Scouting friends. When you get around these many Scouters you hear some scoops that need to make their...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 27, 2018

    This might be my craziest ever turn around. My wife's family decided to plan vacation inbetween the end of camp and NOAC. So that's given me all of 2-3 hours to pack for the largest TOR in three years. So if I forget something I guess I'll just have to slap myself.   I'm looking forward to seeing...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 31, 2018

  Yesterday afternoon I was sad. After breaking down my tables at the Pre-NOAC TOR I drove around the IU campus looking to see if there were any hot spots of trading. Sadly there was no pulse. The one thing you need for some patch trading to explode is lots of people in a central place. After dinner it was...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 24, 2018

    The days are counting down until NOAC. I saw a post on Facebook that claimed this will be the 2nd highest attended NOAC in history. That sorta surprised me because I've heard of so many lodges having open spots on their contingents but I guess it has all worked out.   I saw a message from the Cubmaster...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 22, 2018

    I'm glad I took a picture of the lighthouse at Fort Williams outside Portland, Maine. After a 2-day journey to get home that covered over 15+ hours I'm not sure when I'll get back up that way. Today we push off for a more familiar holiday destination to Edisto Beach, SC. Then Thursday I beat it back to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 20, 2018

    We are visiting Portland Maine today then starting the trek back home. I think for the first time in a week I didn't have a camp related dream last night. If kayaking on a crystal clear pond in Maine didn't help me refresh from camp next week it will be swimming in the Atlantic at Edisto Beach south...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 17, 2018

  I've got the 2018 NOAC sets up on eBay to make it a little easier for people to purchase them. These were made to promote the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group which has an online membership of 16k+. I hope to see many people up at NOAC who are part of the SPC.   In just two weeks many...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 15, 2018

  I am home from camp and what has been an awesome summer at Camp Barstow. We ran 3 weeks of Boy Scout resident camp along with a short week Cub Scout Safari event. I met Scouts and Scouters from four different states this summer at camp and made new friends along the way. There was an incredibly steep learning...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 6, 2018

  I am sending the Friday issue out that I missed yesterday. Most of it was built but we got a little excited with our Cub Scout event and I got delayed in pushing the publish button. Some of these auctions may have already closed but at least you can see what they sold for.   I'm doing my best...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 03, 2018

I will be at Chris Jensen's Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree in July. I don't think I've missed one this century come to think of it. One special offer I'm rolling out today is you can order Best Hobby Pages online and I'll deliver them to the show for free. If you place your order now online I can have it packaged up...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 01, 2018

It's been a long three weeks since I've been able to publish the newsletter but I think this picture helps explain why. Serving as the Camp Director at Camp Barstow has been an all consuming job with a typical 14 hour day. But the feedback from Scout leaders is we have put on a good camp and I know that...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter June 12, 2018

I am deep into staff week at Camp Barstow with an outstanding group of Scouts and Scouters. I have really see them pull together over the first couple days and start to become an enthusiastic team. I think I've had about a million side bar conversations this week but that's the job of a Camp Director to keep all the...Read More

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