{"id":46,"date":"2006-11-24T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2010-12-13T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T23:39:39","slug":"thankful-for-scouting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Thankful for Scouting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Thanksgiving and the holiday season<\/span> is upon us. The end of the year is on the horizon. What do I as a Scout Leader have to be thankful for? Hmmm. Let’s see.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for a community that has supported the Scout program for the last 27 years.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for living in Minnesota with its 10,000 lakes, rolling hills, forests, and campgrounds. Minnesota truly is a Scouting paradise.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for the opportunity to take part in five treks at Philmont Scout Ranch, a canoe trip to the BWCA, the 2001 National Jamboree as the scoutmaster of Troop 1417, nineteen week-long summer camps, and hundreds of weekend activities.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for my employers who have recognized the importance of Scouting in the community, and providing the flexibility that allowed me to attend troop activities and high adventure bases.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for the good and caring committee members and parents that have helped through the years, and for an assistant scoutmaster who has been a member of the team for nearly twenty years.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for a supportive and helpful council and district staff, and a committed district executive. I am also thankful for the good friends and mentors I have met through Scouting.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for the hundreds of enthusiastic boys that have been a part of my Scouting experience through the years. They are the ones that create the atmosphere that keeps me involved with Scouting.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for the opportunity to assist sixteen boys on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the BSA’s highest award.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for the good health that has allowed me to be a part of Scouting for 29 years. (Three years as a Boy Scout and 26 years as an adult leader.)<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> for Lord Baden-Powell and William Boyce for providing and developing a program that has helped millions of boys and young men develop leadership skills and values that they have used throughout their adult lives.<\/p>\n

I am thankful<\/span> to the Almighty Lord God for giving me the skills and patience needed to work with teenage boys over the past three decades.<\/p>\n

Now, what do you<\/span> have to be thankful for? Add a comment and let us know about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving and the holiday season is upon us. The end of the year is on the horizon. What do I as a Scout Leader have to be thankful for? Hmmm. Let’s see. I am thankful for a community that has supported the Scout program for the last 27 years. I am thankful for living in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thankful"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}