The troop was extra busy this weekend as they not only volunteered at WTSE, they also set up, worked, and tore down the church fall festival at our charter organization church.
I had the older scouts and three other Asst Scout Masters with me at WTSE. The rope bridge was a smashing success with the visiting webelos. For our program, Robin hosted cooking demos, using some of our scouts to assist in preparing three breakfast dishes, four lunch dishes, and three desserts. Everyone, including visiting webelos and their parents, ate well if they were at our booth before each dish was gobbled up.
I can’t begin to express how impressed I was with the job our scouts did on the bridge. It was put up and after careful consideration, taken back down. The scouts decided it was too high and the assent on the rope going up to the bridge was too steep. With the decision made to put it back up before free-session started, the boys made quick work of tearing it down, moving stakes, and putting it back into place. Throughout the afternoon, a few of them took turns checking the knots and readjusting any that they thought needed tightening. Well done!
The younger scouts, and any older ones that couldn’t make it to WTSE, selected their shift (some did more than one) to work on either Saturday or Sunday. Word from the church is that the festival was assembled in record time this year with their able hands on Saturday. Sunday, they were back at it, directing vehicles to the designated parking areas. Again, in record time, they took it back down. The church has come to rely on our scouts and all they have to offer each year. It is our honor to help them.
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