A Simple Cloth and a Common Thread

They are woven of simple cloth and common thread. They are no more than an inch and a half in diameter, and weight no more than a couple of ounces. They are priceless, yet cost less than a dollar.

They have the power to turn struggle into courage

Self-doubt into self-esteem

Indecision into leadership

The unknown into knowledge

And the most magical metamorphosis of all, the transforming of a boy into a man.

What are these mysterious things: merit badges.

Sports Enthusiast, 14/09/07

5.55pm

Opening ceremony

6.00pm

Fitness Challenge & Sports Enthusiast:

Talk to the Beavers about how their six-week fitness plan has gone.

What they have discovered with their body overall

Test Beavers who are ready for the Sports Enthusiast.

6.40pm

Catch the Haggis

Split the Colony into four teams of equal numbers; you may need to adjust the number of teams or balls to make the game fair. Each team stands in a line spaced across the area of play with their supply of balls at one end and a bucket at the other. The object of the games is to pass all of the balls from one end of the line to the other by throwing and catching the balls. Only one ball can move at a time and everyone must throw and catch every ball. The winning team is the first one to move all of their balls into their bucket.

6.55pm

Short prayer

Closing Ceremony

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.”