Re: [Philmont]: Off-Topic - Eagle Light Box?

please reply on-list, or else send me the information as well.

Thanks!

Dewey Hemphill, ASM
Troop 276, Memphis, TN
dewrayh@yahoo.com

--- "Dr. Bob Klein" <drbob@troop111.org> wrote:
> This is a query better suited for Scouts-L, but since this is the only
> list-server I currently subscribe to, I hope you'll forgive the
> off-topic post. I need some help here.
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> Many of you have seen or used an "Eagle Light Box" as an accoutrement to
> an Eagle Scout Induction Ceremony. These are fairly large boxes, about
> 3 feet wide, 4.5 feet tall, and 1 foot deep, that have a large icon of
> the Eagle medal as the "front" (glass or plexiglass) panel. Individual
> lights (controlled by a simple electronics box) inside the box
> illuminate sections of the medal in different colors as a "Voice of the
> Eagle" spiel is read. It makes for an impressive ceremony.
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> Our Council recently lost its last box, which was dropped (badly) after
> a ceremony. There are a few more boxes in private/District hands, but
> the three Council boxes (that were available to everyone) are now all
> history. I was told that these boxes are made from a kit, and have
> offered to purchase 4 such kits for the Council. I have over a dozen
> Scouter volunteers from all around the Council ready and eager to
> assemble them.
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> However, now that I have made the offer, no-one seems to have any idea
> who offers these kits. I have looked through both recent and 15 year
> old Scouting and Boy's Life Magazines, with no luck, and a Google search
> with appropriate search terms also came up zilch.
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> So now I'm asking here. Anyone have any leads on these things? Note
> that I HAVE to believe that there must be SOME kind of a kit, because
> the half-dozen or so I have seen in my Scouting career all pretty much
> look the same.
>
> Unless you have info that you feel would be of interest to everyone,
> please feel free to contact me *off-line*, at: drbob@troop111.org Thanks!
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> - Dr. Bob
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Received on Wed Mar 12 16:54:46 2003