From: David F. Ball (y2kdave@prodigy.net)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 09:37:49 CST
We traveled in our Class A to and from Philmont last summer. Although the
boys don't readily admit it, they enjoyed the fact that more people came up
to us and talked with us. They even had girls come up to them and start
talking to them (imagine that, girls that didn't think they were geeks in
their uniforms <VBG>).
One thing that I was confused about. We were told that Class A uniforms were
also required at dinner at Philmont. When we were there I would say a third
of the crews were not in uniform. If this is true, and Philmont doesn't
enforce it, how do we explain this to our crew? Our boys picked up on it
right away but the reason and effect of our crew being in uniform, looking
good had a funny effect...they started showing an attitude of pride.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dewey Hemphill" <dewrayh@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: uniform traveling
> Absolutely agree. We have negotiated terrific deals on food, roadside
repairs,
> volunteered assistance when needed, etc., purely because of the uniform.
With
> the boys being identifiable as scouts, they tend to comport themselves as
> scouts should, and not as a bunch of energy-filled, impulsive pre- and
> young-teens (which they also are, first and foremost).
>
> We require our scouts to be in their class A shirts, buttoned and tucked
in,
> whenever thay are outside of the travel vehicle while on the road. We do
allow
> them to wear presentable jeans or shorts though, instead of requiring
class A
> pants/shorts. This has worked well for our troop.
>
> Dewey Hemphill, ASM
> Troop 276
> Memphis, TN
> --- CoopWright@aol.com wrote:
> > Way to go Brad! Brad was part of our crew that traveled to the 10th
Scout
> > Canada Jamboree at Prince Edward Island in 2001. Not only does wearing
the
> > uniform designate you as Scouts, it opens all sorts of doors on your
trip.
> > We have obtained inexpensive lodging and discounts on meals and
excursions
> > just because we happened to be wearing the uniform. Look, if your crew
can't
> > handle something easy like wearing the uniform, how do you think they
will
> > respond to something hard like getting the dishes done in a cold
rainstorm
> > after they have arrived late to their next camp at Philmont?
> >
> > Cooper Wright
> > Advisor, Crew 1519
> > Alexandria, VA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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