by Shawn Wright | Behind The Scene, Why I Attended
Think about the first time you heard about Wood Badge. Did someone ask you to go? Did you notice the mauve scarves and wood beads? I found a flyer in the packet of materials at a BALOO training event. It was enough to get me to ask around about this wood badge course...
by Shawn Wright | Behind The Scene
Wood Badge course S9-113 is just one in a long line of Wood Badge courses that go all the way back to England in 1919. In the Greater Alabama Council it only goes back to the 1990’s when many Alabama Councils were merged into one super council. The other...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting, Staff
This past weekend the staff of Wood Badge course S9-113 got together as a group for the first time. We met at the Scout Hut in Mentone, Alabama during the morning before a group headed to Camp Comer to recruit Cub Scout leaders attending the OA Pow-Wow. The staff...
by Shawn Wright | Behind The Scene
The Senior Staff of Wood Badge S9-113 did a walkthrough at Camp Sequoyah this weekend. This will be our first weekend location. We toured campsites, visited program sites and had a look at Gilwell. Six month count down starts next week. “Back to Gillwell happy...