by Shawn Wright | Course Information
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBVqS5GofA&feature=share&list=UU5tdprvea4dxwG7gxbs4YIQ You have probably heard the phrase “Every Scout Deserves A Trained Leader.” We value training in Boy Scouts. It makes us better leaders and able to deliver a...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
Are you in a council that surrounds the Greater Alabama Council (GAC)? Does your council offer Wood Badge once every couple of years but you really want to attend now? You can attend Wood Badge S9-113. Just because this is GAC Wood Badge, any scouter can attend and we...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
I have mentioned many times that Wood Badgers come from different places and experiences on their way to day 1 of a Wood Badge course. Some people have never been scouts and their only experience is leading a cub scout unit. Others may have only served at the district...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
You hear about Wood Badge from time to time. You see scouters wearing those distinctive mauve scarves and pieces of wood on a leather thong. You might have even received a brochure in your packet at your last training event. But where can you really get the...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
The next National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) course in the Greater Alabama Council will be held at Camp Westmoreland, July 21-27, 2013. NYLT is a six-day outdoor training course for senior youth leaders in Boy Scouting or the Venturing programs. NYLT augments...
by Shawn Wright | Why I Attended
In my continuing series of “Why I went to Wood Badge” I start it by saying people come to Wood Badge for different reasons. A lot of these people are coming to Wood Badge with little to no experience as a youth in boy scouts. This is especially true of the mothers who...
by Shawn Wright | Why I Attended
People come to Wood Badge for different reasons. They are in different places in life, come from diferent places in Scouting and have kids that run the gamut of ages. Here is why one Wood Badger chose to attend. I joined UK Scouting as a Wolf Cub in 1962 and forgot to...
by Shawn Wright | Why I Attended
People come to Wood Badge for different reasons. They are in different places in life, come from diferent places in Scouting and have kids that run the gamut of ages. Here is why one Wood Badger chose to attend. For me, I had a few reasons to take Wood Badge. First,...
