{"id":3151,"date":"2014-08-03T19:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T02:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2014-08-03T19:43:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T02:43:52","slug":"23rd-oaklanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=3151","title":{"rendered":"23rd Oaklanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did I mention I started a new Scout troop? I think maybe I didn&#8217;t mention that.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3152\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/010-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"010\" width=\"415\" height=\"277\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/010-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/010-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had a really good experience as a Girl Scout when I was a kid, and Sam has very fond memories of his days in the Boy Scouts&#8212;Troop 420, I kid you not. (I understand their number has since been retired, but he&#8217;s still got the t-shirt.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, due to the discriminatory policies of the Boy Scouts of America, I refuse to support that organization. But I still really want my boys to have that traditional Scouting experience, sooooo&#8230;we started a new chapter of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bpsa-us.org\/\">Baden Powell Service Association<\/a>! The BPSA is co-ed and does not discriminate on any basis, but the program goes back to the original principles and practices established by Lord Baden-Powell in 1907. It&#8217;s very old-school, wilderness-focused Scouting, with badges and neckerchiefs and the whole nine yards. Kids 5-7 get to be Otter Scouts, kids 8-10 are Timberwolves, and kids 11-17 are Pathfinders; adults are Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>Our new troop is the <a href=\"http:\/\/oaklanders.org\/\">23rd Oaklanders BPSA Scout Group<\/a>, and we had our first meeting today! It went really well&#8212;the kids were great, and they seemed to get into the program pretty easily. We had them tying knots and singing Scout songs, and we took them on a walk through Joaquin Miller park up to Lookout Point. They looked <em>adorable<\/em> in their little uniforms. So far we&#8217;ve got an Otter Raft and a Timberwolf Pack: Sam is leading the Otters and I&#8217;m leading the Timberwolves, with lots of help from other parents. There seems to be a ton of interest locally in the BPSA program.<\/p>\n<p>Our next meeting will be on August 17th in Tilden Park&#8212;we&#8217;re going to walk around Jewel Lake and talk about otters and their habitats. Did you know otters are <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/science\/2013\/12\/06\/river-otters-are-thriving-all-over-the-bay-area\/\">making a big comeback<\/a> locally? I did not, until I started planning activities for a group of Otter Scouts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did I mention I started a new Scout troop? I think maybe I didn&#8217;t mention that. I had a really good experience as a Girl Scout when I was a kid, and Sam has very fond memories of his days in the Boy Scouts&#8212;Troop 420, I kid you not. 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