Certified EAGLE SCOUT

[ChuckEFranchize454]

just recently i got the paper work saying that im a certified eagle scout. for those who dont know Eagle scout is the highest ranking you can get in Boy Scout and on Sept 02, 2005 i had my board of review and thats when they said i was an eagle but its not certified Eagle until you get the certificate saying you are one and i got it a few days ago i was so excited that i had to post a thing about it lates guys

Matt Rivera
The FRANCHIZE

[captslappy]

Congragulations Matt. I got my Eagle right before I turned 18. I was in scouts starting in the third grade as a Bobcat, went on to Webelos and all the way to Eagle while I was a senior in high school. I proudly display all of my scouting awards in my dining room. It is the first credential I list on my resume right after my college degree.

[ChuckEFranchize454]

thanks captslappy ya same here i did 6 days b4 i turned 18 so i made it by the skin of my teeth. everytime i had an eagle prodject it got done by the church i go toand it sucked but finally i got one done and now im here eagle all the way

[jasperthehound]

congartulations i'm working for mine too i may be a vigil in the oa soon post all awards gotten and if ur in the oa we cant talk bout it on this board also wat lodge and council are u in

[captslappy]

I was in OA. I did the tap out and ordeal but wasn't really active after I got into my lodge. I only went to a meeting or two. It's like being in 2 scout troops. The guys that got really involved with OA generally went inactive in the troop.

[jasperthehound]

We had tapouts when i was a new scout but when we switched councils we had to do it the sucky modern way where you go on a wknd and notch sticks and tapouts are "hazing" also i do so much and dont miss a meeting of oa or troop also capt wat lodge r u in u stay in till u die

[captslappy]

I heard they got rid of the tap out which was really cool. I don't know if they do ordeal or not because that could be considered hazing too but it wasn't done in an abusive way. To me hazing is really people doing mean spirited things or endagnering the lives of their initiates. Really most of the hazing problems are specifically fraternities or sororities in college. It can be a problem in high school too sometimes with Cheerleading and school marching band. I am in the Mikanakawa Lodge for OA and my Council is Circle 10 which is north Texas and now part of Oklahoma.

[jasperthehound]

They still do ordeals but in a different way if you'd like to hear how you can give me your email adress and i will email you because we can't let people on this board hear about it and i was not allowed to get taped out because i was one year short of when we stopped doing the tap out and switched councils

[ChuckEFranchize454]

getting taped out hurts.....well it hurt me :lol :lol

[jasperthehound]

i wish i could have had it happen
the new oa kind of sucks but u take wat u get just like with studio c

[ChuckEFranchize454]

ya but i like studio c nyways but oa was interesting for when i was in it...........good times

[jasperthehound]

you're always in the oa

[captslappy]

Yes OA tap out hurt. if you were a candidate you were really warned to wear sunscreen. If you got a sunburn during camp and got tapped out, I don't want to think about what that would have felt like... If you guys wanna talk scouts off the board my email is MScherpenberg@yahoo.com

[jasperthehound]

I just sent a long email about you'll see when you check hope it wasn't to long