What is Woodbadge?
Wood Badge is a training course
for Scouters which finally results
in their receiving a certificate, a
small neckerchief, a leather slide,
and two small wooden beads on
a leather thong. |
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Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting,directed
the first course in 1919 and gave each of the
participants one of the beads which he had captured
from the African chieftain Dinizulu. Thus did the course
name develop, for its symbol was literally a badge of
wood. Wood Badge is, further, Scouting's premier training course.
Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could learn,
in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods
of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing.
The members of the course are formed into patrols
and these into a troop. The entire troop lives in the
out-of-doors for a week, camping, cooking their own
meals, and practicing Scout skills.
For more information, please go to the South
Plains Council Training Site!
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