Wood Badge Day
Celebrity of the Wood Badge - the insignias of the top responsibility in the scouting.
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The idea of wood badge day was inspirated on two different ways:
BP said 'The Wood Badge will make quite certain that when I am gone, the future leaders of Scouting will really understand what it is all about and what my intentions have been.' and the active and former leaders are Gilwellians forever. They must know and understand the scouting - from the spirit to the practice.
The birthday of the Wood Badge is 19th September. This day was the first occasion to get the Wood Badge. The participants has get the wood badge at the end of the first course. The participants has haven a banquet, and has get the first Wood Badge pearl, and the second pearl has get after they completed their ticket.
Sometimes we have a nice point in our talks, when we are delighted about the other scout past. The former scouts (what an awfull phrase!!!) recognation is really difficult, but we have a lot of very good insignias to make it visible - by the daily use of scoutbelt or pin.
However the gilwell reunions aren't achivable for everybody in every year - sometimes these are really ceremonial event a few times in a life. But the Wood Badge Day could be the virtual reunion with prude as the part of Gilwellians.
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This event is for active and former Scouts from all organizations or associations in the World. Everybody is very welcome, if has wood badge with certificate – it shows you are graduate it. No matter what is your duties in the scouting, what is your other rank, or when you have become retired scoutleader. Please don't use your family heritage Wood Badge from your grandparent, if you hadn't graduated the Wood Badge course.
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Share some photos yourself in Wood Badge necklace. It could be more interesting when it shows you in your workplace, school or family. Maybe you are a top leader, a good employer, one of the best in your profile, or a really good engine of the local or bigger community.
The main target of this day to commemorate of that movement, and get an occasion to explore how many gilwellians around yourself – sometimes you will find unknown gilwellian so close to you.
You don't need any extras: just wear on this day your necklace - with or without your uniform.
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We have wood badge, and this is the badge - no other badge for commemorate. Use your necklace!
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The history of the wood badge can found on the internet or the scoutleaders' books. Here are some official or unofficial website to read about it:
Please keep to contact with each other! You will show it on others.
If you have any question, please write here.
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And what will be at the next day? Nothing, as usual, or just remember... Once upon a time I read in a scout magazine article. It was an experience article about a wood badge training camp. The author has written about a sign that useable just and for all of Gilwellians. It is a # and it is symbolised the MacLaren tartan on the Gilwellian scarf. If you have wood badge certificate, you get right to use the # sign in your signature. What a great and visitable insignia in the daily life! You can see it first on other - you are in sibling each other! What do you think about it? Will you recognize it in other's signature? Will you use it?
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We don't need more certificate or bade. We have the wood badge, to show everywhere we are the chief scout's closest leadermate. Just put on the wall your wood badge training certificate to see it every morning, and hang next to it your wood badge necklace to make you remeber your duties in every morning.
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Just do your duties, be prepared, and don't waste your time for it!
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It is a free occasion: if you want to share anything, let do it on the fb/insta/tik-tok or other page.
During the event take a picture or video of you wearing your wood badge, and post it. Just use the symbol of MacLaren: #
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