This year the Village of Bolingbrook will sponsor Pathways to Eagle XIX
on the weekend of August 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2008.
This is an annual event for the Boy Scouts in Bolingbrook and the surrounding
area to get together and work on Merit Badges.
Scout troops arrive on Friday evening and camp on the Village grounds
until Sunday morning. During the day on Saturday, the Boy Scouts will be able
to meet with merit badge counselors to demonstrate their knowledge of the
skills required to earn merit badge(s). To earn some of the merit badges
the Scouts are required to have completed all of the prerequisite items
listed for an individual badge. There are four merit badge sessions. Each
session is one hour and fifteen minutes in length. Many badges can be completed in a single
session, but some will require two or more sessions.
The Cub Scouts of Bolingbrook also participate in this event. The Webelos
have an opportunity to work on two activity pins and learn the Boy Scout
joining requirements. There also is a "Cub Carnival" in the afternoon.
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