Name: 2027 HSRAA Reunion
Start: 2027-07-16T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2027-07-16T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Camp Horseshoe

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“The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”
–Thomas S. Monson

Exhibit Details

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. 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. Here are some displays of the various Wood Badge Courses that have taken place at HSR over the years.

Displays in this Exhibit:

Tour Stop

1986 Wood Badge

1988 Wood Badge

1990 Wood Badge

1992 Wood Badge

1994 Wood Badge

1996 Wood Badge

1998 Wood Badge

2000 Wood Badge

2002 Wood Badge

2004 Wood Badge

2006 Wood Badge

2010 Wood Badge

2012 Wood Badge

2014 Wood Badge

2016 Wood Badge

2018 Wood Badge

Wood Badge Beading Ceremonies

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1986 Wood Badge

1988 Wood Badge

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Pictures and memorabilia from the NE-V-105 Wood Badge Course in 1988.

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1990 Wood Badge

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Memorabilia from the NE-IV-51 Wood Badge Course in 1990.

1992 Wood Badge

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Pictures, memorabilia, and documents from the NE-IV-59 Wood Badge Course.

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Wood Badge Feast Program

Here is the program for the NE-IV-59 Wood Badge feast held on September 25, 1992 at HSR.
1992 – Contributed by A. Ray Coe

1994 Wood Badge

1996 Wood Badge

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Memorabilia from the NE-IV-81 Wood Badge Course held Aug 23-25, 1996 and Sep 6-8, 1996.

1998 Wood Badge

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Pictures from the NE-IV-108 Wood Badge Course in 1998.

2000 Wood Badge

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Pictures from the NE-IV-124 Wood Badge Course in 2000.

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 Learners at Camp Ware.

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 Staff.

Back Row – _____, ______, _____, Dave Hohl, Joann Hohl, ______, ______, Neil Chippendale

Second Row – Russ Neubauer, _______, _______, Neville Austin III, Richard Bensing, ______

Front Row – ______, ______, ______, Bruce Robertson, ______, J. B. Rettew III

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 Model Campsite.

Here we see the proud bobwhites of NE-IV-124 and their handsome looking flag.

The Beaver patrol really gets in the spirit by showing some of their prominent front teeth.

The Fox patrol looks pretty sly in this photo.

Course Director Russ Neubauer ensures the lashings work.

This Wood Badge participant attempts to burn the string via a small fire.

The break-the-string-via-fire competition has all the patrols racing to add fuel to their fires.

Course Director Russ Neubauer leads the participants in a recitation of the Scout Oath and Law during a Gilwell Field assembly.

Some course participants work on a pioneering project.

A pioneering tower has taken shape, via the hard work of some NE-IV-124 course participants.

The Weather Rock this year seems to feed off of satellite power and deer skull energy.

The Wood Badge staff addresses the NE-IV-124 course participants at morning assembly.

The Bear Patrol watches the staff do some hijinks on Gilwell Field.

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 patrol competitions.

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 Pioneer Project at Camp Ware.

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 – It works.

Wood Badge NE-IV-124 Merry Go Round project.

Neville Austin tests the pioneering handiwork.

2002 Wood Badge

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Here are artifacts from the NE-IV-143 Wood Badge course held at Camp Ware in 2002.

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Staff Listing

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Staff Listing

2002 – Contributed by Gary M. Schroeder

Course Director
Gary Schroeder

Assistant Scoutmaster – Program
Joann Hohl

Assistant Scoutmaster – Troop Guides
Blake Prichard

Assistant Scoutmaster – Physical Arrangements
Fletcher Swanson

SPL
Dave Hohl

Quartermaster
Tom Schardt

Scribes
Bill Sedar, Harry Hiddleson

Troop Guides
Jeff Miller (Beaver), Denice Kingery (Bobwhite), Paul Hannan (Eagle), Brenda Gold (Fox), Wayne Holmes (Owl), Sue Nace (Bear), Rich Smith (Buffalo)

Council Advisor
Tom Dintamin

2004 Wood Badge

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Memorabilia from the NE-IV-163 Wood Badge Course in 2004.

2006 Wood Badge

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Memorabilia from the NE-IV-180 Wood Badge Course in 2006.

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2006 NE-IV-180 Wood Badge Video
A slideshow of images from the NE-IV-180 Wood Badge Course held at Camp John H. Ware 3rd.
2006 – Contributed by Anonymous

2010 Wood Badge

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Memorabilia from the NE-VI-67 Wood Badge Course in 2010.

2012 Wood Badge

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Pictures, memorabilia, videos, and a staff listing from the 2012 Wood Badge Course N6-539-12 held at Camp Ware (April 13-15, 2012) and Camp Horseshoe (May 5-7, 2012).

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Here is the base lying underneath the cake from the Bobwhite Patrol. All the participants of the course signed the base.

Course Director Joann Hohl gives the Wood Badge course participants an analogy about leadership.

Another patrol project depicts Scouting as an analogy.

The Bear Patrol’s campsite is all set up for Weekend #2 camping.

The Wood Badge Bobwhite patrol uses a multi-tiered cake as an analogy to the Scouting patrol during their project presentation – with some tasty results!

The Troop Guides recite the Venturing Code and “become” Venturers during the first assembly of Weekend #2.

The final totem is added and the service totem looked like this by the end of Weekend #2 of the N6-539-12.

Yuri Beargarin – assemble!

The Bear patrol enjoys a fine Wood Badge dinner.

Participants relax while the Wood Badge staff provides an instructional campfire full of songs, skits and stories.

Participant Andrew Emory (left) crosses over to Boy Scouts after Cubmaster Dean Kaiser congratulates him for his morning efforts.

SPL Jeff Miller shares a laugh with his staff during the closing ceremony of Weekend #1 – Wood Badge Course N6-539-12.

Raul Laguna (left) and Dean Kaiser perform the Cub Scout Crossover Ceremony.

The first activity of the weekend, participants get to know their Cub Scouting program.

The Buffalo patrol chows down during the first dinner of the N6-539-12 Wood Badge course.

The Buffalo patrol lines up during the first morning assembly of the N6-539-12 Wood Badge course.

The N6-539-12 Wood Badge Course staff assemble during the first morning ceremony at Gilwell Field.

Participants discuss upcoming activities and tasks during their first Patrol Leaders Council of the N6-539-12 Wood Badge Course.

Course Director Joann Hohl discusses the five themes of Wood Badge for the 21st Century.

Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop Guides Jeff Goodman discusses some of the finer points of project planning with the Wood Badge participants.

Course SPL Jeff Miller discusses some of the various training sessions the participants will encounter during the two weekends of Wood Badge.

The Wood Badge N6-539-12 staff appears to get everyone pumped for the rocket competition.

The Wood Badge N6-539-12 staff unveils their superb rocket that ultimately performed sub-superbly.

The Bear Patrol gets to know each other during a team-building event in the Jubilee campsite.

HSR Ranger Chris Wilder discusses the roles and responsibilites of the Wildland Fire Crew to the particpants, as well as touching on DCNR and the OA Trail Crew.

John Young (left), Dave Edwards (standing) and Joe Bradley (sitting) work on the signature Scoutcraft skill of Wood Badge – the Woggle.

Course participant Dave Edwards assembles a piece of the Yuri Beargarin rocket.

Yuri Beargarin of the Bear Patrol is fully assembled and ready to fly!

Videos

Bear Patrol Project
During Weekend #2 of the N6-539-12 Wood Badge course, the Bear Patrol presents their project about the plaques that adorn the Camp John H. Ware 3rd dining hall and their reflection of Scouting’s rich history.
2012 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Wood Badge Rocket
The Wood Badge N6-539-12 staff launch one of the patrol’s rockets in some good-natured competition.
2012 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Wood Badge Rocket
The N6-539-12 Wood Badge staff send up Yuri
Beargarin in the Bear Patrol’s rocket.
2012 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Wood Badge Recap
Here is a slideshow video of the N6-539-12 course.
2012 – Contributed by Anonymous

Memorabilia

Staff Listing

2012 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Course Director
Joann Hohl

Senior Patrol Leader
Jeff Miller

ASM – Program
Dean Kaiser

ASM – Troop Guides
Jeff Goodman

ASM – Facilities
Rod Wagner

Quartermaster
Doug Eadline

Scribes
Zack Bowen, Bill Hannegan

Troop Guides
Luann Bleich, Patsy Farrell, Mark Hartman, Frank Hollinger, Raul Laguna, Dale Lowe, Charles Ulrich IV

Staff Advisor
Mike Manner

Course Advisor
Earl Eckbold

Documents

First Bear in Space

The Bear Patrol was awarded this certificate for being the first to send a bear, Yuri Beargarin, into space.
2012 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Scouts’ Own Service

This was the pamphlet handed out during the Weekend #2 Scouts’ Own Service for the N6-539-12 Wood Badge course.
2012 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

2014 Wood Badge

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Pictures and memorabilia from the 2014 Wood Badge Course N6-539-14 held at Camp Ware (April 4-6, 2014) and Camp Horseshoe (May 3-5, 2014).

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The Bear Patrol sits for the patrol photo.

The Beaver Patrol gets their group picture.

The Bobwhite Patrol gets their group picture.

The Eagle Patrol gets their group picture.

The Fox Patrol gets their group picture.

The Owl Patrol gets their group picture.

Dave Maxwell, one of the staffers of N6-539-14, seen with the Troop 1 flag.

Donna Brown, one of the staffers of N6-539-14, seen with the Troop 1 flag.

Jeff Goodman, one of the staffers of N6-539-14, seen with the Troop 1 flag.

Jeff Kearney, the course director of N6-539-14, seen with the Troop 1 flag.

Dean Kaiser, one of the staffers of N6-539-14, seen with the Troop 1 flag.

The Eagle Patrol does some singing.

The Beaver patrol gets ready to launch some rockets.

A patrol “clowns around” at Wood Bage.

A participant of Wood Badge acts out in front of his audience.

Every patrol has to make their own flag at Wood Badge, and the staff are no exception.

Merry Wills shows off the Beaver Dam built by the Beaver Patrol at Wood Badge.

The Bobwhite Patrol becomes the Service Patrol and does the flag ceremony.

One of the common things to do during the Wood Badge course is to carve, create, stitch, or sew a keepsake. Here we see what the Owl Patrol did.

The NE-539-14 Wood Badge staff has dinner in the Allen Memorial Dining Hall.

Participants at Wood Badge play with some nails to create an engineering feat.

The course cake for the N6-539-14 Wood Badge Course.

The Eagle Patrol does some fun teambuilding during the Wood Badge course.

Linda Bravacos (right) and her patrol mates engineer a soda bottle for later flight.

The Bobwhite patrol stands for a chilly morning flag ceremony.

Participants of the N6-539-14 course assemble at night for fun.

Participants of Wood Badge learn all about the “Cub Scout Adventure Trail”.

Participants of Wood Badge make a collage out of positive words.

This Wood Badge participant looks like he has a lot on his mind.

The 2014 NYLT staff joins the Wood Badge course for a cooperative session.

Course Leader Jeff Kearney instructs during the 2014 Wood Badge Course.

This participant tries to nail the bucket near his patrol flag.

The entire Wood Badge course participants stand up and sing their hearts out.

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2016 Wood Badge

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Pictures, memorabilia, and videos from the N6-539-16 Wood Badge Course in 2016.

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The N6-539-16 Wood Badge Bear Patrol.

The Bear Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Owl Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Beaver Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Bobwhite Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Buffalo Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Eagle Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Fox Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The N6-539-16 Wood Badge Course Staff.

Back Row – Steve Carroll, Fritz Knerr, Jen Rager Hartman, Camyn Perry, Mona Cook, Roger Harvey, Susan Shorter, Merry Wills, Dean Kaiser

Front Row – Dave Koch, Charles Ulrich IV, ____, Donna Brown, Adrian Karver, Chris Wills, Brian Stillman

Everyone in the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course has their listening ears on, as listening is the most important form of communication.

An intensive demonstration of some sort.

The Bear Patrol makes a flag to show their patrol spirit for the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

Colorful Star Wars characters adorn the field at the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

One of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge participants shows off his air guitar skills.

A professional-looking patrol flag from the Eagle patrol of N6-539-16.

The Buffalo patrol sports some pretty awesome hats as they sing.

An NYLT staffer speaks with the Wood Badge participants of the N6-539-16 course.

Another fine-looking patrol flag, this one courtesy of the Beaver Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Bobwhite Patrol makes their pride known with this welcoming banner.

The Beaver Patrol of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course proudly displays their patrol flag.

Some participants have some smiles early in the morning during the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The Eagle patrol shows their dance moves at morning assembly.

Steve Carroll has some fun in front of the Troop 1 Gilwell flag.

One of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge patrols tries their skills as a team in the Campcraft area.

The NYLT staff stands at attention during one of the morning assemblies of the second N6-539-16 Wood Badge weekend at Camp Horseshoe.

The Bobwhite patrol getting to know each other during weekend #1 of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.

The N6-539-16 Cook Staff, mugging for the camera.

N6-539-16 Scoutmaster Donna Brown teaches one of the participants how to make a woggle.

The homemade Fox flag of the N6-539-16 course, seemingly a Fox seen in a blizzard.

This wood badge patrol is showing their spirit in this photo.

This Wood Badge patrol does some team building via the Human Knot game.

Chris Wills, staffer of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge Course.

Merry Wills, staffer of N6-539-16 Wood Badge Course.

Videos

Cheering and Waving
Participants of the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course do some cheering and waving at a morning assembly of weekend 2 of the course.
2016 – Contributed by Anonymous

Staff Announcements at Wood Badge
Scoutmaster Donna Brown provides some announcements at morning assembly of Wood Badge course N6-539-16.
2016 – Contributed by Anonymous

Wood Badge Skit
Here is one of the many fine skits at the N6-539-16 Wood Badge course.
2016 – Contributed by Anonymous

Memorabilia

2018 Wood Badge

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Pictures, memorabilia, and documents from the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course in 2018.

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Joel McNary doing some quite reflective time with his device during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

This Wood Badger facilitates one of the many presentations during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

Pete Motel smiling during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

Steve Carroll blowing the antelope horn during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

The N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course Staff.

One of the morning assemblies during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

One of the patrols is taking the Scout Oath during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

One of the participants performs his reverent duty during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

Here the Beaver Patrol members from the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course present their hard work during a presentation.

The Beaver Patrol of the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course is enjoying some Springtime rain.

The Bobwhite Patrol of the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course proudly shows off their flag.

Steve Carroll addresses the audience during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

The Wood Badge participants show off their flags.

Some N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants having a great time!

Here we see Antelope artifacts at the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

In the Allen Memorial Dining Hall, lots of camping displays adorn the interior during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

These N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants are working out a team-building challenge.

This N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participant presents at Kindness Center.

Participants of the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course put on a show.

Don Kohler carries around a massive binder at the N6-539-18 Wood Badge.

The “Welcome to Gilwell” sign hangs proudly at Camp John H. Ware 3rd during the first weekend of the N6-539-18 course.

Wood Badge Staffer Steve Carroll (left) and Hab Butler share some words of wisdom at the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

These N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants work on making an aesthetically-pleasing bottle rocket.

This N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course presenter was decked out in some snazzy threads during his session.

Here are the Beaver Patrol members from the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course, enjoying the morning ceremony.

The N6-539-18 participants stand at attention during morning assembly.

This N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course patrol members are juggling “hot potatoes” of sorts – rubber balls, water balloons, it is not quite clear.

Here the Eagle Patrol members from the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course are hard at work at some task.

These N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants are sitting down for a leadership presentation.

This Wood Badge patrol is performing their patrol cheer for the assembly.

The N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants dance and cheer during the closing banquet.

The Wood Badge staff congratulates one of the participants for completing the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

Here are the Owl Patrol members from the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course attempting to make woggles.

Here are the Fox Patrol members from the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

The Beaver Patrol proudly displays its patrol flag at the N6-539-18 Wood Badge course.

The Beaver Patrol watching an afternoon activity during the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

Some N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants having a great time!

This Owl Patrol member proudly shows off her patrol’s flag.

The N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course Antelope mannequin.

Participants of the N6-539-18 Wood Badge course listen to a presentation.

Participants of the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course assemble on the Camp Ware Parade Field.

The Wood Badge staff assembles near the Camp Ware Dining Hall.

The N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course participants dance and cheer during the closing banquet.

The Wood Badge staff congratulates one of the participants for completing the N6-539-18 Wood Badge Course.

Memorabilia

Documents

2018 Wood Badge Brochure

The 2018 Wood Badge Brochure.
2018 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

Wood Badge Beading Ceremonies

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A Wood Badge beading ceremony celebrates an adult Scout leader finishing their training “ticket”, featuring the presentation of two wooden beads, a Gilwell neckerchief, and a woggle. This display highlights beading ceremonies that took place at HSR.

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Zach Davis Beading Ceremony
Scoutmaster Zach Davis of Troop 31 is awarded his Wood Badge beads at a special ceremony held at Sherwood Forest campsite on July 30, 2026.
2026 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

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