Scouts Celebrate 100 Years

More than 4000 Scouts of all ages, including those from the Bloomington 7th Ward, the Bloomington Stake and the general scouting community took part in the 100th anniversary celebration of the Boy Scouts of America on Saturday, September 18 at the Washington County fairgrounds. Through A Year of Celebration, A Century of Making a Difference, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venture Scouts enjoyed the daylong celebration of the incredible impact of living the Scout Law and the dedication of young men throughout the country to five of Scouting's core values: leadership, character, community service, achievement, and the outdoors.

The day was filled with noisy fun and challenging games testing skills and abilities. Cub Scouts learned how to make catapults, swords, shields and how to read a map. They even got to battle in mass chaos (whose idea was that) with 3000 of them going at it simultaneously. Bloomington 7th had no injuries and blue beat yellow! The closing ceremonies - with live music, an address from President Monday and fireworks -were the best ever!!! All the leaders are still recuperating . . .