“It’s all about the bead.”
TROOP 890’s BEAD SYSTEM
COVID-19 CANNOT STOP BEADS…
Check back here very soon for the Virtual Summer Camp bead. Can you guess what color it will be??
This is the Virtual Campout bead.
This is, of course, a mini Turk’s Head knot bead, awarded for participation in the Scoutmaster’s Social Distancing Knot Challenge (SSDKC) held via Zoom on March 30, 2020.
The red flat bead is awarded for attending a virtual Troop activity in Class A uniform. Should be easy to earn…
The coveted 4th of July Parade bead, first awarded in 2018: kinda like a triple bead for a single event…
The new very coveted candy cane Holiday Service Project bead, first awarded in December 2019.
The leather totem
It all starts with the totem being awarded usually at the first campout.
You get the red starter bead with your totem.
Then come more and more and more beads. Most Troop activities have various beads. All weather and star beads are given based on the Scoutmaster’s discretion. The SM can be persuaded…or not…so advocacy and evidence are important!
Bead excel spreadsheet
Click on the image to download an Excel file which you can use to track your beads. This list contains almost all beads awarded since the fall of 2015. This sheet was handed down from Stephen Hotz and has been updated by Todd Allen for many years.
…said no 890 Scout or adult ever!!
todd allen’s totem #1
These are arranged generally by year as follows (left to right): 1) 2012-13; 2) 2014-15; 3) 2015-16; 4) FYSM overflows from 2015; 5) 2013-14; 6) 2011-12
todd allen’s totem #2
1) 2017 (Jan-Jun); 2) 2018-19; 3) 2017-18; 4) 2016-17 (Aug-Jan)
