The Scouts of Colombia

Today I went to my cousin Samuel's scout meeting. There are differences and similarities between the scouts in Colombia and those in Long Beach. First of all they always hold the meeting outside, not inside, even though it is usually cold here. Second, there are boys and girls mixed. Also, the scouts are separated by age, not grade. Kids from 6-12 years of age are in one group, the pack. You have to be 12 to join the second group or level, which is called the troop. All of the age groups meet at the same time, in the same place: the Plaza de Bolivar (central town square).

One of the similarities is the uniform. The boy scouts of Long Beach and the scouts of Colombia both wear a blue shirt and a bandana and have similar patches. The law of the boy scouts is the same, but of course in Spanish.

Today at the scout meeting we made paper Christmas trees for a night stand and then decorated them with glitter. It was fun, but not as fun as the girl scout troop I'm in.

Bye folks!
Coco