Our winter session for the Occoneechee Council Orange District Merit Badge Pow Wow will be sponsored by the American Legion Chapel Hill Post 6 and will be held at 1714 Legion Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 on both Saturday, February 18th and Sunday, February 19th.
The Pow Wow will offer Scouts two (2) Merit Badges during a 2-day long extended session: American Heritage and Cinematography. Any Scout that attends the the Pow Wow, brings the required video camera and tripod pre-reqs and successfully completes all the requirements with the Merit Badge Counselors the day of Pow Wow, will earn both Merit Badges.
This Merit Badge Pow Wow is comprised of two (2) Merit Badge sessions over two (2) days, Saturday, February 18th from 9am till 3pm and Sunday, February 19th from 1pm till 6pm. A 30-minute lunch break from 12pm – 12:30pm on Saturday, lunch will not be served Sunday. The Scout MUST attend both days to complete the Pow Wow – do not send application if you are not able to commit attendance BOTH days. The cost per Scout is $20 to cover lunch which will be supplied by the American Legion. All proceeds from this event will go to the American Legion Post 6 Preservation Fund. Any registered Boy Scout may attend the Orange District Merit Badge Pow Wow, sessions will be limited to twenty (20) Scouts and will be filled on a first come first serve basis with session priority given to Orange and Mawat District Boy Scouts who send in application to Council by February 10th.
Not only will attending Scouts earn the American Heritage and Cinematography Merit Badges, they will create a piece of American History in the form of a fully produced video interview with a United States War Veteran, as defined by the Library of Congress Veteran History Project. For more information visit: Library of Congress Veterans History Project. All work produced by the Scouts attending this Pow Wow will be submitted to the Library of Congress where it their work as a cinematographer will reside as a permanent video documentary of our American History.
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