As many of you know, this summer is the National Scout Jamboree 2010 at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.
This weekend was all about preparing for this momentous occasion. One of the hottest sports of the Jamboree is patch trading. We got a pretty good introduction to that with some collector's sets which focus on Sikorsky located in nearby Stratford, Connecticut. What's more exciting to 440 boys than helicopters?
This is the trading set of 12 patches for the 11 Troops and 1 staff each featuring a different aircraft.
This is the special collector's set - with one aircraft from the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps.
Of course, this one is my favorite, it is the Presidential helicopter, Marine One flown by the best Marine Corps pilots out there. What's not to like?
We're not even at the Jamboree and we already went crazy with the patches. Just wait until we are surrounded by 40,000 other wild and crazy patch traders. What then?
Wow! I had no idea there were so many!
Posted by: Rebecca | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 11:33
Do you want a supply of Girlguiding UK Centenary Patches for swops too? http://girlguidingukshop.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?pid=7841
Posted by: Jane in London | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 07:59