It's often true that for something to become a trend among teens that the "cool kids" must be doing it. At least that was my experience back in the 1980s. So in my lodge right now (somehow) it's cool to have a patch briefcase. At Fellowship this weekend I took three that I got in recent collections and gifted them to interested Scouts.

• Wool Plaid Med Pedro Bsa BSA Life Coat Shir
• BSA 1920's Long Sleeve Shirt w/ Felt Patches
• Merit Badge Sash W/ 21 Antique Badges BSA
• BSA Books Lot Manuals Handbooks Service Library
• Western Knife Co Official BSA Knife & Sheath - 8 5/8”
• 1930's Sterling Silver Eagle Scout Badge BSA & Box NR
• BSA Sash W/ Patches Medals & Arm Cord 50-60’s Badge & Medal
• Strange Type 3 1974-1978 Eagle Scout Medal Complete Boxed BSA

But the big splash for me was bringing about 5 pounds of BSA stickers and pouring them on a table for adults and youth to pick through. My idea was that if you have a patch briefcase then you need to decorate it. I am sure that many of us that got started back in the day did the same. I may have given away a hundred or more stickers that I got from collections Saturday night. Recycling goal accomplished!

• Pomponio Lodge 528 3 Neckerchiefs with FDL
• 1967 BSA Sash Membership Card Ordeal Sumi
• Lodge 235 Ittawamba Green CE Flap Boy Scout KJ4
• Lodge 207 Stanford Oljato California Twill Flap BSA KJ3
• Black W/ Brotherhood Sash 65” Unofficial Collectors Sash
• Lodge 232 Akela Wahinapay Texas First Flap Boy Scout KJ4
• Lodge 235 Ittawamba 25th Anniversary Flap Tennessee BSA KJ4
• Lodge 220 Passaconaway New Hampshire CE Flap Boy Scout KJ3

One of my camp staff alumni was running the lodge auction that night so I also enjoyed working with him to donate some items for the event. I had obligations back home so I had to leave before it started but I feel like with the crowd in that room it would have been a success.

• Universal Patch - Air Explorer - BSA CG
• Chickasaw 2013 National Jamboree Jsp Set
• 1953 National Jamboree - Jacket Patch - BSA
• 1910, Birmingham & District BSA Medal, for "Tent Pitching"
• BSA 1937 Camp Graystone Patch from Staff General Greene
• Universal Air Scout 1942-1964 Collar Brass - Lapel Pin BSA CG
• Orienteering 19??-19?? Rating Strip Explorer Program BSA CG
• 2010 BSA 100th Anniversary Insignia Eagle, Rank, Merit Badge,Cub

On eBay I have 130 live auctions running on camp patches, OA and SAPs this week. Today I am meeting a family at the warehouse that are bringing some items that need to find a new home. The wheel keeps on turning.

• Bucks County PA Camp Ockanickon
• Okaw Valley IL 1965 Okaw Valley Scout
• Quivira Wichita, KS 1940-Present Beaver Days
• Stanford Area CA Camp Oljato Huntington Lake
• Pottaquat Tuck District Monson, MASS Troop 776
• Massasoit Council Noquochoke Reservation Camp
• Enda Lechauhanne 57 Greater Pittsburgh PA Conclave 2008
• Longhorn Fort Worth TX 1949-present 2010 Philmont Expedition