Volunteer Pen Pals Needed!About six weeks ago, I
blogged about English Beaver Scouts wanting to communicate with some American Cub Scouts. This wasn't the first time someone has asked about this, so I figure there might be some demand to connect with scouts electronically around the globe.
The last couple weeks here have been spent creating a Pen Pal Connection feature on Boy Scout Trail. It's a simple way to get your den, pack, patrol, colony, unit, ... listed and find other groups that want to connect. After you're connected, you decide if you want to exchange messages through the Boy Scout Trail system or use email, text messages, or paper mail.
It's currently at the point of needing a handful of folks to give it a spin and let me know what they think. If you can commit to setting up a test unit and connecting with a few other test groups over the next week or so, please
Contact Me and I'll tell you what to do.
Once it looks good enough for the masses, all the test units will be removed and it will be opened to the world.
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Posted: 15:42 07-20-2012 875
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Comments: Jul 24, 2012 - Jenny Niimi
I have an 11 year old scout that I would like to get on the pen pal list between English Beaver Scouts. Email or paper mail would be an ideal route of communication.
Thank you
Jul 24, 2012 - Scouter Paul
Jenny - I emailed you instructions to help test the Pen Pal feature.
Oct 01, 2012 - Dawn Broadley
Hi there I have a son who is a cub scout looking for a pen pal we are up in inverness. I myself am an assistant leader and would like to encorage more of our pack to join.
Thanks
Oct 01, 2012 - Scouter Paul
Dawn - there have been about 60 scouting units sign up on the Pen Pal feature in the past three weeks. Just go to boyscouttrail.com/penpals/ and sign up and you can start communicating with other units.
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