The council didn't really plan for individual unit participation with booths and displays but I called up and asked if I could display. They said yes. Although the exhibit hall was going to only have 4 events, they moved several of the merit badge classes indoors because of the cold weather. Thus, my area was a little smaller than I thought I had initially. I ended up leaving my 10 book display cases in the back of the truck, as I didn't really have sufficient time to put the easels together and the room was shoot. Then, Laurie had a bad nights sleep and didn't come with me and I had asked Wiatt if the OA could help me set up. Wiatt is the OA and he showed up around 7:20 and really helped me for it to be a success. The only problem with my pictures is that I didn't take any of Wiatt and it was his help that made it work.
You can see a white table in the center of the picture below. Wiatt set up the table and traded patches and coached Scouts on trading. He gave patches to Scouts and just had the only patch blanket trading of the entire Trade-o-ree. What a great guy!!!
The displays were very busy early on and I had several people thank me for sharing my Scouting items. That made the work worth it. Although I've been dealing with a fever for the last 4 weeks, this event was too important to miss.
