Dog Mushing Merit Badge HQ

Norma and all, I just got off the phone with Dr. Steve Bowen, the Eagle Scout turned Iditarod Volunteer Veterinarian, regarding the Dog Mushing Merit Badge idea!! I had mailed him my entire packet developed over the past six years so that he would know where I was coming from. He told me that he too had this same idea in 2006, not knowing that someone else was working on it. Dr. Bowen is on THE committee that approves new merit badges! But he was not at the committee meeting where this was turned down the first time. While the conversation was great and I gave him as much background and a dose of my enthusiasm as I could, he said not to get my hopes up. He feels that the interest would be limited in certain areas of the country and so forth. He did say that it could possibly become a regional badge to go along with the mushing at the High Adventure Camp in Ely, MN http://ntier.org/okpik.html (scroll down to Musher Camp) or even as a subcategory of the Snow Sports Merit Badge. <sigh> At least I feel like someone finally listened!! Keep your fingers crossed!

Brenda B in GA

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