SCOUT CAMPS
Probably for as long as there has been Scouting there have been Scout camps. There has also always been a medical presence, particularly during summer camp. Some camps have created staff patches for their medical/health and safety staffs.
This is another staff patch from Camp Roosevelt. It is clearly a different loom run. It is differentiated by the thinner text and the fatter cross. I am not certain if this was used in a different year from the one above. Although this one has clearly been sewn and probably washed, I still believe it is different enough to be a separate issue. |
This is a similar patch to the Camp Roosevelt. I do not have this one, but, like the Camp Roosevelt, there are other camp positions with this camp. I would be interested in obtaining this patch. Given that there are three (see below) nearly identical camp patches, I believe there may be other camps with a similar patch, and I would be interested in obtaining them (or at least information about them). |
This Camp Cherokee patch, issued in 1967, is from Horine Reservation of Old Kentucky Home Council. I have been told that it might have been a health and safety camporee. This is not a patch but rather a small (2 3/4") square with a plaque on it. Perhaps this was made to commemorate the building and opening of the Kiwanis Memorial Health Lodge as mentioned on the plaque. |
The Circle Ten Council runs a winter camp each year at Camp Trevor Rees-Jones in Athens, Texas. It is staffed by the Order of the Arrow Lodge. They have issued many patches for the various staff positions. This is the 2010 issue for the medical staff (i.e. the camp medic). There may be earlier years, but this is the earliest that I have ever seen. |
This is the 2011 medic patch for the Trevor Rees-Jones 2011 winter camp, described in more detail above with the 2010 patch. This is the 2012 medic patch for the Trevor Rees-Jones 2012 winter camp, described in more detail above with the 2010 patch. This is the 2013 medic patch for the Trevor Rees-Jones 2013 winter camp, described in more detail above with the 2010 patch. This is the 2015 medic patch for the Trevor Rees-Jones 2015 winter camp, described in more detail above with the 2010 patch. |
The above patches were issued by Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation in 2016. They are not medical staff patches; this was the theme of the camp that year. Blue is for Cubs, and red is for Scouts. There is a green one for Venturers that I do not own.
I do not believe the above two patches are medical staff patches. I believe that medicine was likely the theme of the camp. I also do not know what the differences in the colors mean. If you know anything about these patches, please contact me.