From Betsy Vanderpool.

I hope everyone is having a great year in Geneva/Vevey. Boy, do we miss all of you! Settling in to our new life in the States has not been without its challenges, but we are getting there.

The reason for contact you is to inquire about setting up a "Pen Pal" project with Benjamin’s new Pack here in Charlottesville and Pack 130.
I brought the idea up to our Cubmaster, Dawn Cottrell, and she was extremely excited. She has two older sons in Boy Scouts and one of her boys wants very much to connect with the Boy Scout Troop too. I can speak with Martin about that. He and Brian are still in regular contact.

This next Tuesday is our Pack Meeting and I was hoping to present the idea to the boys. If you are in agreement, we can dive right in to this project. It would be a wonderful opportunity for the boys to share all the different
cultures they come from, experiences, what life is like on both sides of the Atlantic, etc… I was even hoping we could do some sort of patch exchange. It gets the boys writing either through letters or emails, and maybe swapping pictures. There are also achievement requirements that can be met by writing back and forth.

Give it some thought and let me know. As I said, I would like to get the boys started next Tuesday. I was hoping to show the boys the website in the meeting. I think the church where we meet is on WiFi.

If anyone is interested please click on the link (Betsy’s name) and send her a mail with your contact details.