{"id":1019,"date":"2024-12-26T19:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T19:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:50:08","slug":"recap-scouting-usa-2024-winter-camp-camp-strake-welding-merit-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/2024\/12\/26\/recap-scouting-usa-2024-winter-camp-camp-strake-welding-merit-badge\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Scouting USA 2024 Winter Camp (Camp Strake) Welding Merit Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1019\" class=\"elementor elementor-1019\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8e0f19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8e0f19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0173974\" data-id=\"0173974\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b7d054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b7d054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 12\/26\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Camp Strake 2020 Camp Strake Rd., Coldspring, TX<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 16 Scouts 4 Adults<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>During the period of Dec. 26 &#8211; Dec. 30, 16 Scouts successfully earned their Welding Merit Badge. 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