On a recent morning at the Laurel Highlands Council headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh, 12-year-old Elly Riegner rummaged through containers of small, circular patches. She picked up a red badge and showed it to her mother, Abby. It’s for archery, and Elly has said she’s eager to earn it herself.
Elly’s brother Vincent is nine years old and has been in Cub Scouts since he was eligible to join at six. Elly said in those three years, she’d often go to her brother’s pack meetings and watch activities, like the Cub Scouts’ well-known model car race Pinewood Derby. This year, for the first time, Elly made a car of her own.
“I [painted it] blue and black,” she said. “I did not have any problems and yes, it went down the track.”
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