jacob earns his arrow of light

We had pack meeting tonight.  It was all about the Arrow of Light Award - the highest award in cub scouting.  This is Jacob and his friend Stanton sitting in the seats of honor.  They both received this award tonight.  Wahoo!  They each received a special patch for their uniform that they can wear on all their scout shirts forever.

Jacob was presented with an arrow from his Cubmaster, Arthur Healey.  The arrow had several colored stripes on it each representing a cub scout rank/award.  It is pretty darn awesome!  He also received a framed certificate. 

 After he received his award, he was "bridged".  That means he got to walk across this official scout bridge, representing leaving cub scouts and becoming a boy scout.  And then he got to write his name on the bridge -- forever in permanent marker.

 It is amazing to look at that bridge and read all the names there.  It is so cool!  I'm not sure how long its been around, but lets just say its been awhile!  Of course we found Ryan and Jared's names on there too!  Congratulations, Jacob!