Thursday, November 21, 2013

Meet Troop Guide Kelly Anderson

Yellow Jacket District Scouter Kelly Anderson is one of Gilwell Troop 1 troop guides. Kelly is also an assistant scoutmaster for Troop 10, chartered by the Troup County Sportsman Club, and a district commissioner. As a troop guide, he will mentor his patrol, facilitate some patrol activities, and assist patrol members as they prepare and complete their Wood Badge tickets.

Collectively, Kelly touts more than 25 years in Scouting, having first joined as a Cub Scout in the Chattahoochee Council, and later crossed over into Boy Scouting — and into the very troop he now serves as an adult leader. He was inducted into the Order of the Arrow as a youth, and is today a Brotherhood member of the OA. After serving in the U.S. Army, he became involved in Scouting again through the Lagrange Jr. Chamber of Commerce by sponsoring and chairing the Yellow Jacket District Spring Camporee for several years. As a volunteer leader, Kelly has served as a den leader at the pack level, committee chair and assistant scoutmaster at the troop level, and as committee chair at the Venture crew level. He is a frequent staff member of various district and council training, program and advancement events — including as a two-time course director for Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills/Outdoor Webelos Leader Skills events; a three-time assistant course director for the council’s National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and is slated to be the council’s NYLT course director in 2014. He is a 2012 College of Commissioner Science doctoral candidate and a 2012 recipient of the Silver BEaver Awar

Kelly attended Chattahoochee Council Wood Badge Course SR-321 in 2000 and was a member of the Beaver Patrol. Since then, he served as an assistant quartermaster for Course S9-91-12 in 2012.

Professionally, Kelly is the quality and purchasing director for New Ventures Inc. He is married to Della, and together they have two children: Brian and Abbie, who are both attending the University of West Georgia.





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