The hardest part about hosting a Trade-O-Ree is not always getting everything worked out with the host location and actually setting up. Sometimes its the effort to get people to come. It ain't like that old Field of Dreams movie, you can put it on a calendar but that won't make people come.

• Explorer Green Wool Jacket W/Bull. Size 38
• BSA 1937 National Jamboree Neckerchiefs Full Square
• Boy Scout Red Wool Jacket W/Bull. Size 40. 100% Wool
• Belt Buckle Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base BSA
• 18 Boy Scout Service Pins—Felt Backing and Screw Backs
• 1943 BSA Camporee Spring Villa Leather Neckerchief Slide
• BSA Syroco Tie Rack Holder Wall Plaque. 4.75” x 6.5” x 0.5”
• Remington DuPont RH50 BSA Knife w/Leather Sheath 1933-1939

I am doing my best to market the Charlotte TOR to folks in the Carolinas and beyond. I have a great location and a good team with a local troop handling the concessions and assisting with set up etc. I want to make sure that as many Scouts and Scouters in the area know about the event so that we have good walk through. To that effort one of my employees took free books and flyers to this past weekends University of Scouting here in Charlotte. If anyone in the southeast region is attending a lodge function or council event coming up and you are willing to pass out flyers please let me know.

• Santford Oljato Lodge 207 7 Flaps
• Canalino Lodge 90 1957 Sundance Fellowship
• Lodge 281 Sekettummaqua Black Beaver Flaps
• Boy Scout Rocks and Minerals Kit 60 Items Look
• Lodge 281 Sekettummaqua Black Beaver Council Flaps
• Mayi Lodge 354 S 26-A Silver Mylar Border Hard to Find
• Suanhacky (49) Pre-FDL Arrowhead Patch (A-2), Merged 2013
• Oala Ishadalakalish Lodge 561 N1 Gray Neckerchief Mint in Bag

I took a tip from John Ortt and made a flyer that is more Scout friendly and focuses mostly on why they should attend the show. For table vendors I have a QR code (thanks Scott Best for that idea) that directs them to the registration link to get a table. I've reconfigured things so this year we have more wall tables available. I will also have attended five TORs in the months leading up to Charlotte to promote to people in the area.

• Boy Scout Cascade Pacific C OR WA CSP 0980OO
• Jamboree Mondial De La Paix France 1947 Staff Patch
• 1961 Camporee Neal Neckerchief Slide Boy Scout RC2
• Tohpendel JLT Bucks County Neal Slide Boy Scout RC2
• EIF French Jewish Scouts du Maroc Patch Lot Pre 1948 Badges
• BSAHorseshoe Scout Chester County Diamond Jubilee 1994 Book
• Junior Leader Training Mohegan Council Neal Slide Boy Scout RC2
• Region 7 Paper Items Canoe Base Executives Conference Bsa 21/b29

This week on eBay I have 171 live auctions running. Many of these are SAPs with some ending every night of the week. The Raccoon River Valley (link below) is an odd ball for sure. When in doubt I just put things up for auction to see what someone might be willing to spend.

• Raccoon River Valley CSP
• Sam Houston Area TX 75 Diamond Jubilee
• Simon Kenton Council OH Camp OYO 2003
• Simon Kenton OH, 1999 Scout Night The Crew
• Alamo Area TX, 2016 Keep The Campfire Alive
• Seneca Waterways NY 2018 A Scout Is Courteous
• San Francisco Bay Area CA 100 Years Of Scouting
• Southeast Louisiana LA 1924-2014 90th Anniversary