Unfortunately, the Class-B Orange Tiger Cub uniform t-shirts are no longer available and the BSA have phased them out as official Cub Scout uniforms. The folks at the BSA National Trading Post in Oakland informed me on Saturday that they can't even find any in other stores' inventories.
I spoke with our Pack leaders about what to do and was told that we'll need to upgrade to the standard blue Cub Scout shirts. They are more expensive than the orange t-shirts (the blue shirts are $23.00) and for those who already purchased t-shirts for their sons (myself included) it means that we'll need to also buy the blue shirts now. The only good news seems to be that the orange t-shirts were inexpensive so I'm intending to have Phillip wear his at informal den events, hikes and meetings. For our Pack meetings we'll use the blue uniform shirts.
I will pick up a few shirts of various sizes from the BSA store that we can use as samples for fittings at our next den meeting. I will take orders at that time and will gladly pick them up for those who need them. Any money already paid to me for the t-shirts will be applied to the upgraded blue uniform shirts.
My apologies for the extra work and confusion regarding uniforms.
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