Scouting

Scouting Activities

James Reinders at Boy Scout coin clinic (2010)
James Reinders at Boy Scout coin clinic (2010)

Photo: James Reinders conducting the Boy Scout coin clinic at the PNNA/Willamette Coin Club fall show and “mini-convention” in Portland, Ore., October 23, 2010. James’ daughter Katie also conducted a Girl Scout coin clinic the same day. For current information about the Reinders’ activities, see the website and e-mail listed below.

Workshops with dates highlighted in BOLD are upcoming.

We work to offer three Scouting America Coin Collecting Merit Badge workshops each year, but we can also help scouts and troops on request anytime. Normally, we offer a workshop on Saturday in Tukwila, Wash., at each of the two annual (spring and fall) coin shows. There is also a workshop on Saturday in Portland, Ore., at Willamette Coin Club’s coin show in the fall. For more information, see below and/or visit https://collect3.com. Scouting America (formerly BSA) programs are coeducational.

2025 Scouting Workshops

For Seattle area:

  • October 4, 2025: A Coin Collecting Merit Badge workshop will be scheduled on Saturday, October 4, 2025, in Tukwila at the annual fall coin show. (Flyer will be added.)
  • April 12, 2025: A Coin Collecting Merit Badge workshop is scheduled on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at 1 p.m., in Tukwila at the annual convention and spring coin show. See flyer (and register in advance).
  • For questions or to find out how to register for upcoming workshops, contact James Reinders and Tony Kalt at coins2025@collect3.com.
  • Tukwila Community Center map on Google.

For Portland area:

To be announced.

2024 Scouting Workshops

For Seattle area: (complete for this year)

  • October 5, 2024: A Coin Collecting Merit Badge workshop was held on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at 1 p.m., in Tukwila at the annual fall coin show. See flyer.
  • April 13, 2024: A Coin Collecting Merit Badge workshop was held on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 1 p.m., in Tukwila at the annual convention and spring coin show.

For Portland area:

  • This event is at a show held by a PNNA member club (the Willamette Coin Club), also with James Reinders and Tony Kalt making them happen.
    November 9, 2024: A Coin Collecting Merit Badge workshop was held on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at 1 p.m., near Portland at the Willamette Coin Club’s Portland Coin Show. See flyer.

Scout Numismatic Workshops being Organized

James Reinders volunteered to help PNNA and local clubs with outreach to scouting programs with numismatic youth programs. James maintains a website (https://collect3.com) with information about upcoming scout workshops and the actual requirements for the scouts to complete. James organized the scout clinics for the Portland 2009 and 2015 ANA National Money Shows and is looking for more opportunities. “I’d like to have workshops at more of the major shows in the Pacific NW – including the ANA, the PNNA and the Salem shows. I’m interested in putting workshops together anywhere we can get scouts together,” James said. James is an active adult scout leader and was previously the scoutmaster of a large troop in Oregon. James has done workshops at the PNNA/Willamette fall coin show in Portland (see photo above) and the PNNA spring convention and coin show in Tukwila.

How to contact James Reinders

If you have any suggestions or requests, need more information or want to pre-register, please contact James Reinders at the email address listed on one of the above flyers, or you can email info@pnna.org to have your message forwarded to him. Thank you!