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I have just put up a cork board with a lot of my patches from Scouting thus far. All of these patches were either given to me by #Scoutnation (a group of Scouters world-wide), earned through trainings or a process. Some of the patches especially the Council Shoulder Patches were picked up within the Council
The Webelos II recently took their last outing/hike of their Cubscout career. It was to make sure that everyone got the requirement of taking a Day Hike. Which, really was part of the Outdoorsman Pin. Most of the Scouts did a Hike at Summer camp. This hike completed #9 of the Outdoorsman Activity Pin.
The Boy Scouts of America have launched their "Voice of the Scout" survey, open to all currently active members of the BSA. The results will be part of BSA's decision-making process on whether to change the membership policies to allow gay Scouts, Scouters, and parents to participate; so your completion of this survey is critical.
The other day Elliot came to me while I was working in my office asking for rope. Oh, wonderful. I wonder what he's up to now. After several questions, he told me he wanted to build a rope ladder. Puzzled, I kept asking why. Mom chimed in saying, at least he will be OUTSIDE on
Well, the last Webelos II Den Meeting is in the books. We have a hike and a Pack Meeting and then AOL/Crossover. Tonight was the LNT review, how to build a campfire (on school property so, we didn't really start one), reviewed the basics for joining a Troop. We also handed out a lot of
A Scout is Reverent. A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the beliefs of others." Excerpted from page 47-54, Boy Scout Handbook, 11th Edition, (#33105), copyright 1998 by BSA, ISBN 0-8395-3105-2 I like this type of religion. It's my style. There isn't any falling down in the
As I pointed out last week in a post, the Pack Committee submitted me for the Unit Leader of Merit Award as Cubmaster. It is and will always be one of the great highlights within my life to be a part of Pack 221. To be honored as such at the Blue & Gold, was
The Journey of Scouting includes the Journey of Webelos Scouts. It is vastly different from that of the Tiger, Wolf and Bear Cubscouts. First, there is the Webelos Rank itself. Then there is the Arrow of Light Rank. All obviously must be completed before the awarding of each Rank. Over the past 18 months or
The National Scouting website says this about what a Blue & Gold represents: "The purpose of the blue and gold banquet is to celebrate the pack's anniversary, thank pack leaders and other adults who have helped the pack, and inspire the leaders, Scouts, and parents. Packs often like to invite former members and other Scouting
This Monday night was the Pack's Blue & Gold. Our Pack has been around for since 1951. We have had many Blue & Golds celebrations. However, as of late, we have been pretty lax on them. It changed on Monday night. The theme in the back of my head was Tradition. I spoke to everyone
This weekend was Trainer's EDGE in Cascade Pacific Council, in the Pioneer District. There were about 26 participants who got either certified or re-certified for three years. Eight of the participants are incoming Troop Guides for the W1-492-13 Wood Badge Course this year. Five participants were from the Pioneer District who needed for certification and/or
During the Pin College, I saw one of my old Webelos II from last year. He was a kid that never wore a shirt and talked back a bit. Now, he's a good kid and he worked his way through earning everything he needed to for Webelos Badge and the Arrow of Light. I did
This weekend was a Webelos Pin College at Troop 127. Five Webelos II from Pack 221 attended. Last year's Webelos IIs did the same. I think that four or five Webelos are still there out of seven. My Webelos II Den Leader is now the Advancement Chair and the Assistant is also a ASM.
Back in July 2012, I wrote a post about what I thought on the BSA National re-affirmation of its policy on Gays. I still believe in what I wrote then as I do now. Today, the BSA put out a statement on how it's going to decide on the matter in the coming days. My
This is not a post about how cool the Pack's Pinewood Derby race went. That is coming later. This is a post about making it fun for the Scouts and keeping Scouts in the program. A little while ago, I got a note through a Den Leader that a Scout was leaving. It seems that
It has been that time for a while for my son, Elliot to figure out what Troop he wants to go to. Quite frankly, he is the only Webelos II to really get started, from what I can tell. He has only started, along with one fellow buddy, because I behind it. While I
This post from Shawn Cleary, a Scoutmaster in Milwaukee, WI is about correcting a wrong and keeping a Scout in the program. It is amazing to me how wrong a Troop can get a program. It is good that there are people out there that know the Scouting Program and are able to correct it.
From our humble beginnings as a #hashtag on Twitter to a community on G+ we are Scout Nation. The adult volunteers in the great organization of Scouting! Sit by the fire and stay awhile, we have questions, answers, stories and laughs. Remember the Scout Oath & Law and you will do fine here!" The
I follow K2BSA on twitter and via his blog. I am also a Ham Radio Operator. My call sign is K7RUB. I have written about Ham Radio before on this blog, but was very happy to see K2BSA's tweet/blog about a recent update to the BSA Program. "The National Radio Scouting Committee is pleased
For the past three years, Pack 221 has put on a First Aid Pack Meeting in January. First Aid is one of the things that Cubscouts and Boy Scouts are known for. Knowing First Aid is one thing, but knowing what to do when an Emergency happens is key as well. When I first envisioned
I was not able to attend the full showing of the first Google+ Hangout of Scoutcircle. I had a Pack Committee Meeting. However, here is the video of the hangout. Please bookmark the Scoutcircle.org website and check them out on Google+ for upcoming shows!
This is a great idea and avenue for Scouters. The idea behind it STEMs from TedTalks and Ignite Talks. However, this is a group of Scouters coming together and presenting what they know best. It's like Roundtable, but on the Internet. Check out the Scoutcircle website. They are also on Facebook. If you have
Last night was my first Eagle Board of Review of 2013. I am growing to really like these. They give me comfort and knowing that there are really smart young men who will do very well in life. While I have now have done only two, it's very fun. This young man once I got
The Voice of the Scout has been out for a while, and I am just now getting to read it. The summary is here. Not sure how that happened. In reading these, specifically the summary, I agree with a lot of it. As it relates to the Scout Unit directly you see this: "•
It is that time of the year, Friends of Scouting. I want to tell you about why I give to my Council. I have already told you why I do what I do. I give to my Council for the exact same reason I give money to my children's PTA and School Foundation. So, that
I am trying to come up with a post that talks about all of Pack 221′s accomplishments for the past calendar year. Outside of the announcement that for the second year in a row, we have attained Gold for the 2012 Journey to Excellence, our program is good. I know that there are weak
Within the Google+ Community of #Scoutnation, there is a question going around of what are your highlights of the past year and even what you are looking forward to in 2013. I have given my response there about what I am looking forward to. In a post to come later I will talk about
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 27,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 6 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.
From the Connecticut Yankee Council Webpage: Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families in Newtown today and in the difficult days to come. We are heartbroken about this terrible tragedy. We are very saddened to share that our Scouting family has been struck by this tragedy. Lost from Pack 170 are: Cub
With today's news about the senseless taking of young lives in Newtown, CT, I am deeply sadden by it and left as I think you are asking why. I have read posts on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ about it all day. Many people have many questions about why. The details of this young man's life
Today (Saturday Dec, 1st) is Scouting for Food in the Cascade Pacific Council. Pack 221 had about 35 Scouts and 14 Parents out in the local neighborhood collecting the bags of Food. The weather was just perfect, a quick drip rain, some wind, but a lot of sunshine. In past years it snowed, frosted and
Reblogged from Scouter Adam's Blog: I know that this blog is read by a few Troops within the district. Please do not read anything into this post. It has been about fours years since Elliot started Cubscouts with Pack 221. He is now a Webelos II. I have been the Tiger Den Leader and now
I got this from Clarke Green's website. In this article he talks about Disposable Propane Cylinders. Again, as always, Clarke hits the nail on the head. Also, while I knew about the Solo Stove, I really liked his article about it. Clarke also blogs/talks about many other Scout related subjects. If you do not know
With reverance in our hearts, We, Your many children of many beliefs, United in common purpose, Gather to offer this our humble prayer, In Thanksgiving. As Scouters we are thankful for: The many gifts and talents given to our fellow Scouters, and to ourselves; The freedom we have to join together and as a team
Pack 221′s first Service Project of the 2012-2013 year was today. We planned for two and half hours of working at the Oregon Foodbank in sorting food. This was a fun event that helped the boys give back to the community and also understand that some people are not able to put food on the
The Tree Scouts of P221 went on an outing this past weekend to complete their Naturalist Webelos Activity Pin. They went to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in SouthWest Washington just outside of Vancouver. This is a great place to come to help satisfy many requirements at all levels, even into Boy Scouts. While the
Reblogged from Scouter Adam's Blog: Today, I took Elliot and Rachel to a local park that is dedicated to Veterans. I needed to do this for several reasons. First to communicate to them why we as a Nation celebrate this day Nationally. It's not to have sales or in their eyes have a day
A friend of mine up in Northern Idaho, in the Inland Northwest Council sat on an Eagle Board the other day. He posted his comments in our little Google+ Circle of Scouters. I asked him to post it to his blog since people needed to hear about how Scouting can change a life. Please read
November 3rd 2012 was the Cascade Pacific Council's annual Training Conference. We call it Program & Training Conference. I started going to this in 2009. I should have in 2008, but I did not what know what it was or why I should go. I went in 2009 as part of my Wood Badge
This summer my Dad was diagnosed with B-Cell Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma. He has always been incredibly healthy. Cancer is a very weird animal. There are so many different versions of it and it attacks so many parts of the body. There really is not much that I personally can do since I am in Portland, except
Today (Sunday Oct 28th) Pack 221 held its 2nd Annual Pumpkin Race. As with anything Oregon in the Fall, it rained. I few people asked if it was canceled. I said, nope.. It's Oregon. I put a GoPro HD Camera in my Pumpkin that Elliot helped out with. Here is what happened.
Someone once said (He's seated in the middle) that every Scout deserves a trained Leader. So true. This weekend in the Pioneer District in Cascade Pacific Council, eight adults got trained in Scoutmaster Essentials, another nine got certified for Merit Badge Councilors, seven Charter Org Representatives also were trained and one Den Mother had
October 20th (today) was another Cubmaster Hike. It was slated for Powell Butte in Portland, Oregon. These hikes are geared to get people out of the house, on the trail and in a place they have never been. All of that was accomplished. We had one Wolf, two Bears and two Webelos II. Along with
With all the files being released today, yesterday and the media spinning everything this way and that, I wanted to offer up this report that I found on the subject. As a Scout Volunteer , Father and a Human, I find the actions of a few disturbing beyond belief to say the least. If your
Just watch and understand. (If you view on Youtube you can see the captioning if set-up correctly) I am just blown away by this.
Reblogged from Just Scouting: When my oldest son was a Webelos II and about to cross over to Boy Scouts, I wanted to do something special for him and his Den. They had earned their Arrow of Light award so we decided to make career arrows and plaques for each Scout that earned it. When
I went to my first ever Patch Trading event. It was great. I went looking for only the 2012 CSP/OA Flap since they make one for the event each year. You meet the nicest people at Scouting events! This event is called the Ed Harris Trade O Ree. I had seen CSP's with his name
Tonight at the October Roundtable I got the 2012 Summertime Pack Award for Pack 221. Yahoo! I remember back in 2009 when I put together the first Summer Events. I did not think that the Pack earned it. But we did. I originally set it up so I could earn the Cubmaster's Knot. Selfish? Sure,
I am so not sure how I thought this up at all. It's a quick adaptation from "School's Out forever" by Alice Cooper. I was thinking, what would be a good Repeat After Me song. I was wondering which song would work. I knew keeping it Scout related would be hard, so I altered
Reblogged from A Scouter's Journey: BSA has been getting a lot of bad press lately. I'm not sure how much the general public pays attention to Scouts in the news but having a daily Google News alert on it I see quite a bit. Whether its the Ineligible Volunteer files (just one of the youth
