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Pack meetings, den adventures, pinewood derbies and blue and gold banquets. Den leaders and Cubmasters swapped ideas for keeping younger Scouts busy, happy and learning.
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Photography Merit Badge Today is the best day of the week! Sun is shining, birds are singing, and Scout meetings are in the works. We are coming into the end of our Cub Scouting year, so I'm working hard on wrapping things up and planning a great crossover ceremony for the last pack meeting.
You've enjoyed listening to all the recruiting topics we've covered over the years, and now here's a new one for you. Oscar Santoyo, program specialist on the Program Impact Team at the national office in Irving, Texas, joins us to discuss the importance of recruiting Tiger Cubs.
The Cub Scout Meeting . I went to Cub Scout Pack 68′s pack meeting tonight. At least, I thought it was a pack meeting night. You could say it was more of a den meeting involving the whole pack. The pack meets at the meeting room at the city firehall.
Boy Scout Troop 68 and Cub Scout Pack 68 held an open house on Monday, April 18, at St. Mary's School gym. Flyers were sent to the schools. Posters were hung around town. An article was printed in the newspaper.
I am beginning to panic. Just a little. Boy Scout Troop 68, along with Cub Scout Pack 68 of Melrose, are planning to hold a Scouting Open House on Monday, April 18th. That is only a little over a week away!
The tail wagging the dog. That's how I used to see our pack being run. The Cubmaster was trying to do what the scouts and families wanted to do, but the committee deemed it necessary to tell him what he was and wasn't going to do.
I have been wondering about my legacy as a Cubmaster. I haven't been in the role of CM for almost 4 years…yes, I am an Assistant CM now, but it's really not the same. When I came in as CM, I implemented a lot of different programs….summer camp, ISAs (individual scout accounts), more engaging pack…
Today I: Continued to line up folks to run “booths” at our May Program Planning Roundtable Added Scouting in Winchester to the list of 100 Days of Scouting blogs to the right (welcome Charles ) Was asked to join our District “Key 3” meeting next week.
OK, really liking the new digs over here on WordPress…yes, I am a Google pureheart, but I figured that if Jerry liked it, I can like it too…. Which brings me to that point…I am Jerry's disciple. I don't want anyone to think that I can't think for myself, but I ask him for advice…
Today I: Discussed the training cancellation situation with our DE. Apparently now the training chair is out-of-town and can’t work with the other district to get our folks trained nor call those signed up to offer up the other district’s training…frustrating.
Since crossing over to Boy Scouts pretty much my only function with the Pack is electronically. I still maintain the Pack Website, calendar and photo gallery. I don't mind one bit as most requests I can usually handle in minutes and 90% of them by phone if needed. Yesterday I got an email about a
The core value for Cub Scouts for the month of April is Faith. According to the program helps, faith is "Having inner strength and confidence based on our trust in God."
A few weeks ago, the Allohak District held their annual pinewood derby sponsored by Pack 311 and Darby Community Church. ClassB was fortunate enough to be invited to judge the design competition. It was a beautiful day and things got off to a great start as the sponsoring pack served up a hot breakfast of…
OK, so for today's post, not just a catch up of the last 2 days. On an upcoming episode of True North, I am going to talk about what I like to call, the "Cubmaster Team"… As you know, I am a Scoutmaster for Troop 1363.
Tonight is Cub Scout Pack 68′s Blue and Gold Banquet. It will be the first one I have attended in five years. Not because I did not want to attend any, but because there have not been any Webelos Scouts to crossover.
Bear Achievement 7 is a fun den meeting. There is some hands on stuff and a police officer visit.
Every once in awhile it becomes a busy week of Scout stuff in this scoutmaster's schedule. This happens to be one of those weeks. Take a look… Monday, the 14th – The troop meeting. Most of the members of the Mel-TV board of directors stopped by for a photo with the Boy Scouts.
It's Webelos Season! Now What? The troop visits have come and gone, you've had a camp out or two where Webelos participated, they've made their decisions and they are coming to join your Troop!Maybe you have a tidal wave of twenty or thirty (gulp!)
Today is 3-14. Happy Pi Day! In honor of this special occasion, let's take a look at the Mathematics belt loop from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program.
My Webelos den has been working on their Showman activity badge. For requirement 2, they wrote their own puppet play.
The Showman activity badge offers a lot of choices, so this is less of a step by step den meeting plan and more a set of suggestions.
Cub Scout Pack 68 of Melrose will be holding its Blue and Gold Banquet later this month. To provide a little entertainment during the evening I have volunteered to produce a slideshow of the pictures I have taken when I attended their den meetings and the Pinewood Derby.
Tonight, I got together with the Cubmaster of the pack, and another CM from a pack in a city about 30 miles to the south of Green Bay. I helped this CM awhile back in using Google Apps to make a pack website, and he repaid the debt with bringing his pack's PWD track and…
The week on the SMMPodcast we talk about Den Chiefs and what an amazing asset they can be for your Troop. I am not going to blog a bunch about it.. listen to the show ! I will tease it just a bit to say that when your Troop uses Den Chiefs you have better developed…
In this show we talk about Den Chiefs and the asset they are to your Troop! This show is sponsored by ClassB.com Let us Feedback by shooting us an email , dropping a note on the Blog or using our new SMMVoicemail..
The Cub Scout core value for the month of March is compassion. Here is a brief Cubmaster minute to help Cub Scout understand the meaning of compassion.
Today the Scouting Blogosphere has been pretty quiet, Been working on the next podcast. We are going to be talking about Den Chiefs, training Den Chiefs, and how Den Chiefs benefit your unit. Well we are talking about Den Chiefs anyway...
This is an overview of the second Tiger den meeting plan from the BSA program helps. I've included some additional information I think would be helpful.
Today I: Emailed the parents of the top two Pinewood Derby racers from each rank to get their confirmation their boys would be able to attend the District race later in March. Heard back from three of them. Updated the blog’s theme and added another 100 Days of Scouting blog ( A Day in the Life……
Citizenship in the Nation Wednesday again, the busiest day of the week. Our rescheduled Blue and Gold is tonight. We do it very casually, quick awards, Friends of Scouting presentation, and then a potluck dinner. Everyone has a good time, and I get to touch base with all the families and scout out all of…
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN," were my second year Webelos Scouts from pack 4094 and these boys were the first scouts from that pack to compete every available award within the Webelos section of the Cub Scout program. These boys were more than just Scouts.
It was just about a year ago that I first started my first 100 days of Scouting. I began chronicling my Scouting adventures the morning after my son had crossed over to Boy Scouts. Tonight we were back again with our former Pack, this time to cross five new Scouts into our Troop. Before the
The core value for Cub Scouts for the month of March is compassion. Compassion involves thinking about others.
Today's Scouting activity was final preparations for my role in tomorrows Blue & Gold. Neckerchiefs, slides and welcome cards ready. Tomorrow we welcome five new Scouts into our Troop.
So Friday was a pretty busy day. In addition to working a full day, we had family come into town for the Blue & Gold on Saturday. I also had plenty of prep work left to do for the Blue & Gold, but family takes priority so after work we were off to bd’s Mongolian Grill .
Check with gymnastics programs in your area. Chances are that one will be happy to have your Cub Scouts in for a session at a reasonable price
Basketry Merit Badge Today has kind of flown by, and I've kept my eye out for Scouting opportunities (tried really hard not to say, "Scouting for opportunities"...) We've had ice and snow to get in the way, and if they cancel school tomorrow, our Blue and Gold will be postponed a week, too.
(This is a follow-up to my previous post on Arrow of Light / Cub Scout Career Arrows, found here .) So they’re done. Finally! And they look pretty sweet! Probably because after doing the design, I had NOTHING to do with them after.
Sorry to disappear for several days there, but I’ve been incommunicado. I wasn’t abandoning my 100 Days of Scouting efforts, I was immersed in a totally new (to me) Scouting environment: Girl Scout encampments. I’ve stopped counting how many bag nights I’ve had camping as a Scout leader since getting back into the movement in…
Six Webelos scouts crossed over into the Boy Scout Program on Wednesday, February 16, Cub Scout Pack 4477 held their annual Blue and Gold banquet at Lannoye Grade School in Pulaski, Wisconsin. Tiger Scouts, Wolf Scouts, Bear Scouts and Webelos celebrated their accomplishments with an awards presentation.
Wolf Achievement 7 - Your Living World - focuses on conservation. This den meeting plan covers the whole achievement.
Ian Whitaker, an 8 year old Cub Scout from Mt. Vernon Ohio has been awarded the Boy Scouts of America Heroism Medal for his quick and decisive actions in administering first aid to his injured Grandfather. The Heroism medal is one of the highest honors a Scout can receive.
Art Merit Badge Wednesday again--and super busy! All of the sunshine pouring in my window is not helping either... It is almost as though my company can remotely sense that this is a busy night for Scouting. But that is part of the rush of excitement that will propel me through the meetings tonight!
Tonight I am going to induct my five Webelos II’s into the Order of the Fork. I have been trying to restart this tradition in our pack for four years, but keep forgetting at each campout. So tonight over pizza they will be “forked in” and become members.
I like to review some fire safety rules with my Webelos before the fire is built. That way they all know the expectations.
Tomorrow is the last regularly scheduled Lightning Dragon den meeting. It should be pretty productive too. Lots to get accomplished. On the list of things to do: Gathering - Collect homework / sign off on AOL for the last 2 boys in the den to be completed (they both had to finish the Showman Activity Badge) / Set…
The Scouter Mom blog posted an article today that caught my attention, and moved me to action. The article was about Cub Scout Trading Cards, similar to baseball trading cards. She described it as a possible den or pack project.
With baseball season right around the corner, let your Cub Scouts make their own trading cards with "Cub Scout stats". This Cub Scout craft works great with any sports themed den or pack meeting.
For this meeting plan, you will need to take a field trip to a zoo, nature center, wildlife preserve, or similar location. Don't forget to put the "outing" in Cub Scouting every now and then.
1930 brought on a significant addition to Scouting with the development of Cub Scouting for younger boys. Used by permission. Boy Scouts of America® All Rights Reserved. In the early years of the BSA, leaders recognized what they called a "younger boy problem," meaning that boys below the age of 12 were watching their older…
