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Every so often Scouting gets an outside-in evaluation that reveals how we are regarded by those with little or know connection to the movement. I expect many commentaries as Scouting celebrates its 100th anniversary. Scouting began as, has been, and always will be a work in progress based on the simple goals of making the…
Kim Barker, Chairman of Themes Task Force, outlines activities for the June theme, "Wheel into Summer." Jamie Shearer, Assoc. Nat'l Director of Cub Scouting, gives an overview of the Annual Planning Conference for volunteers and parents.
The season of the tick has returned – time to review appropriate strategies to prevent Lyme disease and a host of other tick-borne agents. Most everyone in this part of the world knows someone who has had or is battling Lyme disease.
During my early years as a Scoutmaster fundraising for Scouts was a miserable task I dreaded. We tried selling stuff offered by fundraising companies with marginal success. What we finally hit on was a spaghetti dinner that has been a great money earner and event for the past decade or more.
Several weeks ago I did an Opportunity Knocks featuring one of the medals in our medal program. It was the Mark Herhold Camping Medal for excellence in camping. I am following up on that OK with the second one in the Medal series.
I recently received an E-mail from a past Troop 26 Scout, Shane Anderson. I sure was great to hear from him. He was an Eagle Scout back in 1991. I was just sitting here in my cubicle waiting for a call back from an Insurance Company and I re-read his E-mail.
This coming Monday, May 21, an extremely important "Opportunity" will be made available to our members, parents, and guests. Mr. Arles Cole, a US Armed Services Veteran and Pearle Harbor survivor, will be addressing our troop. This is a wonderful activity, especially with Memorial Day right around the corner, and we encourage parents to attend…
New Advancement Ceremony for Scout scouts
Memorial Day. Not my favorite holiday. Memorial Day never fails to stir memories of what might have been. I think a lot about my dad. A life interrupted. A life unfulfilled. The sadness of it really gets to me sometimes.
