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We had a committee meeting today after Den Meetings. I am going to be Cubmaster and Bear Den Leader. I am not going to be... Fundraising Event Planning and Execution Advancement Substitute Den Leader Membership ANYMORE!!! I also reached to two of our new parents who are very enthusiastic about being Assistant Cub Masters so I am not having to run meeting openings AND answer parent questions AND wrangle Scouts.

Psychology Today Nov 1, 2019: I've had a ritual with my son for a number of years now. It started when he went off to college, 3,000 miles away from home. Whenever he was going to parties or out with friends or on a date, I would simply text him an eagle emoji to remind him that he is an Eagle Scout and that he should always behave like one. He’d always reply with the response, “Always!” The character education and life skills taught in scouting are invaluable and perhaps needed now more than ever in our very challenged society. Good article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b

That's the first thing I thought of. He's allowed to take JUST his own son, but not JUST the other kid. If he takes his own son AND the other kid, it's acceptable.

Our CM made this and it was gone very quickly. She makes great pumpkin bread.

Another well-considered article about the importance of character building for future "elites" (leaders)...the importance of aṣabiyyah The American Interest : How Do America's Elites Stack Up? by Seth D. Kaplan. lecturer at John Hopkins University ... "As a start, the (educational) institutions that select and groom elites need to prepare them for stewardship, as Weber argued. The overemphasis on merit and achievement (and wealth) has reduced the importance of character and virtue among elites, undermining the values and norms that once predominated across society, with a clear

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Seems it's time for the older Scouts and a mom to take lessons from the younger Scouts....as I see it, tents are a Scouts home for a week, so make it homey ....

At some point you have to consider that its not worth the effort. Scouting is supposed to be fun but if dont have enough scouts its not worth it. If your community has no interest in having a big enough girls pack or enough girls to form dens then sometimes its better to find an alternative. Co-ed dens? Please just stop. No need to rehash this.

At our Iron Chef competition, the adults do lunch. This is also an activity that Webelos visit. The scout patrols compete for Breakfast, Dinner and Dessert. We enjoy cooking and eating well plus we try to set an example of things the scouts can do when they plan. Our secret ingredient was cranberries. I made 3 things, chili, fresh cranberry applesauce and since the favorite Philmont meal is stuffing with chicken and cranberries, I made it to demo for the scouts who didn't do Philmont. The other adults made red beans and rice, flank steak, beef and noodles and pumpkin bread al

2 boxes of Stove Top 1 can of chunk chicken Package of Craisins (dehydrated cranberries). Boil the amount of water required for the 2 boxes (no butter at Philmont, but you can use some oil). Take pot off the stove, pour everything in and stir. You can vary the amount of chicken and Craisins.

You've hit the nail square on the head....spent several hours with the NCAP team last season detailing improvements...now, it's a wait and see. On reflection concerning MHA, use of stoves, yes they do carry. They are small backpacker stoves, one per crew (9+2+1) and are used simply for making morning coffee...meals require the traditional campfire, rain or shine...the only meal the crew dose not prepare is at the end of the trek which is prepared by Base, being a Bean Hole supper.....

That Stuffing with chicken and cranberries sounds like a real winner! You wouldn't happen to have a recipe you could share?

So for good news from this weekend. We are a small, one patrol troop. The SM had some serious concerns about the patrol as they were your typical Scouts: having fun, not focused on practicing for the events, etc. But he followed Green Bar Bill's adage: "Train 'em. Trust 'em. LET THEM LEAD!" Over the past 2 months as they prepped, he had some major concerns, and thought he was setting them up to fail. Took all of his self control not to step in. And to his credit he did not interfere. At camporee, our Scouts had no adults following them around events. In fact we saw them only at 2 events t

Funny thing this topic of recruitment. We were doing a compass course at a local park. One group was about 30 minutes behind schedule because two non-scout friends showed up riding bikes. They ended up tagging along and watching the Scouts do their thing. I am hoping one, if not both show up at the meeting they were invited to.

Home for the bewildered Scouter.

You can't help think this could have been avoided if the other adults would have paid attention. THAT is the real purpose of YPT.

If we’re thinking Big Thoughts, I’d also propose a total end to the commissioner staff. I haven’t encountered a district yet that doesn’t struggle with attracting and retaining commissioners, let alone that uses that staff to support units properly. If we have people who want to be involved in Scouting, then put them to work directly with units as ASMs or MCs, or at the district level working on camporees, training, advancement, or camping promotion - direct program delivery, not as “consultants.” Don’t waste good bodies on a vague and usually useless organizational element that very few peopl

That other hour a week ... well spent here.

Scouter.com has been cheerfully sharing wisdom about scouting for almost 2 decades. That's a lot of wisdom to sift through when you're looking for "take aways". Luckily for y'all, I was curious about some of the different ways a scout unit might make money, or maybe ways a scout can fund his Eagle project. Here are 50 useful and interesting approaches that have been discussed here through the years, along with links you can click on to see the pros and cons that scouters have talked about. In my quest to be maximully helpful, I left off Captain Obvious's favorite choices like Trails En

Like everything it's a balance. A few years ago I hiked a moderate trail down in the Great Smokie Mountains. Before I got finished I'd shared some water at the top of the hike with people who didn't bring any, gave up some moleskin to a blister sufferer, and gave up my TP to well, you can guess. None of those people would have died had I not been there, but, their experience was made better because I was prepared. In the immortal words of the great philosopher Mike Tyson, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

I am not sure if people don't pay attention to their YPT training or don't think it applies if another adults is "nice". Two weeks ago we were at a District level Cub Scout campout. I was just letting one of my new leaders/parent know I was taking my own son up to the restroom. He straight up asked if I could take his kid too.