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Thanks for the quick responses. I do believe the leaders from Troop have the training and one is an EMT but it obviously is not an established facility. They do have harnesses and helmets of various sizes including ones for very small boys. I am BALOO trained. I actually went to a training in a different council late last spring when I realized there were no further trainings in our Council until after our scheduled campout in October and we had no one trained at the time. It was an excellent training and I am thinking of taking other leaders to the same training this year. It wa

I am about one year into being Cubmaster and have a question about something that has been a tradition in our Pack. We have a family overnight event in our school's gym with a night full of activities. We've been able to come up with many fun activities but the one centerpiece of the event has me worried. I believe we need to discontinue it based on my understanding of age-appropriate guidelines for scouting activities. The Troop/Crew affiliated with our CO has erected scaffolding with a climbing tower and rappelling equipment. The kids have absolutely loved this in the past but I am 99%

I am a new cubmaster preparing for my first school night registration. I am trying to prepare a sheet that will give a good view of what costs they should expect initially and then annually. One question I am running into is what is required for registering Tiger Cubs. When my son joined two years ago, each Tiger had to have their adult partner fill out an adult volunteer application with a registration cost of $10. This was the requirement since adult partners had to be present at every meeting. In the current information I have received, there is no mention of this. The adult volun

Well thanks for the advice. Day one is now in the books and it went well. I have a den of eight which was very manageable. It did not get hot until the afternoon when the sun peaked through. I did bring the sack of fun things. I wound up doing a few stories I pulled off of the internet. I wish I had more time to prepare so I could learn the stories and retell them rather than read them. It makes a big difference. Last night I went to the camp to hide a bucket of water baloons in the brush next to a path. Our schedule worked out great. We went to BB Guns and Archery right after lu

I am working at our district Cub Scout day camp next week and was looking for some advice. Last year, I showed up with my son on the first day and his den was the only one without a den leader assigned to it. I had taken off the Monday and Tuesday from work but was not signed up to volunteer at the camp (I chickened out of it). Well, there not being a leader was enough of a sign for me to volunteer at the last minute to lead his den at least the first two days. It was extremely hot and the dens wound up being filled with about 15 boys which was more than I was used to with the 6 boys I had

I am entering my first full year as Cubmaster. We went through a rough planning session last month to schedule pack events for the year. This month we will go over a budget based on the discussions last month. We are going to start emphasizing parts of scouting that we have previously ignored like Sports & Academics. One area I want to look into is the use of patch vests. The cost of $12.25 at council is fairly exorbitant I think for a piece of felt. I think I can probably make them for $3 a piece. My question is how packs use the vests. Does the pack provide them or do fam

I've been visiting this site for the last few months looking for direction in my new exploits as Cubmaster. I appreciate all of the help from others. I've gone from being a Tiger adult partner to den leader to Cubmaster in two years. Our pack has about 25 members but it had at one time over 100 members. I am the fourth Cubmaster (I believe) in the past 3 years. With my son just becoming a Bear, I plan to stop that turnover. I am sure I will be seeking the advice of many of you over the next few years so thanks in advance.