Andee741

OK... These are all great ideas. Please keep them coming. We are headed to Devil's Lake State Park to take the boys camping this weekend, just the family. First time, and my youngest is sooooooo excited since he isn't old enough yet to camp with the Pack Overnights where we do just Scout/Parent. Anyway, I say this because I won't be able to respond or read over the weekend (limiting myself to electronics), and I need to keep packing, but I love these ideas and appreciate them so much. Love the Survivor Idea. I have to read more about these Morley Games, I did a scan and they look clever

Packsaddle, I think most haven't mastered the art of deception or even thought of working on it.... but I've got a couple are working on that badge. It's funny how quickly your eye can pick up on a boy or two in a group of 60 to check on once in a while. You are so right though and we are definitely enjoying this time. To me organizing these camps isn't work (except for collecting medical forms from procrastinating, inconsiderate parents...rant over). I volunteered to run the camps, because I have an expectation that there should be certain elements, including organized activities and a gre

In free-time the majority of the boys will pick a soccer or a football. Something to play a group game with. There are a couple that do take some re-directing. I'm not talking about a lot of free-time. They explore and wander. I haven't found it to be problematic in the campouts I have attended but did not plan. And they get roped in quickly if it does get out of control. I don't actually schedule free time.(This message has been edited by Andee741)

I'm looking for some ideas for Pack Campouts. As a Camping Chair I do believe there needs to be a balance between free-time and planned activities. The free-time is easy, but planned activities I'd like to hear some ideas from other groups. Last April (1st time as Camp Chair) we did a 'Geocache-style' Treasure Hunt with GPS units borrowed from our Council'. With the 'swag' items collected at each tub the boys made dreamcatchers with the help of their parents. The boys really enjoyed this activity and each slept with their dreamcatcher in their tents. This Fall the dens areworking o

Hello. I'm new to the boards, have been directed here multiple times. I about shot my husband when he came home and said he volunteered to be Tiger Den Leader. We were already volunteering as coaches for our Park District. Anyway...2 years later, I've been the Membership Chair and just finished training someone so I can focus on being the Camping Chair, which I love. Our Pack does three Pack Campouts (Scout & Parent) and 1 museum overnight each year. Anyways, looking for a Camp Activities thread for Pack Campouts. I've set this Fall's Campout up to be a chance for Den Leaders to get

Thank you KISMIF. It's interesting to hear about the other logistics. Update from our JTE Award. We announced what the basis of the award was an what we did last year in earning it. And then our CM turned it around on me and another Mom and got the Scouts all fired up in a thank you round of applause to us (which was never our intention, but was nice to hear). My neighbor and I are a bit wacky when it comes to helping with the Pack. Anyway, the Scouts are having fun was my take away, and are terribly excited about the plan we laid out for them for this coming year to do it again. We

Thanks basementdweller. The one boy I know tries hard. The other boy has these spontaneous bursts of aggression that he seemingly 'has' to act on, and it can be towards an adult or child. He snapped at the one mom that was chaperoning with me. I made him sit down and cool off and gave him one chance to understand his poor behavior and apologize or he was headed home. It took him 10 minutes to get to that point. But as I listened to him apologize, it was obvious he's had to do it MANY times and this is a 3rd grader(now). Anyway, it's interesting to think about the length of time you are with

Put me down for a dozen of those t-shirts! Our Pack went to camp as two groups across 2 weeks with 27 boys. The first week I had one boy who was finally told that the only way he could return was with a parent by his side, he was a no show on Friday. I was very sympathic to this young Scout at the beginning of the week, but then a pattern became clear and his behavoir was out of control, agressive, and disrupting the other scouts from getting the full experience. My sympathy was in part because I knew he had some attention issues, but also because it was over 90 degrees day after day and every

I didn't know there are schools with more than 1 Pack. Are large Elementary Schools? Are they rural schools with students spreadout? Very interesting.

Hi Eagle, Thank you for the welcome. I've had some of the similar problems. My pet peeve is lost volunteer applications that are found months later at the bottom of a desk pile. I just go to pieces when I have to ask a volunteer to fill an application out again. Every once in a while I'll request a roster from our Council so I can confirm leadership roles are correct and Scouts have been added. I do have to say that our District Trainer is very good at providing a monthly update by e-mail on who's train and who's not in each Pack. This has also been a good way to check a

Basementdweller, I hope he was as on top of the rest of his job. Wowzer. We are presenting it tomorrow night at the Pack meeting following our Round-up. We do a short Q&A and then invite families to join a Pack Meeting. It gives them an idea of how the Pack meetings run and who the other Scout families. We thought it would give them an idea of the great year we have planned at the Pack Level so far. Thanks for the responses so far, I think I'll go with what I have right now. Good night.

Basementdweller...I'm not sure how to take your reply. Was that heavily loaded sarcasm?

Our CC and CM swapped positions with some Den Leaders in February. Our Pack is already thinking about succession planning for our next CC and CM. I was told a good way to think of a position is the first year you are in training with the current person, the second year you are the expert and the third year you are training someone else. I enjoyed reading the different posts.

Our Pack earned Gold for our JTE. Does anyone do anything special to award this patch? I was thinking we would hit the highlights of what earned us the patch, but does anyone do anything special for this award? Thank you in Advance. Andrea