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I have been asked to put together a little Outdoor Activity Award Ceremony, to follow the Tiger and Wolf Badge Ceremonies. Does anyone know of a ceremony for this award, that I could use? Or is it just typically something where you hand out the patch to the recipients and say "Good Job", or something like that?

Our pack is about 6 years old, and I am pretty sure this is the first time we have earned it. I'm in my first year (Asst Tiger Den Leader), and I know we didn't have the 2007 award. Thanks for the input.

My Cub Scout Pack was just awarded the 2008 Centennial Quality Unit Award. Where does it go on the uniform? I was told it goes on the right pocket. But that just doesn't look correct. If anyone has an image of where to put this award, I would like to email it to the others in my pack.

I have been talking with the Committe Chair about this, and we are going to discuss it at the Pack Committee Meeting on Monday. We aren't going to discuss BSA endorsing a babysitting program. What we are talking about is the parents continuing to run their own babysitting program and enforcing the rules that the Church has already set in place. It turns out the Church was aware, and has established rules. We want to discuss our situation with the Council to make sure they are aware, as well as the Chartered Organization. But what it all amounts to, is having the parents better aware of th

We meet the first and third Monday of the month, year round. The first Monday is the pack meeting, but after the awards and announcements, the Cubs go to their respective Dens. Just like the other Monday that they come in. Yes, we are talking about 13 year old sitters, not 17. The mother of the main sitter is a registered leader on the committee. She does supervise the babysitting, but she can't be there at all times. And like has been posted, non of the people in that room are covered by BSA insurance. I think after my wife brought up the issue this week, maybe things will ha

The Chartered Organization is the homeschool group that started the Pack about 6 years ago. And the Pack has just started becoming a formal organization, no longer flying by the seat of it's pants. Thanks to the new Commitee Chair (who is leaving at the end of the year). So things are growing and the leaders have more interest in getting things done right. I believe this homeschool group is affiliated with the church in some manner. These are things that I will also have to find out in more detail.

Yes, in my opinion this babysitter is overwhelmed with kids. Although she does have some help from another teen, I believe. Not sure if they are trained. I will have to find out. The reason we have too many kids, isn't because they are getting dropped off. It is because we have approximately 26 Cubs and 14 leaders. Nearly all the parents are registered leaders in some aspect, which is a great thing. But the siblings just run around and have a good ol' time while the parents are busy with the meetings and tending to the business end of things. I must admit, my daughter is a majo

We meet at a church and we have a babysitting room. A teen daughter of one of the Den Leaders watches the siblings there, while we have our Cub Scout Meetings. She has very little control over some of the kids and they wander around the church. This seems like a big can of worms for me, when I take over as Cubmaster in May. I'd like to plant the seed now, to get it fixed, before I am the Cubmaster. That way it will be much easier to enforce, when I take over. What are the BSA rules that apply to babysitting siblings at the events?

I didn't say playing the game of marbles is silly. I said the belt loop for it is silly. My opinion.

I believe everyone should be aware that clothes can be used as a floatation device. But unless you are a sailor, actually practicing this isn't very practical. In the instances like you mention, where it is practical, maybe it should be practiced there.

I'd like to re-iterate the fact that using your clothes as a floatation device is tought (and often used) as a lifesving method in the Navy. However, I am not sure what relevance it has in Boy Scouts. Do Boy Scouts go out in the open water, and have the possibility of falling overboard without being noticed? Maybe Sea Scouts? (I'm not familiar with Sea Scouts) But swimming in a pool or lake, you sure don't need to take your pants off to help float and wait for rescue. Oh yeah, I don't think keeping your soaking wet clothes on or taking them off, while in the water, has any bearing

Yesterday my Tiger Den went on a "Go See It" at a fire station. One of the fire fighters reminded us about changing the batteries in our alarms, because we moved the clocks back last week. They also went over our fire escape plans. So, this brought me to the Tiger Track Trail (elective). After I realized this at home, I emailed the Den to remind them to have their Tiger participate in the battery changing and to do a fire drill for the Tiger Trail. This "Go See It" ended up getting us more signitures than I was expecting. 1. Go to a Fire Station 2. Go to work (one of the Akelas

Sounds like your Cub should be recruiting those kids into his Den. So they can learn some good morals, if nothing else. I'm not advocating in this thread who should've voted for who, but his classmates have some lousy reasons for the choice they probably learned from bad influences. And I am sure they could benefit in the Pack. At least your son was able to do a mock election. Maybe that satisfies the requirement closely enough???

I'm glad I did, because I just noticed one of the Citizenship Pin requirements is going to the Polls with an Akela and talking about the vote. So I just emailed my Tiger Den to see if I can sign any of the other Tigers off. I also tell them to go to Scouttrack themselves to record this kind of stuff, but they rarely do.

I recommend sending an email the day before the meeting announcing what the plan is. And then an email afterwards letting everyone know what was accomplished. I don't recommend spending too much time helping them catch up if they weren't there. Put that on the parents. If you use Scouttracks or something similar, put the pressure on the parents, to keep their Tigers up to date. I also recommend being very diligent in making sure those who show up, get every single elective signed off. This way they receive a ton of awards. That also serves as a great incentive for those who didn

I'm actually not one of the leaders in the Girl Scouts, so what I am looking for is something to pitch to the Troop that the parents can also log into from home. This program (after quickly looking at) appears to be something that just the leader has access to.

My daugther is a Junior and I am wondering if their is a website to track her patch earning. My son is a Cub Scout and his Pack uses Scouttrack.com. It is so easy to track his achievements. I'm not having the same luck with my daughter's achievements because nothing has been provided to help the parents do this.

I believe when you recruit the future Tigers and a couple Wolf scouts, your problems will be solved. I brought my son into the Tigers in July. At the time the Den had 3 Tigers, and we currently have 7. I have since become the Asst. Den Leader and in May I will be the Cubmaster (yes, I am diligently receiving training). We currently only have 2 Bears, and we are on a "Bear Hunt". I don't think you have much to worry about, as you seem to be proactive (enough so, that you are in this forum). With a little work and persiverence, you will have enough scouts for productive meetings ever

I'm new to this whole scout leader thing. But to me it sounds as if it would be appropriate to remove her from being the Co-Bear leader for lying. She told you one story and the popcorn professional another story. Someone is being lied to and no Cub Scout Leader should be in that position if they are a lier. There is no co-leader in the organization chart anyway. (that I know of) Like I said, I am new. Hopefully someone with the proper experience will chime in soon.

My pack uses Scouttrack.com and I find it extremely easy to use and I love it. Not sure if the pack had to pay to use this, but I am guessing that they did. I only wish I could get the other Tiger Cub parents to update their kids belt loops and electives. My son has the most, not because he necessarily deserves the most. It is because I am diligent in tracking his progress. And no matter how much I plug the website in the meetings, it seems the other parents aren't updating their Tigers achievements.

I am currently in the process of transferring from the MA Guard to the NCARNG. Not yet officially in the unit yet, but I drill with the new 113th Sustainment Brigade in High Point.

That is funny. I actually have another scouting event that day too. Unfortunately I can't make it there either, due to having Army National Guard drills that weekend.

Thank you for the advice. I do enjoy going to the training. I took three classes a few Saturday's ago, and I have another class I am going to tomorrow night. I have also completed one of the online courses so far. I guess I am jumping into this head first. That is why my son is the only one in his Den with his Bobcat Badge. We are really enjoying this together! Now that the other Tigers see his Badge, they are much more motivated to earn it themselves. And I think there parents are starting to realize that the Tigers only get out of it, what the parents put in. It is amazing

Hello, my son and I are new to Pack 94 in Charlotte this year. I was recently asked to be his Asst. Tiger Den Leader. Last night I conducted my first class with the Tigers in the absense of the Den Leader. This past weekend I was also asked to take over as Cubmaster in May. I suppose I will be here in the forum a lot, to learn from those who are more experienced than I am.