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My son's troop have us sign a permission slip on Thursday night before the campout during shakedown. They know twoo weeks before the campout who is going because we pay the camping fees. But alot of times, parents don't come in or have someone else pick their son up. The permission slip is signed when the shakedown sheet is turned in.

I am not sure how many, or which, adults are going with my son's Troop this summer. Our SM is stepping down in June and the boys go to camp in July. Last year, the SM and ASM were the only adilts at camp with the boys. There were only 9 or 10 boys that went. My husband and I along with one other parent took trucks loaded with gear and boys. At the end of the week, two trucks went back to camp to get boys and gear. We will probably do the same this year.

Anarchist, This isn't the NSP, but it is last year's NSP. The menus have been approved for each campout. The rest of the boys in the patrol like what they are eating. I don't think that they Troop has a guide. I just asked my son and he said that it has been almost a year since he has seen the Troop guide at a meting. Let me add here that there are only 2 active boys that are older than my son. The SPL is 16 and the now ASPL is 14. The rest of the active boys are in 5th (just crossed over) and 6th grade. I am hoping to work with him on his cooking skills a lot this summer. We usuall

Thank you everyone. i am going to let my son read this and see which he wants to try. I will say that it will probably have to be one of the simplist ones. His patrol has not done much in the way of cooking. The last 3 campouts they have had cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, and hot dogs for supper. His menu looks like this: Breakfast (Saturday): Omelets in a bag or burritos if the boy wants it that way Lunch: Sandwiches and chips some type of fruit or desert if the boy doesn't like the lunch meat then they can have a peanut butter sandwich S

My son, 12, is wanting to try something new for his patrol at the next campout. Any suggestions for cooking chicken would be appreciated. He has thought about cooking bbq chicken, but would like some other ideas too. It can be for any type of chicken, but leg quarters are on sell for 19 cents a pound this week. He could cut them up and have just legs or use both the leg and thighs. Thanks,

scoutldr, I will still be helping my son's Troop out. I had to back out of being Day Camp staff for this summer. I also had to back out of Wood Badge. I will be having a new baby in the early Fall. My husband has insisted on a break. The only thing he has told me that wouldn't bother him was if I signed on to be an ASM for our son's Troop's new SM. So, I say I am getting a break when in reality I am only taking a break from Cub Scouts.

There are only 7 days of school left and that is when we advance our boys. So after next week's meeting, I am officially done (for now). The Bear leader and his wife (our new CM) get to take over the Webelos I and II. I was going to stick around as a committee member because I have a boy that will be joining a Pack next year. But they decided to change the committee meeting to a time that I cannot attend (my older son's Boy Scout meeting is at that time). I wanted to stick around and keep an eye on the pack and see how it was next year. That way, I had a better idea if I wanted to stay w

AOL req. #5 says: Participate in a Webelos overnight campout or day hike. (If you have already done this when you earned your Outdoorsman activity badge, you may not use it to fulfill requirements for your Arrow of Light Award requirements.) What I understood when I read it was that it referred it you back to the Outdoorsman pin requirement #9which states: 9. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the things that you need to take on a hike. Go on one 3-mile hike with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop I hope that helps you some. I don't have a copy of the new book. I

Our council (Buffalo Trace Council) gives free badges of rank, excluding Bobcat if your unit turns in the renewal and you qualify as a quality unit. I just figured it was a National thing.

Feb. crossover was a good thing for my son. He had been the only Web I in our Pack. His Web II time was spent helping the Web I learn what they needed. i was the leader for both and he was still the only boy his age. We would work on all his Scout stuff at home. My son went to summer camp last year and began to get homescik about Thursday, but the SM and ASM helped hime through this. It wasn't the first time he had been away from home either. He had attended church camp the summer before. I think it was the fact the Boy Scout summer camp is so much more tiring. He was exhausted and ready

I have had to take my younger son on MANY different Scouting events. As a Cub leader, he has been with me to all but one or two of them. I was in charge of the Archery range at a Saturday event and my 5 year old was right there helping me (when he got tired of helping, her would color or play in the sand pit near by). I have even been known to take him on Boy Scout camp outs. When my older son was camping with a Troop for his AOL, the younger son was right there. He will have to go camping with the Troop next month too. I am going camping with a new crosover and I have noone to leave the

Am I understanding correctly, do your Troop's/Ship's allot gas money for the people driving?

We only had one Webelos crossing over: the mother of one wouldn't met him join a Troop and the other wasn't interested. The Crossover went very well. I had to fill in for the SM of the troop that he is joing because this happened to be the weekend that they were camping. The Pack surprised me with a plaque in appreciation for my role as a den leader. They knew that I am taking the next year off as a leader and am only going to sit in on the committee. I told them that if they needed any help to give me a call and I would be there to help, but I was very tired. They actually had me s

I know that life doesn't end at 52. But looking at it this way just makes it seem that it will be forever. The Pack that I have been the WL/ACM for the past 2 years with has a 66ish year old CM. She is doing it with her grandson, who just crossed over today. Long Haul, I have had almost all the training. I have had Leader specific for Bear and Webelos, CM/ACM, Webelos Outdoor Leader training, SM/ASM (got tricked into that one), and was going to go to Wood Badge this fall. Wood Badge will have to be put off for a couple of years because of the baby. I would be ready to take on SM if I w

figured out that I will have a son in a Troop for the next 18 years and in a Pack for 11 of the next 12 years. It is kinda overwheling to think of it in that way. I like to volunteer with whatever my kids are doing, but it will be kinda hard to work with a Pack and Troop at the same time (just not enough hours). By the time my son's age out of scouting, I will be 52 years old (scary thought). My oldest son (second year Scout) wants me to take over for his retiring SM. I told him that if this was happenning next summer that I would consider it. But with being pregnant (due in August), I

I have been very lucky at finding uniforms at thrift stores and rummage sales. I was at one of the local thrift stores this week when I found and adult XL sirt for $3. I wasn't even looking for Scout shirts, I was just walking down the aisle and saw the shirt. About 6 months ago, I found a brand new with tags youth XL with Webelos scarf for $0.50. And a couple of months before that, a youth large tan shirt for $0.50. I have not set out to build a closet of uniforms, but when you find them that cheap you don't pass them up. At the moment, 4 of the local Cub Scout pack are wearing uni

My son was a Lone Scout as a Webelos I.Even though we were part of a Pack when he was a Webelos II, he was the only Web and might as well have been a Lone Scout. I was very glad to find a Troop for him to join. It has meant a lot to him to be around other boys. Our Troop is 24 miles (one way) from home. I just combine errands and do my shopping while he is at his meating. If the situation arose again, I would consider Lone Scouts. But I don't think my husband would like it. I hope someone else can help you with your questions.

ScoutNut and MaScout, I don't really want to be a SM. I gladly drive boys to camp, will camp if they need another adult, and would step up as an ASM (if they wanted me to). I have worked with the boys a little on campouts and do enjoy working with them more than I do Webelos aged boys. But I would not go seeking the psoition of SM. My reasons are selfish (I guess). I signed my son up for Cub Scouts so that he would have other adult influences in his life and so that he would be leaning from others. I homeschool my boys and felt that they needed another influence. It didn't work out t

My daughter, almost 17, still wets the bed almost very night. She doesn't camp, but does go to church camp every summer. She wears adult 'pull-ups', but some nights these aren't enough. When she goes to camp, I send her extra sheets and require her to take a mattress protecter (rubber sheet). So, I am very sympathetic to your situation. Her birth mother wet the bed even after they she was married. I want to reply about the medication that they can prescribe for bedwetting. We tried it with my daughter for about three months and she gained almost 40 pounds. You say that it is rarely

Thanks everyone for the replies. After giving it much thought, I think I am going to take a break until after the baby is born. I will have to be starting back into the Cub Scouit thing again in the fall of 2007. Maybe a year off would give me a chance to refresh my interest in all things Scouting. I will still be available to take boys to campouts and camp, if needed, for the next couple of months.

I have had a similiar situation with my den and I only have 5 boys (Web I and II's). If the boys don't attend, they aren't going to advance. I would (and have) award to the boys that have finished the work and when (or if) the others finish the work then they will get the award. I know this probably sounds harsh, but if the boy didn't show up for practices, he would play on the team. Webelos are old enough that if they want to participate and advance, they will be there or make up the work.

scoutldr, I wouldn't want to consider a district position. I have one yaer until my next (2 of 3) son is old enough for Cubs. When he ages out of Cubs, our youngest will be old enough for Cubs (I am pregnant with our 3rd son). I know I will be spending the next 18 years involved in Scouts, probably most of it in Cubs.

For those of you who have held both positions, which do you prefer? I have been a Web leader for 3 years now. I have not enjoyed it and it has been getting worse. I stayed on as Webelos leader this last year because the Pack could not get anyone to step up for the position. I have already told them that I would not be a leader after May. I have a year until my next son will be old enough for Cubs. I will stay on as committee or help somewhere, but am not going to be the Webelos leader. My oldest son's Troop has 1 SM and 1 ASM (who doesn't have the opportunity to attend regularly). I

Some of us leaders just neede help motivating the boys. I have a den of Webelos (2 first year and 3 second year) that seem unmotivational (all but one). One boy is going to join a Boy Scout Troop, another's mother won't let him join a Troop, and the last has been unwilling to finish his Ftiness from over a year ago and also won't cooperate during meetings. The first year scouts aren't much better: one had attended about half of the meetings this year and the other has attended 2 since August. All but the boy who is joining a Troop have parents who are uninterested and don't help the boys with

MaScout, It sounds like you must live in my Council. When I have attended Roundtable, I have to drive about 50 miles one way and it takes an hour to get there. I don't like to drive after dark. So, unless I get someone to go with me I don't usually attend.