kittle

Some programs allow the parents to be counselor and others require that it be a clergy. Check out www.praypub.org This is a really helpful website.

Thank You very much for the information. It helped my son very much. Now all I have to do is wait and see how he did (is doind) at camp. Kittle

My son is off to camp Sunday, at Ransburg. It turns out that my husband and I are going to be driving the gear there. I am looking forward to checking out the camp. There are 10 boys and 2 adults going from his troop. Kittle(This message has been edited by kittle)

Can someone help me, please. My son goes to camp Sunday and he is supposed to do requirement 5 before he goes. The only problem is, we were going to work on this tommorrow and Saturday, but we left his book in his bag (which we left at the shakedown). I can't go get the book because it is 30 miles away and the church that it is in is locked. What I need to know is what the survival kit is supposed to consist of. Kittle

My son was a lone scout for one year. There are other qualifications, check the usscouts home page and there is an information sheet. If a child is homeschooled they can be a lone scout. Kittle

How long? - 4 days 8:00 flag raising- 3:30 closing How much? - $35/early -- $50/late no gurantee of shirt for late registrations What act.? - depends if you are a cub or Webelos Cubs had crafts, bb, archery, boating, fishing, nature walk, games, and elective (which I thing was knot tying this year) Webelos had Craftsman, Readyman, Engineer, bb's archery, nature (we worked on some requirements for Outdoorsman, Naturalist, and forester), crafts, swimming (worked on A

Trevorum, there would be no need for apologies. You have no way of knowing the little details unless you ask. I am very new to Boy Scouts and am just trying to help my son to the best of my ability. Yes, my son's troop does work on some advancement opportunities as a group. But they wouldn't hold a scout back if he is ready. There are a couple of older boys the PL and APL that are really great with the boys and they are good about signing off anything that they have worked on with them. My son is a bit on the shy side, that is part of the reason that I asked this question. I wanted to kn

First of all, thanks to everyone for the replies. Trevorum, there is no story behind this. Just that my son knows a lot of the skills that are requirements for Tenderfoot and if it is possible that he can keep working along at his own pace he will. If he has to wait til all the boys are ready to do it, he will give up and not care. I don't want to see him loose his interest in Scouts. With all that said, I want to add that my son has a wonderful SM and I didn't want him to bother her if he shouldn't be.

I know that each person is different, but I also know it takes a certain kind of person to be a SM. So here goes my question. If you had a boy bring his book to you on a campout wanting to show his knowledge of requirements, would you take the time to listen and sign his book? This would be during unscheduled/free time not scheduled activities.

I made vest for all the boys in our Pack. One of the other leaders bought the material and I created the pattern and sewed them. We thought about the felt vest, but I made the vests our of cotton. My son had a vest and I just made the pattern off of it.

I started this thread and would like to say that I have reaped a lot of useful info from it. My son is going to pack enough shorts, underwear, socks and t-shirts for each day. Along with clean clothes to sleep in. My son is also the one that just took a growing spurt and I have been lucky enough to find him a whole new wardrobe at rummage sales. So, nothing was too expensive and he has a lot of old t-shirts. He has always packed his clothes in 2 gallon bags, since this is what the SPL suggested before their first campout. As far as showers and PE go, next year won't be any better for my s

evmori, swimmingmwould be the hardest of the three for me, since I ca't swaim and am deathly scared to have water over or in my face. Unlike the kid in question, I don't (and have never) horsed around even in the shallow end. My friends have always respected me enough to not puch it.

We would love to get about 10. But it won't happen. Last year we recruited 2 boys. We know of 1 this year. When our Web II crossover (or graduate out) in the Spring, we will be down to 5 boys: 2 - Web I, 2 - Bears, and 1 - Wolf.

TheScout, In the case of a new scout, wouldn't it be better to ask the SPL. Since the PL has never been to camp either.

Our Pack continues to meet weekly. We just change the time to 1 in the afternoon. May: fishing next week bike rodeo the next week June: 7 -- each den work on whatever they choose 13 -- raingutter regatta this week is day camp 28 -- each den work on whatever they choose August isn't scheduled yet. But we are wanting to go to a local State Park for the day. and have a couple of meetings. I am the Webelos leader and will tell you that we are going to work on requirements. Until the boys will work on requirements, I am not scheduling any extra fu

Thanks everyone. The more I think about it, I think I will see about scheduling a time the Webelos can go camping with the local Troop and leave it at that. My hope is that it will peak their interest in Scouting. Going camping with a Troop is what peaked my son's interest.

Thanks everyone for the info. My son will pack himself and them take it to the shakedown. But I wanted to make sure he had the clothing that he would need. He packs himself for weekend campouts and I would expect no less for summer camp.

txscoutdad, I will be happy if he changes his underwear and socks everyday. He will usually wear his jeans 2 days if he hasn't gotten too dirty. I encourage this for around the house, because I get tired of doing laundry. My son is lacking in clothes at the moment, he has 3 pair of shorts and 3 pair of pants. He just took a growth spurt and it is too expensive to go buy a whole new wardrobe.

When you went to summer camp or send your son (whichever is the case). How many pair of pants (and/or shorts) do you take. Do you take/send short sleeve shirts or tank tops. My son will be going to camp for the first time this year. The list I have only says EXTRA SHORTS BOTH LONG AND SHORT and EXTRA SHIRTS. Would extra mean more than the 6 for the number of days they are going to be gone or what?

LPC. Thanks for your input. To answer your question about BALOO, no one at the moment is trained. I am the only one interested that would be willing to go camping with the boys. And training has been hard for me to get to because of babysitting concerns. Now about roundtable, no I do not attend on a regular basis (again because of babysitting and that it is an hour drive from my home), although I would like to. I have been to 2 and found them informational. I personally am not ready to take the Webelos den camping because they are VERY imature and disrespectful.

1. How often do your Packs camp? 2. Where do you camp? I would like to see our boys get a taste of Scout camping, but am unsure how to start it. I fear there won't be much parental support, and without that it can't work. Right???

I meant to start a new thread. Sorry.(This message has been edited by kittle)

Thanks for the ideas. I will put them back in case we exchange again. I had a serious migraine when I go tto the meeting this afternoon and the Bear leader offered to take the Wolves (2 boys) along with her Bear (1 boy) so I could go home and sleep it off. I wanted to hug her. Thanks again, Kittle

The wolf leader and I (the Webelos leader) are exchanging dens for a couple weeks. I am needing an idea for tommorrow nights meating. Last week we did relays and they tried to walk on stilts. Kittle

If we expect our Scouts to be trustworthy, then we as parents should be trustworth. Besides all that, the BSA has to have volunteers to run. If we don't allow parents to volunteer, then how are they going to have enough adults to run the program.