Lynda J

Used it once. The second time the shirt was washed the patches came off and the patch adhesive came off and got all over the clothes in the drier. Take the extra time and sew them on. I put snaps on the pocket for his rank patches. When he gets his Eagle he will sew that one on.

My own children are grown. 33 & 36. In 1996 my late husband and I took Kevin as a foster. He was almost 4 at the time. When he got in first grade I put him in Tigers and started working with the pack. He is now in 6th grade is 1st Class and did his OA Ordeal this past weekend. He is a great kid and I love being back in scouting. Of course I was bound to be back. My mother graduated her last Girl Scout Troop from highschool when she was 70.

I took 6 boys. We got there when they opened at 1:00 on Sunday. And at 5:30 when they were closing the doors we were draging them out the door.

With BSA a boy starts in Tigers in first grade When he starts second grade he is a Wolf and earns his Bobcat first, then his Wolf Rank. When he starts 3rd grade he advances to a Bear. Then in 4th grade he becomes a Web I and in 5th grade he is a Web II. When he had completed his Arrow of Light or 5th grade he advances into Boy Scouts. This schedule has little to do with when his birthday is. In my Cub group I had one boy that was a year ahead of the others and one boy that was hold back in 1st grade. He joined at that time and both are great scouts. And in 99% of cases the den leader

No non LDS units don't always fill out their paper work totally. But if I have a boy in a pack that his paper work says he has just finished 4th grade I pretty well know he is going into webs. If I have an LDS boy that shows 4 grade he can still be a bear and in a couple of cases has been a wolf. I agree that lots of LDS leaders don't get the training. So many of them don't even have kids in scouts. It is a job assigned to them by a Bishop. They do it for maybe 2 years and are gone. I don't think that that builds for a stable program. Most of the non-LDS units will have leaders th

MAKE THE STOP. Our boys go about once a year. They love it. But make sure you don't go on a Sunday. On Sunday they are only open from 1-5 and it isn't enough time. Great interactive things to do.

Where did the alcohol come from? Who brought it? These are two question I would need to know. If a boy brought it from home then his parents need to be told. If he bought it somewhere then the police need to know where he purchased it. I would sit down with the boys and their parents and make it very very clear that they are on probation. and any further fractions of the law both Scout and legal will result in being removed from the troop. I do agree that this is a safety issue. I also agree that it is a YPT issue. If something had happened to not only one of these boys

I am in a district that is heavely LDS. I directed our day camp for 4 years and the LDS units drive me crazy. They advance totally differently than BSA. They advance on their birthday regardless of the time of year. And only about 10% of the units put what a boys rank is on their camp registraton forms. So when I had no rank I would put them into a camp dens and when they would get to camp I would have to shuffle well over half of them into the right rank units.

I agree with Bob White. I had a boy in our Den when we were Webs that came in about 45 minutes late all spring because of soccer practice. He still is a good scout. His parents moved and he went into a troop out of state. But you get in what you can.

Sending lots of Hugs Sassymom

Contact your local Astronomy Club. Most of them love having scouts come. Ours meets at the Science and History Museum once a month. They set up their telescopes in the parking lot and it is open to the public. I call them from time to time about bringing boys. When my boys moved up into Boy Scouts one of the guys informed me that he would Merit Badge Council the Astronomy Merit Badge it I wanted. As soon as Kevin finished a couple of badges he is working on he wants to do Astronomy.

I have been hiking for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I hiked in old fashion squaw boots. Never had a problem. But I am older (58) and the ankles aren't as strong now. I understand the need for economy. But you can get good boots for a fair price. The one very important thing is to put them on in the store then find somewhere you can stand that in on a sharp angle. Make sure that your feet don't slide forward and cram your toes into the front ont he boot. Another good tip is before you go hiking trim your toenails close. I grew up raising horses and rodeoing. I alway

John D. The $29.99 Nevado boots that I wore this weekend to outdoor skills training are about 1.5 years old. I wear these boots every day at work. And they are exposed to oil, transmissin fluid and antifreeze every day. The pair I work this weekend to outdoor skills training and about 1.5 years old. And still in very good shape. I work them to the last hiking trip. We hiked about 20 miles. I have never had a blister wearing these boots and have never had sore feet after a hike. I buy them and put them on and stand on an angle and make sure my toes do not hit against the toe of the bo

Our District advancement chairman, who I just adored told me when Kevin moved up to Boy Scouts that I had to look at it like this. Train them, Trust them, Turn them lose. The movement to Boy Scouts is a movement to being able to make their own decussions and mistakes. We can not keep them from making mistakes and we should not. Without failing we do not learn the sweetness of success. I know parents that make it so easy for their kids to achieve that they never "don't succeed. Then suddenly when something happened and the kid didn't win first place and make the team they were crus

Cub and Webs do not do temporary patches on their uniforms. As Boy Scouts you can wear temporary patches hanging form the button on the right pocket. These are for patches like camporee and such. But they are not physically attached to the uniform.

I have been wearing hiking type boots for severalyears. I started wearing them at work because I am on concrete all day. I get some from Academy called Nevados for a couple of years. They cost me about $29.00. I get two paid one a half size larger than the other. In the winter I wear smartwool socks with liners and in the summer I wear light hiking socks. I love them And they last. I am in the auto remair business and they get all kinds of stuff on them and they hold up well. I also wear them camping and hiking. Did about 30 miles this weekend and not one problem. I know that some

I have one boy in my troop that was like this. Mom is a druggie. Dad and Stepdad are both in prison. He lives with grandparents and a mentally challenged aunt. They don't care what he does as long as he is out of their way. I got him as a Bear when his teacher came to me to see if we could get him in scouts. It took me over a month to run his mother down and have her sign the paperwork. He is such a great kid and loves scouting. He is now 2nd class. But he did earn AOL. But it took a lot of work on my part. THere is no support at home at all. But he is so proud of his advancements

we have an ASM that was doing the same thing. He was just out of the military and would bark orders at the boys. Finally the boys started complaining and basically ignoring him. Finally the SM went to him and reminded him that this is a BOY RUN troop. And that it up to the boys to make the rules. That they don't like the military push. He has stopped and everything is running smoothly for how.

another great site for ceremonies and such is Scoutxing.com. I got my boys crossover program from there.

50 years ago when I was first in Girl Scouts my dad (the leader) had a friend that was a total durnk. Dad would have him come to teach knots. This guy could tie knots better than an elephant can carry a trunk. And he could teach kids to tie knots just as well. Did my dad ever take him with us when we went anywhere? NO. Did any of us ever get in a car with this guy? No. Did we learn from this guy? Yes and more than just knots. When we started asking about why the guy acted like he did, my dad sat down and talked to us about the disease of alcoholism. How it hurt people and the people

Have #3&4 taken all their training, including BALOO? If not they can not be registered as the leaders as far as I am concerend. We had something like this happen when I was in the Pack. leader #1 was over taken by 2&3. 1 finally stepped aside. 2&3 fell on their faces and 1 step back in and picked up the pieces and got the boys to cross over. Of course when that happened they came into the troop. Our SM is a very strong personality. He makes it very clear that he is the SM and that he has 4 ASM that have all taken all the training and that he really does not need more ASM

Kittle. This is what scouting is all about. You help me and I will help you. You and the Bear Leader are thinking about what is the best for the boys, all the boys. I commend both of you.

My brother had this happen to him at summer camp 30+ years ago. The Dr. that did the surgery had been a scout and saved the offending appendix in a bottle of formuladide(?sp) and gave it to the SM. At the COH it was presented to him on a string to wear around his neck. He still has it.

Last summer was my 4th year to direct our day camp. THe biggest fight I had with the person who did our inspection was over medical forms. I did not include them in the folder with the registration forms that went to the unit leaders. She told me that I had to do that. I ask her if she was willing to open the council and the camp up to legal action for violating medical privacy. That under federal lay we had to keep any medical informtion private. I had gone over the medical conditions with each unit leader. I also had color coded tabs for different medical condition. She stuck to her g

I forgot to add to those The Guide to Safe Scouting, Safety Afloat, and Safe Swim. But we simply do not need to add other rules at an adults whim.