msnowman

Late to the party as usual. Ask them if they want to go. If they say yes, take it as a chance to bring the scout back. If not, give the opppurtunity to someone else. On a different note - our pack did Battleship Cove last February and had a fabulous time. I hope you do too. Michelle Cubmaster Pack 102 Orland, ME

Our SNFS turned out great. We got 6 new boys, 4 1st graders and 2 2nd graders. I know that doesn't sound like much to some of you, but that number doubles our Pack size. With the existing boys we have 5 Tigers (registered one last spring), 2 Wolves, 3 Web I's and 2 Web II's. Wooooot!!.

One of our incoming Web I's just lost his mom on Saturday. The Pack didn't know the mother (non-custodial, blah, blah), but the boy and his father are well liked by all. I have seen the boy and extended my condolences on a personal level but wondered what other Packs do on a Pack level. I figured a card and?? A fruit basket to his home? The family did not want flowers at the funeral. Suggestions?

/agree with CMF. Our pack is small but in no way are we in it "just for numbers". This will be our second consecutive summer of earning National Summertime Pack Award, something this pack had never done in the past. We still went to camp as a Pack and the boys still brought in more food (total item number) than our neighboring, larger town with a bigger Pack. Pack size isn't what makes the program, the people (boys and adults) are. This is the same town that rejected sending their 6-8th graders to the neighboring town with their brand new, state of the art Middle school. We like to keep thin

In a perfect world there wouldn't be a need for Den Leaders to be part of the committee. However, regardless of how National feels about it, there are times that your den leaders are your committee. Our pack has 6 boys, 2 Web II's, 3 Web I's and 1 Tiger. Every single parent is registered as something. Our CC doesn't even have a boy in the Pack any longer. This means there is no seperate "parent committee" from the den leaders for us. We make due as best we can and continue on.

I'm working on a project with a major national publication which has regional editions (it's not a done deal yet so I can't mention the publicaton) to publicize youth group service projects on a local basis. The idea is that members of a given community like to know what good is being done there and by what groups. Also, some projects, esp. Eagle projects, require assistance and/or donations of money and/or goods from members of the community. Those in a position to help simply need the information. We will give it to them. I have added some forums to my website (http://www.dutyandhonor.com

Eamonn - thanks for your reply. Many of the things you suggested we have tried, with little success.....but, as one of my Cubmaster minutes said, you only fail if you try and fail...and fail to try again, so we'll keep at it. You asked if our charter org would be any help. That would be a big negatory. It is a church with a very, very OLD population. In and of itself that shouldn't be a problem. But this particular population a)doesn't care that they have a Cub Scout Pack & Boy Scout troop b)fights us tooth and nail (well, their deacon or whatever the layperson below the pastor is call

I am the CM for a tiny pack. We started in September with 8 boys in the whole Pack. Well 2 weeks ago two of my Tiger parents tell me they won't be back because "Scouts isn't high on our list of priorities". The 3rd Tiger (and family) has disappeared off the face of the earth. Now for most Packs, losing 3 wouldn't be a problem, but for us that is nearly half. We did spring recruiting Magic Show and only had 2 kindergarteners show up and one of those was a brother of a Bear. We sent flyers home in the k-4th grade classrooms (our CC distributed them, so we can't blame it on the teachers not hand

I am a female CM for my nephew's Pack. I have been raising him for 5 years and we have been in Scouts together for 4 of those 5 years. He is finishing his 1st year of Webelos (where I also function as assistant leader). I have already told him that I will not bridge over with him when he goes on to Boy Scouts. I have reassured him that for as long as he desires to be in Scouting, I will always make sure he has everything he needs, I just will not be part of Troop. I see nothing wrong with women who are in positions of leadership in Boy Scouts going on an overnight, its just not for me, my i

We have an exceptionally small Webelos den (just 2 boys), so there is very little we can do as far as "competitions" go. However, we have played several games to review what they've learned and such and there is a winner and there is a loser. Both of the boys play sports, one wrestles (definatly a win/lose event) so losing is part of their lives. The only complaint is when (one specific boy) gets too "braggy" about winning (you know, the "in your face" type comments). However, that opens up discussion for sportsmanship. Competition is good, sportsmanship is essential and the best way to learn

Last year our bridging over was a cookout/games day and was a huge success in spite of (or maybe because of....these are young boys after all) 35 mph winds and torrential rains. We had erected tarps and canopies the day before and still had the cookout outside. This year we are doing our Bridging in June in the woods with a real wooden bridge over actual water (not rainwater). However, it has been already decided that if the weather is against us, we will move it inside. July finds our Pack taking part in our first parade in many years(at least the 4 I've been involved) as our area

I thought Tigers remained Tigers and continued to wear the Orange t-shirt until the end of first grade or the Pack's bridging ceremony where everybody is moved up to their next rank. Earning Bobcat isn't the same as bridging over because Wolf is the rank for 2nd graders, whereas Bobcat is for everybody. Then he would be a Wolf and would wear the blue shirt to the Summertime activies as that is the proper uniform for his new status.

To quote Trail Pounder : "80% of the Catholic priests who sexually assaulted children were homosexual." Sexual assault is less about sexuality and more about power. For a sexual predator (either of children or adults) a large part of the attraction (not quite the right word) is from the taking of power from someone else. Perhaps the priests in question were/are gay, I don't know and won't debate that issue. Personally I believe any sexual predator should be shot, drawn & quartered, boiled in oil and then stomped on until more horrible can be found to do to them. I'm just trying to p

How about a Chocolate (or other favorite pudding flavor) cream pie? Instant pudding, Kool Whip, Keeble Graham Cracker pie crust.....mix, pour, chill, cut, eat, enjoy.

SC Pack - I like your idea of having the diamond patch overlap each in the center. Except for the sewing required it is no different than the suggestion made for putting the oval patch in the plastic hanger. A case could also be made for extending the size of the Diamond, leaving the center of the Diamond open for the Diamond Webelos badge as the 5th. Scoutnut you are far luckier than I have been if you haven't had 10 year olds get upset because they don't have the same awards and badges as their peers. Perhaps the program isn't "supposed" to be all about the awards, but as SC has

Our Pack (along with most others) will be facing a similar issue next year when this years Bears (the first to earn the Tiger Diamond Badge) move on to Webelos. The only reason my Web I's went to Tan shirts this year is that both boys outgrew their blues. Perhaps it is time for National to decide to require new Webelos to wear the tan shirt with the Oval badge instead of leaving the option up to the parents. Or, allow the Oval to be worn in the plastic protector over the other badges of rank on the blue shirt. I know there are some packs the "require" the Webelos to go tan. However, since ther

acco said "... Not sure of exact dates but when the first class of Tigers who earned the Tiger diamond badge come (came?) around to the Webelos rank the option of Oval or Diamond for Webelos went away. The Oval was required and for the tan shirt." Unless it is different in other Councils, our current Bears will be the first group to have potentially earned the Tiger Diamond. I have seen nothing to say the Oval and Tan shirt were required. Do you have a link Acco? I'd like to be able to pass that on to the rest of the Pack if it has been decreed as official. Perhaps it is part of a new un

Thanks everybody for the replies. Last year for Cub Camp I had stitched all of the arrow points on my Web I's tan shirt (badges of rank were already in place, thanks Ebay). Our packs former CM said they didn't go on the tan shirt, so I looked it up. Since I wasn't able to find anything to the contrary, I left them in place until this month when he moved to a new shirt and Webelos badge. As a pack we let the parents choose when to put their son in a tan shirt, most seem to do it as the need for a new shirt arises. We also keep a stock of used shirts, to help reduce the cost issue for parents wh

your Webelos II's who have earned all 20 activity badges? I know some councils have a "Super Webelos" badge, or something similar. Our council apparently does not. So, as a Pack, do you do anything special to mark the occasion? Or does it just pass by with a "These boys have now earned all 20 of their activity pins"? We are a small pack (10 boys total, 8 after our 2 Web II's graduate next month. I was just wondering what other Packs did, if anything. TiA YIS Michelle

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This has been a great debate in our Pack and I'm looking for a definitive answer on it. When the previous badges of rank are worn in the diamond, on the tan shirt, are the arrow points earned as a Wolf and a Bear also worn? I do understand that if the Webelos badge worn is the Oval, the other badges of rank are not worn. Or perhaps I'm wrong about that as well (wouldn't be the first time, nor, I suspect, the last). The Uniform inspection sheets are (for me anyway) vague, saying that for the tan, its the same as for the blue. So, Uniform Police, please hear my plea and answer this nagging quest