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I saw these in the Scout Store at the beginning of the year and then kicked myself for not picking one up then. Went back a couple of weeks later and they were sold out except for a couple of youth sizes. Apparently, the Scout stores are dealers for these products, and the company that makes them, donates proceeds of the sales of their products to the Wounded Warrior Project. According to their website (www.survivalstraps.com) if you have to unravel it for an emergency use, they will replace it at no charge. They just want your story of how you used it. I wonder if these are startin

Very Nice, Thanks for Posting! Our Spring Campout is in May, and we will be having our bridging ceremony at camp. I will be "borrowing" these to use for that. Thanks Again.

Since I live near Dallas, I have had the priveledge of hearing Dr. Beck Weathers speak about his experience in 96. What a truly amazing and inspiring story, yet I still get misty eyed hearing him tell his story. In one instance, you feel like your listening to the narrative of another man's life, but your sitting there and you see his injuries and realize this is that man. He does add some of the dry humor to his talk, as he points out nonchalantly that surgeons had to grow his nose on his forehead, before they moved it. He is still a practicing pathologist with the Dallas Coroner's Office. Wh

OMG!!!! Glad you had a fun time with it, Now how do you raise the bar for next year?

I feel your pain Brutha! My 12 YO going on 25 has my wife and I at our wits end. But hey, what do I know? I'm the mean old parent who doesn't get what he's going through, and never will! As many times as I tell him that I was 12 once also, and I did almost the exact same things he's doing now. If he doesn't believe me, I tell him to go talk to his grandmother to get the scoop on ol' Dad. Still hasn't bitten on that one yet. You do the best that you can do, with what you've got! He may not hear the message you are sending, but if that message is the same from everybody around him, eve

'Fish, I'd figure since you use to be a VFD chief and SAR guy, you would still have some contacts with the FD about some classes, or at least to point you in the right direction. You might check some of the community centers or Parks and Recreation for classes offered to the public that are AHA or ARC certified. One of the Battalion Chiefs in a neighboring city offers CPR/AED to our Troop or any Scouting Group, (BSA,GSUSA, etc) for free. That's his gift back to Scouting for what it's done for him and his sons'. When we took ours, we got all the participants to chip in what would have

You've gotten a lot of great advice so far. I'll try and add my $.02 worth. Take about 6 mos off to deprogram from Cub Scout mode. That doesn't mean you disconnect, just that you sit back and absorb what is going on around you in the troop. Watch how the Senior Patrol leader interacts with his PL's. Watch how the PL's work with their patrols. Let the boys learn from their mistakes (and they will make mistakes). What can you do to help, lots of things....Merit Badge counselor, Committee Member,(Hey, all the boys in the troop will need Boards of Review at some point. This is really helpful

Welcome to the virtual camp fire! Grab a chair, bring your coffee and pepper away! Glad to hear you stepped up as CM, I just took over as CM for our pack and am loving every minute of it! This forum has a lot of insight and I'm glad I found it. It has made things easier, knowing that somebody out there has probably seen the same things.

I used the SMART method on all my Tickets. Everything was written up in the same format and it certainly gave me focus on how those tickets were related to what I wanted to accomplish. Pictures were a big part of my verification. I also scanned some documents I received to add to the whole write up. It's not a Masters thesis, Keep it simple.

Congratulations and Well Done! Nothing like that feeling of getting the final nod! Now the work begins, use those tools to continue what you've started. OTN and a Good ol' Beaver too!

I have a 30 degree bag that I use, but then I have a fleece sleeping bag to stuff in it for extra warmth. I will probably use just the fleece this year for the warmer weather. That and my trusty thermarest!

The "GreatStuff" Expandable Foam sealant. Spray it like whipped cream, let it set up solid. Spray paint Dark Brown, add a little grass while it's wet, Voila....Meadow Muffins!

From the Scouting Insignia Guide: World Crest, cloth, No. 00143, all Scouts and leaders, centered horizontally over left pocket and vertically between left shoulder seam and top of pocket. May be worn by all members of Scouting to symbolize their membership in the World Scouting movement.

So tonight was my first Pack meeting as CM, some observations: I hadn't realized how late we had been starting our pack meetings, until tonight. I was at the church at 6:40 to start setting up, by 6:58 there were 3 leaders and boys in the gym, myself included. At 7:05 the rest of the families trickled into the building. Even had one show up at 7:15. Next pack meeting we have in the gym, 7:00 will be when "Scouts Attention" will be called. I changed up our opening ceremony a little bit. Instead of having 1 den call and bring the flags in, I had both dens bring the flags in and had one

Very Cool!! One of the eaglets has kind of an attitude and likes to pick on the other other ones. until Mama comes home........Life imitating Life? Thanks, certainly beats watching the Panda's

Webelos wobble, but they don't fall down. That happens when they turn 14 and have the feet of small yachts, but the body of stick pins. Great for water skiing though! So What declension is Webeli? nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative, or locative Ok, that's all the Latin I remember from school

they were called for a British necker from a cute Scout making her way across the USA I didn't know there was a skill award for that! What are those requirements!

I've seen the "Yours in Scouting" signoff on letters and emails from Scouters all around the district and council. I tend to use "For the Boys" as my sign off on emails when I'm emailing the pack and I use the "Yours in Scouting" if I'm talking to people outside of Scouting, but they both are interchangeable. At least you spelled Webelos I and II correct!, That's my big hang up, It's not Webelo, Webeli, or any other off shoot. As Scouters, these terms become ingrained in our vocabulary. Just like our everyday lives, and our careers, we have terms we shorten because the people we're d

Ours is normally held in February, but due to the "lovely" weather we had in February, they have moved it back to the middle of April this year. Our council hosts 3 WB courses a year, so we have 3x the amount of participants trying to show the most WB spirit throughout the night! It ends up being good fun for everybody. The highlight of the evening is the unveiling of the official course totem that's to be hung in one of the activity or dining halls at one of the camps. (Our course still claims the title of LARGEST totem around, Hee,Hee!) We also honor the outgoing CD's and introduce the

I was hoping for Cactus and Grapefruit league updates I totally forgot I needed to renew my Hazardous Weather training every two years. Just another thing to add to the list. Thanks

We did a quick trial run at our last pack meeting. We ended up with mixed results.We did one of the medium level ones and the boys were having problems with it. We are probably going to have to use the $100 level games the next time. we are planning on having our Spring Campout activities centered around the MTWI format. So we're going through the games to try and figure out which ones will work for us. I'm excited about trying to put it all together. I hope it's successful, so we can start implementing them in recruiting and then bringing them to pack meetings. My wife's company did

Couple of ideas for you. 1. The behavior candle- Have a small candle and light it at the beginning of the meeting, Let the boys know that if they behave during the den meetings, the candle stays lit.When they burn the entire candle out, reward them with whatever, ice cream, extra game time, little trinkets, whatever you want it to be. If they act up during the meeting, walk over and blow the candle out. Start with a tea candle to give them some motivation to do well, then work up in size of candle. 2.marble jar- same concept except your adding marbles to an empty jar for good behavi

That is very cool!!! It's stuff like that, that makes this the coolest "job" around! WELL DONE!

Pack, It is a good thing that pie is so engrained in our country. Everybody knows how to make it and by gosh I'm going to try as many as possible wherever the roads lead me! Now, If I can just figure out why my pants keep shrinking, thank goodness for the expandable waist in the centennial pants. Kudos for eating an entire pineapple, my wife tried that once while living in Hawaii, and said her mouth was on fire afterwards from the high acidic content!

And a Happy Pi day to you too! I'm hoping my folks will bring some Key Lime Pie from Uncle Bubba's in Savannah. Even though I don't think TSA will let them bring it on the plane!