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    Yes make it engaging and hands-on. For example, my den built a full-size historical reproduction (ductwork) of a Congreve rocket (British). It was 10ft long. https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/rockets-inspired-francis-scott-key-180952399/ Bear Adventure: Paws for Action (Duty to Country) Complete Requirement 1 and two others from Requirements 2-4. Learn about our nation’s flag. Display it at home for one month. Say the Pledge of Allegiance and learn its meaning. Do at least one of the following. A. Find out about two famous Americans.
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    @Pselb , take it easy. No one and definitely not me stated or implied that you and your wife were using the BSA for babysitting, only that some parents have and long before Family Scouting arrived. @NJCubScouter, @Sentinel947, @LeCastor
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    The BabySitters of America phenomenon existed long before Family Scouting.
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    As we know, today Feb 8, is the BSA birthday, mostly just a calendar reminder item these days. But I read this article and memories of Scouting long past surfaced. Thank you Bourbonnais,IL Here is the excerpt, Kids take over Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will run the village on Feb. 10 for "Scout Week." For about the past 40 years, the village has matched the scouts with department heads and allowed them to learn their duties. "It's an opportunity for some of the scouts to show their leadership skills and learn a bit about their town," Schore said. "It's a h
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    IMO, if the Girl Scouts disapprove of the sales location, then the profits of having sold 312 cookie boxes there should be donated to a drug treatment program, etc. My $0.02
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    Okay, it is the scout's project and he , not his coach or dad, should be leading his volunteers (you). The scout should do the project drawings, parts and cut lists. Hand drawings are still okay. He, or better other scouts he is leading, can select boards and mark the cut lines, clamp joints square, drive screws.
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    Who is Eagle Project Coach? Have you seen his Eagle Project workbook? In his workbook should be contact information for his Eagle Project Coach, Scoutmaster, and his school principal, the benefactor. Also there will be approval signatures, if his project proposal has been approved. The scout should be communicating with you and not his parents with you. Thanks for helping. What a lost learning opportunity (Kreg jig nice, I could use one) for the scout due to shortsighted BSA safety rules.
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    @Redman , welcome to scouter.com
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    I moved those posts over to a new I&P topic. \
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    @MikeS72 welcome to scouter.com
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    ...this year one of the organization’s four “high adventure bases” — Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico — will begin hosting family scouting for families with girls or boys. Similar family programs are under development at the Summit Bechtel Family Reserve in West Virginia, says Al Lambert, an assistant chief scout executive for BSA, who leads outdoor programming efforts. “It’s an exciting time for us . and our efforts in supporting girls and families, as well as boys,” says Lambert. “We’re adapting to changing times.” Lambert says many young families want to experience ca
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    From my experience, adults (leaders included) should be given prior notice regarding awards to them. If they say NO, then it is NO. They need not provide an explanation.
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    Delegate, yes! No snacks at my den meetings, we are having too much fun. Send them home hungry for dinner! Adults yakking ... I don't want to hijack topic.
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    @sm270 , welcome to scouter.com
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    Each year in the U.S., 25,000 children under 15 are admitted to emergency rooms for sledding injuries, according to the Mayo Clinic. But sledding deaths are rare. In Minnesota, a teen, Katelyn Hank, died in 2014 in a sledding accident in Le Sueur. Two years earlier, a 10-year-old girl from North Carolina died while sledding in Dassel. While there are no special helmets for sledding, kids can use ski, bicycle or skateboard helmets. That’s a message the Caquelins are now spreading, hoping it will help prevent another family from going through such heartbreak. While wearing a h
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    Well Hooters did sponsor a Cub Scout Camp in Colorado, so I consider them friends of Scouting. http://abcnews.go.com/US/parents-outraged-learn-local-hooters-sponsored-cub-scout/story?id=40325654
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    A brilliant young Girl Scout from San Diego sold more than 300 boxes of Tagalongs, Thin Mints and other munchie-friendly snacks after setting up her wares near a marijuana dispensary over the weekend. The 9-year-old girl’s father, who was not identified either, confirmed to San Diego’s KGTV that she ended up selling a total of 312 boxes over the course of about six hours, presumably to customers of the Urbn Leaf dispensary. The dispensary, too, advertised that the girl would be appearing outside the facility in a post shared to the shop’s Instagram page. http://www.foxnews.com/f
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    @cstewart , I moved your topic from the Issues and Politics forum to here, the Advancement Resources forum.
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    Seven year old Simon Caquelin of St. Paul (MN) had been at the Fred C. Andersen Boy Scout camp in Houlton, Wis., for one night when his family received the devastating news that there had been an accident. No one was there to see exactly what happened that night, but investigators for the most part were able to piece together a series of events--seven-year-old Simon had gone sledding, authorities believe, at some point veering off the hill and striking a tree head-on without a helmet. He spent seven days fighting for his life at Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul, and took his last
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    @ascouter1999 welcome to scouter.com
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    @carebear3895 welcome to scouter.com
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    Agreed, refugee and immigrant scouts are not a new face (membership) of the BSA.
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    @FunkyChikin glad you boogie down to scouter.com
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    I hid another response which seemed more paranoia. @NJCubScouter , @Sentinel947 , @LeCastor
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