scoutmom111

We work it into the cost of the trip for anything over 50 miles. Of course if a family decides to take their own car and only their own family, we don't compensate them. It just got to be too much of a burden on the same people. If you want the scouts to baby sit your boy... pay the sitter!

My husband is the SM for our Troop when it goes up to Mackinaw Island for a week of service. There are very firm LAWS about hazing. You cannot tell a boy to do anything that is not part of the normal duty for which they signed up. In otherwords, we can make them salute the flag pole. but not for more time than they would normally salute. We cannot make them do KP. (for our troop at Mackinaw, the boys don't do kitchen work) We can give them the choice of KP or going home. We cannot make them scrub with a tooth brush, but they can be required to clean (that is a normal part of the service week)

We will be doing lots of re-enactments. They want to do medieval. My oldest son make chain mail and has been going to renfairs since he was 4 months old! We have a troop that we are working with that is very into Civil. We will to French, Indian since most of the boys are also into OA. We currently go to Niagra-on-the-lake, Canada for an 1812 re-enactment. Plus we do service week at Mackinaw (1812) and are currently working on putting together something at Fort Detroit (1812). We will be doing a sprint camporee that has the theme of scouting thru the ages. There will

OH goody - one of my tickets is a parent handbook... I'm collecting examples.... yippee!!! Any one else have good ideas of what should be in there?

I am with troop 111 in Lansing, Mi., Chief Okemos Council. I started as a webelos leader, my husband was Cubmaster and my two boys were webelos and wolf. Now I am the advancement chair for T111. Eagle advisor, merit badge coucilor for many troops and I am a wood badger - I'm a good old Charmin Bear! We were the scout family of the year in 2003 and the scout family on Dr. Phil - 2002 I am an OA ordeal member... and we are starting a Crew 111 this year. THe crew will do re-enactments. I think that pretty well covers scouting!

Yes we were the ones in the front row in our scout uniforms. We had to get permission from national to wear them. At the time I was in my 5th year as Webelos leader. I am now fully in the troop, advancement chair, merit badge councilor for 6 badges, Eagle advisor, OA ordeal member and 5 days short of being a wood badger!!! Oh, and our troop is starting a venture crew so that is coming up next year! Yep, I've moved up!!! As I said, all my boys (and they are ALL my boys) make sure I have a good time. I figure it is good training for future husbands **smile**

I know I have been venting all over the forum about frustrations with my WB course. I love hearing all the feed back. And I really love to hear the CD perspective. I know it is the other side of the fence, but we are all moving to the same place. Good leaders, good units, better programs! I'm just curious, from the CD/Staff perspective, what is the hardest part of WB. Everything has pluses and minuses. Maybe someday I will be a staffer. I might complain, but I've always put my time and money where my mouth is... I wouldn't staff under the current CD (God knows she wouldn't let me anyway **gi

dancinfox Maybe next time I will suggest people go to your council wB course! After all, we're just in Lansing **smile** Mama Bear

I haven't started my tickets yet, our second weekend starts this Friday. But I have already gotten something out of it all. We met a cubmaster, Pat. He is a good ole bear with the rest of us... well he has already decided to join our troop... his wife is buying him a new shirt so he will have one for cubs and one for Troop 111!!! He has already volunteered to be an Eagle mentor for one of our autistic boys. You see Pat is an Eagle and his cousin is autistic. We've hit the jack pot!

I can't tell you how much it helps getting other perspectives. We've decided to give up on the CD not the patrol. We WILL finish the weekend. We have a reindeer that poops candy (hey, its something my 15 year old son had). So we decided that everytime there is... we get candy! Oh, just one more vent, she complained that I used someone elses format (I added the How verified:). I was told I had no business going around the CD to the internet! Oh, and at one time they planned that we all had to have 4 guests at each meal... last night they decided that 2 was fine. It looks like they might

I am so frustrated I could scream and so is all of my patrol. When we asked for an example of a ticket, they sent one that they said was approved... but when we used the same format, we were told we were wrong. I got a new format from Charles... thank you so much... Our troop guide is new, this is her first time on staff. So she says our tickets are fine, then sends them on to the CD, the sends back "suggestions" like.. Too Vague... that's it, no suggestions on what that means. Or like "WHat does 'Get' mean?" when we say we will "get the troop to be more aware of diversity by.... " I realize

My husband was sm when our son got Eagle. He didn't want anyone to question our boys work so he didn't sign off on the SM conference, he had one of the ASM do it. There is a loop hole that an ASM can be acting SM on outings if the SM isn't available. We have also had young men that didn't participate in recent years. My husband told them that they must be an active member of the group for him to sign off on their leadership capability. We even had a young man that cheated on his eagle. His dad was ... shall we say... strong willed and controlling... he did the eagle for the boy. We fina

Okay, so I am late to this tread, but.... not only do I go on the camp outs with the boys, they are disappointed when I don't go. You see I took my family on the DR. Phil show because all we ever did was scouting. DOn't get me wrong, I love scouting... hey I'm currently taking Wood badge!!! But on the one weekend a month that we weren't scouting, they wanted to veg at home so ALL we did was scouting. Sinced that time all the boys make sure I have a fun time at all scout events. They often tease my husband (the SM) that he'd better be ready to take me on dates on the off nights! We have

I know they must have had a ball. We live in Lansing Michigan about 15 minutes from MSU and despite 100+ heat and no ac in the dorm rooms, my son didn't even once call to ask if he could sleep in his air conditioned room and have dad drop him off in the morning (my husband is a PHD chemist at MSU). He did, however, call home for a fan and money!!!!

The cost of the course is hard enough, especially as both my husband and I went... it goes to supplies, food, and lots of props. The worse cost was when we were told to make gifts for up to 4 guests per meal at 4 meals, plus the flag, plus the new name tags, plus embellishments for others, plus a centerpiece, plus making a miniture flag for our SM, plus gift for the staff, plus the cost of our patrol project, plus the cost of our conservation project (we were told there was wood available then found out NOT... we had to provide it, and the cost of printing, laminating, plexiglass, screws ...

I'm a Charmin Bear Our yell is "Please don't squeeze the Charmin" We have 2 songs: The first is: I used to be a bear And a mean old bear too Ive eaten me an Eagle, a Fox and beaver stew. Im getting rather hungry And I dont know what to do So Im going to catch a staffer if I can Back to dinner, Frying pan Im going to catch a staffer if I can and the second is: Charmin Bears sung to Bear Necessities Look for the Charmin Bears The woodbadge Charmin Bears We belong to Gilwell troop 1 We are the Charming bears The Love to sing and dancing be

being a bear my self... a Charmin Bear... I am proud to say that our patrol has really worked hard together. We are between weekends in our wb course. While it was suggested that we have 2 patrol meetings, we have already had 4 and plan 3 more before we go back next weekend!! We do bring the patrol spirit back to our boys. They are already excited seeing our flag. We even have the adults in our troop called the dragon patrol (that may have to change to the bear patrol so I can continue as Mama Bear!) We have 4 adult leaders taking wb together (and one cubmaster that we are really recrui