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Some of Baloo is filled with many DONT"S. but all something we must hear as keepers of the liability that Scouts needs to make sure we don't run afoul of.(wow what horrible grammar) One other thing it stesses well is that a Cub must have fun his first time out or you can sour him on camping for a long time to come. I liked the suggestion that you get some parents to go. Two parents in each den would be ideal. Then they could be the "cops" on what the limits are. IMHO Baloo should be a required part of earning the coveted trained pattch for leaders and Cubmasters.

This may cushion the blow. As an adult leader you are allowed to deduct the travel portion of your involvement in Scouting from your Federal income taxes. You are giving your time, they require adult supervision. Please consult the IRS before trying this but I have been told by more than one leader that they do this. It won't make $2600 any easier to come up with but it could help on the back end.

My son and I completed the "God and me" workbook together after speaking to our Methodist pastor. The best part of the program was my son and I discussed our faith with an intensity that would not have happened without the course. I'm not the greatest presenter of ideas to my children and it would not have worked if I said, "Comm'ere son let's talk about God". After completing the work we sat down with our Pastor (boy wore his uniform) and showed him the games we made, discussed the topics and bible passages. Pastor signed off and we got the medal from P.R.A.Y. We are talking about d

I was hoping a Powderhorn graduate would answer this, anybody out there?

In NE-III-162 we had a person that was driven 400 yards to class every time and even had a heart attack on the final day. The staff there accomodated him. My wife had a student receive his Eagle on Saturday night. The Wood Badger was there as a district rep. Like others said I'm sure they will accomomdate as much as is physically possible.

I forgot Baloo. We have one WEEB II leader "me" trained one WEEB I leader trained and Cubmaster trained. 3 Baloo's in one pack is adequate but I wish the den leaders would all step up. Our council needs to step up as it is not being offered at all this year and is now on the tour permit.

I do not know this answer myself to 100% accuracy. On the pack comittee 4 of 6 den leaders are trained. in addition one Den Ldr is WB trained? Cubmaster is trained and going to WB in a month. Scout troop (really unkown but a guess) Scoutmaster- WB, trained for Scoutmaster. ASM's only one of about 4 is trained in both indoor and outdoor portion. Rest of comittee hasn't attended TCC and one is WB trained. Does your unit reflect this? Are we about average? Does it help to be more "boy led" if your committee is trained? Please be specific. What are some advantages?

Dug, I feel bad that your boys had to struggle with these beasts. For the historical record there was no death march at Tarawa. The 'Corps lost more devil dogs in 76 hours than at any other time in history. The Japanese commander stated, "it will take a million Marines a thousand years to take this island." 76 hours after the first heroes waded ashore said commander was dead, and so were a bunch of Marines. Bataan, earlier in the war had a death march.

I'm scheduled for two Thursday nights in a row in October. What does this include?

I forwarded a link to this discussion to the course director. Did you call the council office? How far is it to drive?

Twin rivers phone # is 518 869 6436 Good luck CNY

CNY SCouter, Call Twin Rivers Council office in Albany, NY. I personally know they have enough for a course but I don't think it is closed. I hope you live this side of Rochester 'cause the Empire State is a long sucker. WB is going to be held at Camp Wakpominee. It is by Lake George. near a newly burst dam! It's a nice place. The course director is a great lady. I taught her how to make ice cream in two ziplock bags. Call Today it begins in August. Bring a buddy to car pool! Good luck

Ooops! Forgot two things. Each boy can only take one peice of candy off each plate.When we did this as a den I had a work sheet that asked them to match the bearing with the type of candy. The proper way to hold a compass is very important. Make sure their "noses" point the same way as the direction of travel arrow does. I tell them hold the plastic base to your chest and keep your head and eyes straight forward.

We just did this and the kids had a great time. Cracker Barrel has "Silva " Type compasses for 3.99 each. Have every boy stand in a group explain to them that a compass doesn't show where to go. It only shows a constant northerly direction. Show them a big declination map. Explain that a large chunk or magnetic ore is in Canada, and that's what makes the compass point that way. Years later when somebody further explain declination they will have already the cause once. Ask them to hold the compass and slowly rotate. "Hey Scouts did you notice the compass always pionts in re

I never questioned why. Could be that during you service project you work. We used pick and shovel for about an hour. We did the ground portion of the COPE course. One Bobwhite from NE-111-162 had a heart attack on the second Sunday morning. He got to ride in an ambulance and was beaded about 10 months later. Plus we're all gettin' old! Growing old ain't fer sissies Have fun in your cours and keep us posted on your course.

I don't know who the comment about letting the Cub's decide who goes in what den was directed at so I will clarify my statement. At no time did I say let the boys decide. I did say let the boys know what is going on. Make sure they know it's not because "Mr. John" didn't like me. Explain to them "you will have more fun and complete more projects if the teams are smaller" As far as knowing who gets along with whom, you have had some of them for a year. You know those boys well. Talk to the parents, to decide which boys already play together. I agree with BOb, the boys don't form up dens

Keep all the good kids yourself! No really, be up front with the Scouts. Tell them why changes are being made. Each of the dens should have some "leadership challenges"(aka trouble). Make sure each boy has a buddy. divide up the kids that don't get along with each other. Be fair to the new den leaders. Remember they are now part of the team. Basically love the kids you wind up with, because after three years no matter how bad some of them are you going to find some good in each one of them and they will wind up being your sons! Take the kids you got and their p

John, I had 13 boys in my den. I had a very good assistant den leader. We took training together. We "camped" with the boys outside in summer and inside in January about 90 miles from where the winter Olympics was held. We went to Baloo, WLOT, DL Training, Did YPT went to Pow wow. Heck I even got Wood Badge Beads. Not braggin' , just explaining my perspective. DO NOT have that may kids in your Den!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You CANNOT give each kid the t

Art Linkletter then Bill Cosby Now that the school year is over and we can all take a breath, what is the cutest, silliest, most outlandish things you ever heard a young cub say? When earning the Wildlife Conservation pin with some "bobcatted" Tigers we had to make a collage of different vertabrates. When I asked the boys what a collage was one said, "It's a tiny little house in the forest(cottage) Another said, "It's when two cars smash into each other!" (collision) I am sure you all have better ones than that.

I always equate the GOOFBALL with Gomer Pyle, USMC. - can't keep track of gear - never PREPARED for his next breath let alone anything else -couldn't lead a starving dog to meat packing plant - we are lucky he wipes himself Good natured lad with best efforts he will never be a General and will drive his supervisor to have a GRABBER about the age of 55 from stress. Autism seems a different discussion. Sometimes parents don't help with matters by not finding help. We should be leading the political fight to help these boys. One mother whose son has autism(most probably caused by h

The past dicussion of Jerry, George and Cramer led to a committe member submitting the following: My Personal Viewpoint Ted Jones(obvious psudonym) Mandatory Meeting Attendance Other Scout troops in the Capital Region have instituted or are considering a 50% mandatory attendance policy. Before any Scout will be considered for advancement (including Eagle), he must be present for half of the possible meetings in a running period ending on his date of review. For example, with Troop 1234 meeting two times per month, this would be 4 meetings spread over or concentrated in 4 mont

After many nights in the infantry in the Union Street Marble Club I used a big black trash bag and rolled the end and tucked it underneath. Very light very dry. Norway, N. Carolina., Saudi Arabia, and everywhere in between There is simply no room in a shelter half for a flack jacket, helment, a pack your "hooch" mate and you..

fuzzy and hunt, I am assuming you read the entire thread. The young men involved never heard me use the words that were typed. Bobwhite had a concern about how I described the boys on this forum.

Thank you Fred. Seem like BSA would have spred the word a little better about this topic. This is surely a heritage issue. I wonder if a wood badger could use it for diversity when researching the "boys" that were lost. Fred can you paste the reg here? Thank you

This is not a patrol method question, I just figured most Boy Scout leaders hang here. Does anybody here have a troop Flag with gold stars signifying those that were boys in the Troop then subsequently gave their lives in national service. Our Troop has 5 from WW2 and one from Vietnam. We are sewing the stars on now.