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My den loved building birdhouses last year. You can always build them now and go distribute them/put them up/etc. when the weather warms up (tie going out to do that with something else or do it just to finish that requirement up.)

You are correct on PCM. We never had district roundtables until a year ago. We always had pack committee meets (mislabeled as roundtables) until then. Sometimes district people will attend but we get most of our info from online or calling around. The staff training is nonexistent, if it exists, we were never made privy to it. We will continue with our PCMs until we can do more at the RTs

Our Roundtable is a nightmare to put it politely. We have three packs in our district total and only people from our pack attend along with our DE, RT commissioner and a few others that have nothing to do with our pack. The meeting is based on how to bring in more money every single time (for said district.) Our suggestions are ignored and not everyone there is willing to help. Any time we bring up something we would like help or input about, we are told to address it at our PCM. So now, that's the only meet most of us leaders attend. Our Pack Committee Meets are amazing. I look forward to tho

Welcome! Hope to see you around.

I am a Webelos den leader with 12 regular scouts. In the beginning, I was a bit delusional, telling parents how imperative it was to attend all the meets between now and February so that we could get the requirements covered with plenty of time for each & then when sports hit, if they had to pick and choose, it would still give them a chance to do both along with letting their scout rank up. Of course, things happen and come up. They can't make it every single time. I wanted to go with the whole "if I don't see it, it doesn't count'" approach but there are some things that just won't

As a Webelos leader, we're really enjoying it this year. I feel like we have plenty of time to work out our required adventures. We just finished up the first aid adventure last night. We put together a great first aid kit to bring with us on our hike in January. We had a parent who is also a fire fighter speak and relate their job to our trip (I didn't think they'd be able but they did an awesome job.) Before it got colder here, we had a few outdoor meets to do the outdoor activities. Those were some of the best den meets we've ever had and I had full attendance (12 scouts.) As far as imm

As long as you don't start singing to me, we're cool

Glad to see this place back up and running. I was starting to get a little worried

Our pack meets start at 6:45pm and wrap up absolutely no later than 8pm. Most of the time, however, we're walking out around 7:35pm. Now that we don't have all the belt loops to hand out, that has cut our time down significantly in a great way. More time for games, information to be dispersed, bigger awards to be recognized, special guests, etc. So far we haven't had any complaints from the first graders' parents (we have almost 100 scouts registered this year) but the year is young I'd LOVE to do these on Friday nights as I agree with being an issue of commitment but we already had many say

We will be doing our Webelos 3 mile hike in January. My husband and I found a historical nature trail of sorts nearby that's right at 1.5 miles (both ends come out into a parking lot.) So we will hike to one end, then back to the beginning Beautiful location with an outdoor amphitheater, river access and some other neat points. I have 12 scouts so I will definitely have some help with my assistant den leader and guardians. We're looking forward to it!

We have had a den flag every year since my son was a Tiger. Each year, we buy a navy blue pillow case. We decorate one side of it and put three curtain-type rings on the top. At each pack meet, we hang ours up on a provided pole (all dens do.) This is usually our very first project of the year, it helps the boys get to know one another (when we were still accepting new ones into our den) and is always fun. I incorporated hand prints into every one we've made. We only have 4 boys who have been with us all 4 years but its awesome to see how they've grown. We also hang up all our ribbons on it wi

Gotcha We should have never had them handed out but for some reason she figured that's a great idea. The quintains are an awesome idea!

Thanks Those targets were such a pain. So much sponging, lol. We did it indoors as we were dying outside in 100+ degree heat. But made for fast drying! By the time those were done, I just slapped some targets on a castle and printed it for bb targets. We just didn't have the time to make anything as elaborate for over there (or the materials.) Y'all's castle sounds like it will be great! We went with a western theme last year and someone made a stage coach. I don't want to know how long that took him but it looked awesome. Sadly he dropped out this year so we made due with what we had (he

Now that I have a minute (of course well after midnight), I'm attaching a few photos of our twilight camp (these scouts' parents have signed photo waivers for what its worth.) For camp, some of our activities were: Noodle jousting Swimming in Lady Laura's Lake (a play on lady of the lake and utilizing our pool) Archery in the form of shooting at castles at bower's battlegrounds (since dragons are a no-go) Creating shields, swords, a mini coat of honor on a rope (for name tags), paper helmets & capes all in crafts Whittling (for those who don't have the chip yet), learning the various

Just wanted to see how your camp ended up going (I wasn't sure which week y'all were doing it.) Ours with this theme starts tomorrow. I have very little to do with planning the program like I'd hoped (I was up to my eye balls in spreadsheets, paperwork, a few crafts, binders and doodles.)

I love the new leader guides. Our pack graciously bought 5 of these (one for each rank) and gave them to each leader. We all agreed that if we did not return them at the end of the year, we'd cover the cost for the next year's leader of that rank. I have mine in my den binder and has already helped me immensely with planning our our year ahead. Granted I'm using it mostly for my den plans alone (getting all the achievements we need done before B&G if at all possible) but I love the way they laid it out. Much easier to understand this go round.

I personally would prefer the kids have their book before their neckerchief/slide. I know that may not be a popular opinion but in the past, many of our boys never purchased anything over class B but always had their books. This year our pack is trying to implement a way to help scouts get a full uniform so I'm hoping that with help with those having to buy a book. So far I haven't had many complaints but the new scout year is just beginning We shall see!

Thank you very much! I need to brush up on my searching skills (again blaming it on having to work weekends, lol)

I was just looking for this on the website, thank you! As a rising Webelos leader and also our pack's trainer, I was curious as to when we should be seeing this as I noticed the old ones were still up. We shall see if its up then

Yup, I thought that was you! The internet is but so big I guess when it comes to scouting I stick to my name as my handle. Can't seem to remember much else! Although I missed the last two due to work

If I came across as snarky to either of you, I apologize. I do understand the difference between a moderator and a developer. When I was a moderator for Zynga's forums, I was jumped daily for glitches in both their games and forum alike. All I could do was pass along info. Yes that's off topic but I wanted to say I know how hard it is sometimes dealing with people who gripe about thing out of your control (and would never be my intention here.) I originally thought that I was overlooking the gender option (and had intended on removing my original post if that was the case) but after y'all rep

Thank you for the additional information. I have used my smart phone (Chrome), laptop (Windows 8 - Chrome, Firefox and Explorer) and desktop (Windows 7 - Chrome, Firefox and Explorer) and do not see it. As a moderator of multiple other forums, I know that sometimes you have additional options that we cannot see as regular users as Stosh stated. I just wanted to bring it to attention that while it may be there for some, it most definitely isn't for everyone (which I counted as a bug.) I apologize for not including more details. I am attaching a screenshot as well. Not a huge deal, of cours

Hmm. I'm still missing something. That was the first thing I tried before posting and I see no spot for gender. I see birthday among other things but no gender. I realize it has to be there somewhere, I just don't see it:/