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To go along with Bob White: Contact your local Council to find out when you can take the classes you need. In our Council we have trainers that will come out to your unit and run a class. If you do this, please pass the word to other units in your area. The more the merrier. Since our unit is in a rurral area, we have hosted New Leader Essentials, and Cub Leader Specific last summer, and again this spring. My thoughts are to get any new leaders trained before fall. Most our units do not have any summer program. This gives these new trained leaders time to (hopefully) pre-plan several m

Great to have you on board. This is a great place to find out information, and share thoughts and stories. I find this is one of my favorite scouting websites.

Look around at your unit, district, council, and say to yourself, what needs improvment, or change. Beaver C-45-06

Look around at your unit, district, council, and say to yourself, what needs improvment, or change. Beaver C-45-06

When I became a den leader about 4 years ago, I faced this same problem. I could not replace the OA bolo that I had as a youth. Wulapeju Lodge #140 had a silver arrow stamped out on a leather thong. You had a white bone, and red bead as a Ordeal Member, 2 of each sets of beads as a Brotherhood, and 3 of each for Vigil. When they had the 3 sets, they would form a triangle with the beads. I ended up carving the arrowhead out of wood, and painted it. Over the years I have had several people ask what it stood for, and why I wore it. I look at this is a way to open up conversation about oth

Jambo has some really off the wall thoughts. I agree after many years that I was wrong about women (infultrating) the bsa. At first I was very upset. I have since learned that there are good and bad leaders of both genders. I would like to know what he means by Cub Scouts have ruined Boy Scouts! Did he experiance Boy Scouts 78 years ago, before Cub Scouts started, to give a true profile?

I became a Unit Commissioner about a year ago. I am also a Tiger Den Leader, and a Assistant Leader for a Jr. Girl Scout Troop. When I took this on as a Woodbadge Ticket, I thought I would get one unit, but I got 4. Some of them meet on the same day as out Den and Pack Meetings. This makes it almost impossable to go to meetings without neglecting my own unit. Some of my units have made it very hard by not including me in the E-mail communication. Some of these commissioners that are sitting in the back room, my be studying your unit, and hopes to copy your methods a

I became a Unit Commissioner about a year ago. I am also a Tiger Den Leader, and a Assistant Leader for a Jr. Girl Scout Troop. When I took this on as a Woodbadge Ticket, I thought I would get one unit, but I got 4. Some of them meet on the same day as out Den and Pack Meetings. This makes it almost impossable to go to meetings without neglecting my own unit. Some of my units have made it very hard by not including me in the E-mail communication. Some of these commissioners that are sitting in the back room, my be studying your unit, and hopes to copy your methods a

A year and a half ago, we started a new Jr. Troop. We split off from another troop becouse of lack of program. In 3 years as Brownies they had left the basment of the church only about 4 times. The rest of the time was only crafts, and guest speakers. My wife was the Co-leader, and could not get the leader to take them outdoors. She recruted me to be her Co-leader of this new troop. Our first year we took several field trips, 2 campouts, bowling party, etc. My wife does all the administation stuff, where I focus my efforts to program planning. I am quite gung-ho, Eagle

A year and a half ago, we started a new Jr. Troop. We split off from another troop becouse of lack of program. In 3 years as Brownies they had left the basment of the church only about 4 times. The rest of the time was only crafts, and guest speakers. My wife was the Co-leader, and could not get the leader to take them outdoors. She recruted me to be her Co-leader of this new troop. Our first year we took several field trips, 2 campouts, bowling party, etc. My wife does all the administation stuff, where I focus my efforts to program planning. I am quite gung-ho, Eagle

A year and a half ago, we started a new Jr. Troop. We split off from another troop becouse of lack of program. In 3 years as Brownies they had left the basment of the church only about 4 times. The rest of the time was only crafts, and guest speakers. My wife was the Co-leader, and could not get the leader to take them outdoors. She recruted me to be her Co-leader of this new troop. Our first year we took several field trips, 2 campouts, bowling party, etc. My wife does all the administation stuff, where I focus my efforts to program planning. I am quite gung-ho, Eagle

A year and a half ago, we started a new Jr. Troop. We split off from another troop becouse of lack of program. In 3 years as Brownies they had left the basment of the church only about 4 times. The rest of the time was only crafts, and guest speakers. My wife was the Co-leader, and could not get the leader to take them outdoors. She recruted me to be her Co-leader of this new troop. Our first year we took several field trips, 2 campouts, bowling party, etc. My wife does all the administation stuff, where I focus my efforts to program planning. I am quite gung-ho, Eagle

Thats how I first learned to sew. When I went from Scout to Star, By the time Mom had sew on the new rank patch, I had advanced again. Finally got tired of waiting for her to do it, I taught myself. Not as neat as Mom, but at least it was on. I still sew most of my patches on. Still have trouble getting some of them level.

Just got back from Roundtable. I saw someone wearing a uniform with silver shoulder loops, Troop Committee as a position patch, and the arrowhead award for commissioners. My first thought is that if he is on a Troop Committee, he should have had the red loops. Would one ware the arrowhead patch on any other uniform exept there commisioner shirt?

How does one find out how old a unit is, so one can wear the veteran unit bar on the uniform? Our Council Website list it, but it show our unit as being active for 28.365 years, or something like that. This number has not changed in about 4 years, so I don't know what the actual number is.

I have seen a list of homemade trinket awards. The only one that comes to mind is gluing a dime to a paper clip, or a old earring. This awards is for ( ) for putting her ten cents in. Hope someone else remembers some more. Brian

If you have the space, have each den set up a table/half table and set up a display of things that they have done so far this year. Crafts, pictures, Pinewood Derby Cars, etc. This lets each group see what each other den has done, and do a show and tell.

I often point out to my boys the stories in Boys's Life, were a scout is awarded the different medal's for saving a life. One of the parents asked me if this was just for boys's, or adults scouters also? I have only seen them as boys, and never adults. Does anyone know the answer? Thanks

I have seen a local troop sell bottled water at a outdoor rodeo, local parade, or other events in the summer. Fill up a wagon or wheelbarrow. Add a Ice chest with ice. $1.00 a bottle. Good profit margin, nonparishable. Brian

I work in a large Box Store. My job is building bicycles, and we hang them frome the ceiling. To do this we use a power lift, and we have to go about 25' in the air. While I was hanging a bike one day, I heard 2 customers walk under the lift and comment to each other. " If he droped that bike on us, we would be rich" My point, they saw potential danger, instead of taking a differant route, the ignored it, thinking more about what they would receive in a lawsuit, then the pain and suffering that would happen in a accident. For the record, we must now wear orange vests while operati

I found this at makingfriends.com The have a link for scout crafts. I just checked, but I no longer see this one that I have done in the past, and will do again this month. Go to you local scout shop and buy the colored arrowheads. $6.99 for 12 ea. Take a pipe cleaner and make a circle by wrapping the pipe cleaner about 3 revolutions. Hot glue it to the arrowhead. Take a leater thong or twine, about 8" long. Tie a larkshead knot through the hole in the arrowhead. You may have to enlarge the hole. String on about 6 pony beads of the boys choosing on each strand, and tie off the thong.

In the past, our Pack would only recruit in the fall during roundup, and in the spring. But nothing was ever done between these times. This is something I want to change. At our next Pack meeting, I want to show the boys the Recruiter Patch. Explain that all they have to do is bring a boy to a Pack Meeting, or Den Meeting, and if he joins, they earn this special patch. This will help becouse we missed our goal, help the boys earn another patch. My only stipulation is that they need to let den leader know in advance. This is so they can get extra supplies for the meeting if needed. I wa

My mother asked me the other day "Since you are so involved in Scouting, why don''t you work for them full time". It got me wondering? What are the requirments, process, and pay of a DE. What type of education is required?? Please do not laugh at the DE''s that do the job now. Brian

From the pictures I found on Google, I beleive that Trevorum is correct. What parts of the country are they found in? I assume the South West.

Many years ago, my brother had a neckerchief slide that was made out of some type of wooden matterial. It was about 5 inches long, in a tubual shape, and full of natural holes. This was given to him by another scout. If I remember correctly this was a type of Catus?? It grew this way naturally, and was just cut to length, and dried. The inside diameter was the perfect size for the job. Has anyone ever heard of this type, and how and where does it grow? Brian