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  1. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21374850/scoutmaster-accused-enticing-colorado-boy-online
  2. $50 for change at each location. In a lockbox. If you can, have a 2nd lockbox hidden down in a popcorn box under the table, and when you get too much money in the donation jar or in the 1st lockbox, you transfer it to the second and note it on the sheets. I have sheets that have counts for both donations and popcorn money, and spots for both the incoming and outgoing parents to sign. Also, I had inventory sheets for the popcorn as well. It helped me figure out where I had 2 parents either pocket $ or lost it or ? last year. Tricksy, I am. The parents were asked to ca
  3. There are certain locations you do not want to sell at. Here, it is at Winn Dixie stores. It seems the people who shop there are looking for low low prices, and they don't want to buy overpriced popcorn. We've sold at Kohls, and did ok. Not fantastic (much lower than the grocery store in the same complex--did both on the same day), but much better than at the WD. We've also done gas stations, and those were a nightmare--good for $5 camp cards, not $30 popcorn. Lowe's and Home Depot are good sellers as well, especially if you can get in all day. A lot of the people we've had buy
  4. This is what our pack does: (YMMV) We take the extra 5% offered by council, for not getting the prizes. We do hand out the patches and the toys they send (last year was an type of nerf shooting gun--no more marshmallow shooters). We do not share fund with the scouts, for popcorn. We use the money to fund our pack events (at every pack meeting, we have something going on--Mad Science, Reptile guy, Santa, etc). It also absorbs some of the cost for camping, so we arent' charging $25 a person at each campout. We do purchase prizes. Top seller in each den receives a small t
  5. My .02: BSA will go one of two ways. It will either bend and change with the times--allowing openly gay scouts and leaders--and lose the religious/righteous OR it will become more secular and enclosed in its rulings and ideals, and it will chase away the more liberal, open-minded adults. Either way, the BSA will lose some good people. And gain some others. I would rather they bend and change. Mary and Nikki should have the same right to marry as Mr. CC and I do. I believe that MORALLY--it is important to show that solidarity of marriage between two people who lov
  6. We gently encourage our parents to get as much of the uniform as they can comfortably afford. The pack provides the necker, slide and book. We ask the parents get the hat first, then shirt next, and then the belt. Pants/shorts if they can. When it comes to things like color guard or singing at Christmas at the local nursing homes, we require the complete uniform, but for other events, a pack tshirt will suffice.
  7. Food: We plan the meal (CM and myself) and the CM does the shopping. We rotate den parents through cooking...Tigers usually get Sunday morning breakfast (leftovers, oatmeal, pastries, fruit) on the first few campouts. For a 2 night camp, we usually go like this--Friday night, on own for dinner but Web 2s make dutch oven cobblers for everyone; Sat. breakfast has some sort of meat, eggs, oatmeal, fruit, and one pastry per person; Sat lunch can range from sandwiches/chips/carrots and celery sticks/cookies to hot dogs/beans/chips/carrots and celery/cookies; Sat dinner is the big meal--we've do
  8. While I haven't had the pleasure of taking boys on campouts without the families yet (next summer will come soon enough), I can say that I have had parents on the family campouts try some doozies. We have non-smoking, non-drinking family camps, and we've had to discuss both situations with adults at camp. They can smoke, by the dumpsters (where no scouts tred) and out of scout sight, and no drinking at all. I'm on my 2nd week of running dens at summer daycamps right now, and I have my rules. This week I have Webelos. The boys can grumble, but I am set and they will follow the ru
  9. Our Web 2 den leader is also the troop's CC, our ACM, and our district Popcorn Chair. (busy guy!) He is very focused on the boys, and making sure they are ready to crossover--they camp with the troop once a month, and try to squeeze in a Web campout each month as well (November, January and March they don't, as we have pack campouts). Now, our new Web 1 DL? He moved up with the den, and truth be told, I don't think he's the right guy. Not one Web 1 attended any camps this summer--not day, resident or aquatics. He spent the October campout last year watching a game on his laptop. He
  10. We do a "welcome back pack" potluck. Pack provides the main course, each den is assigned a side dish/dessert/drinks. we do a slide show of the previous year, hand out awards earned over the summer, and get out information on recruitment nights, upcoming September activities (popcorn, ugh), and recognize boys who have done things over the summer that help the community. Things like that. New boys are welcome at the event--that's how my son was drawn in. LOL It's so hot and humid here, and we need to do an indoor event--we save the outdoor ones for October-March. (hooray for Flo
  11. The spouse finished working on the pool, so it's filling now. Silly TS Debby put us behind two weeks. Grocery shopped, and then we relaxed the rest of the day. Wtched fireworks on tv, because we had lightning coming through.
  12. Not a Scout story, but... When my daughter was about 7, we lived in a very small town in Northern Nevada. We bought her first pair of water shoes, since we were going out on the lake with some friends, and they recommended she have some (bottom of lake was kind of rocky near the shore). We happily spent the day out on their boat, tubing and whatever. Got home and she took those water shoes off. DEAR LORD. The smell from those brand new shoes (worn only that day) was horrendous. I put them outside on the back porch of our apartment (which overlooked a large open space--we could
  13. LOL Well, I'm not a procrastinator. I'm the person that is where they are supposed to be at least 15 minutes ahead of schedule. I'm the one that wants to schedule Disneyworld from hotel and meals right down to potty breaks. Good thing I'm married to a procrastinator; we level each other out. I recommend to all our parents to fill out the health forms on their computer and just print copies as needed. Part C, I ask them to make a copy and send it with the camp forms (for the Webelos). Never send originals to anyone in the BSA for anything.
  14. We don't give our Scouts the funds from the Popcorn sales. We use the funds to cover costs for Pack meeting activities (Mad Science, zoo or reptile visits, etc--last year we had the 501st Squadron**), cover partial costs of camping (so instead of it being $25 a person for the weekend, we charge $12), belt loops/pins/etc.. Our pack dues range from $45-55, depending on scout level, but include a book, necker, and t-shirt. we have a good retention rate (last year we did lose 14 Tigers out of 28, 3 Wolves out of 18, 2 Bears out of 12 and 2 Webelos-out of 36--we figured out the problem with the
  15. My son walked by yesterday and out of the blue, said "You didn't see anything." I have no idea what he had been up to, and I don't think I want to.........
  16. Being a taxpayer has nothing to do with BSA. They don't have to let you form a new pack. Their organization, their rules. Change councils, join a pack in the other council area. We live in one council area, but are registered with another council, because we like that Pack. (The council where we live seems to have been control and workings than the one we are affilated with, but the Pack is the one we want to be with, so we deal.)
  17. I am too soft hearted to make the boys suffer for their parents laziness. I know we should just say "too bad, so sad", but I can't. So, I would tell the parents that they have until Wednesday but that they must pay a 10% late fee. So if the camp is costing $100, they owe you $10--to be paid when they turn the form in Wednesday. No late fee, no forms, sorry but Bobby can't go. And I would be very clear with Bobby--"sorry scout--your mom did not get the paperwork in. next time, remind her daily until she does so."
  18. chocolate hot cheetohs soda video games legos repellents: soap hot water girls kisses Oh, wait--I thought you meant Cub Scout Bears. My DH says a bear can be attracted to anything--they might just be curious or they may know that if they find "that smell", there is food there. Best bet is to bag everything.(This message has been edited by ccbytrickery)
  19. We use Packmaster. We are adding the financial one this year.
  20. Problem is, we're only getting one side of the story, and some of it just seems...off. Take your son, put him in a different den in a different district. Voila--No more issues with the SM. You need to Step down, do not be involved in scouting right now. You weren't added to the Charter after 2004 (if I'm understanding this correctly)--which I find odd that you let it go this long--my husband and I--and our son--receive registration cards every year after rechartering, and if you weren't receiving the yearly knots or accolades that go along with being a leader---why did y
  21. Tough to read. Use paragraphs and less caps. Sounds like you are more upset over the way you are being treated than your son not getting rank or being treated differently. If you don't like it, leave the troop. If you don't like the way your son is treated, have him leave the troop. Simple. Everything is just heresay. No documentation = no proof. BSA says stop and walk away, you should probably heed their words. seriously, the Mayor and state senator? What do you think they could do? The BSA is not some "old boys club" (that would be Woodbadge and Order of Arrow
  22. Our ACM is involved with our troop, and he swears by swimmers towels...the moisture wicking ones. He says they dry very quickly and get the wet off with minimal fuss and are lightweight. Skip the towel for after swimming--air dry in the summer sun! Skip shaving--you're at camp--heck, I'm a girl and I don't shave at camp. Buy travel sized toiletries and medicines(deodorant, soap; if you must have your hair cleaned, you can get the spray in shampoos and they work just fine). Skip the hard sided first aid kit; you can get a small pouch and stock with a couple band-aids, alcohol and iodi
  23. I ordered our nametags from quartermasterstore.com. They are 1X3. Ordered one fro my spouse, decided to order myself one (and him another, because he loses things like that constantly), and then almost everyone else in our leadership group decided they wanted them as well! Less than 3 weeks turn-around (I cannot remember the exact timing, but it was fairly quick over the holiday season). We got the "custom alder tags" because I like the wood grain; we have the Cub scout symbol on there, and with magnetic backing (instead of a pin).
  24. I am right there with you. I send emails to my husband's den about meetings, things the scouts need to do at home, etc. I get maybe 4 or 5 responses--out of 14. I send emails to the den leaders about committee meetings, things that coming up that need to be staffed (looking for volunteers), etc. Of the 4 den leaders, 2 get their emails out (and one of them is because I send them myself--see above). One set of DL/ADL can't bother themselves to attend committee meetings, help with activities, etc; another DL/ADL combo are just as absent, but if things aren't set up the way the DL
  25. http://boyscouttrail.com/webelos/webelos-scouts.asp I usually give my parents the link to this website. I like the way it's laid out. Lots of luck!
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