Cubmaster Randy

It was a certification card that the BALOO organizer gave to the presenters at our training. In the spot that says what you are being area you are trained in, it said BALOO trainer instead of BALOO. I think it was more of a thank you than an official document.

Ang: I'm not sure why they would be getting their trained card either. Doesnt make any sense for me either. Anyway, having both a permission slip and a health form could be considered redundant. However,something should be collected for every person attending, JUST IN CASE. I would reccomend that the organizer do that. Our Pack just collects the health form, but i know most units in our district do both. I think my defintions of family camping and pack camping differ slightly from the others. Cub camping is done with the family or family members with the Pack. it could just be with a

Cub Camping is Family camping by defintion. Pack overnighters which have activites for the family as compared to Troop camping or Webelos den camping. This is from the BALOO trainers book No surprises. Permission slips are required, even when the parents/guardians are attending the function. Class 1 medical forms are recommended for all campers. This is to ensure emergency medical treatment of any youth members in the event the parent/gurdian cannot be immedialty located or in the event the parent/ guardian requires medical attention. Pack overnighters are pack-organized overnigh

We've given them a "patrol rope". It is approx 18" which they can use it to practice different knots. We give each den a different color to differentiate the dens.

I got my book in 1979. Yes the pages are different, I went to our Lodge ordeal last year and looked in one of the new books. Got the word and was able to get into the jump start page. i rmemebered the song and obligation and could not remember the Admonition either. The spelling and the prounounciation are there under brotherhood challenges for your reference Yours in WWW

The Webelos badge requirment 8 in the book states that you need to do "d" or "e". "d" is earning the religious award and "e" is doing other items (listed below)It also states that if you earned your faith's religious emblem earlier in Cub Scouting, and your faith does not have a Webelos religious emblem, you must complete requirement 8e. Do two of these: Attend the mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or other religious organization of your choice, talk with your religious leader about your beliefs. Tell your family and your Webelos den leader what you learned. Discuss with your

What do your youth leaders want to do? I would bring it up at PLC

Wolves are not supposed to use unused achievements for electives. Bears can. I don't have the wolf book handy, so I had to go to the virtual leaders handbook to find it. Have you awarded them or do they think they earned them? If they have already been awarded, I would definitly not take them back. No reason to punish (maybe a strong word) a cub for something he had no control over. What were the expectations? Did someone tell them they could or are you just counting up the points near the end of the year? http://www.geocities.com/%7Epack215/arrow-points.html FOR WOLVES AND BEARS ! E

The God and Family program for the methodists that my webelos son did was a six week program + an orientation meeting. They got to make a pizza while exploring their faith. I know that the Boy Scouts (God and Church or God and Life) that participated had at least a 6 month program. Of course, different religions have different requirments... so your mileage may vary http://www.scouting.org/awards/religious/awards/index.html

Our district has some pretty good CO's and the units from those churches/synaguogues usually will offer the class to any particpant who would like to participate in them. Contact information is on our website and is promoted by email and at roundtable by our district religious relations chair. We did have one den that talked about doing it as a den outside of their den meetings. The scouts were all from the same denomination and many attended the same church. One of the Mom's was trained as a facilitator and offered it to the den. In the end only 2 of the 6 actually did it. I personally w

thanks emb021, All these different colors can get confusing at times, can't they. I wear my green backing for the service star and I should have known. I still have my green garters for the old socks. I just got confused as I had double checked my answer with a website that had said the colors were switched in the 80's. So I switched the colors again so I got it wrong .....lol....Like my teacher used to say in school. Go with your first answer on a test. I tend to overthink my answers. http://www.loosahatchie.com/Loose3.htm Has the orignal question been answered? or is it still a

If you enjoy it, have the time to do it, and the pack wants you to continue, then do it. What does your son/family think about your continuing with the pack? . On a seperate note. Each Pack needs to have a succession plan, so that it does not find itself without trained and experienced leadership. We try and have someone from each den level involved with the program. Is there a den popcorn kernel who can take over for the Pack popcorn kernal. Will the ACM be able/willing to take over for CM. Two-deep leadership is there for safety reasons, but also for continuity of leadership

If you enjoy it, have the time to do it, and the pack wants you to continue, then do it. What does your son/family think about your continuing with the pack? . On a seperate note. Each Pack needs to have a succession plan, so that it does not find itself without trained and experienced leadership. We try and have someone from each den level involved with the program. Is there a den popcorn kernel who can take over. Will the ACM be able/willing to take over for CM. Two-deep leadership is there for saftey reasons, but also for continuity of leadersip

The three colors of the Webelos stand for yellow/gold (cubs), red (Boy Scouts) and green (old exploring, probably means venturing now). I read in a ceremony once that blue and gold symbolized the past and the red and green were the future. Not sure if that is for real or someone made that up or how it relates to the color selection. Blue and Gold is sgnificant in many of the cub leader awards, not sure which award was made up first, so maybe they had to use colors not already used

I'm confused, if the troop has not had a meeting in two years, do they have any scouts or an actual troop? As a cubmaster, I do believe though that the bridging ceremony falls within the pack responsibilites , but works with the troop(s) to coordiate the event (a partnership). However the troop(s) usually have a vested interest in the event (gaining new scouts) I would agree with Beavah on passing that on to the PLC,let them know that your troop is boy run and they will make the decision about what to do. If they do decide to do it then they are not burning any bridges (pun) and still mig

common sense would also tell us that these young scouts should not be hanging out in front of the store in just their uniforms in a cold january as well. As we are into April already, is this something they planned on doing next year or is this something they already did?

My understanding is that raffles or games of chance are not in compliance with fundraising guidelines. Since no approval was obtained either from CO or council then the answer is definitly not in compliance with BSA rules. Here are the rules from the application http://www.scouting.org/forms/34427.pdf 10 GUIDES TO UNIT MONEY-EARNING PRO J E C T S The way in which a unit earns money to carry out its program is of great importance in the education of youth members in basic va l u e s. W h e n ever your unit is planning a money - earning project, this checklist can serve as your

As a youth my 3 would be 1979 Philmont Trek 1980 Essex International Jamboree 1982 Finishing my Eagle right before my 18th birthday runner ups The OA tapout campfires at MA-Ka-JaWan and spring stroll backpacking the Land Between the Lakes As a Scouter My son earning his God and Family award Attending Wood Badge After every district event I help plan

Good idea, but couldn't the unit (T, P or C) , take the same money and set up a uniform account for the scout instead. I believe it would be better administered at that level.

Steel wool and a lantern battery works good. You need to make sure ou have a good "birdsnest" and kindling on top of the steel wool though. When it is time to light the fire , throw the ashes from the last campfire into the campfire as someone out of site touches the cables to the batteries

This is one reason I like email. Mom and Dad are both have the opportunity to be on my distibution list. Both get the same messages. I have some married couples who I need to do this for as well. I've had instances when Mom forgot to tell Dad about something and Johny missed the activity

We had our crossing over ceremony last night. Nice affair. We 13 boys from our pack , plus one Webelos from another Pack crossed over to 3 different troops. We had the OA come out and do the ceremony for us, campfire , tiki torches and with cookie cake afterwards. This was my fourth ceremony a Cubmaster, looking forward to the next one when my son gets to crossover

Not to get into the politics of it all or who or what is right, but will the SM allow some Boy Scouts from the other unit to attend. They could recieve the 2 new scouts.

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and don't forget the District Pinewood Derby. In most districts I have seen siblings and parents racing. Lets stop them from racing too. Are we talking about the same type of patches. I am referring to particpation patches one might get.(If the pack wants to buy them) Not Achievement patches (awards) There are activities that the family members can partipate in even if they are not card carrying members. and yes if you reread my posts on this thread , there are activities that should just be for the boys.. (age/gender approriate) Lions- coed bad idea, IMHO