dmillar71

Our Packs last Pack Mtg is scheduled for May 31st. In June we have a Crossover ceremony at a City Park that has a large splash pad, a playground for elementary school kids and a playground for toddlers. We have an official ceremony, then the kids can play in the water or playground. An organized game of kick-ball and geocaching usually ensue and we finish it off with 20 or 30 minutes of garbage pick-up for Leave No Trace. We also have a camp-out at our cities Minor League baseball team, attend the game and camp-out on the field after the game. July is our District's Residence Camp

Our Pack adopted a park from our cities Parks Department. 3 organized clean-ups a year. Also, anytime we do an outing we take a few garbage bags along and at the end of the program we send the Cubbies out with the garbage bags to practice leave no trace.

Definitely fewer outings, and more outings closer to home (both in Scouting and our family life).

No restrictions what so ever. We have a small Pack, so we have 1 Denner for the Pack rather than one for each Den. So far this year we've had a Tiger, 2 Wolves, 2 Bears and a Webelos perform this roll.

Webelos Den Leader here, anytime a parent signs off on an accomplishment for the Webelos Scout (other than the Religious Emblem) I ask for some supporting documents or subtly quiz the Cubby on what they learned. For example, I had a Webelos do the Engineer reqt #2 (Floor Plan), the scout brought in the floor plan that he had done at home. Once I reviewed it, I signed off the reqt as complete in the book. At the beginning of the year, I purchased a small 1" black binder that the boys keep all of their activity papers in, it makes it really easy to store the work as they complete it.

In the case you described, I'd ask our Webelos to write one letter for each requirement.

Great question, one I hadn't thought of. Our Pack is fairly new, with new leadership, and we're going to be experiencing this for our first time this summer, as we have 2 Webelos that will be finishing up their first year. In the past we've always had the boys bring their next years neckerchief, slide and hat, that we used in the ceremony, and we bought them their books. Not sure what we'll do for the Webelos 1 going into Webelos 2. I'll bring it up at our next meeting.

My thoughts: - Don't punish the 7 y/o because his Dad is a deadbeat. He should get whatever he earns until the end of the charter year, then he rolls off. - I commend you for planning on stepping up with regards to paying out of pocket for the PWD awards, etc. - Our Pack doesn't accept ANY checks from anyone for fundraisers. Parents are expected to pay in cash or m/o. If they want to accept a personal check for popcorn orders, it's on them, but all funds are to be paid to the Pack via cash or m/o. Eliminates the situation you described. Hope it works out.

Most definitely "YES". Most of the Wolves & Bears in our Pack use Gym & Art classes to sign off various achievements. Webelos is a bit tougher because their Den Leader must verify the accomplishments, which means the boys need to bring their work to their Den Leader.

Eliza, scouting.org has all of the Webelos Den Meeting Plans on line, including activiites for the Scientist Badge, Requirement # 12. http://www.scouting.org/filestore/CubScoutMeetingGuide/ArrowofLight/ArrowofLightMeeting5.pdf

@ clemlaw, thanks for sharing the pdf, I'm definitely going to use it for my Webelos Den and will invite our Bears to join in as well.

That's a good question, I wondered that myself. If I'm logged in, why do I have to repeat my username and password everytime I post a message?

"Something that you need to be aware of is that most of the Bobcat does not need to be memorized, all that they have to do is show and tell what it means. Bobcat has two purposes, first to familiarize the Scout and their parent with the Cub Scout program, second to get them a quick rank for positive feedback. Don't make this too hard for them. " This. We don't make new boys memorize any of the material, we simply go through each of the points, make sure they know what it means, and use them at the beginning and end of our Den Meetings. They should all qualify for their Bobcats after

What Scoutnut said... Our Pack requires at least one parent/guardian/family member per Scout.

Welcome ScoutingMom75 and congratulations on taking the first step. I'll let others with more knowledge address your questions (I'm just a beginner myself), but wanted to wish you good luck on your journey.

You're not alone...I'm in the same boat. I was a big sports watcher, now, I can't remember the last game I watched from start to finish. Always seem to be spending more time with my kids, getting den stuff ready for the coming week and planning future meetings. My only regret, not getting my son into scouting 2 years earlier (he started out as a Bear).

Boy, lot's of stuff to go through here. concernedparent, just know you're not alone. Now, here's how I'd handle the issue at hand. 1) As the CM, have a private conversation with the parent and Tiger Den Leader. Hear what she has to say, but be firm with the main point of Tiger's, that she (or another family adult) needs to be with the Tiger AT ALL TIMES. There's no bending on this. 2) Make sure you point out that the Buddy System is just a safety mechanism to ensure the boys safety during outings. It is not meant as a social network or instant friend generator, and certainly doe

Our UOS is every year, typically mid-October...they also do OWL/BALOO training twice a year.

Our councils University of Scouting was this past weekend, what a great experience. I'm a first time DL, and just started in June, so I was anxious to not only get some great training but to meet new people and network. A sampling of the classes I took are below. Creating Pack Newsletters Day Outings for Cubs - great networking class that talked about day outings in our area. Webelos Fireside Chat - as a new WDL this was a great class, meet other new and some experienced DL's that shared some great ideas. Teaching Knots to Cubs Improving Advancement Ceremonies with Programs Cu

Out pack uses the method of asking for help with little things early on, and then slowly build it up over time. You can generally see the people who would be good candidates for future DL's or ADL's pretty early on. That's how I was brought in, my son's first year I was asked to do little things, which i was more than happy to help out with...by March I volunteered to be the Webelos Den Leader for the next year.

Our pack uses Cub Buck accounts, we've found it to be extremely popular and successful. Feel free to ask if you've got any questions.

Blancmange, thanks for the link! I really like the merchandise there and will definitely use it when our Webelos achieve their AOL.

Our pack has done Flag sales for Flag Day, Veteran's Day and Memorial Day over the past couple of years. Our local Wal Mart and Grocery store has been very accomodating. The boys ask for donations, and give out a mini-flag with each donation.

at sawdustr, that'd be great. email is dmillar71@comcast.net at bbender, I found a lot of links to a template on scouting.org, but it appears the template(s) were removed.

Does anyone have any good Den newsletter templates they'd be willing to share? I did a GIS and was surprised at how little was out there. Thanks in advance.