What a choice. The day after the big meal what do you do. Tackle the sales getting up at O dark hundred. Or have a family hike.
Here in the Valley of the Sun there is a great event for Cub Scouts and their families, The 10 Commandments Hike. Each year it is different. The hike [...]
This week in the US its Thanksgiving. How much time will be spent preparing for the big feast, eating and then sitting in front of the television. How much of this time is spent for ourselves.
This evening I had a parent come up to me and say thank you. My time as a Leader was [...]
One of the responsibilities of being a Cub Scout Leader is encouraging boys to cross over to Boy Scouts.
Right now my focus is to assist my son with his Eagle project.
It occurred to me that Eagle service projects provide a n excellent opportunity for building bridges between Packs and Troops. Obviously some projects are [...]
So you have decided that it is a great idea to put the OUTING in Scouting and introduce your Cub Scouts to the great outdoors. Where do you go and what is there?
Fear not, the internet save you once again.
To find out about Federal campsites and to make reservations visit Recreation.gov, enter your criteria, reserve, [...]
Ok so different parts of the country, and world, camp at different times depending on the weather. Here in the desert the Fall and Spring are great times to camp.
What could be better than introducing boys to the fun, excitement and wonder of the great outdoors.
When organizing a family camp try it can be [...]
So I don’t like wimpy cheers. For me a cheer should be a way of thanking and making the recipient of the cheer feel great.
When I was a young Cub Scout our Pack only had one cheer, you don’t have to feel sorry for me. When a boy achieved a rank advancement or earned a [...]
Ok, this is a bit of a soapbox for me. There are many different cheers for thanking people, congratulating people and those quite times between activies in meeting. For me some of them don’t cut it and don’t deserve to be cheers. One of them is the Betty Boop cheer. Fortunately at the moment I [...]
So a segment in your meeting comes to an end. What do you do? Just let the “presenters” sit down. No, thats not the Scouting way.
Each meeting assign someone as the Cheer Master. Create a Cheer box, sorry don’t wish to mention names here. In the box put strips of paper each with a cheer [...]
Depending on where you live will determine when your District holds a Webeloree
Here in Four Peaks, Bears and Webelos get the chance to attend two Webelorees each year.
Troop 30 sponsors one at the beginning of each year, Camp Digalus. Each year there is a theme and the boys compete with there Scouting Skills to help [...]
If we accept a position within a Cub Scout Pack it helps to know what is expected of you and what your responsibilities are.
While traveling to last weekends Scout-O-Rama this was a topic of conversation. Even though we may have been involved in Scouting for a number of years it is surprising what you can [...]
