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A Helping Hand

As scoutmaster, I get to witness the development of young men outside the daily routine. Most of the greatest growth I've seen is during times of trial. This past weekend, we had a 'Wilderness Survival' campout with scouts building shelters and... From Scoutmaster Musings 16 hours ago

USNS Comfort Hosts Boy Scouts During Baltimore Navy Week

More than five hundred Boy Scouts and parents arrived aboard the USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) Aug. 30 for a tour of the hospital ship during Baltimore Navy Week 2010. The Boy Scouts of America are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year and... From Scouting News 1 day ago

MSPP #92: Leaders of Scouting, Hanson

In 1989, several women who were involved with the Scouting program in Melrose, met at the local community access television studio to do a talk show about Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting in Melrose. The show was titled The Women Of Scouting . It was... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 1 day ago

Yo Bigfoot!

Bigfoot... I am attaching a photo of our group of ten guys that spent the weekend backpacking, fishing and exploring near Three Finger Jack peak in Oregon. Three of the guys had never been backpacking before and shared that they liked it when it... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 day ago

Leave No Trace Featured on American Rivers

Check it out! American River Blog - Leave No Trace... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 day ago

The Tough Talk...

Tuesday was a great meeting for some and not for others. We have a Life Scout aging out soon (under 30 days) who has recently returned to finish up his Eagle Rank. He did his Eagle Project and started finishing up his merit badges. It was then... From The Scoutmaster 1 day ago

When You Have Built It... Did They Come?

As promised in the last post, we are going to wrap up this topic with a few FAQs that I have received relating to recruiting and building the program. It is fair to say that the last few blog posts have hardly scratched the surface of this subject... From The Scoutmaster Minute 1 day ago

Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University

On Wednesday this week we presented to student leaders of Princeton University's Outdoor Action Program as they gear up for one of the country's largest freshman outdoor orientation programs. In small groups of 12, these leaders will be venturing... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 day ago

Generosity Part 2

In my last post I talked a bit about Escouts and the forums they provide. As well as the forums, until recently, they also provided free hosting for UK Scouting websites. This has been of enormous benefit to many Groups around the country who have... From Nick's Ramblings UK 2 days ago

BSA Receives $100,000 Centennial Grant From the UPS Foundation

To honor 100 years of service, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has received a $100,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS). The grant will be used toward the Boy Scouts of America Natural Resources Conservation... From Scouting News 2 days ago

The UPS Foundation Delivers $100,000 Grant to the BSA

The UPS Foundation announced today that it will give a $100,000 grant to the Boy Scouts of America in recognition of the organization's 100th Anniversary. The grant will go to local councils to help fund conservation programs. Local councils... From Scouting Magazine 2 days ago

FAQ's From the Road

Interacting with people from all over the country is one of the definite perks of our job as Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers. Two questions we commonly hear on the road is "How can I get you guys to come do a FREE training?" and "Where can... From Leave No Trace Blog 2 days ago

Name That Council Winner: Aug. 27, 2010

Friday's Name That Council patch depicted a stark landscape, which meant clues were in short supply. But 35 stellar sleuths sniffed out the correct answer anyway and identified the Northwest Texas Council , headquartered in Wichita Falls, Tex... From Scouting Magazine 2 days ago

FAQ's From the Road

Interacting with people from all over the country is one of the definite perks of our job as Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers. Two questions we commonly hear on the road is "How can I get you guys to come do a FREE training?" and "Where can... From Leave No Trace Blog 2 days ago

Responsibility

With a great team of volunteers, Sheryl Oakman was instrumental in rolling out the new Cub Scout delivery method. She has held numerous positions in her 23 years as a volunteer and graciously spent time with us to go over her ideas for the next core... From BSA CubCast Podcast 3 days ago

Popcorn!

In one of the most popular Cubcasts of the year, the secret to selling lots of popcorn is revealed! Join us as we talk with Doug Dent, vice president of Marketing with Trails End. He is also an assistant den leader in the Sagamore Council in Kokomo,... From BSA CubCast Podcast 3 days ago

Position-Specific Training for Cub Scout Leaders Now on MyScouting.Org

Â Just in time for the start of the program year, Position-Specific Training is now available for Cub Scout leaders. The training courses have been updated to reflect the new Cub Scout delivery method, which Scouting magazine introduced to... From Scouting Magazine 3 days ago

Cub Scouts in Yardley, PA

Last Friday evening we were invited to talk about Leave No Trace with a pack of 14 Cub Scouts and their families in northern Pennsylvania. The opportunity to work with the kids through PEAK pack activities such as Minimum Impact Match allowed us to... From Leave No Trace Blog 3 days ago

Ten Truths About Leadership

Authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner Â have distilled thirty years of research and one million plus responses to their questions in The Truth about Leadership : You Make a Difference. Before you lead others you have to believe you will... From Scoutmaster 3 days ago

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An Hour a Week? #237

#237-Dream Warriors Part 2 of our August Roundtable Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Share with Others:... From An Hour A Week? Podcast 4 days ago

One Year Later

A year ago... I was the new scout master of our troop I had just come back from Outdoor Leader Essentials training and I had found a passion of carving neckerchief slides Some reflections as I go forward... So far, cow horns are more difficult to... From Channeling Whittlin Jim 4 days ago

Art or Impact - Part II

Remember this blog post: Art or Impact? Apparently there was action taken: The stones were removed by the land managers, and the area was fenced off. Is this the best solution?... From Leave No Trace Blog 4 days ago

Bigfoot Sightings...!

Bigfoot has had an extremely active summer! There have been rumors of sightings at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City and the Lights On summer camp in Lander, WY. There has also been confirmation that Bigfoot was seen dancing up a storm at... From Leave No Trace Blog 4 days ago

Scoutmaster Podcast 32

Troop Camping Trips, Merit Badge Counselor Quiz Scoutmaster Podcast 32 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Music... From Scoutmaster 4 days ago

Alex Lloyd Wins Award for His Impressive Comeback

Alex Lloyd knows something about perseverance. He vaulted from 22nd to 10th place in the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Aug. 22, a comeback that required hard work from Lloyd and his BSA Motorsports team. Lloyd's latest comeback, though, came... From Scouting Magazine 4 days ago

TLT: The Follow Up...

Thanks for the feedback and comments online and off....here are some answers to some questions/comments 1) Yes we use Know/Be/Do and we use the Leading and Teaching EDGE 2) that does include Forming/Storming/Norming/Performing 3) our PLC is the... From The Scoutmaster 4 days ago

This Sept. 11, Scouts Will Show a Surge of Patriotism

Scouts, Scouters, parents, and non-Scouts everywhere will unite next month to honor the Americans who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Scout Surge 9/11 is being billed as an opportunity for remembering the victims of the attacks... From Scouting Magazine 4 days ago

Life Preserver

Late August 2010 Time to carve: 0 hours Finishing: .25 hours While not an Whittlin Jim pattern, I wanted to make this "Slide of the Month" for a Scout who earned his BSA Life Guard award this summer at camp. The ring is a pre-painted white curtain... From Channeling Whittlin Jim 5 days ago

Boiled Lobster

End August 2010 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 1 hours One thing you notice when vacationing in Plymouth, MA, the gift stores have lots of lobster kick-knacks. So it was only fitting the next pattern in my pack was a lobster. Carved from Oak... From Channeling Whittlin Jim 5 days ago

Troop Leader Training

Troop Leader Training... One of the things that the previous Scoutmaster did that I loved was the TLT Weekend. At first it was JLT, then BSA changed focus and redesigned the program. We kept it a weekend though the new program calls for 3... From The Scoutmaster 5 days ago

Boy Scouts and Bob Hope

This year's closing arena program at the BSA's 2010 National Jamboree was "totally awesome", as Buttons would say. The Boy Scouts and adult leaders were entertained by Alex Boyé (who sang "Born To Be A Scout" from Scout Camp, The Movie", national... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 5 days ago

Scouting Video of the Week, August 29, 2010

This week's video comes straight from the National Scout Jamboree. In this video two scouts try to interview Mike Rowe. Enjoy!... From A Boy Scout's Blog 5 days ago

Geocachers Save Two Women Stranded in Desert

Geocachers Save Two Women Stranded in Desert Extreme Geocaching | Geocachers Care Imagery ©2010 TerraMetrics, Map data ©2010 Europa Technologies, Google â Terms of Use Map Satellite Hybrid Terrain 128Share Geocachers Roy Joseph ( Rojo464 )... From Lone Star Scouter 5 days ago

Some Funny Things Happened to Me on the Way to Dad and Lad

You know that line, " A funny thing happened to me on the way to....?" Well a couple of interesting things happened to me yesterday and the first one was when Ed Gerczak and I stopped for breakfast, in Suring, on the way to Dad and Lad Camp. While... From Commissioner Keith Comments 5 days ago

Conclave 2010

So, this year our lodge hosted the Section NE-3A Conclave that was held on August 13-15, 2010 at Camp Russell. Over 180 arrow men attended this outstanding event. Friday afternoon I arrived at camp at around 2:00pm to start setting up camp and get... From A Boy Scout's Blog 1 week ago

Win a Free Patch if You Can Name That Council (Aug. 27, 2010)

You might "strike gold" if you can tell us the name of the council that wears the patch above. We've removed all text, leaving behind only the desert landscape. Do you have enough clues to guess the council's name? Send us your... From Scouting Magazine 1 week ago

Above Is a Photo of the Ultimate Non-LNT Campsite, Found On

Above is a photo of the ultimate non-LNT campsite, found on a Big City Mountaineers backpacking trip in the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon with a bunch of teens from the Youth Employment Institute in Portland. Brendon (guide) had just told the crew... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 week ago

What if My Design Has an Excessive Amount of Detail or Small Lettering?

Has this ever happened to you? You have really a awesome piece artwork that will be prefect for your patch design, and you just can't wait to get your patches made show you can show them off. But when you're working with an embroidery company to... From Stadri Emblems Scouting Blog 1 week ago

Ten Strategies for Using Facebook in Your Recruiting Efforts

More than 500 million people now know that Facebook is a great way to reconnect with old friends, but it's becoming more and more popular as a recruiting tool for packs, troops, and crews. Does your unit have a Facebook page? If not, now's... From Scouting Magazine 1 week ago

A Couple More Days for Bigfoot in August

When people take the Bigfoot Challenge, we always ask for pictures and stories. This recent submission was sent to us from Mary J. Hinchman. "I shared my love of the outdoors and hiking with my dogs with a couple young families and their dogs. We... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 week ago

It's Good to Be Back East

We've been back east for a few weeks now and luckily have had time to do some exploring as we travel and teach. While at the New River Gorge last week, we checked out historic downtown Fayetteville and hiked a number of trails to incredible... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 week ago

National Cold Weather Camping Headquarters Northern Tier Is Open for Reservations.

Experience the beauty of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in the winter. A silent snow covered landscape, with no bugs or people around you. At OKPIK you can: - Cross country ski and snowshoe in the back country. - Camp comfortably in below zero... From Scouting News 1 week ago

Bomber Mountain

Backpacking can give scouts a great sense of accomplishment at the end of a trek. But, having something more than just mountains and miles to explore can make a trek even more memorable. One thing I've found to be of high interest to scouts is... From Scoutmaster Musings 1 week ago

The Parent Questionaire

In the last article I printed a copy of the letter I sent to parents in 1986 when I was a scoutmaster having problems with the troop and ready to resign from the position. Part of that letter was a questionnaire that I asked the parents to fill out... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 1 week ago

What Would You Do? Promoting Advancement Without Being Pushy

Scouting Magazine's current question for "What Would you Do?" Our troop has many boys who have just crossed over from Webelos Scouts. Some of their parents have their eye on the Eagle Scout Award from day one; others give no thought... From Scoutmaster 1 week ago

If You Build It They Will Come Pt.4, the Annual Plan

The meat and potatoes of building the program so young men come to and stay with your unit is the annual plan. The plan that delivers the promise. OK.. stop.. what is this promise that we keep talking about? Simply put the promise that Scouting is... From The Scoutmaster Minute 1 week ago

Time to Hang Up the Hat (a Letter to the Parents)

If you have been a leader in the Scouting program for a few years, or any sort of program for that matter, you have probably reached a point when you have said to yourself, "Why am I doing this? Am I the only one who cares? Why do I put up with... From A Scoutmaster's Blog 1 week ago

Troop Elections

Troop 199 had its elections the other week. The Troop elected a SPL and each Patrol elected a Patrol Leader. The next week the SPL picked his ASPLs, Scribe and Chaplain Aide. The PLs picked their APLs and I picked the Troop Guides. All are members... From The Scoutmaster 1 week ago

Help Alex Lloyd Win the "Firestone Tire-Ific Move of the Race"

Alex Lloyd's task was daunting. After qualifying 22nd out of 25 racers for Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, he wanted to move his No. 19 car from the back of the pack to a good finish. Mission accomplished. Thanks to hard work overnight... From Scouting Magazine 1 week ago

New River Gorge National River

On Saturday, we spent the day doing outreach at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center at the New River Gorge in West Virginia. We talked to over 1oo visitors who came to the Visitor Center to get information about the many hiking opportunities available in... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 week ago

National Outdoor Awards

FROM THE SCOUTING MAG. BLOG (I love this idea, this is Scouting folks!) With its new National Outdoor Awards, the BSA honors guys who can't stand still Guys join Scouting to experience the outdoors. It's that simple. To recognize that passion for... From The Scoutmaster Minute 1 week ago

Ten Fudamental Peices of Successful Scouting

A tip of the campaign hat to Seth Godin for inspiring this "decalogue" Exude enthusiasm. Scouting is different from other activities, keep it different. Understand that Scouts experience things in groups. Understand that Scouts experience... From Scoutmaster 1 week ago

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An Hour a Week? #236

#236-Seven Nation Army Part 1 of our August Roundtable Tonight's show sponsored by ClassB.com Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Share with Others:... From An Hour A Week? Podcast 1 week ago

If You Build It They Will Come Pt.3

Welcome Back. When we left off I teased that we would talk about open houses and Troop visits. But going back to the relationships that have built with the Packs, they get the first invites to the open house, even though they should be familiar... From The Scoutmaster Minute 1 week ago

Run, (in the Forest), Run!

All week long, more than 250 athletes are lacing up their sneakers and testing their endurance at the Gore-Tex Trans Rockies Run . This race begins in Buena Vista, CO and travels for over 113 miles up to Beaver Creek, CO through beautiful mountain... From Leave No Trace Blog 1 week ago

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