text: News : Carmel boy earns Eagle Scout status at 13 years old
  9 May 2021 | 5:07 pm
  "By Jared's 11th birthday, he had earned his Arrow of Light award and was getting ready to move into Boy Scouts. He was looking forward to working ...
  News : Thanks to shoppers for a literal ton of support
  9 May 2021 | 4:56 pm
  Until a few years ago, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts would put out flyers and bags in selected neighborhoods, then come back a week later to collect ...
  News : Annual Cub Scout Day Camp
  9 May 2021 | 4:11 pm
  The Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America Sandy Beaver District will host its annual Cub Scout Day Camp from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 14 through 18 at the McKinley Scout Reservation in Lisbon. This ...
  News : Allen Henry Solterbeck
  9 May 2021 | 3:46 pm
  When their boys were graduating from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts, Allen became assistant troop leader along with Don Magnuson & Cy Rich.
  News : GOOD TO BE BACK: Nearly 200 scouts gather for 2021 Scout-O-Rama
  9 May 2021 | 2:18 pm
  The event was smaller than normal as Cub Scouts did not attend this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which also kept the general public ...
  News : Boy Scouts preparing to move Roanoke offices, shift appeal
  9 May 2021 | 2:00 pm
  Blog : Ideas for Your Scouting Program
  9 May 2021 | 1:27 pm
  Looking for a song or a skit? A gathering activity? A new recipe to try at camp? A great story or magic trick? A new game to play outdoors or indoors? Something to add fun and excitement to your meeting or activity or campfire program?
  Look no further. I have lots of ideas for your Scouting program. Use these ideas to add fun to your program and keep youth engaged.
  Add some fun to your Scouting program
  Songs are a fun way to add some fun to a meeting or to get everyone involved in a campfire program. What's your favorite song? Do you have the lyrics or a video of it? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Puzzles make learning new concepts more fun. They are also a good way to reinforce ideas which Scouts might be starting to forget. Have you created a puzzle or printable which you would like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  One of the Aims of Scouting is Leadership Development. Learning to be a member of a team and to get the most out of individuals on a team is through team building concepts and activities. Choose appropriate team building games and activities based on your group's age, maturity level, and degree of comfort with each other.
  eremonies are designed to focus a groups attention. They can be solemn or silly. Do you have a ceremony you'd like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Whether in a meeting or sitting around a campfire, stories bring us together. They connect us with the past also. Do you have a campfire story which you would like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Gathering activities are just program ideas for the Scouts to do while they are waiting for the meeting to start. These can be games, puzzles, crafts, or anything which only takes a few minutes. Do you have a gathering activity that you'd like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Cheers add fun to meetings and campfire programs. They are usually humorous and silly. Be prepared for groans and laughs! Do you have a cheer, run-on, or audience participation story that you'd like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Dutch oven cooking is one of my favorite ways to make meals and desserts at camp. Put the ingredients in, put some charcoal on the top and bottom, come back later, and voila! you have a delicious dish. Do you have a Dutch oven recipe you'd like to share? Contact me and I'll share it.
  The easiest method of cooking at camp might be cooking on a stick. No muss. No fuss. No cleanup. So here are a few recipes and ideas for cooking on a stick Do you have a cooking on a stick recipe you'd like to share or a photo? Contact me and I'll add it here.
  Prayers and Graces for Scouts
  A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. She respects the beliefs of others. Find prayers and graces for use in your program below.
  Games promote team building, cooperation, and friendly competition. Active games also promote the BSA aim of personal fitness. Do you have a game that you would like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Crafts can be used to complete rank advancement requirements or just for fun. Crafts are especially important as a way for boys and girls in the Cub Scout program to express themselves and develop creativity. Do you have a craft that you'd like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here with a picture of your creation.
  Every campfire program should have plenty of skits. They also make a great intermission in a meeting. Sometimes they teach a lesson, sometimes they don't, but they are always fun. What's your favorite skit? Do you have a video of it? Contact me and I'll share it here.
  Inspiration, Cubmaster Minutes, Scoutmaster Minutes
  Cubmaster Minutes, Scoutmaster Minutes, Advisor Minutes are inspirational thoughts to help achieve BSA's aim of character development. Do you have a minute or an inspirational story that you'd like to share? Contact me and I'll share it here.
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  Looking for some medieval ideas for your Cub Scouts? This book of knightly fun will add some pizzazz to your pack and den activities.
  Blog : Bear Fellowship and Duty to God Adventure Helps and Documents
  Requirements for Bear Adventure: Fellowship and Duty to God
  1. Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader, or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God. Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life
  2A. Identify a person whose faith you admire, and discuss this person with your family
  2B. With a family member, provide service to a place of worship or a spiritual community, school, or community organization that puts into practice your ideals of duty to God and strengthens your fellowship with others.
  3A. Earn the religious emblem of your faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not already done so.
  3B. Make a list of things you can do to practice your duty to God as you are taught in your home or place of worship or spiritual community. Select two of the items and practice them for two weeks.
  Download printable requirements for Bear Adventure: Fellowship and Duty to God (PDF format)
  Download printable checkoff sheet for Bear Adventure: Fellowship and Duty to God (PDF format)
  Download printable note sheet for Bear Adventure: Fellowship and Duty to God (PDF format)
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  Blog : National Youth Leadership Training
  National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) is an intense week long leadership training class for youth.
  We are fortunate that our Council has a strong NYLT program, offering four weeks of classes for Scouts BSA in both a traditional "land based" format and a "pack and paddle" format. For the pack and paddle, they spend three days going from one campsite to another by canoe and the other three days backpacking. The course materials are taught on the trail along the way. This year they are even offering a coed pack and paddle option for Venturers.
  Another Youth Leadership Resource
  Both JD and DS have been to NYLT. In addition, DS served on staff for one of the weeks last summer. They both thought it was a great experience. JD did the land based program and DS did a pack and paddle program. Both came back with a lot of new information about how the patrol method should work, how to teach skills to younger Scouts, and how to lead.
  If your troop is not taking advantage of this program, I strongly encourage you to look into it. Our troop tries to send at least two Scouts every year. It is a big budget expense for us, but it pays off in the long run. Usually we send 13 or 14 year olds. The Scouts you send to NYLT need to be mature enough to work cooperatively with a group of other youth they didn't previously know.
  Blog : Scout Law Word Search Puzzle
  The word search puzzle below would make a fun warm up or gathering activity for any meeting focused on Scout basics such as the Scout Law. Feel free to download and use this printable.