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2012 Baltimore Area Council Pow Wow Book Baltimore Area Council Pow Wow 2012 Overlea H. S. November 3, 2012 Table of Contents Welcome to the Baltimore Area Council .................................................................................... 1 Districts ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation ............................................................................... 3 Leadership Resources .................................................................................................................... 5 Pack Leadership ................................................................................................................................. 5 Core Values ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Defining the 12 Core Values ............................................................................................................ 20 Supplemental Monthly Themes ................................................................................................. 23 December – Holiday Lights .............................................................................................................. 25 January – Abracadabra .................................................................................................................... 37 February – Turn Back the Clock ..................................................................................................... 53 March – Planting Seeds of Kindness ............................................................................................... 69 April – Cub Scouts Give Thanks ...................................................................................................... 81 May – Cub Cafe ................................................................................................................................ 89 June - Head West Young Man ....................................................................................................... 109 July – Cubs in Shining Armor ....................................................................................................... 127 August – Kids Against Crime ........................................................................................................ 141 September – Amazing Games ........................................................................................................ 157 October – Down on the Farm ......................................................................................................... 177 November – Your Vote Counts ....................................................................................................... 193 Webelos Ceremonies ................................................................................................................... 209 Webelos Activity Badges ............................................................................................................ 212 Aquanaut ......................................................................................................................................... 212 Artist ............................................................................................................................................... 215 Athlete ............................................................................................................................................. 218 Citizen ............................................................................................................................................. 221 Communicator ................................................................................................................................ 225 Craftsman ....................................................................................................................................... 228 Engineer .......................................................................................................................................... 231 Family Member ............................................................................................................................... 234 Fitness ............................................................................................................................................. 237 Forester ........................................................................................................................................... 240 Geologist .......................................................................................................................................... 244 Handyman ....................................................................................................................................... 247 Naturalist ........................................................................................................................................ 250 Outdoorsman .................................................................................................................................. 253 Readyman ....................................................................................................................................... 256 Scholar ............................................................................................................................................. 259 Scientist ........................................................................................................................................... 262 Showman ......................................................................................................................................... 265 Sportsman ....................................................................................................................................... 268 Traveler ........................................................................................................................................... 271 BALTIMORE POW WOW AREA COUNCIL 2012 Welcome to the Baltimore Area Council Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, headquartered in Baltimore “Charm” City, serves more than 30,000 young people in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Harford Counties and Baltimore City. The council is among the 20 largest in the United States and is led by over 12,000 volunteers. More than 700 community organizations, representing educational, religious, non-profit, civic, and business organizations join in partnership with Baltimore Area Council by chartering over 900 Scouting units (packs, troops, teams, crews, posts and groups). The Baltimore Area Council is one of the oldest Boy Scout Council’s in America whose boards remain the same for over 99 years. http://www.baltimorebsa.org/ AZTEC 1 ORGANIZATION ADVENTURES POW WOW BALTIMORE 2012 AREA COUNCIL Districts Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, is divided into 13 districts to better administer Scouting within geographic, specialty and cultural communities. Each is led by a team of volunteers, (district committees and commissioner staffs) with the help and encouragement of at least one full time staff member (district executive) and possibly a (district director). Districts support the community organizations (such as churches, service clubs and veterans organizations) that charter Scouting groups, the volunteer leaders who work directly with youth members, as well as the unit volunteers who help administer the pack, team, troop, crew, and post program. Arrowhead District o Western Baltimore County, http://www.baltimorebsa.org/arrowhead/39368 Carroll District o Carroll County, http://www.bsacarroll.org/ Chesapeake District o Southeastern Baltimore County, https://www.doubleknot.com/welcome-page/41535 Dulaney District o Northern Baltimore County, http://www.baltimorebsa.org/home/44690 Four Rivers District o Northern Anne Arundel County, http://www.crwflags.com/4rd/ Harford District o Harford County, http://www.harfordscouting.org/ Hopkins District o Eastern Baltimore City, http://www.baltimorebsa.org/OpenRosters/View_Homepage.aspx?orgkey=994 National Pike District o Howard County, https://www.nationalpike.org/ Reginald F. Lewis District o Scoutreach, Baltimore City, http://www.baltimorebsa.org/about-us/districts/reginald-f-lewis-district/29988 The Capitol District o Southern Anne Arundel County, http://www.thecapitoldistrict.org/ Thurgood Marshall District o Southern and Western Baltimore City, http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/view_homepage.aspx?orgkey=2408 ORGANIZATION 2 AZTEC ADVENTURES BALTIMORE POW WOW AREA COUNCIL 2012 Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation (BCMSR) is the fifth largest block of undeveloped land in the Baltimore metropolitan area (after Aberdeen/Edgewater, Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, and Gunpowder and Patapsco State Parks). BCMSR contains valuable wetland habitat, important and increasingly rare large tracts of forest interior, and an even rarer old-growth hemlock stand. In 1970, the Assistant State District Forester wrote, “These areas should be left as primitive areas... without interference from man. The most impressive stand of mature hemlock seen by this writer (in the region) can be found here.” In 1954, his predecessor wrote, “It is suggested that a 'hands-off' policy be the management.” Volunteers and professionals in the Baltimore Area Council have carefully
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