BALOO's BUGLE Volume 17, Number 11 "Make No Small Plans
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BALOO'S BUGLE Volume 17, Number 11 "Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized." D. Burnham --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 2011 Cub Scout Roundtable July 2011Activities COURAGE July Ideas for Leaders, Pack & Den Meetings, & Activities CORE VALUES Check out this event - Cub Scout Roundtable Leaders’ Guide The core value highlighted this month is: Courage: Doing what is right regardless of how hard it is Either here, picture is clickable, or under Den & Pack Events or what the consequences are. Cub Scouts will learn that courage means to be brave and do what is right, no matter TABLE OF CONTENTS what their friends are doing. In many of the sections you will find subdivisions for the various topics covered in the den meetings COMMISSIONER’S CORNER CORE VALUES................................................................... 1 COMMISSIONER’S CORNER ........................................... 1 "Courage is being scared to death, but TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................... 1 saddling up anyway." THOUGHTFUL ITEMS FOR SCOUTERS ........................ 2 — John Wayne The Serenity Prayer .......................................................... 2 Roundtable Prayer ............................................................ 2 Summertime is quickly approaching!! 90 plus degrees today Courage ............................................................................ 3 in Wilmington, DE!! Are your camp preps moving along, Scouting Courage ............................................................. 3 too?? I have almost completed recruiting my staff and begun Quotations ........................................................................ 3 getting calls from campers' parents!!! TRAINING TOPICS ............................................................ 5 My Pack is planning its picnic and Raingutter Regatta!! BIG Projects ..................................................................... 5 And Baloo is late again, sorry. DEN MEETING TOPICS .................................................... 6 Thank you for allowing me to post an item about my Mom in ROUNDTABLES ................................................................. 7 the last edition. April was a really tough month around here! PACK ADMIN HELPS – ..................................................... 7 Annual Program Planning ................................................ 7 What else ever you do now - The Sweet 16 of BSA Safety ............................................ 8 GET THEM OUTSIDE!!! Journey to Excellence and Good Turn for America ........ 9 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES ............................................ 10 It is important for our Cubs to be outside running and playing Music Loop and Pin ....................................................... 10 and exploring. And, also, for you to see them enjoying Archery Loop and Pin .................................................... 11 Scouting - CS Shooting Sports Award Archery Certificate ............ 12 And have a campfire for one of your summer meetings. Pro Archer Level ............................................................ 12 And a pool party BB Shooting Loop and Pin ............................................. 12 And a weekend in camp CS Shooting Sports Award BB Shooting Certificate .... 13 Leave No Trace Awareness Award ................................ 14 And go fishing (We have a plethora of fishing derbies here Boys’ Life Reading Contest for 2011 ............................. 15 this summer) Knot of the Month .......................................................... 15 And get trained - Tiger Cub Den Leader Award ........................................ 15 I will be at Philmont Training Center in September for GATHERING ACTIVITIES .............................................. 15 Master Training Certification OPENING CEREMONIES ................................................ 17 And guiding a patrol at Central NJ Council's Fall Wood AUDIENCE PARTICIPATIONS & STORIES ................. 19 Badge course. LEADER RECOGNITION & INSTALLATION .............. 21 For EGGspecially Good Leaders .................................... 21 BALOO'S BUGLE - PACK EDITION - (July 2011 Ideas) Page 2 ADVANCEMENT CEREMONIES .................................. 21 SONGS .............................................................................. 22 THOUGHTFUL ITEMS FOR STUNTS AND APPLAUSES............................................ 25 SCOUTERS APPLAUSES & CHEERS ............................................. 25 RUN-ONS ...................................................................... 26 Thanks to Scouter Jim from Bountiful, Utah, who prepares JOKES & RIDDLES ...................................................... 26 this section of Baloo for us each month. You can reach him SKITS ................................................................................ 27 at [email protected] or through the link to write GAMES ............................................................................. 29 Baloo on www.usscouts.org. CD CLOSING CEREMONIES ................................................ 32 The Serenity Prayer CUBMASTER’S MINUTE ........................................... 34 Reinhold Niebuhr CORE VALUE RELATED STUFF ................................. 35 God grant me the serenity Connecting Courage with Outdoor Activities ............... 35 to accept the things I cannot change; July – A Month for Courage .......................................... 35 courage to change the things I can; Courageous Tom Whittaker ........................................... 37 and wisdom to know the difference. Fun Facts about Amelia Earhart ..................................... 37 Living one day at a time; Fun Facts About the Tongue .......................................... 38 Enjoying one moment at a time; DEN & PACK ACTIVITIES ............................................. 38 Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; DEN MEETINGS .............................................................. 44 Taking, as He did, this sinful world TIGER ............................................................................ 44 as it is, not as I would have it; WOLF ............................................................................ 46 Trusting that He will make all things right BEAR ............................................................................. 49 if I surrender to His Will; WEBELOS ..................................................................... 54 That I may be reasonably happy in this life ARROW OF LIGHT ...................................................... 54 and supremely happy with Him WEBELOS DENS ............................................................. 54 Forever in the next. Courage .......................................................................... 54 Amen. Courage Outdoor Activities ........................................... 55 Book Corner ................................................................... 55 Roundtable Prayer More Information For New Webelos Leaders .............. 55 Scouter Jim, Bountiful UT What’s a Den Chief? ...................................................... 56 Father and Founder of the Nation, we thank Thee for this great The Webelos Scout Denner ............................................ 57 and wonderful country and those who fought and died for our Meeting Planner ............................................................. 57 Freedom. We thank Thee for giving us this great organization National Den Award ...................................................... 57 of the Boy Scouts of America. Give unto us the courage to go Flag Ceremony for July .................................................. 58 forward amid change and progress and lead young men to Webelos ......................................................................... 58 become the next generation of the leaders of our nation. Traveler .......................................................................... 58 Amen. Geography Belt Loop & Pin .......................................... 59 Other Prayers Arrow of Light ............................................................... 59 Sam Houston Area Council The Meaning of the Scout Oath ..................................... 60 The Boy Scout Uniform ................................................. 60 Thanks For Our Outing The Scout Badge ............................................................ 61 Sam Houston Area Council Square Knot ................................................................... 61 We give thanks for being together out in nature. We hope our ADDITIONAL ADVANCEMENT IDEAS ...................... 61 families and homes are blessed and that everyone is safe Tiger Achievements ....................................................... 61 during our meeting and on the way home. Amen. Tiger Electives ............................................................... 61 Outdoor Beauty Wolf Achievements ........................................................ 62 Sam Houston Area Council Wolf Electives ................................................................ 62 Bless the beauty of the great outdoors; bless the beauty of our Bear Achievements ........................................................ 62 Cub Scouts; bless the beauty of our Scout leaders; bless the Bear Electives ...............................................................