BALOO'S BUGLE Volume 10, Number 9 April Cub Scout Roundtable May Cub Scout Theme MY HOME STATE Tiger Cub Activities Webelos Outdoorsman & Handyman Before you start planning though, I want you to carefully FOCUS read the Focus paragraph from the Cub Scouting Roundtable Cub Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide Planning Guide. What is it telling you to do?? That’s right What’s special about your state? This month boys will find – get outside!! This is a May theme. Not a middle of winter out. Cub Scouts will visit historic places, theme parks, indoor activity theme. National wants us to get out there and museums, and zoos. Choose a city or historical site in your explore our states!! Take your Cubs out to see what’s great state to highlight. Design a game that features a special about your state. Please, do not turn this theme into aspect of your home state. Take a trip, go to a ball game, or paperwork exercises about state nicknames, birds, animals, just have a family picnic in the park. Pretend you are trees and such. In May boys want to be out doing things. someone important in the history of your state, and see Take them there. See if your council has a state park on the whether anyone can guess who it is. How about some approved Cub Scout Family camping list (mine does!!) and special local recipes that each den can prepare for the Pack take them there. If they don’t – take your Cubs there for a Show? Invite a guest speaker who can share something day hike! Or take them to a museum or a battleground like special about your state with the boys. Use maps or collect Gettysburg or Valley Forge or the Alamo. tourist brochures to learn more about places to visit. Your Roundtable Commissioners – where I said go find out … local historical society or library is a great place to get for your state, I am hoping you will do that for your group started. (or your Pow Wow Committee has already done that and put it in the Pow Wow Book for you.) Sorry to be so late this CORE VALUES month. Cub Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide Finally, I am sure you have all seen the little PayPal logo Some of the purposes of Cub Scouting developed through and the line to donate to US Scouts. We are in need of a this month’s theme are: new server. The current one has crashed several times in 9 Good Citizenship, Cub Scouts learn citizenship skills recent months. Most recently, the weekend of March 27 & and develop pride in their state as they gain knowledge 28. Since I started posting this notice, USScouts.org has and respect for the history and cultures that make their made it about halfway to their goal. If everyone that state special. downloads a copy of Baloo this month who hasn’t already 9 Sportsmanship and Fitness, Cub Scouts learn about done this could authorize $5 (or $10) for US Scouts through the importance of these by using state resources with PayPal, we would be well on our way to upgrading our regard to outdoor activities. service to you. Thank you. If you would prefer to mail a 9 Respectful Relationships, One Country, 50 great check – write [email protected] for details. Thank states, celebrating uniqueness and identity. you. The core value highlighted this month is: 9 Positive Attitude, Boys will take pride in discovering PRAYERS AND POEMS FOR wonderful facts about their state. SCOUTERS Can you think of others??? Hint – look in your Cub Scout Program Helps. It lists different ones!! All the items on Happy 94th birthday to the Boy both lists are applicable!! You could probably list all twelve Scouts of America. if you thought about it!! Be watching for that big 100th birthday COMMISSIONER’S CORNER Jamboree in 2010!!! I graduated from This is going to be a really different issue of Baloo’s Bugle. th I am going to outline a lot of ideas but I do not have the Cubs to Boy Scouts in 1960, the 50 detail for all 50 states to fill in the blanks. That is going to be anniversary of the BSA. That Jambo your job. That is why I am making sure everyone knows the was in Colorado Springs (I went to kid centered web sites for their state to find the information. Valley Forge in 1964)!! Page 2 BALOO'S BUGLE TRAINING TIP The Blessing in "NO" Safe Swim Defense Author Unknown www.uscouts.org Circle Ten Council Before a BSA group may engage in swimming activities of any kind, a minimum of one adult leader must completed I asked God to take away my pride. Safe Swim Defense training, have a commitment card (No. God said "No". 34243) with them, and agree to use the eight defenses in this It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. plan. Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat training can be I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. given by any person authorized by the council, including a God said "No". BSA Aquatics resource person, a unit leader with aquatics Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary. skill, or any other person with aquatics knowledge or I asked God to grant me patience. experience whom the local council has approved. God said "No". Patience is a by-product of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is earned. I asked God to give me happiness. God said "No". I give you blessings, happiness is up to you. I asked God to spare me pain. God said "No". Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. I asked God to make my spirit grow. You will have to check with your local council for God said "No". opportunities to attend this training. One of the best You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make opportunities for Safe Swim Defense training is in summer you fruitful. camp. Often times it is given at a Roundtable in May or I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. June. God said "No". The eight Safe Swim Defenses are: I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things. 1. Qualified Supervision - All swimming activity must be I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as he loves Me. supervised by a mature and conscientious adult age 21 God said... Ahhhh, finally you have the idea! or older who understands and knowingly accepts Roundtable Prayer responsibility for the well-being and safety of youth Cub Scouting Roundtable Planning Guide members in his or her care, who is experienced in the The men and women who settled our state saw more than water and confident of his or her ability to respond in land to build upon. They had a vision of what the land could the event of an emergency, and who is trained in and be. We, as leaders of Scouts, have a vision of what our committed to compliance with the eight points of BSA Scouts could be – leaders of tomorrow. Guide our words Safe Swim Defense. (It is strongly recommended that and our actions as we build for the future. Amen. all units have at least one adult or older youth member currently certified as a BSA Lifeguard to assist in the What Be A Webelos? planning and conduct of all swimming activity.) Jake McCoy, A Webelos Scout in Virginia 2. Physical Fitness - Require evidence of fitness for Way below the Webelos swimming activity with a complete health history Gnashed his gnarly teeth from physician, parent, or legal guardian. The adult When scratching at a google tree supervisor should adjust all supervision, discipline, and And the mombills beneath protection to anticipate any potential risks associated Eyes of flame, claws of stone with individual health conditions. In the event of any Fillipools run in fear significant health conditions, the unit leader should Webelos whiffle through the trees require proof of an examination by a physician. Those Listen, can you hear? with physical disabilities can enjoy and benefit from aquatics if the handicaps are known and necessary Terror! Terror! In the glens precautions are taken. The sight that no one knows They hunt the running merrigans 3. Safe Area - When swimming in areas not regularly What be a Webelos? maintained and used for swimming activity, have lifeguards and swimmers systematically examine the bottom of the swimming area to determine varying depths, deep holes, rocks, and stumps. Packs should not be swimming in these types of areas but should make Page 3 BALOO'S BUGLE sure the pool or lake or water where they are is safe in together. The adult in charge signals for a buddy check accordance with these instructions. Mark off the area with a single blast of a whistle or ring of a bell and a for three groups: not more than 3½ feet deep for call of ''Buddies!'' The adult counts slowly to ten while nonswimmers; from shallow water to just over the buddies join and raise hands and remain still and silent. head for beginners; deep water not more than 12 feet Guards check all areas, count the pairs, and compare the for swimmers. A participant should not be permitted to total with the number known to be in the water. Signal swim in an area where he cannot readily recover and two blasts or bells to resume swimming.