3rd 100 Days of Scouting: Day 4

Day 4

Spent today doing some investing of time into our pack and troop.

Sent out the list of requirements to the den leaders and den chiefs for the Den Chief Service Award.  I think most of them have either earned it or are really close.

Contacted potential Welding and Chess merit badge counselors.  Crossing fingers, as we have Scouts interested in both.

Drafted reusable merit badge counselor letter, which includes links to adult application, merit badge counselor form, and youth protection training.  This should save me some time in the future.

Wrote our pack parents about creating a more robust camping program for our Cub Scouts.  Need a volunteer to head it up, but I'll get them all the tools and training that they need.  More crossing of fingers.

Enjoyed reading through a couple of months of Cub Scout Talk and Boy Scout Talk email.  Always learn a lot doing that.

2nd 100 Days of Scouting: Day 4

American Labor Merit Badge

100 Days of Scouting is off to a great start.  Seventeen people are involved...so far!  Rumors of others out there...we'll see.

The first weekend of the program is coming up, and is usually a hurdle to cross.  I know it is for me--squeezing in a little Scouting and time for blogging while I'm trying to catch up with the rest of my life is a real challenge.  I'll definitely keep an eye out for the easy opportunities!

Today I:

• Reminded a parent about their unpaid annual fees and dues--never a fun conversation to have, but important.  A Scout is thrifty.
• Advised a Scout that our campout next weekend would be a great chance to continue his efforts on the Wilderness Survival merit badge.
• Looked over the Pet Care belt loop for my own Wolf.
• Updated the list of Scouters on the 100 Days of Scouting project--pretty exciting!
• Updated the pack and troop YahooGroup main pages--a monthly housekeeping task.  Added two new family email addresses to them, also.
• Advertised to my Cub Scout families and other Scouters that Lowe's has a great program for youth 5-11 building projects a couple of times a month for free.  We will definitely be there tomorrow!
• Added a number of new blogs and Scouters to my reading list and followed a lot of new folks on Twitter...all from the 100 Days of Scouting project.

I'm still hoping a Scout, a professional Scouter, a Scouting vendor (like @classb) and even an international Scouter will join us.  What are your hopes for Scouting?

100 Days of Scouting: Day 4

Today I:

Pulled together the list of participants from Scout Sunday to order their patches.

Posted a new blog entry for our council.

Posted a new blog entry for our BSA camp.

Found a bunch of Leave No Trace materials aimed at Scouting.

How did you improve Scouting today?  Big or small, it all counts!  Comment or tweet.