Updates on Scouting activities:
Pack Activities
Our Pack has not had a Pack Committee since well before I joined. Luckily, we have had committed volunteers who have served in the roles as needed. But having an established and functional Pack Committee is vital to a healthy Pack. All the training I have attended has taught this. At our first Pack meeting of the year in September, I was able to strongarm....uh I mean ask for help to get a group up and running. Now the real work begins. We need a Chair and to figure out what they are supposed to be doing.
We conduct our annual Scouting for Food service project this month. I'm hopeful that this year will be as positive an experience as last year!
Also this mon
th is TURKEY BOWLING!! at the Pack meeting. This awesomely fun activity which is exactly what it sounds like (except that we use game hens instead of turkey) is enjoyed by kids and parents alike. What I enjoy most is watching the parents who I can tell are dying to give the bird a toss but don't want to look silly by asking if they can have a go! Sometimes doing something just for the sheer fun of it is okay.
Roundtable
Last month was my first experience with the new format for our District. The Cub Scout breakout session came at the end instead of at the beginning of the evening. I learned a few things and what we've done in the past has to change to work in the new format. As I've learned from Wood Badge training - embrace change!
Wood Badge
I am closing out the NE-VI-70/NCAC 82-95 course and will not be on staff of the spring 2010 course. This has been a really hard adjustment for me, but a necessary one. I need a break to get re-energized. But I'll certainly miss it!!
Trainer's EDGE
The next course is on track - we have a location and I'm beginning to put together the staff. Trainer's EDGE continues to change with the expectation that the participants will also be changing. Youth leaders on NYLT staff are expected to take the course as well as Wood Badge staff. Again, I'm ebracing change.
So that's enough for this post. More to come!
th is TURKEY BOWLING!! at the Pack meeting. This awesomely fun activity which is exactly what it sounds like (except that we use game hens instead of turkey) is enjoyed by kids and parents alike. What I enjoy most is watching the parents who I can tell are dying to give the bird a toss but don't want to look silly by asking if they can have a go! Sometimes doing something just for the sheer fun of it is okay.Roundtable
Last month was my first experience with the new format for our District. The Cub Scout breakout session came at the end instead of at the beginning of the evening. I learned a few things and what we've done in the past has to change to work in the new format. As I've learned from Wood Badge training - embrace change!
Wood Badge
I am closing out the NE-VI-70/NCAC 82-95 course and will not be on staff of the spring 2010 course. This has been a really hard adjustment for me, but a necessary one. I need a break to get re-energized. But I'll certainly miss it!!
Trainer's EDGE
The next course is on track - we have a location and I'm beginning to put together the staff. Trainer's EDGE continues to change with the expectation that the participants will also be changing. Youth leaders on NYLT staff are expected to take the course as well as Wood Badge staff. Again, I'm ebracing change.
So that's enough for this post. More to come!
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