| Mike Daniel | 10/2/2002 |  |
| Troop 218 in Trafalgar Indiana | ||
| I was researching the rules for WEBELOS WOODS and Webelos camping and came across your site in the search. You have an outstanding site, and the info on Webelos camping and the rules was exactly what I needed. Really enjoyed roaming around the website. Many thanks. | ||
| Rich Massey | 10/28/2002 | |
| Bill, excelent website. I like your focus. | ||
| Chad C. Cooper | 10/28/2002 |  |
| Pack 204, Chief Black Dog, Indianhead Council, Apple Valley, MN | ||
| Great web page. Would you mind if I turn this into a document, crediting yourself, and distribute it amongst my Pack? | ||
A:
Don't
mind at all. Everything here is for the benefit of Scouts and Scouters
anywhere.
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| Art DeForde | 10/29/2002 | |
| Thanks for the great site. I have found a large
amount of good information. If I may point one little thing out.
The term "Ambulance Driver" is from days long past.
There are many EMTs and Paramedics that take offense to it's use. This is only because it brings back the days when "ambulance drivers" would scoop you up, load you in the back of the ambulance and race to the hospital with no medical care in route. My how things have changed. Thanks for letting me vent a little, and keep up the good work. |
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| Nikki Egnor | 11/14/2002 |  |
| Tiger Den Leader,Pack 392, Julian, WV, Buckskin Council | ||
| Thanks for the link! I really enjoy finding new ideas and resources! This is our first year in scouting. We (My husband and I ) have the Tiger den of 10 boys! They are great!But you have to keep them busy with NEW stuff. So thanks again for sharing your idea! | ||
| Harry And Cynthia Smith | 1/4/2003 | |
| Bill, thanks a ton for all the work you put into your site!
I have been struggling to find ideas to keep my 1st year Webelos interested,
and you site is helping a ton!
Please keep it going!!! |
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| Debbie Hatfield | 1/27/2003 |  |
| Pack 947
Derby, Ohio |
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| I love you site, and I got some great songs from it, however, I am looking for one particular skit/song that we saw another troop do at Webelo Woods. It consists of the troop standing in a chorus line and doing several different dance steps. I can remember one was like the can can, and another resembled Frankenstein steps. If you have any idea the name of this skit/song I would greatly appreciate any information. | ||
| Ralph Cumbee, | 2/9/2003 |  |
| CM Pack 301, Dade City, Fl. | ||
| Great site. It is a great resource for a new CM. I moved
from being assistant Tiger Leader last year to CM this year. Even though
I was a Boy Scout I was never a Cub. I have used your site to help with
our camping trip, pack meetings, and Den Meetings. The boys love the songs,
skits, and runons.
What part of Oregon are you in? Oregon is one of our favorite states, we have visited several time. |
| A:
My
wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Pack 301 at their camp out at a
park near Dade City. Ralph and his team ran a text book example of how
to have a great time and enjoy the outdoors.
Thanks Ralph, |
| Lorie McGraw | 2/14/2003 |  |
| Lorie McGraw, Notebook Editor, American Scouting Digest, www.scoutingdigest.com | ||
| I hope you can help me.
Ginger Crichton sent me her edited list of Den Discipline ideas and I would like to include it in the next issue of American Scouting Digest. She told me that most of the things on her list came from your wonderful RT site (which I have used many times in the past as a CSRTC).So many of the items that she quotes from your page are things that have been around for years and years in Powwow Books, etc. May I have your permission to publish these ideas? You would be listed as a contributor at the end of the article, and we would make sure that you had some copies to show at your Roundtable. I would be placing it in the Cub Scout Roundtable section of the magazine. It would be a wonderful way to share these terrific hints with new Cub Leaders. Let me know if this is okay with you. And if you are ever near Columbia SC I hope that you stop by our RT! I will be in Vancouver/Portland area in July, perhaps we could have coffee? |
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| A:
These
ideas don't help a single boy unless someone copies them and uses them.
Please do.
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| Debra Pengelly | 2/27/2003 |  |
| I am a Wolf Den leader in the Ore-Idaho Council in
Boise Idaho. Just wanted you to know that I use your site quite frequently!
It is just wonderful! Thank you for all the work you put into it!
Would like to know who composed the “I Am A Den Leader” poem? Did you? It sums up being a Den Leader to a tee! |
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| A:
No,
I didn't write it. Back when I was doing RTs, I copied it from somewhere
for our handout and, shamefully, neglected to record the source.
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| Follow up: 5/10/07 I recently found out that it came from Julie H. Erickson, Pack 64, Weber View District, Lake Bonneville Coucil, Ogden, UT. |
| Jamie Harrop | 3/19/2003 |  |
| www.warleyscouts.org.uk | ||
| Hi, thanks for linking to us, we now have a new web address, it is http://www.warleyscouts.org.uk please could you change it and then let me know when you have changed it. | ||
| A:
It's done.
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| Lance "Bo" Aldridge, TSgt, USAF | 4/8/2003 |   |
| 786th Civil Engineer Squadron | ||
| My wife and I have really enjoyed your site. We have been asked to host the Pow-Wow segment for our annual conference here in Germany, and we were wondering if we could use some of you ideals/information to pass along to other scouters at the Pow-Wow? Thanks for your time | ||
| A:
Gosh yes!
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| Gary & Carolyn | 4/11/2003 | |
| Great Cub Scout Site http://wtsmith.com/rt/projects.html#boats | ||
| Roy S. Kirkham | 5/22/2003 |  |
| I went to your "Put the Outing in Scouting" page,
and my old XOOM webpage is not active, but my web-work can be found at
http://www.seasidemuseum.org/ where there is a link to pages out of history.
Saltworks information is there. The Museum puts on a first-person
interpretive presentation about the Saltmakers and you can find information
at:
http://www.seasurf.net/~smhs/Salt03.html . Each year I am an Interpretive Guide for "The Saltmakers Return". |
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| A:
Anything for old Saltmakers!
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| Natalie Biggan | 6/28/2003 | |
| Pack 747 | ||
| Love your web site! Would appreciate having our Pack's site listed. Please check it out at www.pack747.com | ||
| A:
OK.
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| Sandy Williams | 7/13/2003 |  |
| Committee Chair of Pack 114 in Charlottesville VA. and attempt to serve on the staff of our Stonewall Jackson Area Councils' RT | ||
| As I was surfing the BSA links, I came across your page of Roundtable info. I found it a concise and clear description of the scouting program and wanted to share it as a resource for my leaders. Unfortunately or maybe not! the address I typed in led to your charming family page. | ||
| Jan McKee | 7/22/2003 |  |
| CC - Pack 3173 Roundtable Staff - Trails West Council | ||
| I just found your website and it is great. I plan on sharing the site with others in our district. | ||
| Diane Pledger | 9/7/2003 | |
| Pack 60 | ||
| This is a great web site. It will be a big
help to me this year.
Thanks for sharing. |
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| Kathleen C | 9/20/2003 | |
| Pack 417 | ||
| Thanks for the Junior Birdman song!!
Love the site. I played most of the songs, singing along. My hubby looked in and laughed as I sang Tommy the Toad. LOL |
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| Grace Prado | 9/26/03 |  |
| RioHondo Pack 832 WEBELOS Den Leader | ||
| Great site, I love all the tools and aids available | ||
| Jim Brown | 9/28/03 |   |
| Pack Leader, Scouts Canada Pacific Coast Council, Richmond, B.C. Canada | ||
| Great information page | ||
| Chuck Langenhop | 9/29/03 |  |
| Committee Chairman Pack1112, Plano, Texas | ||
| Great website. I came across it in April 2002 of last year and it was very helpful in getting me started as our pack's new CC. This fall I will be teaching, "Program Planning and Resources" at our Council's Pow Wow and I would like to use, "Signs of Weak Pack Program Planning" as my second slide (immediately following the "10 Purposes of Cub Scouting" from the Cub Scout Leader How To Book). I will cite your website at the bottom as being the source. If I get this presentation scanned into .pdf, I can email it to you, so please send your email address (or physical if you would be satisfied with hard copy). | ||
| A:
You're welcome to use anything here. I think it originally came from Program
Helps.
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| Jerry D. Bailey | 10/1/03 | |
| Asst Cub Master, Pact 722, Los Angeles, CA (Woodland Hills) | ||
| Love your web site! Use and/or reference often. Great Scouting Resource!!! Thanks for having! Yours in Scouting: Jerry D. Bailey, | ||
| Rob Thiemann | 10/1/03 |  |
| Den Leader, Pack 9, Den 1 West Caldwell, NJ | ||
| Excellent site. I am new to the program and found some really great ideas for the kids. Thanks a million. | ||
| SANDY | 10/2/03 | |
| TIGER LEADER, PACK, ROCKFORD IL | ||
| Thanks for getting this resource out there. | ||
| Tony Dawe | 10/3/03 |
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| Assitant Cub Scout Leader, 4th Victoria Park Cub Scout, Perth, Western Australias | ||
| A fantastic resource. | ||
| Art Berger | 10/5/03 |  |
| Pack, Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
| I am a new Cubmaster (desparately) looking for any assistance I can find to help make Pack meetings interesting for the boys and their parents. You're site was very helpful. Thank you!! | ||
| CHARLENE COCO | 10/07/03 |  |
| MOREAUVILLE | ||
| Jeff Koppenhaver | 10/07/03 |  |
| Wolf Den Leader, Correctionville, IA | ||
| John | 10/10/03 |  |
| Pittsburgh | ||
| Thank You | ||
| Brendan Whitman | 10/10/03 | |
| Cubmaster, Ohio | ||
| you have a LOT of great suggestions here! I was a DL for the last 2 yrs, and have started a brand new Pack. I now have several brand new DLs that I need to help get up to speed - your web site will help greatly. Thank You. -Brendan | ||
| Pelon | 10/10/03 | |
| very good | ||
| Christie Johnson | 10/10/03 |  |
| Webelos Den Leader, Lawton, OK | ||
| Thank you for your wonderful, user-friendly ideas. | ||
| Patty Gibson | 10/13/03 | |
| Den Leader, Fresno, CA | ||
| Bill, thank you for the wonderful informative site. I have been rewriting our welcome packet and you had some great information regarding the Character Connection and Core Values that I had not seen before. And oh the ideas for games and stuff!! Thanks for your hard work in putting this all together. | ||
| Nic Colasurdo | 10/13/03 |  |
| Webelos Leader, Irondequoit, NY | ||
| Great Site!!! Tons of ideas... Your observations on the intent of a "Pack Meeting" and what it should entail are right on target!!! | ||
| GRECHIN PIPER | 10/13/03 |  |
| COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, PACK 577, LOGANVILLE, GA | ||
| Sunne | 10/13/03 |  |
| Ass. Den Leader, PAck #3, Albuquerque | ||
| Kelli Davis | 10/13/03 | |
| tiger den leader, troop 174, Manito, Illinois | ||
| Russ Shader | 10/13/03 | |
| Den Leader, Marysville, Pa. | ||
| This is a great site. I got a lot of good ideas from here last year and it looks like I'll be using it again this year. Thanks. Russ Shader. Pack 56, Marysville, Pa. | ||
| Misty Long | 10/14/03 | |
| , Pack 232 Den4, mother, wife of den leader | ||
| Brenda Biddle | 10/25/03 | |
| Den Leader, Pack 3005, Cottage Hills, IL | ||
| The information on training was great. I am a new leader but have been involved with scouts through my nephew. Some of this stuff is all new. Our pack BALOO trained individual is leaving in Feb so I am going to venture to be BALOO trained. Do you have any advice for me? Also where can we learn more about Leave No Trace? Thank you for your time. | ||
| 10/25/03 | |
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| Den Leader, Pack 135, Illinois | ||
| Thank You Thank You Thank You! for this web site. I am a new Leader trying to get scouts going again in our town. I have given your web site out to our new leaders to get information. The information is wonderful and oh so helpful. I use it to look up info and plan our meetings. Thanks for all your work. | ||
| Patrick Doyle | 10/25/03 | |
| Cubmaster, Pack 21, Burlington County Council, Marlton, NJ | ||
| Thank you for maintaining a very useful site. I noticed some problems on the site that need attention. The hotlinks for "Pack Meetings," "Parents," "Prep for BS," "New Cub Scout Pamphlets," "Cub Scout Highlights 2003-2004," "Visit the Guest Book," and "Sign Our Guest Book" are not working properly. I found "/rt/" being repeated in the URLs when I deleted the extra /rt/ from the URL, it connected properly. | ||
| David Piatkowski | 10/25/03 | |
| Wolf Cub Leader, Pack 6, Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ | ||
| As a new leader, I appreciate all the help I've been able to get from sites such as yours. | ||
| cary solmi | 10/25/03 | |
| 114 doug fir, | ||
| pladne@yahoo.com | 10/25/03 |  |
| Bellevue, WA | ||
| I am trying to learn about Boy Scouts, actually Cub Scouts for my 1st grade son. I understand scouting starts in 1st grade. So, I came online to find the nearest cub scout troop (is troop the right word? I was in a Girl Scout "troop" at one time). It would be helpful iis there was a way to plug in a city and state, and find the nearest troops. | ||
| Cindy Friedmann | 10/25/03 | |
| Advancement Chair, Pack 90, Brentwood, CA | ||
| I am planning a Webelos Weekend. Your site has been an awesome resource!! I was able to use a lot of information from it instead of reinventing the wheel. Thank you, thank you!! | ||
| Lynn A Cardwell | 10/25/03 |  |
| Den Leader, Tukabatchee Counsil / Pack 74, North Chilton County | ||
| great site. keep up the great work | ||
| Glen Johnson | 10/25/03 | |
| Retired, Irving, TX | ||
| Alice-Anne Nix | 10/25/03 | |
| none, Texas | ||
| My brother was an Eagle Scout. My son is almost 6 years old. I was just trying to find info about how and when to get him into scouting. | ||
| Anne Belich | 10/25/03 |  |
| Webelos Den leader, Pack 393, 9030 Emerson St Thornton, CO 80229 | ||
| You have saved my life with this info | ||
| Sandra Y'Barbo | 10/25/03 | |
| Den Leader, Pack 1323, SHAC-Polaris District (Houston) | ||
| Greg Edwards | 10/26/03 | |
| Tiger Cub den leader, 113, Rome, Ga | ||
| Scott Hoen | 10/27/03 | |
| Den leader, pack 778, Yorba Linda, CA | ||
| Frank Vander Wyst | 10/28/03 |  |
| Den Leader, Pack 3151, Gathering Waters, Little Chute WI | ||
| carol | 10/28/03 | |
| Den Leader-Wolves, Pack, Florida | ||
| I need help with games for my den meetings...........! We meet in a small church room with 11 boys at night. Anything you can share is appreciated! | ||
| Andrea Gianakos | 10/28/03 |  |
| Tiger Cub Den Leader, Manchester, VT | ||
| Lena Marie Borrowman | 10/29/03 | |
| Bear Leader, Old Blady Council Pack #440, San Dimas | ||
| Quick | 10/31/03 | |
| Den Leader, pack, | ||
| Scot Wehmeyer | 10/31/03 | |
| Den Leader, Gulf Stream Council, Manatee District, Pack 233, | ||
| Great information, thanks. : ) | ||
| Kenneth Young | 11/03/03 |  |
| Webelos Den Ldr, Cub Pack 324, Stuttgart, Germany | ||
| Awesome help! I am military stationed overseas. With the current world situation, the Cub Scouts provdes an even more important normalcy for our boys here in Stuttgart whose Us military dads (and moms) are deploying all over the world. With the added demands on our time, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your website to get smarter quicker on Cub Scouts. Thanks from a GI dad! | ||
| Trish Plummer | 11/03/03 | |
| Secretary, Den leader etc., Pack, New Jersey | ||
| I am just looking for new ideas for our pack. Unfortunately, our pack committee chair is invisable, it seems he doesn't want to do it. So we are all jumping in and helping. Right now we will be meeting with our District Executive to help us get in the right path. | ||
| Steve Wagner | 11/05/03 | |
| Den Leader, Pack, | ||
| Rhonda Powers | 11/05/03 | |
| Bear Den Leader/ RT Commisioner(New), Pack 26, Central District, NeTseO Trails Council, Commerce, Texas | ||
| You have a great website for ideas which I need as a new and yet untrained commish. I am looking for ways to increade RT attendance. Any ideas? Thanks, | ||
| Sally Giggetts | 11/05/03 |  |
| Den Leader, Pack 162, Caswell District-Snow Hill, NC | ||
| Alfred Dimas | 11/08/03 | |
| Den Leader, Pack 157, Saint Pius X | ||
| The information and ideas provided should prove very helpful for our pack, and den meetings. Our roles as cub masters, pack leaders, den leaders, and parents, is essential these children will be tomorrow’s leaders. We live in a society where winning is everything, we must teach our children always do their best, and be helpful to others which will help them feel great along with the personal achievement of accomplishment. I began scouting last year, and had no desire to return as a den leader, parents approached me regarding the den leader position and requested, I lead the den of tiger scouts, my reply was no to all parents. I was unable to resist one person, this person sat me down and asked that I listen, and would be able to go about my business upon the completion of the suggestion. As fait would have it, here I am a proud den leader of tiger scouts. I would like to thank my wife for her encouragement and her wonderful help, and her beautiful attitude, and these precious blessings of God, the scouts and their parents, I have decided to stay and guide these children through the remainder of there scouting adventure. | ||
| Bill Percival | 11/08/03 |  |
| Cubmaster, Pack 325, Granby, CT | ||
| Isn't it interesting that you almost need to become a new person when you get a new job. It is a gut-wrenching, tortuous, traumatic experience, getting your brain to work at something different. The most frustrating thing that could happen to you when you are emersed in this process is that you don't even know at what different thing your brain is supposed to be working! I have been a coach for soccer, basketball and baseball. I have been a Sunday school teacher. I have helped at den meetings. I was once even a kid. But I still felt pretty clueless when I first stepped into this new role. Truth be known, I am still pretty clueless, but your web site has at least helped me start to think about it. Thank you. I have not been everywhere here, so forgive me if your site already does this, but my suggestion is this: Most? MAny of your visitors will be first-timers, and in great need of assurance...."it will be alright if you..." followed by the basic minimum requirements....set a good example, prepare (agenda), for planning meetings and more importantly pack meetings, (use these guidelines for effective pack meetings), get a good group around you, (until this year at 325 the cubmaster did everything...now we have a very capable committee chairperson who does all of the dirty work, I hope there is a site for him). I am going to go back to surfing. Thanks again. | ||
| Mary Ellen Yeomans | 11/9/03 | |
| Unit Commissioner, Troop Committee Member, Troop 75, Foothills District, Marietta, GA | ||
| Thank you for putting your Blue & Gold information on the web. I ended up teaching a class at our Council Pow Wow/ Show-N-Do at the last minute and had practically no time to put anything together. I could put on a Blue & Gold in my sleep but it's different when you have people who have never done this or even heard of it before. Hand outs are always a blessing. Again thank you. | ||
| Linda Hays | 11/9/03 |  |
| , Pack, Troy, Montana | ||
| I am just searching for new ideas fromm experienced pack leaders to make den meeting and pack meetings fun. | ||
| Steve Morrison | 11/10/03 | |
| Cubmaster, Roundtable Commissioner, Pack751, Greenville, SC | ||
| Thanks for this website. I've just started looking at it but it seems to have a lot of good suggestions and gives you a focus on what you need to know to succeed at your scouting position which means the boys will ge more out of scouting. I like the part about the pack meeting being a show. You have to make the parents looking forward to that meeting as much as the kids. | ||
| Patty Novak | 11/16/03 | |
| new Cubmaster, Pack #88, East Berlin, PA | ||
| Thanks for sharing. I'm new at this and am getting all the info I can. I am trying to organize and excite a small group but over the last year we have improved d/t all the web sites I have found. Our pack is not nearly as active as the ones I see on the web but thanks to you and others I'm hoping to get it there within the next 3 years. We are a small rural community near Harrisburg, PA. Our pack is about 20 years old but has not done ceremonies in the past. I am hoping to get out pack more active with all the great info other packs share. Thanks for your help. Maybe someday we can help you. Thanks Patty | ||
| Tara Haines | 11/21/03 | |
| Cubmaster, Pack, Conway, South Carolina | ||
| I thank you for having the time and patience to have a wonderful website to gather new ideas. | ||
| Linda Walch | 11/17/03 | |
| Committee Chair, Den Leader, Pack, Mission Viejo, CA | ||
| Wow!! What more can I say. I absolutely loved your site and want to know if I have permission to tell everyone I know about it!! There is a lot of scouting info our there and I have never seen it ALL wrapped into one site so wonderfully. Thank You Bill Smith. Your efforts, hours and hard work will undoubtedly help many, many boys and there families along with Leadership. Thank You again and again!!! | ||
| Tom Wojcik | 11/17/03 | |
| Cub Master, Pack 66, | ||
| I'm looking for help in outlining acceptable behavior from our older scouts without turning away boys. | ||
| Tara Haines | 11/19/03 | |
| Cubmaster, Pack, Conway, South Carolina | ||
| I thank you for having the time and patience to have a wonderful website to gather new ideas. | ||
| Don Baio | 11/21/03 | |
| Den Leader, Pack 733, Georgia | ||
| Great site! A big help for a new comer like me.... | ||
| Barb West | 11/23/03 | |
| Webelos Leader, Pack 409, Wausau WI | ||
| What a wonderful presentation of materials! I am constanting looking for ways to have the Cub Scouts and Webelos grow. My son is crossing over into Boy Scouts this January. I plan to finish out the year (thru August) with the Cub Scouts and begin on Troop Committee in February. I am also looking for information for handling ethnic diversity issues. The ethnic population of the boys who could be in Cub Scouts, Webelos, and Boy Scouts is not reflected in our pack. About 1/3 of our population are from a Southeast Asian ethnic group. The pack has 10% from that group this year. Have you come across any information regarding how to build a pack with more diversity. | ||
| Carole | 11/30/03 | |
| wolf den leader, pack 27-Last Frontier Council, okc,ok | ||
| Looking for new creative den doodle ideas. and I've found one! Thanks!! | ||
| Michael Metersky | 12/01/03 | |
| Den Leader, Cub Scouts, Columbus, OH | ||
| Always looking for new games to keep the den meetings interesting. Thank you for having this site. | ||
| Frank Long | 12/10/03 | |
| Grandfather of twins, wansboro,NC | ||
| I think you have one of the best programs on the net I wish there is a way to get it all on disk as we are starting a pack thanks Frank | ||
| Lawrence Crawford | 12/10/03 | |
| Cub Master, Durham, North Carolina | ||
| craig james | 12/22/03 | |
| den leader, | ||
| Rhonda Powers | 12/22/03 | |
| Pack 26-Bear Den leader, NeTseO Trails-Central District RT Commisioner, Pack, Commerce, TX | ||
| I always enjoy visiting your site. I have been looking for stories and also for ideas for February RT ideas and B&G ideas. | ||
| Christopher Eckelkamp | 12/22/03 |  |
| Den Leader, CubMaster, Pack 136, Wilmington, MA | ||
| Your information is invaluable. Thanks Bill | ||
| Elaine Merkey | 12/22/03 |  |
| CM, Pack, sheridan wyoming | ||
| Found your site very informational. would like to use some ideas if ok w/you. I also plan our Councils PowWows and several District events | ||
| Robert Smith | 12/28/03 | |
| Tiger cub leader, Pack 38, Pueblo, CO | ||
| Great site, thanks for all the hard work on a site full of awesome information! | ||
| Thanks for all the messages,
especially the suggestions and encouragements.
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