Jimmy 03/01/07
waco
Diane Ragan 03/02/07
Roundtable Staff - Cub Scouts, SHAC - Golden Arrow Houston
COMMENTS: Thanks for keeping this cool stuff accessible.
K Kumar 03/02/07
Cubmaster, Pack 466, Santa Clara
Kerri Rousey/Cub Master/Den Leader 03/02/07
, Cub Scouts Pack 117, Lone Grove, Ok
COMMENTS: Looking for ways to imporve the Pack and teach the Boys as much as possible.
Dana Boyster 03/03/07
Webelos I den leader, Pack 64, Germantown, TN
COMMENTS: Your site is excellent. I was excited about helping my den earn Engineer, but now that I've found your site I can't wait. Thanks!
Kerry Britt 03/03/07
Wood Badge Candidate, Wolf den leader
COMMENTS: Enjoyed your site while looking for a cheer for our Wood Badge Campfire Program.
Janna Anon 03/03/07
Tiger Cub Den Leader, Pack 633, Illowa Council, Muscatie, Iowa
COMMENTS: I was looking for a song, "If its raining and you know it....." and Google brought me to your site. When I seen the first few lines about being a den leader, I was captivated, I had to keep readng. I began as a Tiger Leader in August 2006, I thought I had all the websites read that had anything to do with Cub Scouts. Had I found yours first, I wouldnt of needed to go on. Yours is by far, the best, most informative Cub Scout I have seen. I promise Ill be back for more!!
Gary Behnke 03/04/07
Cubmaster, Pack 150, Wasco, IL
COMMENTS: Thank you for supporting scouting through this website
Melissa Hogan 03/04/07
den leader, pack 522, Fort Campbell
Tonya Johnson 03/05/07
bear leader, pack 23, Harrisburg
Steve Rider 03/05/07
, Transatlantic Council Pack 147, Munich, Germany
COMMENTS: I just stumbled across your website and wanted to compliment you on the fine work! I'm looking forward to being inspired by the many ideas contained on these pages. Surely, our Cubs will benefit from your efforts. Cheers, Steve
Brian Melvin 03/07/07
COMMENTS: Nice site
Rand Williams 03/08/07
Webelos Den Leader, Pack 1771, Aliso Viejo, CA
COMMENTS: A personal thank you for spending this kind of time to create a great resource! We have struggled in getting our boys to earn their Citizenship Activity pin. The links I surfed through from your site is a great starting point for all the activies we have yet to earn. Thanks!
Rhonda 03/08/07
Ast. Den Leader, CS Roundtable Commishioner, Pack, District, Commerce, Texas
COMMENTS: Could you suggest a bicycle related craft for an upcoming summertime pack activity? I am having trouble locating an idea.
Sue 03/09/07
South Africa, 1st PMB - Cubs, Pietermaritzburg
Mary Dulle 03/09/07
Asst. Tiger Cub Den leader, Pack 4 Den 2, Great Rivers Council, Five Rivers District, Jefferson City, MO
COMMENTS: I really like the website. Loads of good information for an old Girl Scout Leader turned Asst. Den leader.
Robert Taylor II 03/10/07
Troop-Pack 11, SM-DL-PT-R
angie 03/11/07
webelos leader, wyoming
COMMENTS: Great resources! Thank you!
lori w. 03/13/07
webelos leader, pack 589/591, beaverton
COMMENTS: what a great place for info. It would be nice to find more info on the LDS packs - with the limited 10 month version of Webelos. There's so many great ideas out there though. Thanks for your great site!
Lou Justice 03/14/07
pack secretary and mother of one web. I boy and three girls (2 grown and married, one graduating from High School this year) , Pack 83 Talakto District, Madison County, AL, Madison, AL
COMMENTS: I am so pleased to find your website and the uplifitng ideas and information. Our pack is going through some turmoil because of differences of opionins as to how to handle some problems dealing with peanut allergies. If you have had any experience with such, I would be interested to know about it. My sadness is magnified in realizing that some of our leaders find the inconvenience more important than the safety of the children with the allergies. I pray all involved can look at this as a way to pioneer a new standard for dealing with a severe life threatening allergy that is becoming more prominent, and incorporate the core values of scouting in dealing with it! Any help or guidance you can give will be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
John Coombs 03/16/07
Bear Den Leader / Committee Chair, Pack 166, Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas
COMMENTS: I'm putting together a web site (will be something like www.pack166.org) and am including a list of key resources on the web for skits, songs, etc. (about ten different things). I love your site! Thank you!! John
Jennifer DeRue 03/16/07
Wolf Leader, Pack 138, Newark, New York
COMMENTS: Our web site is new and this site is a great source. My husband is our Pack Cub Master and he is always looking for new ideas. Thank you for a great site.
Melanie Chapman 03/18/07
Tiger Den Leader, Pack 10 Potomac Council, LaVale Maryland
Diane Goliwas 03/18/07
RT Commissioner, Den Leader, PA
COMMENTS: Great Site!
andy andersen 03/19/07
den leader, pack, phx. az.
COMMENTS: Thanks!
Mary Curtis 03/20/07
Webelos II Den Leader, Pack 100, Grand Canyon Council (Arizona)
COMMENTS: I love having sites like yours quickly available to me when my book isn't at my finger tips, I'm doing a little prep during my lunch hour at work for our meeting later this week. Thanks for providing the information online.
Donna 03/21/07
Asasistant Cub Master, Cub Scout Pack 109, Bridgeport Ohio
Tracy Walker 03/21/07
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Eric LArson 03/21/07
Den Leader (Tigers), Pack 196, Perkasie, PA.
COMMENTS: Your site is EXCELLENT! I can't tell you how much it has helped me plan for some great den and pack meetings! Thanks so much!
Ms. Lety 03/21/07
Committee Chair, Pack 166, Circle 10 / Western Star in Irving, TX
COMMENTS: Keep up the good work and glad to visit your Web Sight.
chimka akaa niro 03/23/07
, kaduna nigeria
COMMENTS: am a pastorial chaplain commissioner working among teens and young adults. Its nice being here. thanks
Michael Werdin 03/26/07
Den Leader, Pack 24, New Freedom, PA
COMMENTS: Wow.. what a great site and resource, I had a few issues to find answers for and found them here! Thanks!
Beryl Rogers 03/26/07
CubMaster, Pack 908, San Antonio, TX
COMMENTS: Hi, Bill! I just have to know which books I should be reading (7 things I learned....)??!!
I'd love to get some insight! Thanks... Beryl Rogers Cub Scout Pack 908 San Antonio, Tx
   My favorite books to help making meetings fun are:
The Cub Scout Leader's How-To Book
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer -Twain
The Well Played Game -DeKoven
Junk Yard Sports - DeKoven

also check the following urls
GAMES DAZZLERS FOR THE CUB SCOUT MEETING
ScoutBase UK Games Database
Charles Edward Carryl
for a start.
Bill
timothy vanslyke 03/26/07
cub master, pack, 4044
ruyasn 03/26/07
boy, y group, weslaco,tx
Mouikis Makis gem@geitonas-school.gr 03/27/07
, P.E. teacher, athens
Alice Retzinger 03/27/07
Den Leader/Cub Roundtable Commissioner, Pack 238 and 246, Golden Empire Council, Sacramento, CA
COMMENTS: Re- Your article about pure fun in Cubs & Bugs Baloo
Just wanted to share this story. I'm LDS, so Scouting positions are callings, not just jobs. Recently, a man was called to be CM over a joint pack (made up of two wards or congregations, each with a small number of boys). He shared with us that he had no previous scouting experience, didn't even really encourage his sons to go, thought they were crazy to call him as Cubmaster. But he came to a training we did, read what he could find, came to Roundtable, and gradually understood that his must important job was to make the monthly Pack Meeting interesting and fun for everyone - and of course, to have lots of ceremony! After several months, he has come to LOVE it - and does a wonderful job! He made pvc dog sleds, which even the fathers wanted to try, set up a TV "studio" for our Baloo Skies Pack Mtg, including a weatherman, Comedy Central (jokes told by sets of boys), and a Roving Reporter, who interviewed boys about their activities and two boys who were crossing over to Boy Scouts about their experiences - and every Pack Meeting is now well attended, even by parents! But what he told us is that he Loves the job - he is learning to look at things as a 9 yr old, with a whole new perspective, interest and awe in what's around him. He would agree wholeheartedly with your article. So do I - even though I'm 64, being a Scouter keeps me looking at the world as a place for "pretend", fun and wonder.
blake adams 03/29/07
COMMENTS: HI!!!!
Teena 03/30/07
, Cherokee Area Council ,
COMMENTS: Good web site!
Becky Berry 04/03/07
, Pack 327, Brandon, MS
COMMENTS: thanks so much for all the wonderful information.
Terry Baidokas 04/04/07
, Den, Media, PA
Vonnie Sharp 04/09/07
, Concho Valley Council, Amangi Trail District, Pack 375, Den Leader
COMMENTS: Thank you. I think you've done a great job! This has been so very helpful. The layout is great and it made it easy to find what I was looking for. I'm trying to plan our events for the Summertime Activity Award for our Pack and plan a program for Cub Scout Day Camp and was looking for outdoor games. Thank you again!
Linda Rhodes 04/09/07
Pack 41
COMMENTS: Last year I was searching the Web for Scouting info and I came across a unique cross-reference chart, which cross-referenced the requirements, electives and other misc badges and how they all inter-relate. Unfortunately, I didn't print it at the time, and am having trouble finding it again. Have you seen it? As a den leader, I use your site a lot for games and skits. Thank you for the info!!
Reyna 04/10/07
Webelos 1 & 2 Leader, Cub Scout Pack 111, Whitewater, WI
COMMENTS: Your Webelos helps have been a god send. I continue to come back to your web site again and again. Thank you so very much for taking the time to put together such a well-organized help page. Your pages are so well written that even my boys find the instruction extremely easy to follow. Thank You, Reyna Kessler :-)
Rick Burke 04/10/07
Wolf Den Leader, Pack 1532, Plymouth, Michigan
COMMENTS: I just found your website and was very impressed. There are a lot of really good ideas here and I plan to use them in my Den meetings. Thanks for all the time and effort in building this website, very cool! You have just made my job a whole lot easier! Thank you Rick Burke
Ms. Lety 04/11/07
Committee Chair, Pack, Western Star in Irving Texas
COMMENTS: Great web site. keep up the good work.
Mac McNamara 04/12/07
ScoutMaster, Troop 780, Dunn, NC
COMMENTS: Very nice site. Always glad to run across another site that supports the kids in a good way! Check us out at
Diane 04/13/07
assistant in the den (keep records), Heart of America Council, Pack 161, Independence, MO
COMMENTS: Thanks so much for your work to help support den leaders. We can always use new ideas. I just found your site and haven't looked around much, but even just to begin with, I've found some good stuff!! Thanks!
Tina Comstock 04/16/07
CubMaster, Pack 4042, MN
COMMENTS: We are trying to make the bird calls shown here on your site (and in the Bear handbook), but are not finding one of the key ingredients - the resin powder. Could you give us a lead as to exactly what it is we are looking for and where one might find it. Also, we are planning to make 1,000 of these for a community event/our Expo and would appreciate any kind of estimate of how much we would need to get to make 1,000 bird calls.
Also, is the eye screw size important? I would think so - do you know what size you should use? Maybe a 10 or 12? THANKS!!!!
   Resin powder is used in baseball and boxing and is usually available in sports stores that cater to those activities. There seems to be some variability in quality but I think any would work for the bird call. I have heard reports that mucicians' resin for violin bows is better but the cost is much higher.
I have only made a few of these gadgets so I can only guess at how much you might need for a thousand - maybe a pound or two(?)
Larger screws work better. I don't recall what size I used. Sounds like fun (or many angry birds)
Bill
Matthew Baynard 04/17/07
Webmaster - Den Leader, Pack 88, Nazareth PA
COMMENTS: Excellent site and I wanted to let you know that I've linked to from our leaders page www.cubpack88.org Some really excellent information.
Melissa Brady 04/17/07
, pack 431 Woodworth, Louisiana,
Roy Kunst 04/17/07
Webelos Leader, Pack 40, Elimsport, PA
COMMENTS: BIRD CALL About 80% down the "Projects" page is: "BIRD CALL
MATERIALS; 2" hardwood, eye screw, resin powder
Take a close grained hardwood such a rock maple or mountain ash, about 2" long. Drill a hole in one end, slightly smaller than the screw threads of your eye screw. Turn the eye screw into it. Unscrew the eye, put a little resin powder in the hole. As you twist the screw back and forth in the hole, very slowly, you can make a chirp chirp or trill in loud, clear notes. With practice, this device will produce an astounding variety of bird noises. Paint or decorate if desired. "
It speaks as if resin powder is some common household item. What in the world is resin powder and where does one find it? A Google search turns up nothing useful. It appears this idea was submitted by the Grand Canyon Council, but the link to them doesn't work, so I'm hoping you can answer my question. This sounds like a great project. Roy
   Two messages about Bird Calls in a week! Caused me to check out what is going on.
Turns out (according to Wikopedia) that resin is the liquid from evergreen trees that is used to make schellac and varnishes while rosin is the solid form when the volatile liquids are removed. Rosin powder is probably what should be in both my Project write up and in the Bear Book. Ask for rosin bags at your local sports store.
Bill
Rose seleska 04/20/07
day campdirector, pack 45 Saquoa councel Asheville NC, Candler,NC
travis 04/22/07
Cub Master
Carolina Garcia 04/25/07
Cub scout leader, Pack 484, Miami
Ron Holloway 04/26/07
GSL, 1st East Putney Scout Group, South London UK
COMMENTS: Dear Bill,
Lovely website - very inspirational - keep up the good work. We are a happy troop with a membership of around 70. Looking forward at the moment to our South London District Centenary Camp.
A Closing...
Wood and Water ...... Wind and Tree.....Wisdom .. Strength ..... and Courtesy .. Scouting's spirit go with thee. Ron Holloway
Crystal 04/29/07
den leader
Rob Ehrhart 04/29/07
Cub Master, Pack 172, Dahlgren, VA
Jeff Rooze 04/30/07
Tiger Den Leader, Lafayette, IN
COMMENTS: I am new, outside from being in Scouting years ago, to the whole Pack situation. When I was in scouting there were 8 boys who stayed together all the through scouts into my Boy Scout days. Our troop fell apart because our Scout Master was tired of doing it.
Now after myself my son has joined Tiger Cubs and I am a den leader. However, the pack is in chaos, there sill be a change in leadership next year if anyone steps up and so far I am gearing up to lead our pack for the next few years. I have stumbld onto your website and let me tell you...heaven sent! I do not know who you are but would like to get to know you more as I will be visiting your site as much as possible over the course of the next year. You are probably very well known, maybe an icon in Scouting, and so I am a bit shameful for saying what I just said and a bit embarassed.
As I and another Tiger Den leader (my soon to be Assistant) hash over where to even begin in revamping our program, we noticed that we need a code of conduct, a standard, for the boys to adhere to. I have found your site to be most helpful in this area. What we found most appealing is your parent / leader handbook. Oh my gosh! Can we use most of it for our own pack? We have been working hard to put ideas together on a handbook and the one you have as taken out all of the guess work and intense leg work. I do not want to plagerize the handbook and so out of respect I wanted to touch base.
I look forward to hearing from you and can not wait to dive into your site further. Sincerely, Jeff Rooze
   You are welcome to use anything here for Cub Scouting. That's what it's for. Copy it, adapt it so it fits your program and your boys.
The best advice I can give any new leader is to have fun. I would guess that you have fond memories of Scouting adventure and comradeship. Build on those.
Meet and talk with other leaders at local training and Roundtables. The best ideas come from active pack and den leaders.
Bill
   Thanks for all the messages, especially the suggestions and encouragements.
Bill