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There once was two young Indian braves that were best of friends.  They grew together, hunting, playing, and learning to be men in the tribe.  Over time, both of these men caught the eye of a young women in the tribe, and they both began to try to win her heart. As time went on, [...]

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As always, the conversations that we have with our Scouts are so telling and rekindle hope that these young men are going to bring so much to our future.  Last night I told the Troop of our pending move.  I did not want to get into the weeds with the boys, but made an open [...]

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It is said that when one door closes.. another door opens.  Much as one chapter of a book leads to the next chapter we had a door closed last night opening the door or moving on to the next chapter in the history of our Troop. Last night when I arrived at our Troop meeting, [...]

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Money for Nothin’

This post is all about curiosity…  and I should say right up front that I am calling no one out, nor am I saying this is right or wrong. I have noticed a lot of blogs out there and other web sites, both Scout related and non Scout related that seem to be making an [...]

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Welcome Back!  In this show you will listen in on a class I taught at our Councils Program and Training Conference.  This class is on the Scoutmaster Conference.  I used the National Supplemental training on the subject and if you would like to follow along with the slides from the class you can download them [...]

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I have said this so many times it is almost becoming cliche’.. but I’ll say it again… TRAIN ‘EM, TRUST ‘EM, AND LET THEM LEAD! Last night the SPL of our Troop held the Patrol Leaders Council meeting.  Because of a work conflict, I knew that I was not going to be able to be [...]

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“Leaders aren’t born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal” – Vince Lombardi Every Coach I have ever met wants his team to win.  When I was a Flag Football coach, even though [...]

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I am sure that most if not all of you have a nice information board that you use to attract prospective Scouts and their families.  You break it out on recruit nights and open houses, take along to community events, and generally show it off when ever the opportunities arise. Well, tomorrow we have a [...]

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The results are in for the “What do you do at Summer camp” Poll. And it looks like 68% of you participate in Adult Programs.  26% of you just hang out with a good book and pretty much the rest of you get in the Scouts way (6%).  OK..  this is for the 6 percenters [...]

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So says the BSA… Now before I get hate mail.. Raise your right hand in the Scout sign and repeat after me.. “To keep myself physically Strong, Mentally Awake, and Morally Straight.” In a minute I want you to watch this video.  This is Tico Perez, our National Commissioner talking about Jamboree 2013.  He discusses [...]

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