Scouting is a fun and rewarding program. But the gear required can be expensive. So, to help you save some time and money, I’ve gone through all 148 Pages of Amazon’s Black Friday deals to find some pretty good Black Friday Scout Deals. I also went to Campmor to find a few more deals there … Read more
If you are doing your unit’s recharter this year, bless you. You’ve taken unto yourself a task that nobody in the Scouting world enjoys. It’s a necessity, but it’s not the most fun thing you could do. As someone who has worked with thousands of recharters, let me pass along a few of the most common … Read more
In the days since the Boy Scouts announced that they were going to allow Cub Scout packs to form dens for girls, a lot of misinformation has been coming out about the Boy Scout program. For example, I came across an article by Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times, Things Boys Could Learn … Read more
Step One: Attitude So, you’re a new Cub Scout leader. Are you ready to have fun? Do you care about providing a great program for the kids in your charge? You can have the worst day at work, but you’ve got to let all of that go before your Cub Scout meeting. Let the excitement … Read more
It’s now October. Can you believe it? The leaves are starting to fall, and there’s a chill in the air (in some places.) The first round of Cub Scout recruiting is over. Perhaps your pack hit that jackpot. Maybe you struggled. In either case, here are some October recruiting tips to help you reach as … Read more
It’s fall again. The kids are back in school and all over America, you’ll find Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts set up in front of grocery stores, hardware shops, and restaurants, selling popcorn. You may also find them going door to door with a wagon full of popcorn behind them. Not only is this a vital … Read more
Suzanna El Mogazi was a Girl Scout as a youth and signed her son up for Pack 424 in Katy, Texas as a Tiger as soon as he was old enough. The pack needed a second Tiger leader badly so she stepped up. It was terrifying but wound up being the greatest thing ever. She … Read more
If at first you don’t succeed, and you don’t get as many kids as you should at your first recruiting night, then it’s time for Round Two Cub Scout recruiting. In this solo episode, I go over how you know if you’re serving as many kids as you should in your pack, some of the things … Read more
I think it’s a basic tenet of the universe that everyone loves balloon animals. A few weeks back my wife and I took our two small children to their favorite ice cream shop. They were having a classic car show, with live music and a guy making balloon animals. A nice man on stilts made … Read more
One of the keys to online popcorn sales is connecting with your customers. Letting them know why they should buy popcorn from your scout. Letting them know what their purchase will help your scout do. Not only are they getting a pretty tasty product (my wife just brought home some caramel corn from bought at … Read more
