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Commish Corner
CUB SCOUTERS!
School Night for Scouting is HERE!!
As we start to move into the new school year, our attention turns to recruiting new Scouts! We have an outstanding opportunity to help bring the scouting program to more boys than we have in the past. The SNFS program that we are rolling out has been used successfully and implemented in out councils with great success. Yes, I know it's a change and it's a little outside our comfort zone. As a Scoutmaster, I am always telling the boys where you learn the most and grow into a stronger person, is when you are in a situation where you are outside your comfort zone. It's our turn Scouters! We need to take this program and make it happen! Being successful at recruiting the Cub Scouts not only has an immediate effect on how the packs run, and in a couple of years, helps our troops, but also impacts our nation down the road as the boys graduate from the program and move into leadership roles in corporations and the nation.
LET'S MAKE THIS THE BEST FALL RECRUITMENT EVERY!!!
Bryan Anders
Wisconsin River District Commissioner
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COUNCIL WIDE CUB SCOUT ACTIVITIES
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Back to the Pack
Welcome Back to the Pack
The Glacier's Edge Council Membership Committee is pleased to announce the "Welcome Back to the Pack" plan. The idea is to help prepare for the fall by signing up old members early and recruiting needed leadership before School Night for Scouting. Each fall, Cub Scout Packs receive a "new start" with their Fall Round-up. New Cub Scouts attend the School Night for Scouting to be assigned to a den. New den leaders are recruited from those parents in attendance to work with the new den. New den leaders will be informed of the multiple training opportunities in the fall.
Somewhere in the middle of all the hustle and bustle with promoting new boys to join Cub Scouts, many old members are not contacted and invited to come back from the summer break that many packs take. Hence, membership is lost along with potential leadership from their parents.
The Council Membership Committee is encouraging a "Welcome Back to the Pack" meeting in August. During August, prior to any School Night for Scouting round-up, each pack should hold its first meeting of the new program year. The purpose of the meeting will be to sign up old members for the coming Scouting year, recruit leadership to fill vacancies (whether it be Cubmaster, den leader, Webelos den leader, or committee member), and to discuss plans for pack activities for the fall.
An individual pack will develop its own promotional plan to ensure that all members are contacted personally to receive a commitment for their participation in a new year of Cub Scout adventures. Research has shown that many boys will not continue without being personally contacted. In other words, in their minds, they have taken a vacation during the summer and are waiting to be contacted about when to start attending meetings again.
Remember: In August, all Cub Scouts should be contacted about the "Welcome Back to the Pack" meeting and encouraged to become active in Cub Scouts for the fall. . If you have not already done so, please start planning your "Welcome Back to the Pack" activity now.
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Take the 2013 Cub Camp Evaluation
2013 Cub Scout Camp Feedback - We need your input and advice!
Tell us how we did and help the Glacier's Edge Council plan for future camps by completing the 2013 Cub Scout Summer Camp Evaluation. All of the committees and staff that help plan and deliver summer are seeking you feedback on the programs. Your input will help with camp for the remainder of this summer and to start planning for 2014. Follow the link below to comment on any of the 2013 Cub Scout or Webelos Camps at any location.
Just Click HERE to complete
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Good News Contest
Could your Pack, Troop, or Crew use $300?? The Glacier's Edge Council is pleased to announce the inaugural Good News Contest for 2013-2014.
Scouting has a great story to share! We are looking for pictures and stories about Scouting that appear in your local newspapers. To find out more-go HERE
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Nature Trek
Saturday September 21
Learn About Nature & America's Great Outdoor Heritage!
SOME SCHEDULED EVENTS:
- Bee Demonstration
- Trapping Fact or Fiction
- Shoot a BB Gun
- Dutch Oven Cooking
- Climbing Wall
- Nature Hikes
- Reptile Demonstration
- Buck Skinner's Demonstration
- Cut a Rock
- Nuts
- Renewable Energy Display
- Learn to Cast
- Shoot a Bow and Arrow
- Crafts
- Make a Plaster Cast
For more info click HERE
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Popcorn Time!!
DON'T FORGET TO FILL OUT YOUR COMMITMENT FORMS HERE THEY ARE DUE AUGUST 30TH!
Get all the info you need with our INFOPOP
See you at the District Kickoffs!!
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Loopy Cub Camporee
October 12-13
Cubs can attend with their Den or Pack, or individually with an adult. Belt Loop Sessions will fill fast and are on a first-come, first-served basis. The earlier you sign up, the better your chance of getting the belt loops you want. For more info check HERE |
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STEM & NOVA
Cub Scout Day Camps and STEM
At Day Camps in June, Cub Scouts launched into science and engineering with enthusiasm. For example, building marshmallow shooters and catapults was FUN! Each started with a pattern, but in the end no two looked exactly alike, since each future engineer had their own vision. Creative experimental design, testing, analysis, and redesign = Science in Action! Nature hikes, BB guns, archery, and other STEM related activities help scientific principles become real for our Scouts. Thanks to all the volunteers who help make this possible at camp and year-round.
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Scout Shop
Visit www.ScoutStuff.org
Stop in and see the new items that are arriving weekly.
Back to School-Back to Scouts!!
Don't forget to stop in and check out the great deals we are offering and stock up on Uniform Essentials for the Fall!
Please e-mail Nancy.Woolley@scouting.org if you would like a specific item brought to check out
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