Each day, Scouting magazine’s website features an Outdoor Tip of the Day. (Link)
Here is the tip from June 12, 2009:
“Never cook inside your tent: Fire, melted tent fabric, and carbon monoxide poisoning are all real risks.”
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The June 2009 (A Camping We Will Go) Program Helps pages from BSA National are now available (free) for download.
Program Helps is a great resource for crafts, games, activities and more for pack meetings and activities and Tiger, Wolf, and Bear den meetings.
This one also has suggestions on how to put on a good campfire program.
Link (pdf)
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The May 2009 Cubcast from BSA National is available (free). Part 1 has ideas for den meetings and more utilizing the June “A Camping We Will Go” theme.
Part 2 has information on the ScoutParents program.
Part 2 [Photo: Flickr/Retro Traveler]
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Simon Kenton Council’s Buckeye District roundtable packet for June 2009 is now available on the SKC website.
The Buckeye District puts together a very helpful roundtable packet each month. This one has games, cooking ideas, crafts, songs, skits, ceremonies, and more for the “A Camping We Will Go” theme.
Link (pdf)
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The May 2009 Baloo’s Bugle (by Commissioner Dave) is available for free download.
Baloo’s Bugle is a monthly unofficial publication with games, activities, ceremonies, puzzles, crafts, and other ideas for den and pack meetings. This one covers the June “A Camping We Will Go” theme.
For Webelos Scout den meetings, this Bugle also has activities for the Traveler and Handyman Webelos activity badges.
This issues also has great tips on Cub Scout cooking and on planning campfires.
Click here (link) to download it in pdf format or here (link) to download it in Word format.
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The June 2009 Cub Scout Monthly Theme is “A Camping We Will Go.”
Here is the official BSA theme description:
“This month Cub Scouts go camping! Have a backyard campout with your family. Pitch a tent or sleep out under the stars! Conduct a pack campout at a nearby Scout camp, state park, or even the local museum.
An outdoor pack meeting might include a nature observation hunt, followed by an evening around the “campfire”. Attend your council’s Cub Scout or Webelos Scout resident camp as a den or pack or the council’s family camp with your whole family. Camping doesn’t always mean overnight; day camp is always lots of fun.
Get those boys outdoors and let them discover the fun of camping while working on their Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award. Whatever you do, do it outside and find out what the outing in Scouting is all about.
While out on the trail, you can work on the Map and Compass belt loop and pin or the Astronomy belt loop and pin.” [bold added]
Link [Photo: Flickr/Retro Traveler]
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When your pack has an overnight campout, at least one of the leaders in charge must have completed Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) training (No. 34162).
BALOO training includes an introduction to outdoor camping skills as well as important BSA rules and policies to be followed on any Cub Scout campout.
Contact your local council office to find out when the next BALOO training will be held in your area.
For more info on BALOO and Cub Scout camping, visit the BSA links below.
- Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation
- Cub Scout Outdoor Program Guidelines
- Guide to Safe Scouting – Camping
- “Follow BALOO for Cub Scout Camping” (Scouting Mag. March 2001)
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A s’more is a tasty combination of graham crackers, milk chocolate, and melted marshmallow. S’mores are a popular treat at Cub Scout campouts.
Basically, you just melt a marshmallow, then put it between two graham crackers with part of a milk chocolate bar.
You can get more information on making s’mores at the WikiHow link below.
Theme: S’More Summer Fun
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