The 12th Edition Boy Scout Handbook iPhone/iTouch app is available *now* in the iTunes store. I can hear scouts nationwide using this as a great excuse to finally get that awesome iPhone. Right Jake and Eric?!
February 2010 will mark 100 years of Scouting and the BSA are partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation to create a lasting legacy for the this centennial celebration. Throughout the remainder of this year and all of next year special tree plantings will link the roots of Scouting with contributions to the future by the planting of family trees as well as trees in public places.
Even after the 100 year celebration these trees will stand as a living legacy, serving the earth for years to come.
As part of this partnership, Arbor Day Foundation will provide educational tool kits to each of the 302 local councils throughout the nation. Scouts will be encouraged to plant 100th anniversary trees in their yards as a family activity. Scouts, alumni and the general public can order special ‘Centennial Trees’ through a convenient online site at http://www.arborday.org/boyscouts. For parks and street tree plantings, scouts are encouraged to work with local nurseries to obtain large caliper trees.
If you’re den is looking for a project, this is a great one.
Going on the camp out this weekend? Preview some of the pages that will make life easier, keep you informed, and help you earn those badges/loops/pins!
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Apr
Here is an awesome resource for Leave No Trace awareness programs. So much information to choose from.
http://www.lnt.org/training/educationaltraining.php
Everyone is invited to come and see LIVE ANIMALS at the National Scouting Museum on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12 p.m. Join us as The Fort Worth Zoo presents Wild Wonders, an educational program for everyone!!!
Attention Cub Scouts!!! Want to earn the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop?!!! Come early (11 a.m.), and we’ll have an instructor on hand to teach the requirements!
Reservations are required for the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop workshop. To make your reservation, please call 972-580-2467. Admission is $5 each.
Mr. Wolfe has requested we not have a pack meeting this month so that the kids can get in bed early. We will have a leader meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, at 6:00 p.m. at the church to go over the Family Campout coming up on May 1. All leaders should attend.
“Explore career possibilities of the 21st century this month. Host a pack career fair, inviting several adults to share what they do for a living and how these career opportunities might change as you grow up and technology advances. Discover how having a positive attitude is essential in reaching career goals.
Den meeting plans could include field trips to learn about different occupations of interest to the boys and playing games centered on different jobs.
This would be a good month to work on any of the Cub Scout Academics and Sports belt loops and pins - let the boys vote on the one that fits best with what they want to be when they grow up.
For those future astronauts this month is a perfect time for a space derby!” [bold added]
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Mar
Before television became dominant, kids tended to aspire to the careers they were exposed to in real life. But today, children develop a picture of the adult work world from what they see on television.
As the Center for Media Literacy points out in the article “When I Grow Up: Children and the Work-World of Television,” tv programming is designed to be entertainment, not a realistic look at working adults. On television, characters tend to be doctors, lawyers, or detectives, and they spend most of their work time talking and socializing with each other. When they are doing actual work, it tends to be glamorous things like arguing multi-million-dollar jury lawsuits or doing life-saving surgery.
You usually do not see the mundane aspects of most careers portrayed. How many tv lawyers do you see filling out time sheets or summarizing deposition transcripts?
And most jobs are never even shown on television. When did you last see a show about civil engineers, actuaries, school teachers, or electricians?
As adults, we can help children have a more accurate picture of the adult world of work by pointing out television’s distorted image of working adults and by highlighting the many attractive job opportunities not portrayed in prime time.
March Roundtable Notes from the Buckeye Council
Simon Kenton Council’s Buckeye District roundtable packet for March 2009 (When I Grow Up) has been posted on the SKC website.
The Buckeye District puts together a great roundtable packet each month. It has games, cooking ideas, crafts, songs, skits, ceremonies, and more. Thanks Buckeye’s!
Link (pdf)
