Baltimore Area Council
-
Start early with your program for the first year boys to get all of them to Arrow of Light (A.O.L.).
-
Do not wait for September to start new Webelos den into active program.
-
Get together during the summer months to do some special activities. The Aquanaut Adventure can be completed right away.
-
Pull the den together during the summer by doing small and simple service projects for school, church, or community.
-
While doing Adventures with boys add those 'joining Boy Scouts' requirements. Get boys into the outdoors soon as they become Webelos.
-
Do as many Adventures outside as possible. Plan around a patio, yard, Garage, Park, Pool, a business or any other place.
-
Have special Visitors over for den meetings to talk about specific skill activities.
-
Spend sufficient time with each Adventure. Usually, two to four weeks.
-
Try to get all the boys in the den to the Webelos badge at the same time. Make it special for them at their recognition pack meeting.
-
Attend the monthly Roundtable meetings and 'Cub Leader Pow-Wow (or University)' to get ideas for completing Adventures and other help.
-
Once into the program start planning ahead, up to six months, those activities you want to do. Work your program into your schedule, the seasons, the weather, the Boy Scout Troop and sudden changes. Always have a back-up plan.
-
If a leader feels uncomfortable about doing an activity with the boys, get help: do not pass up the opportunity to learn
-
Give boys a sample of the skills, activities, requirements that the Boy Scouts do.
-
Start early to get boys ready for camping. Have a backyard Day Camp or overnighter.
-
Look for Troops in your area that the boys may go to and visit. Go Camping with them. Have skills demonstrations with them.
-
Take boys on meaningful tours and trips (more special than their earlier Cub outings).
-
Now is the time to take boys out for hikes - in neighborhood, park, construction site, open fields.
-
Know what your boys want and give them all they can take. Every Adventure if they so desire.
-
Realize that the second year for Webelos is a short one. Know when to graduate them ahead of time.
-
Plan well ahead for the Arrow of Light and get an O.A. (Order of the Arrow) ceremony or other special ceremony scheduled. Contact Troops for ideas and help.
-
Be sure to fulfill all the requirements for Arrow of Light and joining Boy Scouts.
-
Get parents involved, even more than before, so they will help carry boys into Boy Scouts.
-
Visit more than one Troop in your area - early. Have parents go along. Also to get a better understanding of the Boy Scout Program.
-
Having a Boy Scout Handbook to work from, refer to, show boys, get ideas from and get them prepared with is a great training aid.
-
Know that boys are lost from Boy Scouting during the 1st year if not properly prepared.
-
It is very important that boys experience camping before they join the Boy Scouts to make it more comfortable for them.
-
Remember that a parent must be with a boy on campouts as Webelos, but let the boys live the experience themselves.
-
Having and using a trained 'Den Chief' will add to the program and help leaders, too. The Webelos will enjoy having an older boy there.
-
Use as many assistant leaders and parents as possible to help with any and all hands-on skills activities. A good safety factor, too.
-
Get outside experienced help to reinforce to the boys the 'Whittling Chit' Requirements.
-
Boys should start working towards proper uniforming for the Boy Scouts. Proper insignia placement is important.
-
Using a den doodle provides tracking and incentive to get them all into Boy Scouts.
-
Work with the Webelos at the beginning of their second year, a little at a time, so that they know the Boy Scout Joining Requirements.
-
Have them start working towards the Boy Scout Tenderfoot physical fitness requirements. This is the hardest requirement to fulfill.
-
Get boys started in making out duty rosters and menus for campouts soon. They will have to do these on their own as Boy Scouts.
-
Get all of your boys to Webelos Summer Camp after their first year. This will be their best Outdoor experience as a Webelos den.
-
Games, Skits, Songs, Stories, Competition with each other and a den flag are very important parts of the Webelos Program.
-
Letting the boys pick a patrol name, with a patch, instead of a den number will bring the boys closer to the Boy Scout Program.
-
The most important part of the Webelos Program is having well trained leaders to pass on all those new skills to the Webelos.
KEYS TO CUB SCOUTS CONTINUING IN BOY SCOUTS
Baltimore Area Council
-
Visit troop before moving up from cub scouts
-
Having friends in the Boy Scout troop
-
Going to summer camp the first summer as a boy scout
Crazy Holidays
Jodi, SNJC Webelos Resident Camp Director Emeritus,
2006-2011. Adapted from http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/index.htm
http://www.brownielocks.com/april.html
July is:
-
Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days
-
Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)
-
Family Golf Month
-
Independent Retailer Month
-
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
-
National Anti-Boredom Month
-
National Black Family Month
-
National Blueberries Month
-
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
-
National Cord Blood Awareness Month
-
National "Doghouse Repairs" Month
-
National Grilling Month
-
National Honey Month
-
National Make A Difference to Children Month
-
National Child Centered Divorce Month
-
National Parks and Recreation Month
-
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
-
Sandwich Generation Month
-
Smart Irrigation Month
-
Women's Motorcycle Month
-
National Horseradish Month
Weekly Events:
-
National Tom Sawyer Days, Week 1-4
-
Freedom Week: 4-10
-
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 3-9
-
National Farriers Week: 10-16
-
Sports Cliché Week: 10-16 (Always Week of Maj. League Baseball All Star Game)
-
Rabbit Week: 15-21
(Re: Magician Rabbits The sponsor is Melvin Rabbit up in Canada.)
-
National Baby Food Week: 20-23
-
National Ventriloquism Week: 13-16
-
Comic Con International: 20-24
-
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25 (Note: Different sponsor than the September 23 observance has.)
-
National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 17-23
-
Captive Nations Week: 17-23
-
National Independent Retailers Week: 17-23
-
National Zoo Keeper Week: 17-23
-
World Lumberjack Championships: 29-31
-
Garlic Days: 29-31 (Last Weekend)
Daily:
1 Canada Day
1 Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
1 International Joke Day
1 ZIP Code Day
2 I Forgot Day
2 Made In The USA Day
2 World UFO Day
3 Roswell UFO Days (July 3-6)
3 Compliment Your Mirror Day
3 International Plastic Bag Free Day
3 Stay out of the Sun Day
4 Independence Day (U.S.)
4 National Country Music Day
4 Sidewalk Egg Frying Day- Hmmmm, I wonder why!?!
5 Work-a-holics Day - even though everyone is on holiday
5 Build A Scarecrow Day - first Sunday in month
6 National Fried Chicken Day
6 International Kissing Day
7 Chocolate Day
7 National Strawberry Sundae Day
7 Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day
8 Collector Car Appreciation day
8 Video Games Day
9 National Sugar Cookie Day
10 Teddy Bear Picnic Day
11 Cheer up the Lonely Day
11 World Population Day
11 Slurpee Day or 7-11's Birthday:
12 Cow Appreciation Day
Get a free Chicken Sandwich at Chik-fil-A
I did not see this year's date on the Chik fil A website
12 Different Colored Eyes Day
12 Pecan Pie Day
13 Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
13 Embrace Your Geekness Day
13 Fool's Paradise Day
14 Bastille Day
14 Pandemonium Day
15 Tapioca Pudding Day
15 Saint Swithins Day
16 Fresh Spinach Day
17 Peach Ice Cream Day
17 Yellow Pig Day
17 National Ice Cream Day (third Sunday of the month)
18 Global Hug Your Kid Day
18 National Caviar Day- something's fishy here
18 Nelson Mandela day
19 National Raspberry Cake Day
20 Moon Day
20 Ugly Truck Day- it's a "guy" thing
20 National Lollipop Day
21 National Junk Food Day
22 Hammock Day
22 Casual Pi Day: 22 (22/7)
22 Ratcatcher's Day
23 National Hot Dog Day
23 Vanilla Ice Cream Day
23 National Day of the Cowboy
24 Church of Latter Day Saints Pioneer Day
24 Tell An Old Joke Day
24 Amelia Earhart Day
24 Cousins Day
25 Parent's Day - fourth Sunday in July
25 Threading the Needle Day
25 Carousel (Merry Go Round) Day
26 All or Nothing Day
26 Aunt and Uncle Day
27 Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
28 Buffalo Soldiers Day
28 National Milk Chocolate Day
29 National Lasagna Day
30 National Cheesecake Day
30 Father-in-Law Day
30 International Day of Friendship
31 National Talk in an Elevator Day
31 Mutt's Day
Dostları ilə paylaş: | 
