We Be Loyal Scouts

 A study of the Boy and his Search for Adventure and Fun  Who will search the Heart of a Boy?  What motivates a ten year old Boy?  Does a Campfire still have the magic to draw?  A Companion to share the sounds & smells  The Den becomes the Patrol.

 The Parent chooses to share their boy.  The Parent commits to their son.  The Parent delivers their son.  The Parent sets the limits on their son.  The Parent empowers & enables  The Parent releases the son to have fun.  The Parent grows independence in the son’s heart

 Know Your Scouts  And Have the Scouts Know You  Remember: You need them & they need you  Know the Parents & Make sure they know you  Have a Plan  Tell them Who Runs the Troop  Get Parents Involved  Prepare Your Troop for the Cub Scouts

 Don’t Skip the Scoutmaster Conferences  (Especially the First One!!!!)  Remember the First Point.  Know Your Scouts!

 Go to Pack Meetings, Den Meetings  Blue & Gold Banquets  Webelos Klondike Derbies  Talk to them  Learn their names (as many as you can)  Talk to the Younger ones!  The more you know them,  The more they will know you!  Which leads to Point #2.

 Attend some of their Den Meetings  Sit down at their level and talk to them.  Tell them about you, the Scoutmaster  Tell them how the Troop Operates.  Talk to them how their patrol will be organized  Get them excited about Boy Scouts!

 A Troop cannot survive without Cub Scouts crossing over each year.  Therefore, you need them & don’t be afraid to tell them that!!!!!  People like to feel needed & wanted, especially young Cub Scouts.  Work hard to get them to Boy Scouts because, even they may not realize it yet, they need you too.  They need Scouting & we need to make sure they don’t miss that once in a lifetime opportunity!

 By attending the various Cub Scout events & getting to know the Cub Scouts, you will get to know their parents & they will get to know you.  Parents want their children to be a part of a “successful troop” & with someone they know.  This makes for a positive influence on their boy joining your Troop.  They may help out by becoming an adult leader, or committee member.

 When you put together your annual calendar for your unit include a plan for Webelos transition.  Include visits to the pack/dens, campouts with them included, visits to the troop, etc.  Set dates so nothing is overlooked.  Don’t just say it, plan it! (Otherwise it might not happen.

 Boy run Troop that uses the Patrol Method.  If you don’t start one now!  Remind the Cub Scouts and their parents that is how it will be when they Join the Troop.  Cub Scouts get excited hearing THEY will elect their Patrol Leader & how they will plan their meals for campouts, hikes etc.  All of this with the help of older scouts!  This will help them want to be part of the Troop.

 As you get to know the parents; they will get to know you.  They will be more willing to get involved in the Troop as adult leaders.  Make sure you don’t miss that opportunity.  Some will ask to be involved;  Others will wait to be asked.  Make sure you ask!

 Successful transition is not just getting them to join & come to the first meeting!  But it also is to keep them in the Troop & make First Class in the first year.  Make sure your Troop is set up to make the transition a successful one.  Have some older Scouts be Troop Guides and work with the new Scouts during their first year.  Have an adult be an Asst. Scoutmaster for new Scouts (whose primary responsibility would be to help the Troop Guides help the new Scouts!

 Train Den Chiefs by using E-Training at my scouting.org  Send Den chiefs down into the dens.  Troop Guides help the Den Chiefs succeed in the dens.  The Den Chiefs need to serve for two years.  The Den Chiefs can elect a Troop Guide after a crossover at the B&G.

 Especially the First One!  Scoutmaster Conferences is a good way to know them; especially important for Tenderfoot & Second Class ranks.  Take time to talk to them.  Listen to what they have to say as well.  This will help them to keep them in Scouting

 Know your Scouts!  This is so important it bears repeating.  Know Your Scouts!

 Highest Award in Cub Scouting  Only Cub Scout Award to be worn on the Boy Scout uniform! ( Under left pocket)  After earning an Arrow of Light and turning 10 years old a Cub Scout is eligible to become a Boy Scout.  The term Arrow of Light is one of the terms in Cub Scouting that reflects the British background of Scouting.  It refers to the Arrow Park World Jamboree in Birkenhead, England in 1929.

 Describe the parts  Tell their meanings  The Mariner’s Compass points the way.  The Scout learns to find North by the North Star & the Scout points the way to Truth & Knowledge.  The Scout seeks the combination of the Tenderfoot & Second Class badges to build the First Class Badge. (On a Star, in your Heart and to fly like an Eagle!

 What you do is up to you.  Get them outdoors quickly!  Plan a campout or a hike or both!  The Troop should : Welcome the Webelos on the other side of the Bridge.  Help out where possible; uniforms, etc.

 The Parent brings a Scout to meetings and events.  Without Parents there is no Scouts.  Encouraged Parents to get Involve.  A parent sleeping in a tent means a boy is most likely having fun.  Our why is FTB.  YIS and always FTB!

 Some know of Akela as the Leader  Some see him as a wolf with a Cub Scout hat.  Others see him as an Indian Scout!  Akela is the Leader developing in all of us.  Akela had the heart of the first Scout.  A Scout means: Spirit commands our understanding Truth  Akela seeks out those who be seeking truth & knowledge.