 Extravagant?  Subdued?  Reverent?  Memorable?  Long or short?  Indoors or out?  Food?  It depends…  What do the boys want?

 Form a new boy patrol  Put your best older Scout as Patrol Leader  Make it goal oriented.  Have patrol set times to be at rank.  Everyone works together and helps each other.  Put one of your best Scouts as Patrol leader..

 A good deed  Raking, shoveling, cleaning  Local hiking trip  Good opportunity to practice being prepared  Camping trip  Local Camp, best is where summer camp is held

 Your yearly planning session should include input from new boys.  Make sure you are not doing the same things each year.  Boys like to…  Burn things  Eat lots of stuff  Stay up late  Not brush their teeth  Making these a learning opportunities

 A scout needs to be self reliant  Confident in himself  Learn to be Trustworthy Loyal Helpful Friendly Courteous Kind Obedient Cheerful Thrifty Brave Clean Reverent

 How they help to keep your scout interested

Wild Spirit Education March 24th- Wilderness Survival MB April 28th - Geocaching MB May 19th - Environmental Science MB Salamanca Rail Museum Audubon Society's Beaver Meadow Nature Center in North Java, New York NASA

The Chautauqua Lake Bassmasters

 If you keep the program interesting by always cycling through new things  Plan weekend trips  Car pool, some parents just are to busy.  Planning around the sports schedule  Change the meeting time or day  Do not stop meeting in the summer  Be flexible

YES FUNDRAISING CAN BE AN ACTIVITY!

Salesmanship Look at that smile!