Monthly Themes for 2003 - 2004

Pow Wow Online - lots of useful material for pack and den meetings.

Scouts.com "A resource for scouts and scouters worldwide." Warning, some of the material, especially the downloadable forms are not current. The rest of this site contains material which is timeless.

BSA Cub Scout Leader's training:
You are considered 100% trained and eligible to wear the "Trained" emblem on your uniform when you have completed the following:
Fast Start Training — Fast Start Training On-Line is tailored for each registered position and must be viewed as soon as possible after accepting a leadership role. Fast Start is the foundation of Basic Training.
Youth Protection Training — Every two years. This is a part of the Cub Scout Basic Training and is available on line as well.
Cub Scout Basic Training — Basic Training covers some topics in detail and introduces some skills to help get you started as a more confident and skilled leader. Basic training is a requirement for all Cub Scout leader awards. Training is offered at various dates throughout the year. See this calendar above for dates or contact the District Cub Training Registrar, Vicki Brimmer, vbrimmer@ibb.gov, 202-205-0629 (work) or 301-384-3173 (home). "Work is usually better."

Youth Protection Training is required for at least one adult present during any event or activity on a local or national tour permit. Further, every adult participating in nationally sponsored Events and activities must be trained in Youth Protection. You can take Youth Protection Training On-Line.Youth Protection Training is required by our chartering partner, St. Patrick's Church, every two years for all adult leaders. Although your completion of training will automatically be entered into your training record at the National Capital Area Council, please, each time you complete your Youth Protection Training, advise the Pack Committee Chairperson.

Webelos Leader Outdoor Training (WLOT) for Bear and Webelos I leaders. This day-long training event provides immediately useable information you can take to the woods. The training is lively, hands-on, exciting and filled with fun things to help you lead your Webelos Den. Learn about what other Webelos leaders are doing with their Dens. Activities include knots, knives and woods tools, tents, site selection, bedding, camp fires, propane stoves and cooking and work on all outdoor \activity awards. The training also provides the outdoor experience credit needed for the Webelos Leader Training Award. Note this training does not satisfy the requirements for BALOO training to lead an overnighter. WLOT training offered at various dates. Contact the WLOT Course Director Bill Lee at 703-917-4188, leebill@erols.com; Cub Training Chairperson; or Cub Training Registrar.

Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) this day-long training event provides immediately usable information you can take to the woods. The training includes sessions on planning a pack overnighter program, equipment to bring, health & safety requirements, and more. In addition, you will have the experience of making your own lunch. NOTE this training is required to lead an Overnighter. BALOO training is offered at various dates. Contact the BALOO Course Director Ken Todd at 202-452-2223 or 540-657-8988, ken.todd@frb.gov; or the Cub Training Chairperson; or the Cub Training Registrar.

Cub Training Chairperson is John Dillon, dillonjbep@aol.com, 301-924-3675

Cub Training Registrar, presently vacant.

National Capital Area Scout Shop
9190 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3897
(301) 564-1091 (301) 564-6028 fax
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9 am - 6 pm
Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 3 pm
Scout Shop On Line Catalog (Online ordering is not available at this time.)

Cub Scout Leader Qualifications and Responsibilities (Pack Position Descriptions)

Official BSA Information including Press Releases, Facts and Figures, Research Reports and Position Statements

A collection of position papers from BSA covering "Traditional Values and Standards", "Scouting's Membership Standards", "In Support of Diversity", "Values Imperatives", and "An Open Letter to America's Families" from BSA National President and BSA Chief Scout Executive

BSA and the Supreme Court Decision, the press release issued 6/28/00 after the Supreme Court decision affirming BSA's standing as a private association with the right to set its own standards for membership and leadership.

BSA Forms

NCAC BSA Forms

Local Tour Permits are required for the following trips: All day trips more than 50 miles from the Chartered Partner (St. Patrick's Church, Rockville);overnight; or any activity involving aquatic, caving, horseback riding, rappelling, rifle or shotgun shooting. District Events do not require a tour permit. Permits are approved by the Council's Information Director. They can be mailed to Marriott Scout Service Center, 9190 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814, faxed to 301-564-9513 or brought in person to the Marriott Scout Service Center at the front desk for approval. They must be filed two weeks in advance of the scheduled trip. Approved permits are mailed back to the tour leader or designee. See also the NCAC Tour Permit Checklist.
NOTICE Each local or national tour permit application must include proof of Youth Protection Training by one of the unit leaders attending the trip or outing. In most cases this will be a photocopy of your BSA training card issued at the youth protection-training course. However, according to http://www.boyscouts-ncac.org/training/YPT_Tour.htm "Signatures of the tour leader and the unit committee chairman certify that the unit requesting the tour permit is in compliance with this new requirement."

NCAC Certified Camping Areas for Pack Overnighters http://www.boyscouts-ncac.org/camps/pdfs/baloosites.pdf

"Guide to Safe Scouting," by chapter and complete 64 page version. A bound hard-copy version is BSA Supply #34416B available from the Scout Shop.

Denver Area Council's "Invitation Methods for Cub Scouting" 3.3 MB PDF file (a rather long download over a dial in Internet connection) an excellent reference guide for inviting kids to join Cub Scouting. http://www.Pack457.org/invitmethcs.pdf

To subscribe to the unoffical communications network for the Crossroads District send a blank eMail message to CrossroadsNCAC-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Virtual Cub Scout Leader's Handbook (Thanks to Pack 215) http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/

Virtual Uniform & Insignia Handbook (Thanks again to Pack 215) www.geocities.com/~pack215/uniform.html

Need patch placement help? Download a complimentary copy of the uniform inspection sheets from the Scout Shop On Line (Online ordering is not available at this time.) www.scoutstuff.org/misc/isheets/

Spreadsheets for Tracking Achievements

Scouting for Food - For the Scouting for Food Event Chairman

www.scoutsongs.com - A virtual songbook

Worth a click: "The Scoutmaster" by Edgar Guest

Google's Scouting Resources - A good place to start surfing

National Building Museum (Special Scout Programs)
www.nbm.org/Education/Scout/Cub_Scouts.html

Maryland Science Center - CAMP-IN
This is extremely popular with the Webelos Scouts.
Reservations go rather instantly.
www.mdsci.org/community/campin/index.cfm

In the 2002 Rockville Memorial Day Parade, Pack 457 received 2nd Place in the Outstanding Parade Unit catagory and 2nd Place in the Civic/Youth Organization catagory. See www.ci.rockville.md.us/releases/2002/New052902.htm

Twice each year, the Pack Committee Chairperson must reserve the All Purpose Room at Flower Valley Elementary School through the Montgomery County Office of Community Use of Public Facilities.
See the CUPF site at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/CUPF/co.mo.md.us/index.htm for details and for the mandatory training requirement.

General Information on the Pack 551 Website.

A Little Fellow Follows Me
- Lee Fisher

A careful man I want to be,
A little fellow follows me;
I do not dare to go astray,
For fear he'll go the self-same way

I cannot once escape his eyes,
What'er he sees me do, he tries;
Like me he says he's going to be,
The little chap who follows me.

He thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every word of mine;
The base in me he must not see,
The little chap who follows me.

I must remember as I go,
Through summer's sun and winter's snow;
I am building for the years to be
That little chap who follows me.