El Rancho CIMA Campout

Many of our new and older Scouts of Troop 483 spent the weekend camping with beautiful weather while hiking around CIMA this weekend making our way to the top of  Sentinel Peak which overlooks El Rancho Cima. We camped in the meadow close to the trail head of the Devils Backbone. All of our new Scouts did [...]

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Ten Things Scoutmasters Can Do For a Senior Patrol Leader

Clark at Scoutmaster posted a great list about what Scoutmasters can do for a Senior Patrol Leader.
 
1. Let him own the program.
SPLs are actually responsible for the Troop program, meetings, outings, the whole enchilada. If he is receiving a written plan from you he is not actually responsible for the program, he is responsible for running your idea of what the [...]

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Rising Star District Troop Fair

Tonight our Troop participated in the area’s Troop Fair. There were several Troop’s, Crew’s and Ship’s. We had Pictures of our outdoor activities, info for parents and leaders. Our best recruiting tool we had tonight was some lengths of rope and our Scouts. Our Scouts talked to probably between fifty and seventy five Webelos and [...]

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Picture of the Week

CIMA

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Congratulations Eagle Scout Marshall H.

 
Marshall H. has earned and became troop 483 and Boy Scouts of America’s newest Eagle Scout tonight. I have known Marshall since he joined the Troop in 2001. He has worked hard over the years to reach his goal of becoming an Eagle. I know his parents and family are very proud as well as the [...]

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Last, Great, Best, Hope for America

You are the last, great, best, hope for America. You are! You believe in HONOR, in a world where honor has lost much of its meaning. You believe in doing your duty to God and your Country, in a country where school prayer has been outlawed and many Americans don’t even bother to vote. You [...]

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Principles of Leadership

 
We can teach principles of leadership, but we don’t learn leadership unless we live it. Leadership is more effectively taught with a hands-on application. It cannot come out of a book, but must be drawn like steel, slowly and repetitively; working out the errors through actual experiences; tempering them with the fire of adversity through [...]

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What Are We Missing?

While having lunch with our District Director yesterday, we discussed the problem of the transition from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. The question is, why are fewer Webelos crossing over to Boy Scouts? What is lacking? Could it be the Leaders not preparing them for Boy Scouts? Could it be parents not supporting or encouraging their [...]

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Picture of the Week

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Hazardous Weather Training

The BSA has an online course available to help with planning and decision making for weather. It has some pretty good graphics and interesting images to keep things moving along. It also has interactive quizzes to check your understanding of the BSA recommendations.
This training is a great review for all your scoutmaster staff and youth [...]

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