Great Site for Your Living World Achievement

Today, I want to share with you a great site I found for articles on people protecting our world.  This can be used for Wolf Achievement 7e.  The articles shared on this site are great for cub scouts because some of the conservationists are kids.  There is also a wide selection of articles so that you are sure to hit each boy's interest in your den.  The sponsor of this site is The MY HERO Project, a non-profit organization that offers free resources of hero stories to the public.  The section of the site with stories about conservationists is the Earthkeeper Hero section.  You can link directly to this section of the site: HERE.  I hope your scouts enjoy reading about these truly inspiring individuals!

Great Backyard Bird Count

Tomorrow starts a great annual activity to do with your Cubs, the Great Backyard Bird Count.  The GBBC is an annual event run every February in which you observe, identify and record birds seen in your backyard.  You can register tomorrow, February 15, 2013 for this event online at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc and learn about the birds seen in your area this time of year.  This activity is great for Wolf Scouts and can be used to work on Elective 13a Make a List of Birds Seen in a Week and Elective 13d Point Out 10 Different Kinds of Birds.  With the help of a parent, the cubs can log their findings online each day on the GBBC website.  These electives can be used as part of completing the World Conservation Award as well.  This website is also a great resource for exploring birds anytime of year.  I hope you find this to be a helpful resource for your scouts now or in the future!

Welcome to Scouting

Welcome to my blog!  I have been involved with Cub Scouting for two years and have been having so much fun!  I started out as an Assistant Den Leader and this year I took over as Den Leader of my son's den.  I love searching for new ideas to focus our meetings around.  When I find a great idea, I don't want to keep it all to myself.  I want to share it so others can benefit!  Hence, the creation of this blog!

Our den is currently in the middle of its Wolf Year. So, many of the ideas I share will focus around the Wolf Year.  I hope to touch back upon our Tiger Year and look forward to the up and coming years in Cub Scouts.  I hope you will consider following my blog to help your den collect fresh ideas for approaching the Cub Scout program!