Here's the Good Stuff!
(Click "Leader Resources" for "general information" related to Scouting)
All Cub Volunteers and parents are encouraged to join the Trail of Tears Cub Scout Roundtable e-mail list. It is now an opened list so that everyone can post messages. In the past, this was mainly a one-way communication list, but we want your input as well. Just enter your email address in the box above and click on JOIN NOW!
FAST TRACKS is a series of den meeting plans (two den meetings per month) designed to be used in conjunction with the youth handbooks. By following the prescribed den meeting plans as written, the boys will fulfill the requirements necessary to earn the badge of rank by early spring. Click the icon to go to the BSA National web site.
Click the book to go to the Den Leader's Special Place for Help
Every pack is under the supervision of a pack committee.
Click on the icon to get leader information and "helps" from the National Headquarters.
Our Local Council web site
Middle Tennessee Council Policy on Tour Permits
Summer Programs in the Middle Tennessee Council
<< Click for the Trial of Tears Training Site
Baloo's Bugle is a monthly handout that is full of great tips for den and pack leaders.
It's geared toward the monthly themes.
Just open up, read, and deliver the weekly and monthly activities to your Pack, Den, and Scouts!
Cub Scout Program Helps
The annual Cub Scout Program Helps is such an important resource for Cub Scout leaders that it's been called "the foundation for successful Cub Scouting."
These program helps provide a detailed, easy-to-follow program outline to assist leaders in planning meetings.
Cub-Scout-Talk ·
The Original Cub Scout Online Group for New and Experienced Volunteers. Post a question -- and thousands of Cub Scouters will be there with an answer.
Description
This list is for all Cub Scouts, Leaders, and anyone else involved or interested in Cub Scouting. This is a Kid-Safe list, so that Cub Scouts can also feel free to ask questions. Please do not subscribe if you cannot follow the rules.
It is hoped this list will be a source of information, answers and questions for everyone involved.List Rules:
1. NO Flaming privately or on the list.
2. NO obscenities or vulgarities
3.Remember kids can be reading whatever you write,
don't write anything you wouldn't want your Scouts to see.
4. No political topics or topics that could stir up the list (religion, race, sexual orientation etc.)
No Newsletter or newspaper postings unless they are to share something you or your Pack has achieved.No controversial websites.
Unless stated otherwise posters are giving their permission to use these posts in their unit publications and re-post for distribution to their unit members only.
However, posts are not to be forwarded to other e-mail lists without permission. Files, bookmarks and other such materials are not to be uploaded to other sites or lists without the express permission of the author/creator and then only with the original authors name listed.
New Members remain on moderated mail until they post a intro using a real name. However, if you continue to post without your name, you will be removed. Lurkers are always welcome! Bouncing members are removed monthly.
It is easy to join, just follow the directions. >> Click HERE to join!
Get your new or reorganized Cub Scout Pack off to a great start. First impressions are important - and especially in Cub Scouting.
If the first few meetings are fun - for you and for the Cub Scouts - everyone will want to come back for more. And with a good start and everyone feeling enthusiastic, future meetings will get easier and easier.
The resources in the Pack’s First Three Months will give you the information for your position and help guide you through a fun and fulfilling beginning to you and your Scouts’ pack program.
Equally important to a good start is Cub Scout leader training.
If you haven’t already, take a look at Cub Scout Leader Fast Start for your volunteer ideas and needs before your first meeting.
Fast Start will complement the Pack’s First Three Months Guide by providing you with an idea of what Cub Scouting is all about and what happens at meetings.
You’ll also want to find out about Cub Scout Leader Basic Training, which will give you more insight into the wonderful world of Cub Scouting. Leader Specific Training consists of two components
New Leader Essentials, which is completed by all leaders, followed by
Position-specific training, based on your leadership position in the pack.
Take advantage of these and other training opportunities as soon as possible!
There are many camping and outdoor activities then click on CAMPING in the left column.
National Summertime Pack Award Application
Think of this web area as your online Pow-Wow.
Mr. Bob: A Cub Scouting Adventure Podcast
Join a brand new leader on his adventure into cub scouting.
Podcasts allow you to listen to these "programs" or "download them" to your PC or I-Pod for use whenever you're ready.
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Here's a great "how-to" for getting parents involved with the Pack and Den.
More Great Places for Ideas & Instructions to Help Y-O-U Get Up to Speed!
Click each of the icons below to go to their web sites
is held in NASHVILLE
This is T-H-E best place for Cub leaders to gather & learn from experienced Scouters!
Presented by our Council: Check their web site for updates about next year's event
The passage from Cub Scout pack to Boy Scout troop should be smooth, with
no time lost
in between.
Boys 101/2 who have earned the Arrow of Light may join Boy Scouts.
The preferred month to graduate your Webelos to Boy Scouting is February.
This gives the boys time to meet with the troop March through June to prepare for Summer Camp.
The boys may return to the Pack for graduation ceremony at a later date.
Such as the Spring District Crossover Event
It's a win-win for the boys, Pack, Troops and Parents!
The key factor to improved Webelos transition into Boy Scouting is the ongoing working relationship of the leaders of
a Cub Scout pack and
a Boy Scout troop.
By planning and coordinating their efforts, the pack and troop can ...
Help make the Webelos-to-Scout transition seamless.
Give all Webelos Scouts a chance to experience the fun and excitement of Boy Scouting.
Troops gain members and
Packs gain access to better ceremonies, camping, and Den Chiefs.
Rhonda Tenpenny is the District's Webelos Transition Chair.
Contact her for help in planning your Webelos I and II years to assure that boys join troops no later than March of their 5th grade year.
>> Click to obtain a copy of Trail of Tears District's "Webelos-To-Scouts Transition Plan"
>> Click to go to the Troop Locator page. You can find unit contact information, meeting place, and troop profiles and web pages.
It remains the Pack and Webelos leaders' responsibility to plan and carryout the Crossover Ceremony, the Trail of Tears District is ready to help you make this an easy-to-do process.
See the District Transition Plan for details.
