Cubcast

This segment is the perfect companion topic for the Part 1 segment of Compassion. Even if you don’t have any special-needs boys in your den or pack, we are certain you’ll find it enlightening. Joining us is Carla Bigelow, a 30-year volunteer with the Mount Baker Council in Everett, Wash. Over the past 17 years, […] The post February 2012 – Special Needs Youth appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

By now you all know that Cubcast is great resource for picking up new ideas for your Den and Pack Meetings, and this month Janet Griffin of Grapevine, TX joins us. With her many years as a Den leader, Webelos Den Leader, and Den Leader Coach, just to name a few of her many Cub […] The post January 2012 – Resourcefulness appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

It’s not always easy to keep a positive outlook when things don’t go our way, so how do we teach our Cub Scouts about positive attitude? Joining us is Mary Jo Brentari, committee chair of her local Cub Scout pack from Anacortes, Wash. She has more than 20 years of Cub Scouting experience and will […] The post December 2011 – Positive Attitude appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Confucius once said, “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” Jamie Niss Dunn, Cub Scout roundtable commissioner with the Northern Star Council in St. Paul, Minn., helps us with ideas for how to teach our Cub Scouts to do both. The post November 2011 – Respect appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Citizenship should mean more to a 7-year-old than simply reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. A parent of a new Cub Scout, Randy Doucet of Lynden, Washington, has served on the Cub Scout pack committee and as a den leader at Cub Scout Summer Twilight Camps. He tells us his secrets to teaching the boys about […] The post October 2011 – Citizenship appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” So pull up a chair and join us as we talk with Michelle Gee, a National Training Committee member and Supplemental Training Chairman for the Last Frontier Council in Oklahoma City. She’ll share with us all of her interesting ideas […] The post September 2011 – Responsibility appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Cooperation: sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? But if you want some new, interesting and creative ways to teach your Cub Scouts about the September core value of cooperation, then you’ve come to the right website. Join us as we talk with Dennis Kampa, the National Camping School task force chair and council commissioner for the […] The post August 2011 – Cooperation appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Some might say that being honest is a lost art. To help us not only find it but also to explore fun ways to teach our Cub Scouts about it is recent Silver Antelope Award recipient Darlene Sprague, who is the National Commissioner’s Support Staff Resources chair. The post July 2011 – Honesty appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Winston Churchill once said, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Joining us is Angela Elliott, a Cub Scouting volunteer for over 18 years who also happens to be part of the Youth Development Team at the national office in Irving, […] The post June 2011 – Courage appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Remember the old adage “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”? Caren Tamkin, a 20-year active volunteer and current San Diego–Imperial Council commissioner, joins us to illustrate this concept to our Cub Scouts and show us how they can have fun while they are learning. Feel free to download as many times as […] The post May 2011 – Perseverance appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

The Cub Scout motto is Do Your Best, and the best way to do that is to be healthy and fit. Jump in with both feet and get ready to join Nancy Ferrell from the Ouachita Area Council in Hot Springs, Ark., as she inspires us with all kinds of fun ideas and activities for […] The post April 2011 – Health and Fitness appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

As you know, the Boy Scouts of America places the greatest importance on creating the most secure environment possible for its youth members. Join us as we catch up with all the latest safety information with Richard Bourlon, the Health and Safety Team leader at our national office in Irving, Texas. The post March 2011 – Scouting Safely appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

Faith. It’s such a nice topic, but how do you put into words or teach your dens and packs about it? Reverend Dan Wolboldt has been involved with Scouting for 55 years and has held several positions in the Chief Corn Planter Council in Northwest Pennsylvania. Listen in as he sheds some light on that […] The post March 2011 – Faith appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

How are you doing? Is there anything we can do for you? We’re here to help. In other words, the value of compassion cannot be overemphasized, and to help us emphasize its importance is Amy Von Culin, a second-term Webelos leader and Cub Scout day camp program director in Plymouth, Connecticut. The post February 2011 – Compassion appeared first on BSA Podcasts.

You already know that CubCast is a great resource to get ideas and inspiration for your den and pack meetings, and here to help us discover ways to teach our Cub Scouts how to tap into all the resources around us is Darlene Sprague. Darlene is a board member for the Greater Niagara Frontier Council […] The post January 2011 – Resourcefulness appeared first on BSA Podcasts.