Akela’s Corner: The Meaning of Pack
Youtube: https://youtu.be/ihOhlSrK3f0 Look Well o’ Wolves. Look well…. I had to take a step back from scouts for a little bit. When we first started the Stay-at-home orders, I went full speed ahead. I made plans and wrote schedules and brainstormed and had a thousand and 2 ideas floating around my noggin endlessly for the […]
Scouts is our Home. Scouts is our Tribe.
I have started and erased and restarted the intro to this specific blog post today more times than I care to admit. Since I cannot think of anything philosophically awe-inspiring, I will dive right in to it. Something magical happened this weekend. I am a scout leader. But I am a parent of a scout […]
How to Prepare for the Best Part of Scouts – Camp Outs!
Our first camp out of the year is coming up in 10 sleeps! And I couldn’t be more excited! Our scout group LOVES to scout. In fact, we love it so much, that when our GSM sent out an end-of-the-year questionnaire – so many people replied that they wanted to do MORE scouting. As if […]
Meeting #1 – Happy New Scout Year!: Remembering how to be a Scout Again
The start of a new school year was last week in our area. Which means – our first scout meeting of the year was this past weekend! My most favorite time of the year! I have been prepping the past few weeks for what this scout year would look like – from beginning to end […]
The Life of a Scout is One Full of Adventures
I love scouting. It’s my passion. I am currently working on a scout badge. Yes…my adult self is an adult scout. We call ourselves Rovers. Its pretty fun. Fulfills a childhood desire I didnt know was badly missed. I have decided to keep a little separation. Because the life I live can be messy. And […]