Transcript Cub Scout Committee Training

Cub Scout
Committee
Training
How is the
Cub Scouts
Organized?
BSA Cub Leader Training
BSA Cub Leader Training
BASIC TRAINING
 Fast Start Training can be done online
or, if you’re a new troop, at your first
committee meeting by a district or council
representative.
 This is Scouting (Scout Leader Basic) can
be done online at www.myscouting.org/.
 Leader Specific Training – This class.
BSA Cub Leader Training
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Monthly Training - Roundtable
 District Roundtable is the first Thursday
of each month, at 7:30 PM, at Canyon
View Middle School.
 Roundtable
is for all adult leaders: your
Chartered Organizational Representative
(COR), Den Leaders, Cub Committee
Chair, and Troop Committee Members.
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BSA Cub Leader Training
 Each
month’s Rountable has:
 program and training features
 information on upcoming events
 group solutions to common
problems.
BSA Cub Leader Training
YOUTH PROTECTION TRAINING
It is required of all registered Scouters.
 New leaders are required to take Youth
Protection training before they submit an
application for registration.
 The training completion certificate must be
printed out and submitted with a BSA
application before service with youth
begins.
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BSA Cub Leader Training
Training must be taken every two years.
 If training is not current at rechartering,
those leaders cannot be registered.
 This training appropriately explores the
various forms of child abuse.
 Youth Protection Training is available at
some of the Round Tables and on-line at:
www.myscouting.org/.
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BSA Cub Leader Training
Youth Protection Training is for the
protection of yourself, as a leader, as
well as your Cub Scout Boys.
 Every adult associated with the
Pack must take this training.
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BSA Cub Leader Training
Weather Hazard Training
 Adult leaders must complete
the Weather Hazard Training course
before taking their boys into the
outdoors.
 To take this course, login on to
www.myscouting.org and take the
online training course.
BSA Cub Leader Training
Cub Scout Pow Wow Training
Skills Training for Den Leaders and
Cubmasters
 Next Training: September 2012
 Time & Place: TBA – (Check with Scout
Office: 586-1613)
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BSA Cub Leader Training
Akela’s Council - July 2012
 Four & a half days of intense, fun
training.
Advanced Cub Leader Skills & helps
 Check with the Scout Office for dates it is
offered.
 Cost: $100
 Register Online at: www.utahscouts.org/
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How to Organize
The Cub Scout Pack
Plan
the
yearly
calendar!
Making a Yearly Calendar
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Purchase the Den & Pack Meeting Resource at
the Scout Office at 444 South Main, Cedar City,
Utah (in the basement).
Consult this manual to know how to plan Den
and Pack Meetings for each month.
Obtain the Council’s Calendar for the new year.
Available on-line at: www.utahscouts.org/.
Get your organization’s/Ward and Stake’s
activity calendar.
Combine all pertinent events into your unit’s
working calendar for the year.
Break down all the events by month.
Yearly Calendar Events
August
Each pack committee member needs to
read the ideas for each month in the Den
& Pack Meeting Resource.
 Each should have a rough idea of each
month’s events for planning the pack’s
yearly calendar.
 Note possible changes that need to be
made.
 If changes are made make sure these do
not impede Cub Scout Advancement.
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September – Yearly Calendar
Hold a yearly calendaring meeting with the Pack
Committee to plan the entire year. In the
planning include:
 3 Den Meetings & 1 Pack Meeting for each
month.
 Fund Raiser – Scout Expo
 Service Projects - Calendar at least 2 service
projects like “Scouting for Food.”
 Add Special Events
 Set goals! Earn the Journey Towards Excellence
Award – bronze, gold, or silver level.
 Run Cub Scouting year round. Plan fun pack
and den activities for the sparse attendance of
the summer months.
September – Yearly Calendar
Include a Parent’s Meeting to present the
calendar. Hold it during the boy’s activity
portion of a Pack Meeting.
 Give a quick overview of the pack’s yearly
calendar.
Get parents to sign up for:
 Blue and Gold Dinner and Decorations
Committees
 Pinewood Derby Decorating Committee
 Chaperones for Cub Scout Day Camp
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September – Cub Pow Wow
Cub Pow Wow
 All Cub Leaders should attend Cub
Pow Wow.
 You will learn advanced skills to
improve Den and Pack Meetings.
 The fees are paid for by the Ward.
October - Online Rechartering
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Update your Pack’s information in the
online recharter packet.
 October - Go online to recharter your
unit. Rechartering is due the end of
October
 Recharter training is available at
Roundtable in October.
 Register all current leaders and boys.
October - Online Rechartering
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Each leader must have current Youth
Protection Training or they cannot be
rechartered.
 Youth Protection Training must be
repeated every two years.
October Online Rechartering
 Gather
money from parents for Boy's
Life.
 At Pack Meeting: Get parents to buy
subscriptions to Boy's Life for their
boys as stocking stuffers for
Christmas.
 Recharter on time or there will be no
Journey Toward Excellence Award for
your Pack.
October Online Rechartering
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Pay for the new charter at the Scout
Office.
 Get a check from the Ward Clerk for
rechartering & Journey Toward
Excellence Badges for adults and boys.
 Get a receipt.
 Take the receipt back to the Ward Clerk
so he can reimbursed from the Stake for
the rechartering.
November
Cub Scout Day Camp Planning
 The Church pays the fee for Cub
Scouts to attend Cub Scout Day
Camp.
 T-Shirts
are paid for by the parents.
 Non-LDS
packs should set up
payment plans for parents to pay for
Cub Camp and T-Shirts.
 Have
all parents pay all moneys by check
preferably which aids in keeping track of
moneys.
November & December
If your Pack Meeting is the 4th week each
month, Thanksgiving & Christmas with
the family, church, school, and community
activities, will interfere with the boys
coming to Pack Meeting.
 Change Pack meeting from the 4th week to
the 3rd week of the month for November
and December.
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December
 Purchase
Pinewood Derby Kits before
December’s Pack Meeting.
 Pass out Pinewood Derby Kits &
Rules at Pack Meeting.
 Make arrangements to get a Pinewood
Derby Race Track for January.
 Reserve the Cultural Hall from noon
to about 9 P.M.
January
Pinewood Derby
 Allow at least three hours to set up the race
track before the Pack Meeting.
 Calendar the building from about noon to
9 PM for setup, the event, and clean-up.
 Activate the Decorations Committee.
 Get two non-partisan judges to call the
race winners. (Ex: The missionaries)
 Use a double elimination racing form.
Pinewood
Derby
Double
Elimination
Racing
Form
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
 Occurs
at February’s Pack Meeting
 Figure out the Awards and Invitations
for the Blue and Gold Banquet.
 Reserve the kitchen & Cultural Hall
for the Blue and Gold Banquet from
about noon to 9 PM for set-up, the
event, and clean-up.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
Possible Blue and Gold Dinner & Awards
Night Formats
 All Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and their families
could be invited.
The Scouts and Cubs could do a joint flag ceremony.
 The Boy Scout could have a Court of Honor.
 Then, the Cub Scouts could get their awards.
 These could be interspersed with songs and skits
from both groups, plus the Pack Thank-you Awards.
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Only Cub Scouts and their families attend. The
program would be a flag ceremony, songs, and
skits interspersed between the boys awards and
the Pack Thank-you Awards.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
Who should the Cub Committee Chairman invite
to the Blue & Gold Banquet:
 The Bishopric and their families
 The Primary Presidency and their families
 Your District Commissioner and his family
 Your District Executive and his family
 Any Cub Leaders, Bishopric, District
Commissioners or Executives that served our
Pack during the last year that have been
released, plus their families.
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
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Who should get: The Pack Thank-you Award?
 Any Cub Leaders
 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric over Cubs
 2nd Counselor in the Primary over Cubs
 District Commissioners or Executives that
served our pack during the last year
 Any parent that served on a Cub Scout
Activity Committee, was a driver, or
chaperone at Cub Day Camp
February
Blue & Gold Banquet
 Activate
the Cub Scout Parent
Decorating and Food Committee
 Cub Scouts can also help make
decorations for the dinner tables
during the month in there Den
Meetings.
March
 Scouting
for Food - (Service Project)
April
Day Camp Packets are dispersed.
 Get Day Camp Medical forms for boys
and for chaperones.
 Sign up chaperones and the days they want
to go to camp. Must have 5:1 ratio.
 Collect all Heath Forms for Day Camp by
Pack Meeting
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May
Get the T-shirts sizes of adults and boys
for Camp.
 To get the right size of T-shirts for each
boy, always order adult sizes.
 The T-shirts run two sizes too small.
 When you get the T-shirts, mark them with
the boys or adults names & give them to
the Cub Leaders.
 Turn in the t-shirt order on time.
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May
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Prepare a Cub Camp Handout for the
chaperones & boys. It should include the
busing schedule and items needed for camp.
Distribute copies of the Cub Camp Handout to
chaperones & the Cub Scout’s Parents.
Finalize the day each chaperone will be used.
Collect all Heath Forms.
June
Cub Scout Day Camp
 1st week is for Wolf and Bear
Cub Scouts.
The last week is for Webelos
June
Turn
in all medical forms for Day
Camp to the Scout Office.
 Know your resources.
Is there a doctor in your ward or
stake that will do these for free?
Find out, ask!
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July & August
Do Pack Meetings and/or Outdoor
Activities to get the Summertime Pack
Award.
 Get a print out from the Primary Secretary
of the boys who are 7 years-old and will be
turning 8 from now until next August.
 Get their names, birth dates, phone
numbers and addresses.
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Online
Advancement
Doing Online Advancement
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The Scout Office expects Advancement Forms
to be done online.
Go to:
http://www.utahscouts.org/openrosters/ViewO
rgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=21775&orgkey=220
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It has online training and the steps you must do
to complete the advancement form. It even
contains a way to sign the form electronically.
Who
Should
Attend the
Pack Planning Meeting?
Who attends Pack Planning Meeting
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2nd Counselor in the
Bishopric
2nd Counselor in the
Primary
Cub Committee
Chairman
Cub Scout Master
Assistant Cub Scout
Master
Webelos Leader
Assistant Webelos
Leader
Assistant Webelos
Leaders
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Den Leader Coach
Den Leaders
Assistant Den Leaders
Den Chiefs (Boy Scouts
who have been trained to
help Cub Den Leaders)
Members at Large
Special Committees of
Special Events
Any Parent that would
like to attend
Pack
Planning
Meetings
Pack Planning Meetings
Plan for success by using:
The
Three Month
Pack Meeting
Plan
Pack Planning Meetings
Format of the Meeting Plans
At Pack Planning Meeting,
plan 3 months at a time.
Example:
January, February, & March
Pack Planning Meetings
Start with the events calendared for the
furthermost month away - March
 See what program and activities are called for in
that month.
 What resources are needed?
 Who can help?
 Make individual assignments to check on needed
items. List these down.
Pack Planning Meetings
Then look at the events for the second month
away – February.
 Gather information. Check on the previous
individual assignments.
 What is still needed yet to bring this program all
together?
 Make additional assignments as needed. Write
these down.
Pack Planning Meetings
Finally, look at the upcoming events for the next
month - January.
 Check on the previous assignments for needed
items.
 Adjust plan and resources as needed.
 Polish the plan. Finalize:
 Individual Assignments
 Needed Items
 Resources
 Times
 Places
Monthly
Meetings
Schedule
Monthly Meetings Schedule
Den and Webelos Meetings – Weeks 1-3.
 1st week of the month: District
Roundtable
 3rd week of the month: Cub Committee
Meeting. . .Use the three month discussion
plan.
 4th week of the month: Your Pack Meeting
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Registration
Register each boy as he turns 8-year-old.
 Register each Cub Scout Leader as s/he
comes into the program.
 Registration Forms are found at the Scout
Office.
 Make sure all 11-year-olds get registered
with the Boy Scouts in the New Scout
Unit.
 Could you use a Rechartering Secretary?
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The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
TOUR PLANS
 Are use to establish high standards of health and
safety for your pack and assure parents and the
council that your tour will be wisely planned,
safe, and fun.
 The Local Tour Plan Application must be filed
with the council service center two weeks in
advance of a scheduled trip of less than 500
miles. List all possible drivers in case the original
ones cannot drive.
ONLINE TOUR PLANS
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Go to: http://www.utahscouts.org
It has online training and the steps you must
take to complete the Tour Permit. It even
contains a way to sign the form electronically.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
Weather Hazard Training - Required
 Adult leaders must complete the new Weather
Hazard Training course before taking their units
into the outdoors. See below for more
information.
 To take this course, simply login to
www.myscouting.org and take the online
training course.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
TRANSPORTATION
 Trucks may not be used for transporting boys
except inside the cab. Private cars or licensed
buses should be used.
 Parental permission granted to the leader, from
a parent of each boy.
 Seat belts are required for all occupants.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
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All drivers must have a valid driver's license that
has not been suspended or revoked for any
reason.
If the vehicle to be used is designed to carry
more than 15 persons, including the driver
(more than 10 persons, including the driver the
driver must have a commercial driver's license
(CDL).
An adult leader (at least 21 years of age) must be
in charge and accompany the group.
The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
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The driver must be currently licensed and at
least 18 years of age.
Youth member exception: When traveling to an
area under the leadership of an adult tour leader,
a youth member at least 16 years of age may be a
driver, subject to the following conditions:
Six months' driving experience as a licensed driver
(time on a learner's permit or equivalent is not to be
counted).
 No record of accidents or moving violations.
 Parental permission granted to the leader, driver, and
riders.
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The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
Passenger cars, station wagons, or sport
utility vehicles may be used for
transporting passengers, but passengers
should not ride on the rear deck of moving
vehicles.
 All driving, except short trips, should be
done in daylight.
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The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
All vehicles must be covered by
automobile liability insurance with limits
that meet or exceed requirements of the
state in which the vehicle is licensed. It is
recommended that coverage limits are at
least $50,000/$100,000/$50,000.
 Any vehicle designed to carry 10 or more
passengers is required to have limits of
$100, 000/$ 500, 000/ $100, 000.
 Do not exceed the speed limit.
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The Outdoor Program & BSA Policy
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Do not travel in a convoy.
Ten hour limitation on driving per period and
must be interrupted by frequent rest, food, and
recreation stops.
If there is only one driver, the driving time
should be reduced and stops should be made
more frequently.
Use the Pack Resource Survey to identify willing
drivers. Ask for their help well in advance, to
secure the needed cars and drivers.
Additional Awards
for Cub Scouts
to Shoot For . . .
Heart of Scouting Award
For Cub Scouts
The activities below help Cub Scouts
learn more about their duty to
God. These activities also help
them increase their desire to do
their duty to God.
The Heart of Scouting patch is
worn on the right shirt pocket of
the uniform. It represents a Cub’s
commitment to put “His Duty to
God” first in his life.
Heart of Scouting Award
Requirements:
 Complete five of the following activities:
 1. Identify someone who is honest and trustworthy.
Tell Akela why being trustworthy and honest are a big
part of doing one’s duty to God.
 2. Visit a place that your family believes is a sacred
place (such as a church, synagogue, temple grounds,
cemetery, or a mountaintop). After your visit, talk with
your parents how showing reverence in a sacred place
demonstrates your duty to God.
 3. After saying prayers for one week tell Akela how
prayer has helped you feel closer to God.
Heart of Scouting Award
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4. Participate in a discussion about how choosing good
media (movies, music TV etc.) can help us live our duty
to God. Tell why too much, poor quality or
inappropriate media interferes with our ability to be
close to God. Write three personal rules your family can
use to help when choosing media.
5. Tell Akela something kind you did recently for
someone else. Explain how you did this cheerfully,
showing Scout spirit. Tell how it made you feel about
yourself and how you think God feels when you help
others.
6. Describe to Akela what bad language is and why the
use of profanity shows disrespect for God. Explain
how others can be offended by the use of profanity.
* Requirements may be signed off by a parent, Scout
leader, or religious leader.
Pack Awards
to Shoot For . . .
Journey to
Excellence
Award
Journey to Excellence Award
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The Journey to Excellence, is the new
performance recognition program, changes the
basic way BSA measures and recognizes success
in the Boy Scouts of America by moving away
from measuring process and moving to
measuring performance.
All members, both youth and leaders, of a pack
that earns this award may wear the emblem on
their uniforms.
Journey to Excellence Award
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These qualities have been shown to be
critical indicators of successful pack
operations.
*Training
*Outdoor Activities
*Two-Deep Leadership
*On-Time Charter Renewal.
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It also measures other major aspects
of Scouting.
CUB SCOUT WORLD
CONSERVATION AWARD
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The World Conservation Award is worn on
the uniform shirt,
centered on the right pocket as a TEMPORARY patch.
Only ONE Temporary patch may be worn at a time,
but Cub or Webelos Scouts may wear the Progress
Through Ranks (Immediate Recognition) or Webelos
Compass Points Emblem suspended from the right
pocket button in addition to any temporary patch sewn
on the pocket.
The requirements are much easier for Cub Scout that it
is for Boy Scouts. Get this badge now, as a Cub Scout.
National Summertime Pack Award
National Summertime Pack Award
A pack can qualify for the National
Summertime Pack Award Certificate, and
streamer by planning and conducting three
pack activities — one each in June, July,
and August.
 This award can be an incentive for greater
attendance at your summer pack activities.
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National Summertime Pack Award
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Qualifying packs receive a colorful streamer for
their pack flag.
Dens with an average attendance of at least half
their members at the three summer pack events
will be eligible for a colorful den participation
ribbon.
Boys who participate in all three pack events
are eligible to receive the National Summertime
Pack Award Pin, which they can wear on the
right pocket flap of their uniform.
National Summertime Pack Award
An application for the National
Summertime Pack Award
may be downloaded
from the
Cub Scout Forms
page.
National
Den
Award
National Den Award
Requirements
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Have at least 50 percent of the Den's: Tiger
Cubs, Cub Scouts, or Webelos Scouts
attend 2 den meetings and 1 pack meeting
or activity each month of the year.
National Den Award
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Complete 6 of the following during the
year:
 1. Use the denner system within the den.
 2. Have 50 percent of the den go on
three field trips per year. A field trip may
be used in place of a den meeting.
 3. Explore at least three Character
Connection activities.
National Den Award
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As a den, attends a Cub Scout Day
Camp, Cub Scout, or Webelos Scout
Resident Camp, or a Council Family
Camping event with at least 50 percent
of the den membership.
 5. As a den, participates in at least one of
the Cub Scout Sports programs.
 6. As a den, participates in at least one of
the Cub Scout Academics programs.
National Den Award
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Have 50 percent of the den participate
in a den conservation/resource project.
 8. Have 50 percent of the den participate
in at least one den service project.
 9. In a Tiger Cub den, use shared
leadership and rotate the boy/adult host
team.
Publications
& Programs
that help
the Pack
Go
Den & Pack Meeting
Resource Guide
This resource has
an entire year's
worth of programs
planning assistance for
both den and pack
meetings.
Utah National Parks Council
Home Page
You will need this resource to:
•
Keep up on Scouting Events
•
Do Adult Leader On-line Trainings
•
File Tour Permits
•
File Advancement Reports
This resource is at: utahscouts.org/.
Cub Scout Leader Book
Works with the 2010 Cub
Scout Delivery Model. It
has been updated with
minor revisions.
It includes:
•Cub Scouting Basics
•The Cub Scouting
Program
•Leaders and Families
•Administration
•Cub Scout Activities
Leader How-To Book
Filled with games,
tricks, puzzles, crafts,
stunts, skits, puppets,
and out door fun.
• Activities, illustrations
and how-to advice. An
indispensable resource
for new and veteran
Cub Scout Leaders.
•
Cub Scout
Den & Pack Ceremonies
This book has been
updated with a new
cover. There are no
content changes from
previous version.
It contains numerous
excellent den and pack
ceremonies.
Cub Scout Song Book
Packed with
fun songs
Cubbies love to
sing for…
Den Meetings
Pack Meetings
Computer Programs
to Track Advancement
PackMaster
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http://www.troopmaster.com/products/cubsco
uts/cub_scouts.php
Pack Planner
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http://www.scoutingplanner.com/pub_home.as
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GOOD CUB SCOUTING!