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Does anyone know how to do the flaming neckerchief stunt(neckerchief is dipped in something, is lit, but doesn't burn up)? Our CC would like to use this at our outdoors Webelos cross-over in late March. Thanks.

To be honest, I don't know when our district does Scouting for Food. Our pack does it at the end of the summer, with the bags due at the pack meeting in September. The Webelos I den, working on the citizenship belt loop for their citizenship pin, have their service project done. This works for us.

My son was advanced halfway through 1st grade to the 2nd grade, so we had him finish up Tigers and then move onto Bears the next year. Our family made the decision to skip the Wolf year. His twin brother was not advanced a year. This was the right decision for our family as this really smart kid was mature enough to merge with older kids. He will have just turned 10 next February when he should get the AOL and move on to Boy Scouts. My opinion is that most boys should be with their grade level, if possible. If he is mature enough to function at an advanced grade level then he is probably mature enough to function in a den made up of his classmates. Every boy is different, though, one has to make that decision on a case-by-case basis.

To answer a previous post, the grandparents are really not available to help as ADL in my small den (many live out-of-town, the rest passed away, ill, and/or too busy). I will be asking the asst. CM to register this fall as the ADL for our den. He is essentially the ADL now. The sons of the CM and Asst.CM will age out the same year, so the solution is to get a Tiger or Wolf dad to take over the Asst. CM in the fall. I see the easy solution here, getting it done is the sticky part.

I won't have any trouble getting the 5 requirements done, but this may be a question for other small dens. 4 out of 5 of the parents in my den already have a "job" as a leader or committee menber, the 5th was ADL last year, but her new job prevents her from doing it this year. So, there really isn't another person available. The Cubmaster(my husband) and asst.Cubmaster are my de facto ADLs this year.

I have a very small den in a small pack. I don't have an asst. den leader, but do meet with the Asst.Cubmaster as to planning of the Bear den meetings (his son is in my den). Does this meet the requirement for meeting with an asst. for planning sessions? Another version of the requirements says that meeting with the ADL or other adult for planning meets the requirements.

My husband heard of a Tiger ceremony using light sticks. The sticks were taken apart and the two different kinds of "juice" were put into different clear glasses. Lights are lowered and all the boys getting their Tiger badge held the glass with one "juice" in it and the other "juice" was poured in and it lit up, because of the Scout spirit or something like that. Does anyone have this all written out? We would very much like to use it.

I've heard conflicting information about what my son (Webelos I) will be able to do at next year's Blue and Gold. He skipped a grade in school and will be nine next week. At B&G, next year, he will have just turned 10. If he has earned the AOL, will he be eligible to enter a Boy Scout troop, if he feels ready? The Web book says 10 years, but I have heard 10 1/2 years from several people.

This theme "Cubs of the Future" interested absolutely no one on the Blue and Gold committee, nor any of our Cubs that we talked to. Our theme this year is "Hollywood". The boys will make bowtie neckerchief slides and their own Hollywood stars. The Fellers cake bake will feature cakes representing Hollywood movies and we may make movie posters with the boys' faces in them. Ideas began flowing like water when we agreed on this theme.

A suggestion for birdbaths is to make a drip birdbath. A gallon milkjug with lid and a small nail hole punched in the top and a tiny pin hole (you may have to experiment to get "just a drip") punched at the bottom for the water to drip out into a shallow clay or plastic pan makes a bird friendly bath and drinking spot. Just hang the milkjug by the handle over the shallow pan. Fill the jug with warm water if it is cold-it will take longer to freeze.

Maybe my earlier question wasn't clear. I already know what the requirements are, I'm asking how a den leader knows that the Scout can do all of the requirements. I know absolutely no Vietnamese, so do I take the boy's word for it or try to bring in a third party or what. Thanks.

Our pack has 3 Wolves and Bears that are bi-lingual in Vietnamese. How do these boys prove to their leaders that they complete the requirements for the BSA IS? These boys go to Vietnamese school every Sunday to learn how to read and write the language,(they speak it fluently), but I don't know how far along they are in the written language. Thanks. Do leaders also qualify for this award? If so, how do they prove their competence?