Blackie6

Thanks for the BIG welcome...I really do appreciate the advice, links and info. Twocubdad: Nope, no plans on shaving my head, LOL! And, this is my 3rd year at seeing the "chaos" because I do have another scout who is a Bear. I am afraid many of the strong leaders have moved on & this is the Cub Masters last year as well. So possibly this is a re-structuring kind of year, LOL! JohnD: I am due to take a class in 2weeks for New Leaders which I hope will tie up any loose end questions I have. I had to buy my own books, the pack gave me nothing. The cub master is trying to juggle too much this year and I feel sort of like it's fend for yourself...so I am glad that there are alot of experienced posters out there and I welcome their comments. PS, having another Scout in the family, we are Tiger AND Bear fans, LOL! BTW, I am in Central NJ...a good place to be especially during all this Hurricane mess. The North is having alot of flooding and the South is getting flooding from being on the ocean/coast. CajunCody: Thank you so much for the links...as soon as I get a couple minutes to myself I will look at them. I have found a couple sites...like this one and bookmarked it already knowing I will need the resources ASAP. Were you a Tiger Leader too? Scout nut: Yes, we are part of the Patriots Path Council and I did find the site. I actuall printed off the enrollment form for the class I am supposed to go to since the Cub Master hasn't given me any paperwork yet. I figured everyone is too busy trying to get ready for camping this weekend. Thank you for taking the time to provide me with the information, I do appreciate knowing there are so many informed posters out there in cyberland. I am impressed with the responses and warm welcome! Thank you all! Sharon

Hi, my name is Sharon & I am from NJ. I have 3 kids, DJ is 3rd grade and in Scouting, Jemma is 3 and wants to be a scout, LOL, and Nicholas who waited so patiently to become a Tiger to follow his brother. We are finally there and I was asked to be a Tiger Cub leader. I volunteered the end of last year when there was only ONE Tiger Cub signed up knowing that my son and his friends were anxious to join. Nobody else wanted to do it so they call'd me, LOL! We are actually going Camping this weekend, at Camp Winnebago, my DH & oldest all weekend and me & my Tiger doing the day-trip. A couple of the new cubs will be going too, however things are rather loose in the troop lately. I believe this is the Scout masters last year and I can see how over the past couple years things have gotten a little un-organized. The first pack meeting was total chaos!! I have yet to hold a Tiger meeting because I was never given the complete list of boys names. Hopefully after the camping trip this week. So, I am looking for info here online in addition to the book. I am signed up for a class this month which will hopefully allow me to get some answers on how to run a Tiger meeting & how to involve the parents. I would like to see this troop stay together and have fun, while getting all the needed achievments accomplished. If anyone has any tips, tricks or info I would really appreciate it...I have the enthusiasm, just not the knowledge, LOL! Just an FYI I cut all my hair off when I was 6 years old because I was jealous of my older brother being in Boy Scouts...I thought Girl Scouts were for Prima Donna's & didn't understand why they wanted to sleep in cabins instead of tents. I have this site marked so I can continue to come back, it looks very informative!!!!! *THANKS* Sharon