CubCast and ScoutCast

CubCast June 2013

June 2013 - Planning the Cub Scout Year

IIf you only listen to one Cubcast this year (although we hope you catch them all), make this the one. Hilda Blaine, a 5-year Cub Scout volunteer extraordinaire with the Grand Canyon Council in Phoenix, AZ, chats with us about everything you need to plan your Cub Scout year and how it will make your Cub Scout Leader experience a whole lot easier.

ScoutCast June 2013

June 2013 - Economic Diversity in the Troop

As much as we'd like it to be, Scouting isn't free; uniforms, camping equipment, and activities, cost money. What do you do when you have kids that come from all different economic backgrounds, or if someone's economic situation changes? Joining us for this fascinating topic is the team leader of the Council Fund Development Team, Mark Moshier, who shares with us how to keep funds from being a problem in a Scout's involvement..

June 2013 - Membership Standards Review

Many of you have a lot of questions regarding the recent vote at our National Annual Meeting last month.  The resolution was approved to remove the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone by a 61 percent majority. The adult standard remains the same.  Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock joins us from the Summit Bechtel Reserve, home of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree to answer those questions.