Columbia Montour Council BSA

The Podcasts listed below are from the National office and are about Cub Scouting topics. Select the Play button of the podcast you wish to hear. If you would like to download a copy to your PC right click on the download button and select "Save Link As"

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Happy Birthday,BSA!
Graduation/Crossover Ceremony
Take Flight!
Cub Scout Retention
Spring Into Action!
Cub Scout 2010
In the Spotlight
Spring Recruiting
Hoop-De-Doo!
ScoutParents
Celebrate Freedom
Fall Program Planning
Waves of Fun
New Cub Scout Delivery Method
Cooperation
Fall Recruiting

Happy Birthday, BSA!
Get ready for the February theme of Happy Birthday, BSA!  In part 1 of the January Cubcast, we get lots of fun ideas for celebrating the big 100th birthday of the BSA from Darlene Sprague, who joined us last spring with some great ideas for Cub Scout recruiting.

Graduation/Crossover Ceremony
What’s the difference between a graduation and a crossover ceremony?  Well, we spoke to Dan Wolboldt who’s been doing Cub Scout training for more than 30 years!  Dan shares with us some memorable and dignified ways to move our Cub Scouts forward through the ranks.

Take Flight!
In part 1 of the February Cubcast, we get some super ideas for the March theme of Take Flight! Bob Freemon joined us last June with some great ideas for fall program planning, and he’s back to take us up, up, and away with fun and exciting activities for your Cub Scouts. The sky’s the limit!

Cub Scout Retention
You may know how to recruit new Cub Scouts, but how to retain them, you ask?  Well, we spoke to Lee Shaw, multicultural marketing specialist for the Council Solutions Group at the national office in Irving, Texas. Lee explained what it takes to make sure your Cub Scouts stay in the program.

Spring Into Action!
Spring Into Action is not just activity for activity’s sake. Join us as we speak to Steve Bartholomew, the Cubmaster for Pack 713 in Farmers Branch, Texas. Steve shares with us some creative and fun ways to get involved in the community and ready for summer—so spring into action yourself by clicking the ‘download’ icon!

Cub Scout 2010
Why change a great thing? To make it better, of course!  We spoke to Bob Scott, innovation specialist for the Innovation and Strategy Group at the national office in Irving, Texas. Bob explains to us how a currently great Cub Scouting program is now better than ever!

In the Spotlight!
It’s time to perform and be in the spotlight.  Matt Markham and Jessi King Markham guest star in this podcast to show us that whether it’s putting on a play, making posters, playing an instrument or spotlighting the adult members who keep the den and pack running smoothly, you’ll have a lot of fun with this theme!

Spring Recruiting
It’s springtime!  And just like little birds leaving the nest, all the Webelos are leaving the Pack to go on to Boy Scouting.  Marty Walsh, the Department Manager for the Membership Impact Department at the National Office in Irving, TX explains to us how a successful spring recruiting effort can help make your den and pack grow!

Hoop-De-Doo!
Now’s the time get outside and hoop it up! Linda Vaughn, the Cub Scout training chairman for the Great Salt Lake Council, tells us the June theme is about much more than learning and playing basketball. Tune in as she reveals her secrets to a successful “Hoop-De-Doo” theme for your den or pack.

ScoutParents
Last spring, Chris Smith, the program specialist for the Council Operations Group at the national office in Irving, Texas, introduced us to this initiative, and now he’s back to share the continuing success story of the ScoutParents program.

Celebrate Freedom
Discover what makes America so special to us! Susan Faull, a 25-year member of the Greater Pittsburgh Council, shares with us her grand ideas for helping your den or pack stay active this summer with the July theme as they learn about their country and community.

Fall Program Planning
Charles Flowers, director of field service with the Greater Pittsburgh Council, helps us to “Be Prepared” by explaining everything you need for a successful fall program—and that it needs to start now!

Waves of Fun
Join us as we talk to Jamie Dunn, volunteer extraordinaire with the Northern Star Council in St. Paul, Minn., about exciting ways of making this final program helps theme truly Waves of Fun!

New Cub Scout Delivery Method
You’ve heard the rumors; you’ve read about it on Scouting.org, and now the new Cub Scout Delivery Method is at the starting gate! Here to demystify everything for us is Sara Lacobee, training designer, and Don Shepard, Youth Development Team leader, for the Program Impact Department. This is the Cubcast you don’t want to miss!

Cooperation
This is the first Cubcast to address ways to enhance the new Den & Pack Meeting Resource Guide! Lucia Cronin serves on the National Program Content Committee among her other Cub Scout activities. She helps explain the new guide with ideas for the first core value: Cooperation.

Fall Recruiting
A few months ago, we talked about spring recruiting. Now it’s time for fall recruiting! Matt Budz, Community Alliances team leader at the national office in Irving, Texas, joins us to explain the best way to have a successful fall recruiting effort.