Scouting Magazine

How often do you really read Scouting magazine in depth? I don't know about you but I can't keep up any more. We are overloaded with information from every direction. As much as I try to keep up with Scouting, I find new things at an alarming rate, that I don't know about. Scouting magazine certainly helps with this information management but I still see things in Scouting magazine that are totally new to me. Most things I see are things that have at least crossed my desk, but Scouting magazine gives me that concise explanation that I need. This month is no exception. There were several articles that really caught my eye.

The first was about foiling trailer theft. We have talked about this because it has occurred in our council. There are some good points covered in the article.

This month's Front Line Stuff discusses getting parents excited about Scouting. They make the point that inactive Scouts tend to have uninvolved parents. There are great ideas here to involve parents.

In the Scoutmaster's Toolbox, the Scoutmaster Conference is discussed. This is all information that you have heard before but it never hurts to hear it again. Fresh ideas many times comes from rereading familiar material. This is written by Mark Ray, who is the author of The Scoutmaster's Other Handbook.

Finally, there is an article about the OA's Scoutreach Mentoring Program. Scouting Honor Society is not just for camping anymore. The Order of the Arrow is being used to strengthen the crossover from Webelos to Boy Scouts and now to offer guidance to rural and urban Scouting. The OA is a service organization and this program offers a great opportunity for the Scouts being served as well as the OA members offering the service. The Order of the Arrow Web Site has the program booklet for download.