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Cub Scout Roundtable Leaders’ Guide

Gung Hay Fat Choy!!  Happy Chinese New Year,  In February we welcome the year 4706, the year of the rat, and learn about the cultures and traditions of China.  The Chinese New Year is a centuries old tradition.  Brightly colored decorations fill homes and businesses.  The Chinese New Year is a time of spreading good will to family and friends.

CORE VALUES

Cub Scout Roundtable Leaders’ Guide

Some of the purposes of Cub Scouting developed through this month’s theme are:

•   Respectful Relationships, Cub Scouts will learn to respect the traditions and values of another culture.

•   Family Understanding, Cub Scouts will learn the importance of tradition in family activities

•   Fun and Adventure, Cub Scouts will enjoy exploring the games and handicrafts of another land.

The core value highlighted this month is:

• Cooperation, Cub Scouts will learn how families work together in preparation for holiday traditions.

Can you think of others??? Hint – look in your Cub Scout Program Helps.  It lists different ones!! All the items on both lists are applicable!!  You could probably list all twelve if you thought about it!!

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER

I was a little apprehensive this month but Brenda and Alice and some great Pow Wow books showed me how wonderful this theme can be.  .

Blue and Gold Decorations - DRAGONS, of course.  You can start your B&G with  a parade of dragons!!!!

Here is a Chinese quote that expresses why we all love working with Cub Scouts -

“If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.” – Chinese Proverb

In 2008 we enter the Year of the Rat -

Find Scouting Web Content Just Got Easier

Mike at www.usscouts.org

Try out our new custom Google search capabilities at

http://usscouts.org/searchscoutingsites.asp

You will find that we have three search boxes. 

• The first (top) one will give search results for all 27 of our (USScouts, MACScouter, USSSP, …) websites.

• Ever wanted to just do a safe search of just Scouting websites?  Try our second search box.  We have it tuned to search nearly 2000 Scouting websites including every Council, most Scout Camps, many  Districts, Order of the Arrow websites, Venturing Regional websites, and more.  We’ll be adding more sites to the search as we find them and check them out.

• If this isn’t enough or you just aren’t finding what you want, try The third box which is a general Google search of the entire web.

National makes a patch for every Cub Scout Monthly theme.  Unfortunately, they have not yet posted any 2008 patches so I cannot show hem to you!!!  But here are two Blue and Gold patches available from www.scoutstuff.org I wonder if they make special patches for your Blue and Gold Committee like the ones for the Pinewood Derby Committee

Months with similar themes to

Chinese New Year

Dave D. in Illinois