• How to Run a Good Troop Meeting
  
  
• PLC Meeting Thoughts
  
  
• PLC GRUBMASTER Guidelines
  
  
• Scoutmaster CG

• Patrol Emblems from ClassB.com

• Program Resources Site
  (TONS of good stuff)
• TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES
  
  
• Troop Leader Resources
  
  
• Troop Program Features - Volume I 
  (meetings and activities around a theme)
  
  
• Troop Program Features - Volume II  
  (meetings and activities around a theme)
  
  
• Troop Program Features - Volume III  
  (meetings and activities around a theme)
  
  
• Scoutmaster Handbook (2010 Edition)
  very good section on running troop meetings, and a whole section on meetings specifically for a newly formed troop

• Games from TheSource
  (tons of really good games and activities!)
• The Big Squeeze
• Trashball
  
  
• Games from YouthDownloads

• Scout Pioneering
  
  
• Progressive Pioneering (John Thurman)
  
  
• Ropes and Poles Blog
  
  
• Pioneering Projects
  
  
• Pioneering Meeting Plan (Troop 19)
  
  
• Tripod Lashing
  
  
• Build a Monkey Bridge

Cooking

• Breakfast Casserole

Orienteering

• What you should know... (Boys' Life)
  
  
• DVOA

Backpacking

• Gory Pictures of Hiking Blisters

• Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps

• Scout Merit Badge Days at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
  Merit badges: American Heritage, Citizenship in the Nation Badge, Law
  
  
• Franklin Institute
  Archaeology Merit Badge
  
  
• STEM in Scouting 
• Cradle of Liberty Council
• Baltimore Area Council
  
  
• Merit Badge College
• Cradle of Liberty Council
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• World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Global Scholars

• Free artwork for shirts, etc.: https://unsplash.com/
  
  
• Tax Deductibility of Scouting expenses: LINK
  
  
• BSA Logo on cakes: LINK • LINK2
  
  
• Friends of Treasure Island
  
  Hank Wiese • 410.340.9907
  hwiese@verizon.net  
  
  
• Suicide Awareness: QPR Institute
  
  
• CPR and Medical Response Training

Other Troops with Cool Websites and Resource

• Troop 97 Colorado
  
  
• Troop 191 Avondale (Cabin Rental)
  
  
• Troop 344 Ohio (great PLC page)

Media Contacts

• Ambler Gazette - Nancy March
  
  

Things to Ponder
(from the Scoutmaster)

• All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Boy Scouting
  
  
• Green vs. Red (considering increasing income inequality in the world and what you can do about it)
  
  
• The Machine Stops (1909 dystopian sci-fi story about the automation of society)
  
  
• One in four children 'have problematic smartphone use'
  
  
• Seriously, stop trying to teach toddlers how to code
  "...teach them to be independent and decent human beings. Let your children pursue their own interests, struggle with their own problems, and devise their own solutions."
  "Teach them also the importance of collaboration. The days of brilliant, lone hackers are over. Many software developers now work in large teams, which requires empathy and respect for many different kinds of people. Tell your toddlers that we can all learn from each other. Show them that they don’t act in a vacuum—that the things they do, and the words they say, have real consequences for themselves and others."
  "Finally, teach them patience in the face of increasingly intolerable frustration."
  
  
• Why are Rich People so Mean?
  
  
• Keynes was Wrong
  
  
• How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids
  
  
• I Monitor My Teen's Electronics and So Should You
  
  
• U.S. sees an "alarming" drop in outdoor recreation, especially among kids
  
  
• The Lost Art of Having a Chat, what happened when I started talking and stopped texting
  
  
• The Other Side is Not Dumb
  
  
• How to Spot Phony Images and Online Propaganda
  
  
• Teaching Kids to Be Independent Thinkers
  
  
• How to Make Government Trustworthy Again
  
  
• Why Our Brains Want to Spread Misinformation
  
  
• How to Turn Happy Children into Happy Adults
  
  
• The Brutal, Important Lesson Only Nature Can Teach Kids
  
  
• Physically Strong • Being fat linked with worse heart health even in people who exercise