Howey in the Hills Pack 254

Cub Scouting on the Internet

The Internet is a powerful tool containing a wealth of program resources and helpful information. Literally thousands of Scouting-related sites run the gambit from advancement and ceremonies to skills resources, training, and places to camp. In addition, there are hundreds of chat/e-mail lists that, in themselves, can be valuable communications and information resources. You can easily get confused and overwhelmed. Although non-official (BSA) sites are not endorsed by the Central Florida Council, the following suggestions are all well respected Scouting or national sites that will help make your Internet use immediately productive. As you use the Internet, learn to "bookmark" anything that looks promising, even if you don't use it immediately. Once categorized and organized, this list of bookmarks in itself will become a valuable time saving tool.

Key Three Sites
The key local sites for the latest program, training, and event information include:
Pack web site www.howeypack254.org
District site http://lake.cfcbsa.org
Central Florida Council site www.cfcbsa.org

Top Ten “Must Have” Sites
The number one gateway to thousands of Scouting related sites is the U. S. Scouting Service Project site listed number 1 below (otherwise known as “The Scouting Web Portal”). Other such gateways to information include:

1. www.usscouts.org (THE Scouting Web Portal)
2. www.scouting.org ( BSA’s National Website)
3. www.macscouter.com (“Scouting Resources Online”)
4. www.scouter.com/compass (Part of the Scouter Network)
5. www.geocities.com/cybercubber (“The Virtual Cub Leader’s Handbook”)
6. www.cubmaster.org (“Cub Scout Leader Web Portal”)
7. www.Cub-Roundtable.com (Monthly Program Helps…and a whole lot more)
8. www.scoutingthenet.com (“A Portal for the Scouting Community”)

Other Sites of Interest

BALOO’s Bugle is a monthly newsletter of program helps: www.usscouts.org/usscouts/bbugle.asp
A great site for links to Scouting resources: www.insanescouter.com
Here’s a site of nothing but Scouting links: www.wtsmith.com/rt/sctlinks.html
Great site for Webelos activity badge resources: www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
Another great site of links to Scouting resources: www.scoutingbear.com/index.htm
For National Scouting forms of all types: http://www.scouting.org/media/forms.aspx
How about the official Boy Scout catalog site: http://www.scoutstuff.org/
And if you like camping, try a State Park: www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/

Top “e-Lists” You’ll want to Join
If you’re a leader in Scouting you should subscribe to at least three (3) e-Lists” to keep up with the latest information and communications:

The District’s list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lakebsa/
The Central Florida Council list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cfcbsa/
And at least one of interest with a national audience. Here are some sites that will tell you more about Scouting “e-Lists”:

www.usscouts.org/lists/
http://www.scouter.com/compass/Discussion_Lists/


You can also find many links on our Weblinks page.

The rest is up to you…surf’s up!!

Compliments of your Council Training Committee

You can download all these links in one bookmark file from our Downloads Page.