http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQIKO5pt93g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I looked at your facebook page and the pictures posted. That looks like a really cool camp to attend. I attended summer camp in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. I would like to when possible to travel to different camps, and Chawanakee is on the list.

David Karcz,
Troop 164

Are you clicking on the article titles or the abstract? I can view full-text articles if I click on the article titles. You can e-mail me direct at gretchen.sparling@scouting.org with questions.

-Gretchen

I learned it in four sets of three. Anybody can remember just three, “Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful”.

It can help to start from the end and work forwards. When they start on the first three, the last nine are already solid. Instead of getting harder as they go through the Law, it gets easier. That is great for confidence.

The most important thing is to really expect the boys to know it. Have high standards. When I was a boy, I didn’t learn the Oath and Law solidly until we moved and the new troop expected all the leaders to have it cold.

Start and end every meeting with the Oath and Law. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Thanks for your question. Liquid stoves are not prohibited in BSA safety guidelines, but they are not recommended for use. However, in some settings — particularly cold-weather camping or high-altitude mountaineering — liquid stove use prevails out of necessity. In these scenarios, white-gas fuels are recommended; liquid alcohol gas is not recommended (yet it is not specifically prohibited). You can read these guidelines at bit.ly/SafeStoves.

The BSA does, however, prohibit homemade alcohol stoves. An article on this is available in our January-February 2012 issue on page 13 (seen here).

-Gretchen