Ohio River Valley Council- BSA

Select Scouting Related Sites Links

The U.S. Scouting Service Project is a non-commercial site(http://usscouts.org/). It has a huge store of information in several different areas and links galore. This should be your first stop. You will also find a URL list for councils and units. That particular resource is only a small portion of what is here. The “Internet Info” page (http://usscouts.org/internet/index.html) contains a small but valuable group of Internet teaching materials. In particular you may wish to review the page on Web site construction (http://usscouts.org/internet/buildasite.html -- Building Your own Web Page). One of the large files, entitled “Internet Scouting Resources Training Package” (PDF and two Word® formats), is a College of Commissioner Science thesis (1998) by Dr. Michael F. Bowman. His paper is another great overview of the World Wide Web in the context of Scouting. He is an Assistant District Commissioner, George Washington District, National Capital Area Council. Dr. Bowman is the Webmaster for the Department of the Navy.

The MacScouter (http://www.macscouter.com/) online resource is a well- visited, award winning Web site. It contains cooking, clipart, skits, songs, stories, games, ceremonies, Eagle resources, Scoutmaster resources, patriotic themes, campfire resources and a kid's corner, too. The MacScouter Scouting Resources Online World Wide Web Site is provided by R. Gary Hendra of Milpitas, California.

“If you are paid to do Scouting, you are called a Professional;

If you are not paid to do Scouting, you are called a Volunteer;

If you pay to do Scouting, then you are called a Scouter”

Songs: http://www.macscouter.com/Songs/index.html

“MeritBadge dot Com” (http://www.meritbadge.com/) is one of the most visited and useful Scouting Web sites in the United States. The main site contains advancement rank information, as well as merit badge resources links. Dr. Michael Kauffmann maintains the site.

The InterNETional Scouting and Guiding Resources page is an index of that site's lists of international URLs which have abundant program information (http://users.scoutnet.nl/~inter/).

Scouter Magazine Web site (http://www.scouter.com/). For example, “enjoy the vast resources of our web site by visiting the . . . SCOUTER Net Compass. Thousands of resources . . . links to everything Scouting related on the Net and Scouting Discussion List archives.” The Brunton Compass Company officially sponsors the Scouter Net Compass. It has no affiliation with the BSA or Girl Scouts of the USA.

Welcome! - Bienvenue! - Willkommen! - Benvenuto! - Boa vinda! -- The focus of this Web-site is to publish Cub Scouting Program resources for Cub Scout Leaders, parents of Cubs and/or Cub-aged boys, and for Scouting friends around the World (http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/).

CubBobwhite's Pow Wow OnLine Resources for Cub Scout Leaders. He also maintains a great song and game list. Many of the songs are appropriate for all of Scouting http://www.powwow-online.net/.

The Pine Tree Web (http://www.pinetreeweb.com/) is a similar, more extensive effort for all Scouting. The site is available in four languages. It comes highly recommended. This site is a collection of links to his pages prepared for the "Pine Tree Web" as well as to related links on Scouting. The focus is his personal interests in Scouting which include: leadership development, the heritage, history and traditions of Scouting, and International Scouting, with a particular emphasis on Scouting in Eastern Europe and Russia.

Jim Speir’s Canadian Scouting resource guide (http://www.melborponsti.com/scouts/) contained many great ideas. It was worth the visit, but is now gone. However, the official Nova Scotia Scouting Web site (http://www.ns.scouts.ca/membersh.htm) is a tremendous source of membership and retention ideas.

The NetWoods Virtual Campsite has useful facts to assist Scouting units. Its “Scout Hut” covers a wide range of topics, as well as cooking and recipes (http://www.netwoods.com/).The Scouting Links page is superb.

The Net Commissioner or Net Commish is the only extensive site directly relating to commissioner service and training. The page entitled NetResources for Scouters lists about 30 links. It includes a number of "Basics for Beginners." This site is an absolute must for every Commissioner. It has facts and data invaluable to all aspects of Scouting. The new Net Commish URL is http://www.netcommish.com/.

Troop 302 - Danville, Indiana has an extensive site directly relating to Boy Scout Troop information and a detailed listing of Boy Scout Troops and Councils all over the US. The URL is http://www.danville302.org/boy-scouts-councils-and-districts.htm

Simon Kenton Council - http://www.skcbsa.org