In The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Webelos Walkabouts, I described our Council’s program to complete the Webelos Walkabout in its entirety in one day. Our first outing had nearly 50 Scouts. As you would...
For several years now, I have organized a three-mile hike for Cub Scouts. In addition to earning the Hiking Belt Loop, the event gives Webelos the chance to experience life as a Boy Scout...
Beginning in August 2016, Rainbow Council BSA will sponsor a Technician Class amateur radio license course. Besides to earning an FCC license, Boy Scouts will complete the Radio and Electronics merit badges. Scouts also...
For the past three years, I have volunteered as a radio operator for events like the Chicago Marathon. I take all my equipment in the same kit that I take hiking. It works, but...
Today, April 18th, is World Amateur Radio Day. Across the world, radio amateurs celebrate a hobby that is more popular than ever. Today there are more than 3-million licensed operators worldwide. In the United...
A few years ago, a group of amateur radio operators formed a Radio Scouting committee for Rainbow Council BSA. Our mission is to introduce Scouts to amateur radio and other STEM fields. Our committee met...
Rainbow Council held a special training course for Boy Scout Merit Badges here in Joliet. I have been a counselor for several years, but never had any formal training on how to manage the...
Charities have an overhead problem. The problem isn’t that overhead is too high. The problem is your donors believe overhead is the best way to measure effectiveness. 4 Tips to Successfully Partnering with a...
No matter how hard we try, there are just 24 hours in a day. And no matter how much harder we try, our to-do lists never get shorter. Fortunately, there is a unexpected hack...
The Shamrock Shuffle kicked-off Chicago’s competitive running season here on April 3rd. Stephen Sambu, the 8K world record holder from Kenya, finished with an unofficial time of 22:45. If it stands, it will be...
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