Mark Rowell comes from a long Scouting pedigree. His family has been involved in Scouting back as far as 1913 with Rutherford Ritchie Rowell joining a Cub Scout pack in Turon, Kansas. The Rowell family started its 4 generation leadership run in the 1940's with Byron T Rowell being Cub Master of Pack 50 in Valley Center, Kansas. His son, Roger Rowell, was Cub Master of Pack 118 in Madison, Wisconsin for nearly a decade in the 1970's. His son Mark was Cub Master of Pack 465 in Canton, Georgia for 7 years. Roger, Mark and Mark's son Trevor are Eagle Scouts having three generations of Eagles and four generations now of leaders, with Trevor previously being an Assistant Scout Master of BSA Troop 465 in Canton, Georgia. Mark's Mom and Dad are Silver Beaver award winners and Roger Rowell also lead BSA Troop 122 in Madison, Wisconsin for many years. In addition to being a Cub Master, Mark Rowell has also been a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 122, Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 625, a Committee Member with Troop 465 and presently is the Crew Advisor for Venture Crew 8880. Mark has been a registered scouter now for 27 years and his Dad Roger got his 50 year pin two years ago.
Jason has been involved in scouting in various ways, including a victorious Pinewood Derby win when he was a Cub Scout... a long time ago. It's still talked about in his neck of the woods. Okay, he still talks about it when he's not busy keeping this ship in motion. Capt. Jason is also a member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and holds a 50-Ton Master Captain's License from the United States Coast Guard.
Michael is a veteran enterprise-class web application architect who has served the financial and healthcare industries. He began developing pack websites when his son joined scouting. Rather than continue to make pack websites one-at-a-time, he built a system that let him create and maintain many pack websites in one place, making it cheaper to host online, which was appreciated by the packs. When he created an easy-to-use Site Administration panel so pack leaders could create and grow their own pack websites by themselves, CoolCubs.com was born. Now, CoolCubs is joined by ScoutLodge.com, GirlScoutPages.com, ExploredTrail.com, and ExplorerPosts.com, which are utilized by a growing community of packs, troops, crews, and posts who appreciate our effective brand of Do-It-Yourself scouting unit website construction.
Center Trail's product research and planning is Mark's domain. He understands what pack, troop, crew, and post leaders want in a unit website. He successfully ran Canton, GA Cub Scout Pack 465 from an initial size of about 15 active boys to a final size of approximately 120 before stepping down to hand the torch off and begin many years of leading Boy Scouts. Mark's philosophy of running a Pack is to create a multi-year experience for young men that taught perseverance, good sportsmanship, leadership, advancement in a fun environment while preparing them for many years of Boy Scouting and adulthood. Starting the image of earning the Arrow of Light and Eagle Scout badge early in their Scouting adventure, and touting achievements was crucial to not only retaining boys but seeing goal setting become a reality. Of the 8 boys in Trevor's cub scout den, 5 went on to earn Eagle. Scouting is such a great way to create Norman Rockwell type mental impressions and fond memories of special times with parents. It’s a wonderful opportunity for busy parents to create images that would otherwise never happen. The boys of pack 465 wore on their backs a simple saying: "Timeless Values, Endless Fun".
We hope you decide to set up a free sample of your unit website and try it for free for 2 weeks. Invite your Pack/Troop/Crew/Post members to join and look behind the password protected gate to see outing photos and manage your unit. These websites work for promoting Scouting, helping the leaders lead, engaging parents, keeping the scouts in touch, and keeping the committee and other adult leaders in control. Communication and a creative, fun schedule is the key to running a successful scouting unit. These website tools will help with all of this if used properly.
