The boys did a great job last night and got a lot accomplished. We completed electives 12 b and 12 e which go toward requirements for the World Conservation Badge. All requirements are listed on page 282 of your Bear Book. Those boys that have already earned their Bear Badge can work on electives and earning this badge and also the Leave no Trace Badge. We decorated our horse heads for SFC and the boys took them home. Thanks to Dan Betts for doing a great job cutting them all out. Parents please help your sons come up with a stick for the head and make sure they bring them to SFC. The boys can add stain, paint, or any other decorations they want. We also split the boys into two patrols for Webelos Woods and each patrol came up with a patrol name, patrol yell, patrol leader, assisstant patrol leader, and scribe. We will continue to work on planning our WW event at future den meetings but we will also have an additional informational meeting for all Bears on March 12th, 6:30 at GM. The boys will work on achievements and electives while the parents get all the info on WW. So make plans to come if you are going to WW. We have a lot of activities that the boys can participate in the next couple of months and I will try to keep everyone updated. I would really like to award the Bear Badges to all the boys at the Hobo dinner so please get those last few achievements completed and let me know when you are finished.
Upcoming Events for Den 11/12
March 10th-Scouting for Food pickup in your neighborhoods
March 10th-Pack Hike at Roswell Mill - 11:00am
March 12th- 6:30 pm at GM- Informational Meeting for all of those going to Webelos Woods.
March 16th-Pack Meeting/ Hobo Dinner - 6:30 pm, bring all your Scouting for Food Donations. Bring one can for each family member eating to add to the stew.
March 17th- Habitat Day at GM-8:00-11:00
March 19th-den meeting- need a host family (Sanders, Knightons, Pedersen, Lee)
March 23-25th - Spring Family Camping- Pony Express Riders Wanted (If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) to sign up.) - Bring your Horse and Cowboy Hats
April 10th- Pack Meeting, 6:45 at GM
April 14th-15th-Georgia Aquarium sleepover (If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) or Debbie Zaepfel(dzaepfel@bellsouth.net) and get signed up asap.
April 27th-29th-Webelos Woods-(camping for just bears and webelos with one parent. This is a little different than FFC and SFC in that the boys are more responsible for themselves like boy scouts) Theme: On the Path to Eagle. We will be working on plans in meetings leading up to this camping event. Everyone will be expected to contribute to the work load including the parents.
Upcoming Events for Den 11/12
February 18th - 1:00 pm - Pack Hike at Leita Thompson
****DATE CHANGE From Previous note****Thursday, February 23-Den Meeting- 6:30pm - Beth and Todd Wiederhold's house 4193 Riverhill Court, Roswell 30075. We will be working on completing our B&G Center Piece.
If we have time we will also start brainstorming a patrol name, flag design, yell, electing patrol leaders, 2 grub masters, skit, duty rosters all for Webelos Woods.
February 26th-Blue and Gold Banquet- 5:00pm - If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) or Debbie Zaepfel(dzaepfel@bellsouth.net) and get signed up asap. Get those father and son cake
ideas planned and make sure that everything is edible. Please wear your complete class "A" uniforms.
March 3rd-Scouting for Food bag distribution in your neighborhoods (I will hand out bags at the Feb. 23 den meeting)
Week of March 5th-possible den meeting - need a host family (Sanders, Knightons, Pedersen, Lee, Baraji)
March 10th-Scouting for Food pickup in your neighborhoods
March 16th-Pack Meeting/ Hobo Dinner - more details to come
March 19th-possible den meeting- need a host family (Sanders, Knightons, Pedersen, Lee, Baraji)
March 23-25th - Spring Family Camping- Pony Express Riders Wanted (If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) to sign up.)
April 10th- Pack Meeting, 6:45 at GM
April 14th-15th-Georgia Aquarium sleepover (If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) or Debbie Zaepfel(dzaepfel@bellsouth.net) and get signed up asap.
April 27th-29th-Webelos Woods-(camping for just bears and webelos with one parent. This is a little different than FFC and SFC in that the boys are more responsible for themselves like boy scouts)
Theme: On the Path to Eagle. We will be working on plans in meetings leading up to this camping event. Everyone will be expected to contribute to the work load including the parents.
February 18th - 1:00 pm - Pack Hike at Leita Thompson
****DATE CHANGE From Previous note****Thursday, February 23-Den Meeting- 6:30pm - Beth and Todd Wiederhold's house 4193 Riverhill Court, Roswell 30075. We will be working on completing our B&G Center Piece.
If we have time we will also start brainstorming a patrol name, flag design, yell, electing patrol leaders, 2 grub masters, skit, duty rosters all for Webelos Woods.
February 26th-Blue and Gold Banquet- 5:00pm - If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) or Debbie Zaepfel(dzaepfel@bellsouth.net) and get signed up asap. Get those father and son cake
ideas planned and make sure that everything is edible. Please wear your complete class "A" uniforms.
March 3rd-Scouting for Food bag distribution in your neighborhoods (I will hand out bags at the Feb. 23 den meeting)
Week of March 5th-possible den meeting - need a host family (Sanders, Knightons, Pedersen, Lee, Baraji)
March 10th-Scouting for Food pickup in your neighborhoods
March 16th-Pack Meeting/ Hobo Dinner - more details to come
March 19th-possible den meeting- need a host family (Sanders, Knightons, Pedersen, Lee, Baraji)
March 23-25th - Spring Family Camping- Pony Express Riders Wanted (If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) to sign up.)
April 10th- Pack Meeting, 6:45 at GM
April 14th-15th-Georgia Aquarium sleepover (If you have not signed up please contact Robert Payne(rjlpayne@yahoo.com) or Debbie Zaepfel(dzaepfel@bellsouth.net) and get signed up asap.
April 27th-29th-Webelos Woods-(camping for just bears and webelos with one parent. This is a little different than FFC and SFC in that the boys are more responsible for themselves like boy scouts)
Theme: On the Path to Eagle. We will be working on plans in meetings leading up to this camping event. Everyone will be expected to contribute to the work load including the parents.
Friday, February 17, 2012
November 6th-Chattahoochee Nature Center Den Meeting 3:30-5:00pm -We need to get a head count of all the scouts and parents coming to this meeting because we can only have 15 total in attendance. So if we have all the boys attend then we will only have room for 5 adults to come. Please send me a note as soon as possible at lbaraji@earthlink.net and let me know if your scout is going to attend and if you would like to attend. I will take adults after kids and will take the first 5 if all the boys go. Right now I know that following will be there:
Scouts
Ashton
Alex
Adults
Lisa
Dan
Keep in mind these Upcoming Events:
October 28th - Map and Compass Beltloop-5:00-6:00 - Leita Thompson Park
November 6th - Den Meeting at Chattahoochee Nature Center
November 11th - Pack Meeting ( Down and Derby Movie Night and Pinewood Derby Car distribution)
November 15th - Den Meeting-Dan Betts Home (we will be planning Pinewood Derby and the boys will achieve cooking outdoors)
December 3rd-Den Meeting to build Refrigerator Box Car -Frank Hunter's Home
December 9th-Pack Meeting (Refrigerator Box Car Races)
December 13th or 20th-possible Den Meeting (need a host family)
Scouts
Ashton
Alex
Adults
Lisa
Dan
Keep in mind these Upcoming Events:
October 28th - Map and Compass Beltloop-5:00-6:00 - Leita Thompson Park
November 6th - Den Meeting at Chattahoochee Nature Center
November 11th - Pack Meeting ( Down and Derby Movie Night and Pinewood Derby Car distribution)
November 15th - Den Meeting-Dan Betts Home (we will be planning Pinewood Derby and the boys will achieve cooking outdoors)
December 3rd-Den Meeting to build Refrigerator Box Car -Frank Hunter's Home
December 9th-Pack Meeting (Refrigerator Box Car Races)
December 13th or 20th-possible Den Meeting (need a host family)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Don't Forget our next Den Meeting
What: Den Meeting
When: Saturday, October 8th
Time: 9:45 am
Where: Lisa Baraji's home (send me a note (lbaraji@earthlink.net) if you need the address)
Achievements and Electives that will be covered:
Acievement 9b
Achievement 9d
Achievement 21f
Achievement 21d
Achievement 21g
Discuss:
Elective 25a
Elective 21 a
If you are not able to make the den meeting please let me know and work on the achievements at home with your son. Please let me know if you have any questions. I am also including the schedule of events for our den that I previously sent out to the den.
Den 11/12 Schedule:
October 8th - Den Meeting 9:45 am - Lisa Baraji's house
October 11th-Pack Meeting 6:45 pm -GM (Bobcat Ceremony)
October 15th-Pack Hike at OX BO 11:00am
October 21-23-Fall Family Camping
November 6th-Chattahoochee Nature Center Den Meeting 3:30-5:00pm (more details to come) November 11th - Pack Meeting ( Down and Derby Movie Night and Pinewood Derby Car distribution)
November 15th or 16th - Den Meeting-Dan Betts Home (more details to come)
December 3rd-Den Meeting (Build Refigerator Box Car-need a volunteer family to host and run this meeting (Frank Hunter do I hear you volunteering?)
December 9th-Pack Meeting (Refrigerator Box Car Races)
December 13th or 20th-possible den meeting (need a host family)
When: Saturday, October 8th
Time: 9:45 am
Where: Lisa Baraji's home (send me a note (lbaraji@earthlink.net) if you need the address)
Achievements and Electives that will be covered:
Acievement 9b
Achievement 9d
Achievement 21f
Achievement 21d
Achievement 21g
Discuss:
Elective 25a
Elective 21 a
If you are not able to make the den meeting please let me know and work on the achievements at home with your son. Please let me know if you have any questions. I am also including the schedule of events for our den that I previously sent out to the den.
Den 11/12 Schedule:
October 8th - Den Meeting 9:45 am - Lisa Baraji's house
October 11th-Pack Meeting 6:45 pm -GM (Bobcat Ceremony)
October 15th-Pack Hike at OX BO 11:00am
October 21-23-Fall Family Camping
November 6th-Chattahoochee Nature Center Den Meeting 3:30-5:00pm (more details to come) November 11th - Pack Meeting ( Down and Derby Movie Night and Pinewood Derby Car distribution)
November 15th or 16th - Den Meeting-Dan Betts Home (more details to come)
December 3rd-Den Meeting (Build Refigerator Box Car-need a volunteer family to host and run this meeting (Frank Hunter do I hear you volunteering?)
December 9th-Pack Meeting (Refrigerator Box Car Races)
December 13th or 20th-possible den meeting (need a host family)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
We will meet for our next den meeting on Friday, September 30 at Leita Thompson Park on Hwy 92. We will meet at 6:00 p.m. in the large field in the valley. Class B red shirts are the uniform for this meeting and we will probably need a water bottle. Also please remember that Dan Betts had sent out some homework for you to be working on a couple weeks back so please let me know at the meeting if you have completed it. See previous homework below. We will cover the following achievements during the meeting so if you are not able to make the meeting please let me know and make sure that you complete the achievements with your scout and report back to me. Thanks, Lisa
1. Achievement 16 a
2. Achievement 16b (This will complete achievement 16)
3. Achievement 9e
4. Short Hike on the trail
5. Leave no Trace
a. Discuss importance of Leave No Trace front country guidelines
b. Practice the front country guidelines (1 of 3)
c. Sign the Leave no Trace Pledge
Previous Home Work:
For the first part of September please work on the following two items:
1. Ways we worship. You can complete this requirement by earning the Religious Emblems award or writing down ways you can practice your religion in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. While I strongly encourage you to work towards the Religious Emblem, as a back, up I suggest writing down ways you can practice your religion (Achievement #2).
Note: The Religious Emblem Award is not a BSA Award but is rather awarded by a religious leader at the place of worship. It is one of only a few awards that a Cub Scout can wear as a Boy Scout and then also as an adult leader. The Pack is currently looking for a sponsor to help parents find resources for earning the Religious Emblem Award. If you are interested in volunteering for this position, please contact Lisa Baraji or myself. For more information on the Religious Emblem award visit: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/religious.asp
2. In Achievement 3: What makes American Special, the scouts will need to write an essay on what makes America special to them. After that they need to complete two other items. Most of you have already done this at Summer Day Camp and Resident Camp, attending the Den Meeting at Etowah Indian Mounds, and doing flag ceremonies with the Pack/Den.
Below are the requirements for Achievements 1 through 3 (please refer to your Bear Handbook):
GOD (Do ONE of the following)
Achievement 1: WAYS WE WORSHIP
Complete both requirements.
Complete the Character Connection for Faith
Know. Name some people in history who have shown great faith. Discuss with an adult how faith has been important at a particular point in his or her life.
Commit. Discuss with an adult how having faith and hope will help you in your life, and also discuss some ways that you can strengthen your faith.
Practice. Practice your faith as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or religious fellowship.
Make a list of things you can do this week to practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. Check them off your list as you complete them.
Achievement 2: EMBLEMS OF FAITH
Complete the requirement.
Earn the Religious Emblem of your faith.
COUNTRY (Do THREE of the following)
Achievement 3: WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL?
(Do requirements (a) and (j) and any two of the other requirements.
Write or tell what makes America special to you.
With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of life.
Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go and see two of them.
Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.
Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home state. Name its state bird, tree, and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the Union.
Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack.
Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays..
Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony.
Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship.
Know. Tell ways some people in the past have served our country. Tell about some people who serve our country today. (Don't forget about 'ordinary' people who serve our country.)
Commit. Tell something that might happen to you and your family if other people were not responsible citizens. Tell one thing you will do to be a good citizen.
Practice. Tell three things you did in one week that show you are a good citizen.
1. Achievement 16 a
2. Achievement 16b (This will complete achievement 16)
3. Achievement 9e
4. Short Hike on the trail
5. Leave no Trace
a. Discuss importance of Leave No Trace front country guidelines
b. Practice the front country guidelines (1 of 3)
c. Sign the Leave no Trace Pledge
Previous Home Work:
For the first part of September please work on the following two items:
1. Ways we worship. You can complete this requirement by earning the Religious Emblems award or writing down ways you can practice your religion in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. While I strongly encourage you to work towards the Religious Emblem, as a back, up I suggest writing down ways you can practice your religion (Achievement #2).
Note: The Religious Emblem Award is not a BSA Award but is rather awarded by a religious leader at the place of worship. It is one of only a few awards that a Cub Scout can wear as a Boy Scout and then also as an adult leader. The Pack is currently looking for a sponsor to help parents find resources for earning the Religious Emblem Award. If you are interested in volunteering for this position, please contact Lisa Baraji or myself. For more information on the Religious Emblem award visit: http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/religious.asp
2. In Achievement 3: What makes American Special, the scouts will need to write an essay on what makes America special to them. After that they need to complete two other items. Most of you have already done this at Summer Day Camp and Resident Camp, attending the Den Meeting at Etowah Indian Mounds, and doing flag ceremonies with the Pack/Den.
Below are the requirements for Achievements 1 through 3 (please refer to your Bear Handbook):
GOD (Do ONE of the following)
Achievement 1: WAYS WE WORSHIP
Complete both requirements.
Complete the Character Connection for Faith
Know. Name some people in history who have shown great faith. Discuss with an adult how faith has been important at a particular point in his or her life.
Commit. Discuss with an adult how having faith and hope will help you in your life, and also discuss some ways that you can strengthen your faith.
Practice. Practice your faith as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or religious fellowship.
Make a list of things you can do this week to practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. Check them off your list as you complete them.
Achievement 2: EMBLEMS OF FAITH
Complete the requirement.
Earn the Religious Emblem of your faith.
COUNTRY (Do THREE of the following)
Achievement 3: WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL?
(Do requirements (a) and (j) and any two of the other requirements.
Write or tell what makes America special to you.
With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of life.
Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go and see two of them.
Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.
Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home state. Name its state bird, tree, and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the Union.
Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack.
Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays..
Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony.
Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship.
Know. Tell ways some people in the past have served our country. Tell about some people who serve our country today. (Don't forget about 'ordinary' people who serve our country.)
Commit. Tell something that might happen to you and your family if other people were not responsible citizens. Tell one thing you will do to be a good citizen.
Practice. Tell three things you did in one week that show you are a good citizen.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
We will be holding an all Bear Den Meeting this Thursday, July 28, 2011 from 6:30 – 7:30 PM at the Garrison Mill School Covered Playground.
If you missed the Pack Pool Party we will be handing out awards and honors earned over the summer. The main focus of our meeting will be to work on the Emergency Preparedness Pin and cover Achievement #11 (in the Bear Handbook), “Be Ready.” If you want to get a jump on the requirements, please review and update as necessary the Emergency Evacuation Route the scouts did last year and get a practice run on this completed.
August is the month for recruitment and registering with the Pack. Here are some of the upcoming dates
Sun, Aug 7, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Pack Committee Meeting at David Janes house – Any parent is welcome to attend.
Sat, Aug 6 9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Habitat Day at Garrison Mill Elementary. Come and help our Charter Organization get the front of the school ready for classes.
Fri, Aug 12 8:30 am – 10:30 am: Sneak-a-Peak at Garrison Mill – Stop by the Pack 471 table and bring a friend who may want to join scouting.
Tue, Aug 23 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm: School Night for Scouting/ Pack Meeting at Garrison Mill – Sign-up for another great year with Pack 471. There will be fun and games for the scouts while the parents complete the registration form.
Tue, Aug 29, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: New Tiger Scout & Parent Orientation at Garrison Mill (Den Assignments and overview of the scouting program).
Thu, Sep 1: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: New Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scout & Parent Orientation at Garrison Mill (Den Assignments and overview of the scouting program).
Sun, Sep 11 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: All Leader Mandatory Meeting & Committee Meeting
Dan Betts
Cubmaster, Pack 471
dbetts@ging.org
If you missed the Pack Pool Party we will be handing out awards and honors earned over the summer. The main focus of our meeting will be to work on the Emergency Preparedness Pin and cover Achievement #11 (in the Bear Handbook), “Be Ready.” If you want to get a jump on the requirements, please review and update as necessary the Emergency Evacuation Route the scouts did last year and get a practice run on this completed.
August is the month for recruitment and registering with the Pack. Here are some of the upcoming dates
Sun, Aug 7, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Pack Committee Meeting at David Janes house – Any parent is welcome to attend.
Sat, Aug 6 9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Habitat Day at Garrison Mill Elementary. Come and help our Charter Organization get the front of the school ready for classes.
Fri, Aug 12 8:30 am – 10:30 am: Sneak-a-Peak at Garrison Mill – Stop by the Pack 471 table and bring a friend who may want to join scouting.
Tue, Aug 23 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm: School Night for Scouting/ Pack Meeting at Garrison Mill – Sign-up for another great year with Pack 471. There will be fun and games for the scouts while the parents complete the registration form.
Tue, Aug 29, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: New Tiger Scout & Parent Orientation at Garrison Mill (Den Assignments and overview of the scouting program).
Thu, Sep 1: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: New Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scout & Parent Orientation at Garrison Mill (Den Assignments and overview of the scouting program).
Sun, Sep 11 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: All Leader Mandatory Meeting & Committee Meeting
Dan Betts
Cubmaster, Pack 471
dbetts@ging.org
Monday, July 25, 2011
Den 11 Update:
Pack 471 is gearing up for another great year of scouting. For Den 11 we are putting together plans that will help all three Bear Dens work together to reach our goal of earning the Bear Badge. We are expecting a number of new boys to join the pack at all levels, including bear so please welcome them to our program.
This year I have humbly accepted the role of Cubmaster for the Pack. It is a big responsibility but I want to assure Den 11 that I am as committed to the Den and Bears as I have been the last two years for Tiger and Wolf. I could use an assistant Den Leader to help organize resources for the Den Meetings.
As I mentioned before, the Bear program is different than the previous Tiger and Wolf Programs, in that the scouts will need to complete 12 of 24 achievements (if you have not already, please review your Bear Handbook). The achievements are divided up into 4 groups.
Each Scout must:
- Do one of the 2 Achievements in Group 1 (God)
- Do three of the 5 achievements in Group 2 (Country)
- Do four of the 6 achievements in Group 3 (Family)
- Do four of the 11 achievements in Group 4 (Self)
I will be sending out a calendar soon of the Den Meetings and asking parents to sponsor 2 meetings/activities between August and February. In addition, the Bear Rank will be planning and hosting the Pinewood Derby this year. This will go well as a number of you have participated in the last couple years and have become old hands at this.
We are also going to be continuing our Summer Program. We have had great participation in the Whittling Chip and almost everyone in the Den will have attended the Summer Day Camp and/or the Resident Camp. By participating in each of the Pack events in June, July, and August, the scouts can earn the National Summer Time Award Pin.
- June - Summer Camps and/or the Memorial Day Flag Ceremony
- July - Pack Picnic & Swim July 23, 2011 at the Jefferson Township Community Pool.
- August - Pack Meeting and Round-up (this will be the week of August 22nd but the date has not yet been set).
July Den Meeting: In addition our Den will be participating in the all Bear Emergency Preparedness Training on July 28, 2011 at Garrison Mill Elementary under the covered playground starting at 6:30 PM. Please RSVP.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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