Our first Den Meeting will be Thursday September 2, 2010 at Garrison Mill Elementary under the covered playground from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

Lisa Baraji and David Janes have determined that Den 11 will stay as it is with no new members. That means that we can dive right into our meeting plan. At the first meeting we will

be making a new Den Flag. I have found out that our Pack has met the requirements for the National Summertime Activity Award and that Den 11 will receive a ribbon for our flag for having 50% of our Den attend each of three activities (Scout Summer Day Camp, Pack Picnic, and the August Den Meeting). So naturally, we will need a flag t

o put the ribbon on. In addition to the ribbon, scouts who attended all three events will receive a National Summertime Activity Pin to be worn on their uniform. I am also looking into if the PTA Flag Ceremony will count towards participation as well.

In addition we will start on a trial to cover the 12 values of Cub Scouts that will take us through the next 12 months. There will also be relay races and fun!

I will then hand out the meeting plans for October through March 2011 and will ask each family to take a months worth of planning (like we did last year).

Right now, I believe the consensus is to meet on Thursday nights. We will plan on two Den Meetings a month with the 1st and last Thursday of each month. However, some meetings will be better suited for a weekend, like some of the Go-See-Its were last year. We will finalize this decision at or first meeting. Let me know ahead of time if you have any concerns.

I did notice that the Calendar on the Den 11 Website is not correct anymore. Please check the Pack 471 calendar for Pack dates.

Welcome to the year of the Wolf for Den 11!

If you have changed your e-mail address over the last year, please be sure to sign up on the Den and Pack Websites to get updates. The calendar for the next year has been posted. This will be the primary means of communication for everyone.

1st Pack Meeting:
The first Pack Meeting will be Tuesday, 8/17/2010 in the Garrison Mill Cafeteria. We will be registering for the next year. Registration will be $75.00 this year to help pay for awards, belt-loops, Pack activities, and recharter. Bring your check-book please.

Den Meetings:
We hold our 1st Den Meeting the week of September 7th. I need to know if anyone has a routine schedule for sports or other activities that would interfere with scheduling our meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. We may vary the second meeting of the month to accommodate trips and activities where we do a “go-see-it.” We may also get some new members after the August 17th Pack Meeting that we will need to incorporate into the Den. At our first meeting, I will be asking everyone to volunteer to take a month of meetings like we did last year.

Assistant Cubmaster
As some of you already know, I have elected to be one of the Assistant Cubmasters. In this role, I will act as a support to the Pack and as a Leader Trainer for other Den Leaders. I will need some help with the Den and making sure they are planned out for the year. If you are interested in stepping up to be the Official Den Leader, please feel free to give me a call. In the meantime, I will be at each Den Meeting and supporting each of you as I did last year.

This Week

Round 2 of the Pack Picnic was a great success. After getting rained out last week, this Saturday's picnic was a great success. The pool felt especially good after helping that morning to do some grounds work at Garrison Mill to get ready for Sneak-A-Peak and the first day of school.

This week we have our Den Meeting Tuesday night at 5:30 at Garrison Mill under the covered playground. For those of your who did not come to the 1st Den Meeting please look at your Wolf Book and complete requirements for Achievement #9 and Elective #16 (the homework I sent out).

This week each scout will need to do a presentation on what they learned about safety to complete the Emergency Preparedness Pin. I will then submit the proper paperwork to get the awards. Please bring props if necessary.