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)

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)

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.

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

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.

1. June - Summer Camps and/or the Memorial Day Flag Ceremony
2. July - Pack Picnic & Swim July 23, 2011 at the Jefferson Township Community Pool.
3. 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.

Welcome to Bear!

Much of the advancement for the Bear rank is done by the scout with his family outside of the den, similarly to the Wolf rank. The parent signs off in the scout's handbook and the Den Leader records the advancements from the handbook to tracking chart or software program. The Bear program relies heavily on family involvement, but you will see this gradually change with the scout doing more with his den and more individual direction as he reaches Webelos and Boy Scouts.
To complete the Bear Trail scouts must complete twelve achievements to be a Bear Cub Scout. They have a wide choice because there are twenty-four to pick from. These twenty-four are grouped into four broad categories, God, Country, Family, and Self.
During the next year our Den Meetings will cover part of some achievements and the scout, with his family, will need to finish the rest of the tasks for that achievement. If the scout attends Cub Scout Day Camp and/or Resident Camp, they will complete some of the achievements over the summer.
Start looking at the Bear handbook now. It is very exciting and has a lot of very cool boy things to do. Scouts may start working on Achievements and Electives as of May 21, 2011. This is definitely a notch up in the scouting world form what we did as Tigers and Wolves.

Color Guard at the Braves Game

Due to unusual circumstances, Pack 471 was given the opportunity to select 4 scouts to participate in the Color Guard for the National Anthem at the Atlanta Braves game on Sunday 4/10/11. What an honor and a thrill for the scouts! All did a fabulous job!

Den 11 Calendar

Calendar Update as of 4/11/2011

April 14, 2011 Den Meeting and all Wolf Party

Pizza Party

6:30 - 7:30 PM

April 21, 2011 Pack Meeting & Ice Cream Social

Garrison Mill Covered Playground

April 23, 2011 Den Meeting - Dobbins Air Force Base Outdoor Aviation Museum 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

April 26, 2011: Pack Orientation to Summer Camps. If you are thinking about attending the Summer Day Camp or Resident Camp you should attend.

Garrison Mill

6:30 - 7:30 PM

May 5, 2011 Den Meeting - Elective 5, “Spare Time Fun” (Make and fly Kites)

Leita Thompson Memorial Park

6:00 -7:00 PM TBD

May 14-15, 2011 Space Camp

Huntsville, AL

May 21, 2011 Pack Meeting - Cross-over to Bear and Rocket Launch

May 28, 2011 Memorial Day Flag Ceremony

Marietta National Cemetary

June 2, 2011 Den Meeting - Whittling Badge

Location: TBD

June 13-17, 2011 Foothills District Summer Day Camp

June 30, 2011 Den Meeting - Finish Whittling Badge and work on Emergency Preparedness Pin

July 17-20, 2011 Bear/Wolf Resident Camp - Bert Adams

July 23, 2011 Pack Picnic - Jefferson Township

July 28, 2011 Den Meeting - Finish Emergency Preparedness Pin

Placement of Arrow Points

Congratulations to all Den 11 scouts and parents for achieving the Wolf Badge. I am very proud of each of the boys and thankful for the support from each of the families in the Den.

Each scout received their Wolf Badge and a number of arrow points. I wanted to share my experience with the sewing of the arrow points on the uniform which was not easy. I first tried to sew them on individually and they ended up crooked and uneven. I finally decided to put a drop of hot glue and place them on the uniform then sew. This worked much better. Please refer to the pictures for placement of the Wolf Badge and arrow points. The Gold Arrow Point is located 3/4 inches below the Wolf Badge.

Also, it is worth mentioning all the recognition that the Den received at the Blue and Gold Banquet. This would not be possible without the great group of parents that is supporting the scouts. 3rd Place in the Table Center Piece Contest, Jack Hunter received first place in the Pinewood Derby for the Wolf Rank, Alex Betts received first place for Best In Show for his Pinewood Derby, Jack Hunter and Daniel Lee tied for winning the Moon Walk Contest, and Den 11 was able to receive their Wolf Badges at the Blue and Gold Banquet right on target with our goal. I was also very impressed with the cakes from Den 11.

Wolf Badge & Blue and Gold Banquet

My apologies for not getting a Den schedule out sooner. I needed to get a few things to drop in place first. We are making our push for the Wolf Badge while preparing for the Blue and Gold Banquet. Here are the upcoming dates then for Den 11:

1. 2/3/2011 PTA Flag Ceremony at Garrison Mill Elementary. We are supporting Den 12 who will be short a few scouts for this night. Please let me know if you are coming or not. Scouts should wear full Class A uniform.

2. 2/12/2011 Den Meeting at Frank Hunters House from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
- Finish up Character Connections for Achievements 11 & 12
- Opportunity for Scouts to present or demonstrate any requirements for Achievements, Electives, or Belt Loops
- Decorate Blue and Gold Table Center Piece
- Practice Blue and Gold Skit

3. 2/13/2011 Blue and Gold Banquet at Garrison Mill Elementary from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
- Come in full Class A Uniform
- Den and Individual Pictures. A photographer will be on site to take our Den Picture and individual Scout Pictures. You can also pose with your son for a photo.
- Remember the Father & Son Cake Contest
- Bring Pinewood Derby for Car Judging Event (Scouts will vote on best cars)
- Tallent Show
- Skits
- Receive Wolf Badge
- Bring Cameras
Please report your progress toward the Wolf Badge. In my conversations this past week, everyone has indicated they have completed or are close. I will be ordering the Wolf Badges then for presentation at the Blue and Gold. I will also order any Arrow Points (for electives) that have already been recorded.

Den 11 Update

Yesterday we completed Achievement 5, “Tools for Fixing and Building.” We had a great time at Lowes building a game box and learning about different tools.

I will be calling

each family to talk about what Achievements need to be completed over the next month on the path to earning the Wolf Badge. All the remaining achievements are to be completed with the family and then we will talk about them at our Den Meetin

gs. That means that if you are caught up on everything as of today, you will need to complete Achievements 8, 10, 11, & 12 as a family and report your progress.

Upcoming Events

1/12/2011 Achievement Report Due for any Belt Loops or Activity Pins earned over the past month. Awards will be presented at the next Pack Meeting. Send an e-mail or call Dan Betts with your updates.

1/18/2011 We will have our next Den Meeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. I will let everyone know the details as we get closer to this date. Dan Betts will bring a scale for scouts to weigh their cars if they are ready.

1/21/2011 Pack Meeting on Friday, January 21, 2011. We will have our sign up for Space Camp so be sure to be there. The cost will be around $100 per person. If you sold $300 or more of popcorn this year, the plan is that the Pack will cover this fee for the boys. Be sure to bring your check book and get signed up at this time. Also, bring a sleeping bag, bean bag, or blanket to watch the movie, “Down and Derby.” The pack will be making popcorn. Note: I will not be at this Pack Meeting. I will be on the Scouters Winter Camp (SWC). This is an adult leader training event camping at Woodruff Scout Reservation. A scale will be available to weigh Pinewood Derby cars.

1/27-28/2011 Weigh-in and Quarantine. All Pinewood Derby racers must have their care weighed in and then quarantined prior to the race (same as last year). Watch for specific instructions.

1/29/2011 Pinewood Derby: Watch for schedule and activities to be posted on the Pack Website.

2/3/2011 February Den 11 Meeting: We will be wrapping up our records on Achievements and talking about electives. We will also be working on our Den 11 table centerpiece for the Blue & Gold Banquet. Dave Grachen, Dan Lee, and Frank Hunter will be pulling together the supplies and prepping the center piece for final completion. We may need to have a second session to complete the centerpiece. Who has the February Den Meetings?

Correction

Correction

This Saturday, January 8th at 10 a.m. will be the next All Wolf Den meeting. We will be meeting at the Lowes in Woodstock at

575 MOLLY LANE
WOODSTOCK, GA 30189

We will be building a game container as part of the Lowe's Kid's workshop they hold each second Saturday of the month. Please wear your dress A uniforms.