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.