Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Coming Soon:
Hi, Scouters!
Lots of info in this one! (And time sensitive, too.)
We have a family campout coming up Fri-Sat, March 18-19 (the second weekend of Spring Break - Fri evening to Saturday afternoon). It will be at Camp Strake off of 336 South. All cub scouts and their families are invited to attend. Each cub scout must have a parent/guardian present to attend. The cost will be $5 per person (which includes campsite fee & two meals). Money is due to Rod Morrow or Sara Blaney by Thu, Feb 10. That is next week! FYI: that means tents, campfires, running water, toilets, and showers!
More details to come.
A little heads-up: Thu, Feb 17 meeting will be a field trip. (Still 7-8pm and in Conroe) Details TBA
Coming up on Sat, Feb 26 at 9am, we have the annual Blue & Gold Banquet, where we celebrate the birthday of Boy Scouts of America. We will again have a pancake breakfast along with an awards ceremony. We are asking families to contribute ingredients & equipment for the banquet such as eggs, pancake mix, fresh fruit, milk, orange juice, electric skillets, etc. We will have a sign-up sheet very soon. (The items should be brought by Thu, Feb 24.) The boys will be serving, but we could use some help cooking. Cubscouts should be in full uniform.
Also coming up is the deadline for summer cubcamp pre-registration. This is not only a LOT of fun, but they can pass off a lot of requirements for their rank badges, and you won't find many other summer camps for the same price.
* Camp will be Jun 13 – 17 from 8am to 3pm. The cost last year was $45 per cubscout if you pre-register by the deadline. If you wait, it goes up $10 or $15. We're still getting details about cost and deadlines from the district and will let you know ASAP.
* Be prepared to submit the following items:
1) medical form, 2) insurance card, 3) application for camp, 4) payment (We still have medical forms and insurance cards on file for those Webelos that went to Webelos Woods in November. These are good for 1 year.)
Payment should be made on a tithing slip (in the "other" section write "cubscouts").
* Every cubscout attending camp has to arrange for an adult to help as a den walker for at least 1 day of the camp. This can be a parent, grandparent, friend, another scout's parent, someone, as long as they register and go through the Youth Protection Training (found at myscouting.org). Cost for adult volunteers is $10 (Conroe 1st will pay for Conroe 1st parents/den walkers) which includes a t-shirt.
Finally,
We are really struggling with not having enough den leaders for the boys. So, we are asking for parent volunteers who would be willing to assist on Thursday nights. (We have a couple who have already been a big help. Thank you!) You don't have to plan the meetings, just be there to assist. Youth Protection Training and background check are a pre-requisite (instructions for these are here: http://cubs1045.blogspot.com/2010/10/attention-leaders-committee-members.html) I understand if you cannot add another committment to your list, but it would make a big difference if I have a list of people willing to take turns as the need arises.
Thank you!
Lots of info in this one! (And time sensitive, too.)
We have a family campout coming up Fri-Sat, March 18-19 (the second weekend of Spring Break - Fri evening to Saturday afternoon). It will be at Camp Strake off of 336 South. All cub scouts and their families are invited to attend. Each cub scout must have a parent/guardian present to attend. The cost will be $5 per person (which includes campsite fee & two meals). Money is due to Rod Morrow or Sara Blaney by Thu, Feb 10. That is next week! FYI: that means tents, campfires, running water, toilets, and showers!
More details to come.
A little heads-up: Thu, Feb 17 meeting will be a field trip. (Still 7-8pm and in Conroe) Details TBA
Coming up on Sat, Feb 26 at 9am, we have the annual Blue & Gold Banquet, where we celebrate the birthday of Boy Scouts of America. We will again have a pancake breakfast along with an awards ceremony. We are asking families to contribute ingredients & equipment for the banquet such as eggs, pancake mix, fresh fruit, milk, orange juice, electric skillets, etc. We will have a sign-up sheet very soon. (The items should be brought by Thu, Feb 24.) The boys will be serving, but we could use some help cooking. Cubscouts should be in full uniform.
Also coming up is the deadline for summer cubcamp pre-registration. This is not only a LOT of fun, but they can pass off a lot of requirements for their rank badges, and you won't find many other summer camps for the same price.
* Camp will be Jun 13 – 17 from 8am to 3pm. The cost last year was $45 per cubscout if you pre-register by the deadline. If you wait, it goes up $10 or $15. We're still getting details about cost and deadlines from the district and will let you know ASAP.
* Be prepared to submit the following items:
1) medical form, 2) insurance card, 3) application for camp, 4) payment (We still have medical forms and insurance cards on file for those Webelos that went to Webelos Woods in November. These are good for 1 year.)
Payment should be made on a tithing slip (in the "other" section write "cubscouts").
* Every cubscout attending camp has to arrange for an adult to help as a den walker for at least 1 day of the camp. This can be a parent, grandparent, friend, another scout's parent, someone, as long as they register and go through the Youth Protection Training (found at myscouting.org). Cost for adult volunteers is $10 (Conroe 1st will pay for Conroe 1st parents/den walkers) which includes a t-shirt.
Finally,
We are really struggling with not having enough den leaders for the boys. So, we are asking for parent volunteers who would be willing to assist on Thursday nights. (We have a couple who have already been a big help. Thank you!) You don't have to plan the meetings, just be there to assist. Youth Protection Training and background check are a pre-requisite (instructions for these are here: http://cubs1045.blogspot.com/2010/10/attention-leaders-committee-members.html) I understand if you cannot add another committment to your list, but it would make a big difference if I have a list of people willing to take turns as the need arises.
Thank you!
Pine Wood Derby
Wow! That was a great derby!
Congratulations to our top racers this year:
1st Place - Nicholas
2nd Place - Jack
3rd Place - Robert
There were a lot of really neat cars out there. Great job, cubscouts!
Videos can be seen at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/watchyadoing
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Pack Meeting Thursday, December 16
It's almost time for our December Pack Meeting! Please turn in all achievements by Thu, Dec 9. Also, if anyone has pictures of our Cub Scout activities, I would love to put them on the site. (contact Sara Blaney)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
On Earning the Rank of Eagle
Mike Rowe, an Eagle Scout and the star of cable TV show Dirty Jobs responded to a dad's request for help in convincing his son to finish scouting with only a year and half left to go. I thought you'd be interested in his reply:
Quote:
Kelby,
Your Dad asked me to drop you a line and say something inspirational that might persuade you to dig down deep and find the determination to make the rank of Eagle Scout. It's a reasonable request, from a father who obviously wants to see his son succeed. But here's the thing - The Eagle Award is not really meant for people who need to be dragged across the finish line. It's meant for a select few, and I have no idea if you have the guts to see it through.
Statistically, I suspect you do not. Only one out of a hundred Scouts make Eagle, so if you fail, there will be lots of other people with whom you can share excuses. Quitting now might disappoint your Dad, but I doubt that he or anyone else will be overly surprised. Anytime 99 out of 100 people do the same thing, it's not exactly a shock.
I'm not trying to be cute with a bunch of reverse psychology. When I was 15, there was nothing that anyone could have said to me that would have inspired me to do something I didn't want to do, especially a stranger with a TV show. So I'm not going to assume you're any different, or pretend that I have some influence or insight that you haven't already heard from a dozen other people who actually know and care about you. I'll just tell you straight up, that doing something extraordinary can be very lonely, and most people simply aren't cut out for it. Being an Eagle Scout requires you to be different than most everyone around you, and being different is really, really hard. That's why the award is called "an accomplishment."
Personally, and for whatever it's worth, the best decisions I've made in my own life, are those decisions that put me on the outside of being cool. Singing in the Opera, working in home shopping, starring in the school play when the entire football team laughed at me, and especially earning my Eagle, were all choices that required sacrifice, hard work, and delayed gratification. I have no idea if you possess those qualities, or even envy them. But I can tell you for certain, that NOT getting your Eagle, will be one of the easiest things you've ever done.
Whatever you decide to do Kelby, it's important to remember that the decision is yours. Not your Dad's, not your friend's, and not your Scoutmaster's. And you'll own that decision for the rest of your life.
Good Luck, Mike Rowe
Monday, November 1, 2010
October Achievements
Great Job, Cub Scouts!
The following awards were presented at the October Pack Meeting:
Wolves:
Jack - Wolf Badge, Gold Arrow
Robert - Wolf Badge, Gold Arrow, Silver Arrow
Bears:
Bears:
Eli - Bear Badge
Webelos:
Hayden - Traveler Pin
Warren - Traveler Pin
Samuel - Traveler Pin
Richard - Traveler Pin
Matthew - Traveler Pin, Fitness Pin
Warren - Traveler Pin
Samuel - Traveler Pin
Richard - Traveler Pin
Matthew - Traveler Pin, Fitness Pin
Duke - Traveler Pin, Outdoor Activity Award
*Although the main badge that the boys work all year for is their rank badge
(Wolf, Bear, Webelos), there are many other awards available.
If you would like to work on some of these at home, here is a good reference site: http://usscouts.org/awards.asp (scroll down to Cub Scout Awards) or here: http://www.boyscouttrail.com/awards.asp (click on boy's rank)
We will present these at a pack meeting, however, due to budget limitations, families
will have to purchase these extra awards on their own (usually less than $2 each).
(Wolf, Bear, Webelos), there are many other awards available.
If you would like to work on some of these at home, here is a good reference site: http://usscouts.org/awards.asp (scroll down to Cub Scout Awards) or here: http://www.boyscouttrail.com/awards.asp (click on boy's rank)
We will present these at a pack meeting, however, due to budget limitations, families
will have to purchase these extra awards on their own (usually less than $2 each).
Monday, October 25, 2010
Pack Meeting this Thursday, Oct 28
Here are the assignments for Oct 28 Pack Meeting (your cub scout received a note abt 2 weeks ago):
Theme: Citizenship
Wolves:
Set-up/Greeters (arrive 10 min. early)
Perform a skit on Service/“Good turn” (Faith in God – Developing Talents)
Home Assignment – 2a - meaning of Pledge of Allegiance
Bears:
Opening ceremony
Home Assignment – 3b - 2 famous Americans and how they improve our lives
3j - people who serve our country (including “normal” people)
Webelos:
Refreshments
Home Assignment -
Citizenship 8 – Make a poster showing things you can do to be a good citizen
12 - Tell about a boy that you think is a good citizen and why
13 - Tell about 3 people that you think are good citizens and why
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