Scout Sunday, Pancake Breakfast, and Award Ceremony

Scout Sunday 2020This Sunday, February 9th, is Scout Sunday. A day that the Boy Scouts of America sets aside to recognize the contributions of young people and adults in Scouting. It is a day that all of our scouting units come together and represent our units, and scouting, to the congregation of Saints United Lutheran Church.  As our chartered organization, it allows the congregation to see that the program which they support is alive and flourishing. All units, the pack, the troops, and the crew will be in attendance.

Immediately following service we are hosting a free pancake breakfast/brunch for the congregation as well as the scouts who attended the service, along with their immediate family members, as a way of saying thank you for all of their support. This will give an opportunity for the congregation to meet some of the scouts, scout families, as well as a way for the scout units to thank the congregation for their support over the years.

Finally, Pack 1776 will be holding a pack meeting after the pancake breakfast where we will hold a bobcat ceremony for those who recently joined as well as award the scouts what they have recently earned.

We ask that all scouts arrive by 9:15 AM, and that the scouts be in uniform. Newer scouts who do not yet have a uniform should wear something nice.

For those who cannot attend the service but wish to attend the pancake breakfast, we are requesting a donation of $5 per person. [edit: Yes, this is all you can eat.]

Bear Update 01/27/2020

Bear Adventure: Grin and Bear ItOn Monday the Bears started working on the Grin and Bear It Adventure. We covered what the adventure entailed and how we will complete while doing some painting and telling some great jokes.  We are keeping the details a “secret” until we are completed and ready to share with everyone.

If you wish to review a bit more about Grin and Bear It, just click the link to review the requirements.

Tigers (1/27/20)

Hello all!! This week in the Tiger den we covered TIGER BITES requirement and SAFE & SMART elective. We all brought yummy and healthy snacks to share, we talked about healthy food choices and not so healthy choices. For our elective we discussed what to do in an emergency; who to call, how to react and respond.

Wolves have mad Paws of Skill!

Physical Fitness Academics & Sports EmblemWolves were on fire tonight with adrenaline!  We learned about the many benefits of exercise, physically and mentally and the importance of stretching, in addition to learning specific stretches and exercises, what we really came away with was Exercise isn’t a chore or a drag. You don’t have to just do push-ups or jumping jacks – exercise is found in many activities – especially play. EXERCISE IS FUN!!  Join us next week when we wrap up this adventure with a friendly soccer game between dens – what better way to  demonstrate the good sportsmanship we discussed tonight!  And PARENTS- we’d love for you to join us, so gear up! See you next week.

Webelos Update 01/20/2020

Webelos Adventure: Cast Iron ChefLast evening, the Webelos began working on the requirements towards the Cast Iron Chef. We discussed nutrition, as well as the importance of establishing nutritional goals & creating a food journal. All scouts were asked to assist, their families, with preparing one nutritious meal this week.

I have also included a link for a template that your child can use to start creating a food journal for the week. They can also use this template to begin brainstorming nutritional goals for themselves.

I can’t wait to hear about what the scouts cooked this Monday during our Den meeting.

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Webelos Food Journal

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Wolf Den – January 20, 2020

Wolf Elective Adventure: Adventures in CoinsTonight was spent learning the value of money and how it’s minted. We identified the different markings and what they signify, explored the differences in weight and size and metal, recognized the values and played a coin toss game.

Congratulations to tonight’s attendees for earning your adventures in coins belt loop! We concluded the night with a review of Bobcat and the meanings behind the oath, law, scout sign and handshake. See you all next week!

Tiger den: 1/20/20

Tiger Parents, Tonight we reviewed the Bobcat requirements. Please also review them with your Cubs at home, they are as follows:

1. Scout Oath

On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my county.  and to obey the scout law;  to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong,  mentally awake and morally straight.

2. Scout Law

A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.

3. The Cub Scout Sign.

The Cub Scout Sign is 2 fingers, held high. It means you are ready to listen. It’s made with the right arm held high and straight up above the shoulder, with the index and middle fingers forming a V.

4. The Cub Scout Handshake.

The handshake is done by putting the index and middle fingers of the right hand against the other person’s wrist when shaking hands.

5. Cub Scout Motto.

Do your best.

6. Cub Scout Salute.

The salute is made by joining the index and middle fingers of the right hand (holding the other fingers with the thumb) and toughing the extended fingers to either the forehead or hat visor.

We will review these for the next few weeks at beginning of our meetings.        If you have any questions/comments/concerns please don’t hesitate to email me at: stracey@scouting1776.org

Have a fantastic week! See you all next Monday!

Bear Den Update 01/20/2020

Bear Adventure: Super ScienceTonight the bear den completed the Super Science Adventure in full (requirements 1 through 5). While the Bear Scout may have gotten a little messy they gained a lot of knowledge. With science being an everyday wonder that Scouts can learn more about by simply using ordinary household supplies, their actions created amazing reactions in fun investigations while exploring static electricity, oil and water, sinking versus floating, and color morphing and layering.

The specific requirements covered were:

  1. Make static electricity by rubbing a balloon or a plastic or rubber comb against another material, such as a fleece blanket or wool sweater. Explain what you learned.
  2. Conduct one other static electricity investigation. Explain what you learned.
  3. Do a sink-or-float investigation. Explain what you learned.
  4. Do a color-morphing investigation. Explain what you learned.
  5. Do a color-layering investigation. Explain what you learned.

Their takeaways for the evening were: following directions; introduction to the scientific method; learning the scientific law of action and reaction; and finding new ways to be creative.

Here are a few of their creations:

Super Science - Color Layering & Density Bear Adventure: Super Science

 

All Dens Update – Monday Jan 13

Round-RobinOn Monday night the Cub Scouts participated in a “round-robin” style activity where they covered several topics and were able to learn about several people that made their mark in history including several inventors and what they invented along with getting to make scout-friendly versions of some of these inventions themselves:

  • They learned how to build a catapult, like the great Archimedes who is credited with improving the power and accuracy of the catapult. The scouts did this using everyday supplies like popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a spoon. This activity was a fun way to get the scouts engaged in engineering and physics as they utilize things like stored energy, gravity, and the laws of motion while exercising their cognitive and motor skills with easy problem solving and building something on a smaller scale.
  • They then got to express their creativity by designing and building their own paper airplanes. Like the Wright Brothers before them, they were able to experience basic flight, see various flight patterns, and witness things like the Bernulli principle in action as their new creations took flight across the gym in some friendly competition for a coveted dinosaur.
  • Lastly, they learned that science, engineering, and inventions reach everywhere as they received an introduction to the music arts and Christian Buschmann, the credited inventor of the harmonica. They combined these fields by building and playing their own harmonicas; where they even experimented and learned how different sized pieces led to different sounds.

The scouts had a lot of fun and it was exciting to hear the facts that they already knew about some of the people who paved the way for us; George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edision, and of course Lord Baden Powell the founder of scouting.

In the course of the evening, some of the dens were able to complete a few requirements for elective adventures. They were:

  • Wolves – Air of the Wolf requirements 1a, 2b
  • Bears – Baloo the Builder requirement 3b
  • Webelos/Arrow of Light – Maestro requirement 2a

 

Parent Meeting January 13

PARENT MEETING JANUARY 13, 7:00 PM

Welcome back Pack 1776! It’s a brand new year filled with brand new excitement for our scouts!  Ordinarily, we do general announcements after each meeting, but this Monday, January 13, we will be holding a parent meeting while our scouts are enjoying their activities.  We have a lot of important information for you, so we are really counting on you to be there.  Topics will include changes, improvements, plans for the pack, upcoming events and our winter awards service.  We hope you had a wonderful holiday break and we are looking forward to seeing you Monday at 7:00 PM!