Bears & Webelos Progress Report: February 9, 2015

Whittling Chip CardOn Monday, February 9th, the Bears and Webelos began their annual Knife Safety training. This class is designed to teach knife safety and additional rules that must be followed.  While this is a requirement for Bears, the pack requires Webelos scouts to take the training each year as well.

Our program takes 2-3 hours depending on the attentiveness and behavior of the boys. We start with an introduction to various bladed items, teach them the differences, and validity of their usage. We then cover a series of safety requirements, administer a short test, and if they pass they will practice carving apples and soap.

  • For Bears this course will complete Bear Achievement 19: Shavings and Chips and allow your Bear to earn his Whittling Chip Card.
  • For new Webelos this isn’t a requirement for rank but the training is required to allow your Webelos to earn his Whittling Chip Card.
  • For returning Webelos who have already earned their Whittling Chip Card, this training is required by the pack in order to upkeep the privilege of the whittling chip.

We may or may not have activities that allow the use of a pocketknife and having a whittling chip card is a requirement to participate in such activities.

That said, the scouts were handed a letter, a permission slip with the safety rules, a homework sheet, as well as a copy of safety rules and care tips they can keep.  Your scout must sign the permissions slip to acknowledge the rules, and a parent or guardian must also sign the slip acknowledging the rules and giving the scout permission to participate and earn his whittling chip. This slip along with the homework sheet *MUST* be turned in on Monday February 16th.  Without these, your scout cannot earn his whittling chip.

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Whittling Chip Quiz (Homework)

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Webelos Update 2-2

Tonight, the scouts who bought rockets finished assembling them. I’d like to thank all the parents who helped glue the fins on. Their homework is to paint the rockets this week. They also need to do question #1 on the NOVA Science Everywhere paper that tWebelos Badgehey received tonight. 2 of my scouts told me that they got in trouble and were banned from all electronics. I beg you to allow them to do their scout homework. (I promised to ask!). The other Webelos earned their Artist and Scientist belt loops tonight. It may be tough to believe that they are related, but we did an experiment to see how food cuoloring travels through plants and changes the colors of a Carnation’s petals. These scouts have no homework!

Next week, we will start knife safety and the following week, the boys will carve apples and soap with plastic knives. Scouts are NOT to bring their knives to these classes.

Webelos Sleepover February 20th

SleepoverOn Friday, February 20th, the scouts are invited to spend the night working on scout skills. We will be making tie dye T-shirts and paraffin fire starters for the Craftsman Activity Badge and clay sculptures for the Artist Activity Badge. The scouts will also earn the Video Games Belt Loop, Hiking Belt Loop, Disabilities Awareness Belt Loop and the Art Belt Loop.

Saturday morning, we will take a hike along the 2.5 mile path around Lincoln High School and launch our model rockets if the weather cooperates.

Saturday is also the pinewood derby workshop. The scouts should bring their pinewood derby kits, received at the Christmas party, and will go home after the workshop. More details will be posted on the workshop in a few days.

The cost is $15 per scout and will include all materials, Friday evening snacks and Saturday’s breakfast and lunch. Please be sure your scouts have dinner of Friday night before coming any time after 6:00 PM Friday night.

We are looking for a headcount by February 2nd and payment by the 9th so we can order the cotton t-shirts for dying. We will also need your scout’s shirt size.

Please contact Brian Gallen regarding this event. His contact information can be found on the event page within the Calendar at : http://cubscoutpack1776.scouting1776.org/events/webelos-sleepover/

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Webelos Sleepover - Feb 20, 2015

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Snow Cancellation 1/26/2015

snowcloudDue to the weather we will not be meeting tonight.  The conditions aren’t expected to be safe soon and the mayor is calling for a snow emergency starting at 6:00 to keep the snow routes clear.

Therefore enjoy the evening off with your family.  Stay safe and warm, have some hot cocoa and enjoy the evening and what appears to be a snow day tomorrow.

We will meet back up on 2/2/2012.

Klondike Derby Update

The Klondike Derby *IS* still on for tomorrow.

The Derby will begin around 9:00am “Rain or Shine“.  There were a few changes sent out by district about an hour ago due to the weather.  Verbatim, here are their changes:

  1. Please be there for check in at 8:30 am. So we may promptly start at 9am.
  2. We are also asking each pack to have a volunteer or two to work at the stations. Some of our older scouts have decided not to attend tomorrow that were supposed to work the stations.
  3. Please remind everyone from your pack that it is their decision whether or not they want to attend tomorrow because of the pending weather. Also to dress for the cold and have rain gear available.
  4. We are also cutting station times down so that we may leave earlier and not have the kids out in the cold too long.

There you have it. With that said; it will be cold and their will be snow, sleet and/or rain. The high for the day is expected to be 38 degrees which means cold and wet.

BE PREPARED but more importantly make sure your boys are prepared.  In addition to dressing properly and bringing the required supplies, bring spare socks, rain gear and a heavy blanket just in case.

Dressing in layers

When it is cold outside and you are going to be out in the elements for an extended period of time it is vital that you dress in layers.  Below is some basic layering advice to assist you

  • Layer 1 – Under garments, heavy socks.
  • Layer 2 – Long Johns
    • If they are the Under Armor type, do not wear a t-shirt underneath it.
    • If you don’t have long johns then a long sleeve shirt and sweatpants work.
  • Layer 3 – Pants & Shirt
    • Pants should be something that can shield the wind; jeans are not good for this; but acceptable if the only alternative
    • Running pants and hiking pants are great, a nylon mixture not cotton.
    • These should be something that do not hold water.
  • Layer 4 – Outer Shell, Coat, Hat, Gloves, Boots, Rain Jacket/Poncho
    • A coat, while not seen as cool anymore, is your best line of defense.
    • Hoodies, even if lined, will not repel wind and moisture.
    • Don’t forget a hat and gloves. Mittens will keep your hands warmer but gloves will provide free fingers. A good combination is cotton gloves inside water proof mittens.
    • Boots are a must *AND REQUIRED*

 

 

 

Webelos Overnighter Update

Cub Scout Pack 155 Tent CampingThe Webelos were given permission to have a sleepover in the hall on Friday, February 20th since we couldn’t get the cabin for camping. This is a Webelos only event. We will be working on a bunch of our requirements. I will have more information and cost at next Monday’s meeting.

Webelos update 1-19

Webelos BadgeTonight, we started building the model rockets for our science experiment. Unfortunately, this project is going to take longer than expected. If it’s possible, could you help your sons glue the fins onto their rockets. I am going to be at the hall next Monday at 6:30 if the boys need more help. I hope to finish construction next week.

The boys who didn’t build rockets earned their marbles belt loop. This also completed the Sportsman activity for Ethan L.

Please remember that the Cub Scout Klondike derby is this Saturday. More information is on cubscoutpack1776.org

 

 

Collections

Tonight the wolves are to bring in something they collect. They will have an opportunity to talk about their collection and show the others in their den.

Tiger Cubs…Tonight

Good morning everyone! Hope you had a fantastic week/weekend! Tonight the Tiger Cubs will be doing a few things…we will be working on 5F “go outside and watch the weather”, even if we can’t go outside…we all just came in. 🙂 and we’ve had a lot of different types of weather so far this winter. We’ll then work on Elective 21, “The Show Must Go On”…we’ll be making paper bag or paper plate (your sons choice) puppets. After that, hopefully we have time and the boys are going to think up some “shows” (short skits really) to put their puppets to good use tonight. They DO NOT have to wear their uniforms, since we’ll be working with glue, markers, etc. See you all tonight!

2015 Klondike Derby

KlondikePatchThe Klondike Derby is an event modeled after the Klondike Gold Rush.  Please note that this is *NOT* the Pinewood Derby, where you work with your son to build a wooden race care.  In the Klondike Derby the scouts will be broke down into sleds (teams). They will then pull the supply filled sled from town (station) to town (station) performing activities at each town (station). The activities are themed and offer fun and/or a challenge to scout skills/scouting knowledge.

The cost of the Klondike Derby is $8 per scout and it includes (for the scout) lunch, hot cocoa, a patch and loads of fun.  .  We need a final headcount and payment no later than Monday January 19th. Parents, bring your own lunch.

The Derby will begin around 9:00am “Rain or Shine“.  Please be there no later than 8:45am.  The event coordinators are seeking volunteers to assist.  Assisting will beat standing around in the cold all day with nothing to do.

Please remember to bring your neckerchief, handbook and a bottle of water with your son’s name on it.

Now for the important stuff — IT WILL BE COLD!  The expected high at this time is 38 degrees and sunny.  At this time of the year things can change pretty quickly meaning it could be snowing, raining, warmer or colder.  BE PREPARED but more importantly make sure your boys are prepared.  In addition to dressing properly and bringing the required supplies, bring spare socks, and a heavy blanket just in case.

Dressing in layers

When it is cold outside and you are going to be out in the elements for an extended period of time it is vital that you dress in layers.  Below is some basic layering advice to assist you

  • Layer 1 – Under garments, heavy socks.
  • Layer 2 – Long Johns
    • If they are the Under Armor type, do not wear a t-shirt underneath it.
    • If you don’t have long johns then a long sleeve shirt and sweatpants work.
  • Layer 3 – Pants & Shirt
    • Pants should be something that can shield the wind; jeans are not good for this; but acceptable if the only alternative
    • Running pants and hiking pants are great, a nylon mixture not cotton.
    • These should be something that do not hold water.
  • Layer 4 – Outer Shell, Coat, Hat, Gloves, Boots, Rain Jacket/Poncho
    • A coat, while not seen as cool anymore, is your best line of defense.
    • Hoodies, even if lined, will not repel wind and moisture.
    • Don’t forget a hat and gloves. Mittens will keep your hands warmer but gloves will provide free fingers. A good combination is cotton gloves inside water proof mittens.
    • Boots are a must *AND REQUIRED*