Dec 2

The scouts played games & earned elective points.

Jump rope
Marbles
Washer toss
Bean drop
Basketball
Jumping

Nov 11 Wolf Achievement 4 & 9

As we gathered for the meeting the boys designed a poster on what Citizenship is to them. The posters will be hung up at next weeks pack meeting. This fulfills Citizenship belt loop requirement 2.

Achievement 4 a-e (handouts) & the airport tour in January will fulfill requirement 4f.
Achievement 9 d -good rules of the road, 9b & c should be completed at home with the Akela.

The boys were awarded the Instant Recognition Totem "Progress Towards Rank" & 1 yellow bead for completing the first 3 Achievements.

Handouts:
Chore chart for Citizenship
Emergency Blank List
Home Fire Drill
Home Safety Checklist

Can be found on the right side below the Calendar list under Printable PDFs. You can print as many lists/charts/chores that you need.

Veterans Day Nov 11

Things to do with your scout this Veterans Day.

Veterans Memorial Park and Museum, 3602 U.S. 301 N., Tampa; (813) 310-8513. 11 a.m. The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County will offer hot dogs and drinks, military drill demonstrations and museum tours.

Veterans Park, next to Safety Harbor Marina, 400 Veterans Memorial Way; (727) 724-1572, 11 a.m.; the event will include the posting of the colors, a 21-gun salute, a wreath toss and patriotic songs by the Espiritu Santo Elementary School chorus. American Legion Post 238 will have a holiday card drive for soldiers and encourages visitors to bring cards for military members serving overseas.

Service Project - Working towards Citizenship Belt Loop

Please bring to den meeting Nov 11.

Food collection for the Thanksgiving, fill a brown bag with:
Bag of Sugar
(2) Tin of tomatoes
(2) Tin of Tuna
Peanut Butter (plastic jar)
Bag of dry beans (2 lbs)
Long grain white rice (2lbs)
(2) Tin of Corn
Bag of Flour
Jelly (plastic)
Cooking Oil
Mac & Cheese (2 boxes)

Have the scout shop for the food & help pay for it with chore/allowance money. They will get a greater grasp of helping the needy when they put forth the effort & money.



Citizenship Belt Loop Requirement (workbook pdf)

Complete these three requirements:

1. Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.
2. Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen.
3. Participate in a family, den, or school service project.

• Wolf Achievement 4e. could be partially met by Cub Scout Citizenship Belt Loop requirement 1
• Wolf Achievement 4f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Citizenship Pin requirements 5, 6, 7, or 10
• Wolf Achievement 9b. and c. could be partially met while completing Cub Scout Citizenship Pin requirement 4

Wolf Electives

• Wolf Elective 12f. could be completed while completing Cub Scout Citizenship Belt Loop requirement 2

Nov 4 Wolf Achievement 3

Review healthy habits in the Wolf handbook (req. 3a)

Review the four ways to stop a cold in the Wolf handbook (req. 3b)

Do the First Aid Demo for cuts (req. 3c)

Home activities: Complete Elective 16a-c & Health Chart for 2 weeks (req. 3a)

Trick or Treat Oct 28

The boys Trick or Treated at the retirement home. Most of the boys from the pack should up on time and waited anxiously for the party to start. Lots of distinctive costumes & happy faces.

Pack Meeting Oct 21

Den Meeting Oct 14

The den completed the Flag Activities in the Wolf book Achievement 2.

How to properly fold a flag.
Proper care of a flag.
Flag ceremony
Outdoor flag ceremony.
How to raise a flag.
Which flag is your state flag? A handout of the Florida flag that explains what makes up the flag.

Wolf Cub Rank

To earn the Wolf rank a Cub Scout must complete 58 tasks out of a possible 74 tasks that are offered in the Wolf handbook. Note that these activities are primarily done at home and signed off by the parent after the boy has completed each task.
Most dens aim to earn their main rank in time for it to be awarded at the Blue and Gold Banquet pack meeting which is March, so we should aim to earn our Wolf Cub patches at that pack meeting as well, if possible.

Progress Towards RankAs a Wolf or Bear, when he completes his first three achievements, the Progress Toward Ranks totem is presented to him. It's a diamond with a thong attached and a bead slipped on the thong. It is worn on the button of the right shirt pocket as a temporary badge. For every three achievements completed by the scout as a Wolf, he will receive a gold bead. For every 3 achievements earned as a Bear, he will receive a red bead.
These beads will be presented at den meetings. After he gets his fourth bead, he has completed the requirements for his rank badge (either Wolf or Bear) which will be awarded at a pack meeting.

Cub Scouts may continue to wear this emblem after ranks are earned until they become Webelos Scouts.

Electives -Arrow Point Trail

AFTER a Wolf Cub Scout earns his Wolf Badge he may begin earning Arrow Points in the Electives section of his book.
He may work on his "Arrow Point Trail" at any time, however he cannot receive Arrow Points until AFTER he has earned the Wolf Badge.

GOLD ARROW POINT: For the FIRST 10 arrow points completed in the "Electives" section of his book, the Wolf Cub earns his GOLD ARROW POINT.

SILVER ARROW POINTS: For EACH 10 arrow points completed (AFTER HE EARNS THE GOLD ARROW POINT) the Wolf Cub earns a SILVER ARROW POINT.

He may earn any number of SILVER ARROW POINTS, but he may only earn ONE GOLD ARROW POINT for the first 10 elective points that he completes.

First meeting & Wildlife Conservation loop

The boys completed achievement one from the Wolf Book - Feats of Skill. They also traced and cut out a hand print for the Den flag that we are putting together to represent our den at camp outs & gathering.
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Info for the scouts who participated Sept 25 Coastal Clean Up.Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

1. Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.
2. Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.
3. Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your den that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it.

Wolf Achievements:

• 7b. Protecting natural resources - see Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Loop requirement #1.
• 7d. Service project - Clean up litter - see Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #9.

Wolf Electives:

• Elective 12f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement 2

Rockets

We had a fun & hot time Saturday blasting off our homemade rockets. Everyone walked away with their fingers and toys, only one boy lost his rocket - the trees wanted it.

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July Rockets

In July we will be meeting at the local Publix to build the birdie rockets (see below) and the following week we will be launching our rockets.

Hurricane preparedness

As we head into hurricane season, we all need to be ready for an emergency. Check out FEMA site to put a kit together, go over the family emergency drill and to learn why hurricanes are a BIG DEAL.

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