Spook-O-Ree

October 28-30 at Camp Brorein (PDF file)

Several times during the Scouting year, the Gulf Ridge Council conducts Cub Scout camping weekends full of fun and adventure. These weekends offer Cub Scouts the opportunity to spend the weekend camping with their parents and any other family members. The weekend will be exciting and fun filled. There will be BB guns, Archery, haunted trail, games and more. Hope to see you on the trail!

Registration & Payments are due by the 27 September meeting or a late fee will be applied. T-shirts, extra patches & water bottles will not be available to order after the 30 September date. Final cut-off is 12 October.

Check in time: 6-9pm Friday and from 8am to 9am Saturday morning.
Check out time: Saturday evening at 6pm or Sunday Morning by 11am.

Popcorn

Tuesday, October 18 - Take Orders Due
Saturday, November 12 - Take Orders Distribution

Payment for popcorn can be in the form of cheques, money orders and cash. Cheques payable to Pack 47.

Bear - 13 Sept

Today we covered: Bobcat (Bobcat 1-7), The Past is Exciting and Important (Ach. 8c,8d, 8g), Building Muscles (Ach. 16a) and Character Connection for Respect.

Home assignments for next week: Bobcat 8, Achievements 3b—Help your scout with finding out about two famous Americans and be able to share with the den next week, Ach. 8d Family Tree (PDF will download) and Ach. 16a.—record weekly results for sit-ups & push-ups.

The scout will need a 3 ring binder with page protectors for a scrapbook. They will save & store achievements.

Bear - At Home Achievements

Here are the achievements from your son’s handbook that must
be completed by you, at home, where you—as “Akela,” a Leader—should review that with your
son, and sign off in the handbook when it is complete (these might be assigned, as in they will tie into meeting plans):

Bobcat 8: Complete the exercises in the parent’s guide, How to Protect Your Children From
Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.

Achievement 1: Ways We Worship

• Achievement 1a: Complete the Character Connection for Faith
• • Know: Name some people in history who have shown great faith. Discuss with an adult
• how faith has been important at a particular point in his or her life.
• • Commit: Discuss with an adult how having faith and hope will help you in your life, and
• also discuss some ways that you can strengthen your faith.
• • Practice: Practice your faith as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue,
• mosque, or religious fellowship.
• Achievement 1b: Make a list of things you can do this week to practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. Check them off your list as you complete them.

Achievement 3b: With the help of parents, Cub Scouts should find out about two famous Americans.

Achievement 7: Law Enforcement:

• Achievement 7c (“Help with crime prevention for your home.”)
• Achievement 7d (“Be sure you know where to get help in your neighborhood.”)
• Achievement 7e (“Learn the phone numbers to use in an emergency. Post them by each
• phone in your home.”)

Achievement 8d: Complete the family tree.

Achievement 9: What’s Cooking:

• Achievement 9c (“With an adult, prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.”)
  

Achievement 11: Be Ready:

• Achievement 11e (“With your family, plan escape routes from your home and have a practice drill.”)
  

Achievement 13: Saving Well, Spending Well. They must complete four of the seven
available choices:

• Achievement 13a Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member of your family.
• Achievement 13b Set up a savings account.
• Achievement 13c Keep a record of how you spend money for two weeks.
• Achievement 13d Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family.
• Achievement 13e Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian.
• Achievement 13f Play a board game with your family that involves the use of play money.
• Achievement 13g With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person in your home
• to eat one meal.

Achievement 14g (“Plan and take a family bike hike.”)

Achievement 17a (“With an adult in your family, choose a TV show. Watch it together.”) See
page 137 in the Bear Handbook for further discussion points.

Achievement 17d (“Use a computer to get information. Write, spell-check, proofread, and print
out a report on what you learned.”)

Achievement 20: Sawdust and Nails:

• Achievement 20c (“Use at least two tools listed in requirement (a) to fix something.”)