Whitman Pack 22: Wolf, Tiger and Lion Dens

Great job tonight scouts with your egg drop designs and building kits!!!

Good Morning Cubs!

I wanted to send a quick reminder of our plan for the den meeting tomorrow night. We will be doing our "Egg Drop Design" test! Please bring your built design for the egg drop. After we test your designs, we will discuss any changes you would have made. We will do this first promptly at 630pm so we can use the balcony before the Troop starts.

We will then be working on building a wood kit. Please bring in a hammer if you have one available at home. I will have a few extras if you need one. You and your adult helper will built your kit together to be able to take home and decorate.

See you all tomorrow!

Good Morning Bear/Wolf/Tiger/Lion Families!

We will be meeting for pack meeting tonight for our songs and skits. Please remind your scouts we will be doing the following songs/skits tonight:

"No Skit"
"Duck Food"
"Infantry...."

Please also have your scout bring their art canvas painted with their outdoor scene. I will be finishing up the centerpiece for Saturday.

See you tonight!

Good morning Lions/Tigers/wolves! Can't wait to see you all tonight. We will be meeting in the downstairs kitchen. We will start talking about our upcoming fishing derby and practicing our rod set up. If you have a fishing rod, feel free to bring it to the meeting tonight. If not, I do have extra to share. See you all at 6:30pm! 🐟🐟

Good Afternoon Wolves/Tigers/Lions! We are back together tonight at 630pm and I can't wait to see you all. In preparation for our outing next week at Whitman Police Department, please bring your bike helmets with you to the den meeting.

I hope everyone is having a great week 2 of scout activities. Wolves are working with coins tonight.... I would love to see pictures of your fun as well.

Blue and Gold Banquet....💙💛

Good Morning All! The weatherman got it right with this snow. The roads do look a bit slick and slushy this morning. We will be cautious and not attend Scout Sunday this morning. We will see you all on Thursday! As a reminder, if you are planning on attending the Blue and Gold on Saturday, February 15th please order your tickets via venmo or message me your family headcount as soon as possible so we know the number for Food orders. Tickets are $12/pp... have a great school week!

We are getting closer to the Blue and Gold and have some great raffles ready for you! Every year the scratch ticket raffle is a big hit and we are asking for families to help pull it together. If you are able to help, please consider purchasing a scratch ticket of any denomination to donate towards the board. Please bring them to the den meetings this week and hand in to your leaders. They will be collected and put together for a raffle prize.

We will also be working on our centerpieces for the night of the event. If your scout has/does participate in any sports, please have them wear or bring their sports gear/team shirt/ sports outfits to the meeting on Thursday as we will be taking pictures as part of our centerpiece work.

Great job today Scouts! You all did so well in your races and showed great sportsmanship! We will be working on our Blue and Gold centerpiece during our meeting this week. The theme is Sports. Bring your creativity!!!

Good Afternoon Scouts! I sent out an email, but also adding the memo here....

I wanted to get a few reminders and preview of upcoming attractions to help with planning purposes.

January Pack Meeting: We will be having our January Pack Meeting this Thursday, January 30th in the gym. Please bring your pinewood derby cars for impound- we will weight them and pack them away for race day. If you have any squirrel/sibling cars, please bring those as well. We will be doing songs and skits, so remind your scouts we will be doing "No Skit", "Worlds Famous Chocolate" and "Duck Food". Bring your dance moves for Pop-See-Ko as well.

Pinewood Derby: The Derby is scheduled for Saturday, February 1st at the Spellman Center. Mr. Marks sent out a facebook reminder and ask for help for setting up that day. If you can come a bit early and help out to get the day going, please respond on his sing-up genius. Many hands make light work and it should be a fun day for all! As a reminder, for newer scouts, we will have food/concessions available for purchase on race day and please have your scouts in Class A uniforms for the event.

Scout Sunday: Pack 22 has traditionally participated in Scout Sunday at Holy Ghost Church the 1st Sunday of February. We will be participating again this year on Sunday, February 2nd. This is also a Class A uniform event. It is not required for Scouts to attend, but as the church is our charter organization, we do try to have those who are able to attend do so. We meet in the lower level of church, process into the sanctuary and show reverence during the mass. If you are not of the Catholic faith and attend a different home church/religious service, we welcome you to attend there in scout uniform. More details to come on this event for Sunday morning... I will also send out the family discussion on your achievement that coincides with this event to work on independently with your scout as a family discussion.

In other upcoming events, I have scheduled a planned surgery in March. I am expected to be out of commission for at least 3-4 weeks and would like to offer a couple options for those Thursday nights to the group:

Option 1 would be to ask a parent from the group to volunteer to facilitate the meeting in person. I am happy to provide the materials, what would be covered for each meeting out of the curriculum. The dates I would be looking to have covered would be March 13th, March 20st and April 3rd. Pack meeting is scheduled for March 27th (all dens) so there will be a group activity that evening. If you are interested in offering help during 1 (or 3 evenings), please let me know.

Option 2 would be for me to provide materials and activities that you can complete with your scout at home independently as a family on the three den evenings (March 13th, March 20th and April 3rd). I would be creating a "kit" for each scout with their rank specific activities. You would be able to pull out the kit for that night, complete the requirements/activity and report back the scout's experience. This option would be if folks would prefer to not have in-person those nights or if there are no adult volunteers for option 1.

I am happy to coordinate either way, but would like to throw out both options to the group.

I would also like to ask that you spend some time with your scouts this week before Pack Meeting and next week before our next Den meeting discussing appropriate behavior. We are a group of 3 dens, which doubled in size from last year. Scouts can be fun, but I also ask that when they are at meetings that they are also respectful, in behavioral control (as much as we can for 12 kids under 8yo), and listening to directions. If you see that your scout may be struggling to focus, listen to directions or being disrespectful that you please take them aside to remind them of being respectful and then have them rejoin the group. We only have a few months left of the scout year and I want to ensure all scouts are working towards completing their requirements for their next rank and having fun at the same time. If you have any specific concerns about your scout, please feel free to speak with me privately so we can work together to provide them a positive scouting experience.

See you all Thursday and I cannot wait to see all the finished cars!

Thank you!

Sara Bennett