Hello Den 4!
Plans for Somerville are getting finalized. We hope you can make the camping trip. I think this will be one of our best outings yet! With all the training that our leaders have received lately, we are ready to implement a lot of fun stuff for our kids. For details, visit the Pack Blog at www.cubpack696.blogspot.com.
I'll DO MY BEST to leave home by 4:30 after the kids get home from school so we can get to the camp site and have the banner up to identify where the camp sites are located. Travel time shows to be 2.5 hours from Dickinson to the Park (Houston traffic might slow you down). Will anyone be there earlier in the day? If so, I can hand off the banner and flags to you.
Joe is going to have a biking event for the Cubs. Please have your Cub bring a bike, or a scooter if they don't have a bike. If you are having difficulty carrying a bike, let me know. I have a bike rack and many of our Akelas have trucks that can carry a bike. Also, your cub needs to bring a helmet, as its required. In addition, elbow pads and knee pads are definitely suggested. If you have a truck and can help carry bikes, please let us know. Giving Good Will is part of the Cub Scout Law of the Pack! We appreciate any help you can give.
Please have your Cub bring his Class A uniform for our Flag Ceremonies. The Cubs who wear their Class A's can be on Color Guard Duty for the ceremony. After the ceremony, they can take off their Class A, hang it in your car, and wear their Cub Scout t-shirt. Also, I am bringing material for us to make our own Den 4 flag this weekend.
Friday is a free day to get your campsite set up once you arrive. Sunday is also a free day, as its pack up day. Here is a quick view at what's happening on Saturday (note the schedule can and probably will change as the day unfolds)...
SATURDAY EVETS
8:00 am - Family Breakfast
9:30 am - Flag Ceremony (Need volunteer?)
10:00 am - Gather for Fishing or Biking (Joe leads)
Noon - Family Lunch
1:30 pm - Gather for Fishing or Biking (Joe leads)
4:00 pm - Cubs work on skits, flags, etc for campfire (Need volunteer?)
5:00 pm - Gather for Evening Hike (Robert leads)
6:00 pm - Flag Ceremony (Need volunteer?)
6:30 pm - Family Dinner
8:30 pm - Campfire and Cracker Barrel (All Leaders)
10:00 pm - Quiet time
Other camp activities can fall into place as they become available.
5:00 pm Hike Details - The families will go on a hike. However, with a twist...each scout will have an eye patch and an arm in a sling. This will allow them to see what its like to live with an impairment. After the hike, they will keep the impairments through the closing flag ceremony and dinner and will not remove them until we gather at the campfire. That means they will wear them for about 3 hours or so. At the campfire, the scouts will remove the impairments and discuss the challenges and experiences they had, and how they need to be aware of others that have impairments.
For the campfire, Den 4 put together the following...
1. 8:30 pm, Start the fire and start the Dutch Ovens with Dump Cake.
2. Sing Songs - Be loud to get attention of all cubs to join the fire.
3. Den Cheer - Den 4 has their cheer ready!
4. Cubs talk about their impairments.
5. Skits/Jokes/Spooky Stories - Dens can work on this Saturday. I'll bring a book of skits and stories. It doesn't have to be by Den if we don't have enough Cubs. Also the Leaders and Akelas need to do a skit and tell some stories to get the Cubs in the groove. ;-)
6. 9:30 ish - Cracker Barrel and hang out time - During this time the Cubs can make smores and eat Dump Cake. Make sure you bring stuff for smores. I'll be cooking the dump cake in my Dutch oven
7. Roses and Thorns - By this time, the fire is starting to die down. The boys talk about something they didn't like (thorns), and finish with something they did like (roses). Its boy time.
8. Leader Minute - This is for any of the Leaders that want to say something ;-) The leader can finish the night with a profound statement or two about cub scouting, what the boys did for the day, etc. More than one leader can talk.
9. Quiet Time - Probably around 9:30 to 10:00 pm or so by now. By this time, the fire dies down, and its off to sleep. If the Cubs stay up, which I'm sure they will want to do, then they have to stay quite and not add to the fire. The key is to get them to wind down and get to bed. When the fire is out, they will be cold and want to get under cover. ;-)
Sunday Morning, we can have another flag ceremony after breakfast. I'll take the flags home, so I'll have the closing ceremony after my family finishes packing to leave.
It will be cold! Bring warm blankets, electric heaters, etc. I think our boys can earn their polar bear patch if it freezes overnight!!
If you don't have a tent, let me know. We can figure something out! Please come join us. If equipment is the problem, then no problem. Call me, text me, or email me! 832.534.0625. robertmbragg@yahoo.com.
THIS WILL BE ONE ROCKING CAMP OUT!
Robert M. Bragg
Pack 696
Den 4 Wolf Den Leader
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