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Scout House Calendar
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Bear Schedule 2007/8 
Our goal is to teach the boys some skills and complete all Bear achievements by late January. The boys can earn the Religious medal by the end of the year. Some of the scheduled achievements will be conducted during den meetings or campouts. Activities to be done at home involve you, your family, and friends and can be started as soon as possible . The faster you complete them the more time you have to work on the electives. |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Time |
Notes |
Aug 20 |
Pack Meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
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Aug 26 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 PM |
Introduce the year of the Bear, make a Den Flag, Make a 2-Liter Bottle Launcher, make 2-Liter Bottle rockets and launch them |
Sept 9
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Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 PM |
Plan camp-out, make trail mix, Introduce Knot tying this will complete Bear Trail Achievement #9e, 12e |
Sept. 17 |
Pack Meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
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Sept 21 –Sept 23 |
Pack Campout |
Elijah Clark State Park |
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Help cook, go on hike, Play Sidewalk shuffleboard and kickball Bear Trail - Achievement #9g, 12a, 12b, 15b, |
Oct 7 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 PM |
Present Bear Trail 3a, 3j, Work on Whittling badge |
Oct. 15 |
Pack meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
Rain gutter Regatta, Popcorn money due |
Oct. 19-20 |
Camping Trip |
Boshear Fly-in |
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Nov. 3 |
Den Field Trip |
Phinizy Swamp |
9:00 AM |
Tour Phinizy Swamp, police picnic area, have a picnic Bear Achievement – 6g and 12d |
Nov 11 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:00 PM |
Bike Rodeo – review bike skills, rules, compete in bike course BT 14 |
Nov 19
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Pack meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
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Dec 2 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 PM |
Make Christmas present for mom, carve train whistle BT 19 |
Dec 17 |
Pack Meeting |
St. Mary's School |
TBD |
Caroling and Christmas Party |
Jan 6 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 PM |
Start Derby car stands, make race car slides Bear Achiev – 20 |
Jan. 21 |
Pack Meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
Receive Whittling Chip |
Jan 27 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 PM |
Finish Derby car stands, Work on cars, |
Feb 3 rd |
Scout Sunday |
St. Mary's Church |
12:15 PM |
Scout mass |
Feb. 9 |
Blue and Gold |
St. Mary's School |
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Happy Birthday Boy Scouts! Receive Bear Badge |
Feb.18 |
Pack Meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
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Feb 23 |
Pinewood Derby |
St. Mary's School |
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March 9 |
Den Meeting |
Scout House |
4:45 pm |
Make 1 st Aid kit, Discuss fire safety, make fire starters |
March 17 |
Pack Meeting |
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March 28-30 |
Campout |
Vogtle |
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Webelos Crossover, compass, ropes |
April TBD |
Den Meeting |
TBD |
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Leave No Trace Service Project |
April 21 |
Pack Meeting |
St. Mary's School |
7:00 PM |
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Den Meeting |
Scout House |
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Make Arrows, Talk about how to set up camp |
May 18-20 |
Camp-out |
Magnolia Spring |
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Advance to Webelos |
Thanks for having your son be a part of Scouts. My goal this year is for the kids to have fun and to learn some things along the way.
As stated in the Bear book, most of the achievements are done by you and your Cub Scout at home. However, I have gone through the book and selected some achievements we can complete at either a Den meeting or at campouts. We should be able to complete the following achievements: 3. What Makes America Special, 6. Take Care of Your Planet, 9. What's Cooking, 12. Family Outdoor Adventure, 14. Ride Right, 15. Games, 19. Shavings and Chips, 21. Build a Model and 22. Tying It All Up. Try to include the activities in everyday life (but make sure your son knows he is doing the achievements). It does not matter how well your son completes the achievement; the important part is that your son does his best .
On the back side is my best guess at a schedule for the year. With homework, soccer, etc, it was difficult to come up with a day and time to have the meetings. So, my plan is to hold the Den meetings on Sunday(s) at 4:45 p.m. at the Scout House on McDowell Avenue. This way, you can go to Mass afterwards if you like. Hopefully this will not interfere with anyone's schedule too much. We can change later in the year if needed.
There are a multitude of other activities we could do. I am more than willing to do any of the following if there is a desire: canoeing on the canal, biking on the canal, camping (other than what the pack is planning), soap box derby (like we did last year), visit Fort Gordon Signal Corp Museum, campout on the USS Yorktown ( http://www.patriotspoint.org/group/camping/ ) , Pal-n-Me campouts, movie night, bowling, camping at the Columbia Riverbanks Zoo ( http://www.riverbanks.org/education/scouts.shtml ), camping and hiking in the Smokey Mountains, to name a few.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Chad – Den Leader
chadsweeney@aol.com
Jason Abernathy – Assist. Den Leader
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