Please see the "Bear" tab for announcements and comments regarding the Bear Den only going forward.  Thanks!

03/25/2014 - Congratulations to the Bears who earned awards!  Another congratulations to Porter Peck who earned his Bear patch!  Keep working on those requirements.  Remember your Scout Leader isn't the only Akela.  Your parents, teachers, religious leaders, etc., are all Akela and can help you sign off your Achievements and Electives.  Be sure Travis or I are made aware of any Achievements or Electives you might have passed off with others so we can properly note it in our requirement spreadsheet.

We will be holding our first auction on April 1, 2014.  All Bears are encouraged to bring their Cub Bucks to bid on items supplied by the Bear Leaders.  These items will not be high dollar items...most things will be less than $10.  The items were not purchased using the Ward Cub Scout funds but purchased by the leaders themselves.  The auction will take less than 15-20 minutes of which we will play a little basketball until the end of the meeting time.  It was told to the Bear Scouts, if they lose their Cub Bucks that the Cub Bucks would not be replaced.

03/19/2014 (Caucus Mtgs held 03/18/2014) - Thank you to the Bears who participated in distributing the Scouting for food drive.

Bear Den - 3/4/2014 & 3/11/2014

03/4/2014 - First of all we finished up our Bear flag and hope to present it at the next Pack Meeting.  We are looking for someone to sew the edges, if you know of someone please let us know.

The boys learned how to tie a square knot and a bowline.  We practiced trying to tie the bowline in 2-3 seconds.  We still have some work to do.  They learned how to whip the end of a rope and they learned how to coil and toss a rope of rescue about 20 ft.  There are 2 more knots we need to teach the boys and we will learn a magic trick the next time we meet.  Other than that we accomplished Achievement #22 "Tying it all up"

03/11/2014 - Most of the Scouts and their parents showed up at the Tooele City Police Station.  We were welcomed by Sgt. Gowans who gave us a tour of the facility showing us the interview room, the evidence room, the stolen bikes cage, and we saw a car that was confiscated that was part of a fraudulent title case.  We topped off the night with the boys talking about crime prevention in their homes and doing their fingerprints.

As per the letter read in Sacrament Mtg. we will not hold Scouts next Tuesday.  If this changes we will be in contact with you.

Bear Den - Up & Coming March 11th @ 7p

Bear's please put on your calendar for March 11th @ 7p to visit the Tooele Police Department.  Cub Scouts will not be at the Stake Center this evening.

Parents/Guardians:  Please bring your Cub Scout to the Tooele Police Department for a short tour and discussion.  Please plan on staying so that as soon as the tour and discussion are over you can take your Cub Scout home with you.

This will accomplish Achievement #7.

Bear Den 02/18/2014 & 02/25/2014

02/18/2014 - This week we accomplished Achievement #21.  We talked a bit about resourcefulness, built a model ferrari that we will sell in our auction next month, and started on our Den flag.

02/25/2014 - What a great Blue and Gold!  Congratulations to all the boys and their awards.  Just so that parents and boys are aware, there was a list provided for all the awards the boys had earned while with Travis and I but the Scout office was quite busy and the awards were scarce so we will catch them up next Pack Meeting.  Thank you for your patience.

Next week we will try to finish up our Den flag and finish Achievement #22 Tying It All Up.

Going for the Gold on TUESDAY!

We are planning an amazing time for our Blue and Gold Banquet on Tuesday. Remember your food assignments. If you forgot give your leaders or myself a call.

Webelos

Webelos are getting ready for Blue and Gold! Don't forget your chips!

BEAR DEN - 02/16/2014

My first blog post ever!  "Bear" with me, no pun intended, while we figure this out.  Travis and I are excited about teaching your boys this year.  We hope they will enjoy the activities we have planned for them.

If your boys have attended each Tuesday night, to date we have done the following:

1.  The first night we met with the boys we ate pretzels, apples, and oranges and discussed rules and the importance of showing up for each den meeting and pack meeting.  It was a lot of fun to get to know who the boys were.

2.Pinewood Derby

3. Achievement #19 "Savings and Chips" - We talked about knife safety.  We talked about how to take care of a knife and we even whittled on a bar of soap.  The entire achievement was passed off and each boy who attended earned their Whittling Chip card which will allow them to use their pocket knives safely during cub scout activities.

4. Achievement #18 "Jot it Down" - We talked about the Cub Scout Character Connection for Honesty.  We also created a Thank You card and turned it into an invitation for this month's Pack Meeting.  The boys then had a choice to make on 2 other items to do in order to earn the full achievement.  Most boys completed this Achievement.

Travis and I will focus on the achievements needed for the Bear badge.  There are several achievements that need to be performed with the Cub Scout and their family of which we expect to see the parents sign off.  It should be known to the parents of Bear Scouts that you are able to sign off on the achievements and electives.  So many of the requirements can be done at home and are not difficult at all.  School is also a great place for the boys to earn achievements, just speak to them about their day and see if there are items to sign off.

Please make sure your boys dress in their uniform each Tuesday night and please make sure they bring their Bear book.  It would really help if you sent them with a note listing the achievements or electives you worked on with them.  This would save us some time by not having to look through the entire book to update our tracking sheet.

There is a tracking sheet kept on each of your boys.  I will try to send a copy each month so you know where they stand with their Bear badge, red beads, and arrows.

Question or concerns?  Please contact Travis Mecham or Adam Mauchley.

4...3...2...1!! We are ready for launch!

Hey parents and leaders, it took way longer than I expected but we are up and running. Let me know what you think of the page. What do you like? What don't you like? What's missing? What would you add? I can't make any promises but I will do my best to make this site perfectly ours!
~Shannon

4321....blast off to Cub Adventuring!

We thought it would be fun to have a central place to post pictures and info for parents and scouts. Pack leaders will be able to post and anyone can search for the blog and see what our pack has been up to. We can link to FB and families can subscribe to get the latest posts delivered to their inbox. Things are still under construction but if you want to join in the fun let me know. Keep checking for updates!
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