September 11 Posts
Dear Den 7 Community:
Our Den Campout is scheduled for
5:00 PM, 27 October - 12:00 noon 28 October
Blackwell Forest Preserve Youth Camping Area
Site 1
Link to Blackwell Forest Preserve
1:1 ratio between youth and adults is required
all non-camping vistors must leave the campsite by 10:00 PM on Friday.
Each child-son pair will need to provided their own camping gear (tent, sleeping bag, etc.)
My suggestion is that we plan on having a series of activities planned and alternate them with "free" time that the cub scouts come up with.
My second suggestion is that everyone bring their own (bag) dinner on Friday and that we help the cub scouts prepare breakfast on Saturday morning.
I'll organize more as we get closers, but I wanted to get this on everyone's calendar before we get ourselves booked.
I'd like to have firm numbers of particpants 2 weeks before the campout.
Now...I really am going to get back to work.
Ken
Dear Den 7 Community:
I wanted to pass on a "heads up" regarding the parent meeting scheduled for next Monday. (I came home from work an hour ago, and see that some blue flyers went out. This is good)
(1) Cub Scouts are invited. They will be playing Boy Scout-led games while the adults are meeting
(2) The intention is to have an orientation for new and continuing parents with the cub scout pack. I've worked this summer to produce some helpful parent orientation materials so everyone knows what they are getting into.
(3) Continuing parents--that's all of you, and me, too--will be approached to take on a job to support the pack's program, which is to say, our sons' program. I've been pushing to create numerous smallish jobs that any of us can take on, and add new people to a small committee to attend to these jobs. Things like the pinewood derby, the blue and gold banquet, coordinating popcorn sales, and such are ultimately the responsibility of the parents in the den. Most of the current pack leadership will be departing in February, as their children complete the cub scout part of scouting, and move onto boy scouting. We have an opportunity now to move ahead and move forward with what has already been started. A number of folks from the den (Bryan Ferry has consented to be the popcorn chairman, Jane Siarny has agreed to take work with the advancement committee) have already been approached and committed to a job with the pack. I just want you to be alert to the request that will be made of you, and want you to think about what you might be willing to do to support your son's experiences in cub scouting. I'm looking forward to continuing as a den leader--perhaps one of you would care to be officially anointed as the assistant den leader? Other opportunities:
* Community service coordinator?
* Outings coordinator?
* Day Camp Coordinator?
* Resident Camp Coordinator?
* Treasurer?
* Pack Secretary?
* Community Events Coordinator?
I'm here to help anyone who takes on a job meet with complete success in any of those jobs--and there is training (both in-person and written) to help cultivate success.
Thanks for reading...I try only to be long-winded in my teaching.
Time now for me to get back to work. Really.
For a better program for our sons,
Ken
Our Den Campout is scheduled for
5:00 PM, 27 October - 12:00 noon 28 October
Blackwell Forest Preserve Youth Camping Area
Site 1
Link to Blackwell Forest Preserve
1:1 ratio between youth and adults is required
all non-camping vistors must leave the campsite by 10:00 PM on Friday.
Each child-son pair will need to provided their own camping gear (tent, sleeping bag, etc.)
My suggestion is that we plan on having a series of activities planned and alternate them with "free" time that the cub scouts come up with.
My second suggestion is that everyone bring their own (bag) dinner on Friday and that we help the cub scouts prepare breakfast on Saturday morning.
I'll organize more as we get closers, but I wanted to get this on everyone's calendar before we get ourselves booked.
I'd like to have firm numbers of particpants 2 weeks before the campout.
Now...I really am going to get back to work.
Ken
Dear Den 7 Community:
I wanted to pass on a "heads up" regarding the parent meeting scheduled for next Monday. (I came home from work an hour ago, and see that some blue flyers went out. This is good)
(1) Cub Scouts are invited. They will be playing Boy Scout-led games while the adults are meeting
(2) The intention is to have an orientation for new and continuing parents with the cub scout pack. I've worked this summer to produce some helpful parent orientation materials so everyone knows what they are getting into.
(3) Continuing parents--that's all of you, and me, too--will be approached to take on a job to support the pack's program, which is to say, our sons' program. I've been pushing to create numerous smallish jobs that any of us can take on, and add new people to a small committee to attend to these jobs. Things like the pinewood derby, the blue and gold banquet, coordinating popcorn sales, and such are ultimately the responsibility of the parents in the den. Most of the current pack leadership will be departing in February, as their children complete the cub scout part of scouting, and move onto boy scouting. We have an opportunity now to move ahead and move forward with what has already been started. A number of folks from the den (Bryan Ferry has consented to be the popcorn chairman, Jane Siarny has agreed to take work with the advancement committee) have already been approached and committed to a job with the pack. I just want you to be alert to the request that will be made of you, and want you to think about what you might be willing to do to support your son's experiences in cub scouting. I'm looking forward to continuing as a den leader--perhaps one of you would care to be officially anointed as the assistant den leader? Other opportunities:
* Community service coordinator?
* Outings coordinator?
* Day Camp Coordinator?
* Resident Camp Coordinator?
* Treasurer?
* Pack Secretary?
* Community Events Coordinator?
I'm here to help anyone who takes on a job meet with complete success in any of those jobs--and there is training (both in-person and written) to help cultivate success.
Thanks for reading...I try only to be long-winded in my teaching.
Time now for me to get back to work. Really.
For a better program for our sons,
Ken
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