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Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the holidays. As we start the new year, I want to take a moment to highlight some activities for the coming months. Notably, we've started planning for our Annual Pack 52 Pinewood Derby which will be held in the late-April / May timeframe this year. We're working to finalize the date, location, and format (to comply with social distancing requirements, etc.) in the coming weeks, and we will distribute Pinewood Derby car kits during den meetings in early February. More information will be provided next month. We will also have Spring family camping, hiking, service projects, and the annual Blue & Gold / Arrow of Lights Crossing-Over Ceremony. Many of these activities will be organized at the den-level in order to have smaller groups and be outdoors. Since we aren't having monthly Pack meetings this year, each Den will periodically share a blog post about their recent adventures and accomplishments to help stay connected with the rest of the Pack. This month, we're featuring an update from Jai Sachdev about our Webelos Den. Check out Jai's blog post, below. Please contact me if you have any questions or need support, at [email protected]. Thank you. Dave Cunning Cubmaster Pack 52 Jai writes... The pandemic has not slowed this Webelos Den down one bit. All of our meetings have been outdoors and we are thankful for that! So far we have completed four required adventures and started on an elective. Details on what we have been up to are below. Many more great adventures are planned for the Webelos Den in the New Year! We started the year working on the First Responder Adventure in which we learned about basic first aid. Fortunately we did not have to apply our first aid skills when we reviewed BSA pocketknife safety! To prepare for our fall camp and for the Cast Iron Chef Adventure, we learned about cooking and cleaning while camping. The boys practiced this at our den meeting and then prepared a wonderful meal at our camp in early November at Tohickon. The parents were not only impressed with the spread but also with the enthusiasm shown when cleaning up afterwards. Everything for the dinner was cooked and cleaned by the boys. We had incredible weather for the camp and we were thrilled to be joined by our rowdy Lion Den. At the camp the boys got to learn about trees and tree identification for the Into the Woods Adventure. We launched rockets, had a great campfire with plenty of songs and jokes, and released Chinese lanterns. The next adventure we tackled was Webelos Walkabout. To practice for the big 3 mile hike required for this adventure we had a 1 mile historic hike in Doylestown in which we walked to and learned a bit about the history of OLMC, the Michener Museum, Washington Crossing Council, and the Mercer Museum. We then had our 3 mile hike on the muddy backtrails of Lake Galena on another beautiful day. Great weather meant the park was busy but the boys adhered to our COVID rules and kept their masks on the entire time. We saw the Pooh Tree, at least six deer, and a heron. We had a little bit of an adventure when we found the trail had been washed out at one point but using our Scout skills we were able to find a safe place to cross a stream and find the trail again! Finally we ended the calendar year working on the Duty to God and You Adventure. We discussed what it means to be reverent and how we can also be reverent towards our great country and particularly towards those that have made the ultimate sacrifice in service towards it. We went for a short walk to visit and learn about several memorials at the old and new Courthouses in Doylestown. These included the Korean War Memorial, the Gulf War Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the First Responders Memorial, the Global War on Terrorism Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Civil War Memorial, the 9/11 Memorial, and the World War I Memorial.
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