Hello Pack 52- I hope you’ve been keeping warm and staying well! A very snowy February didn’t stop our Dens from keeping busy and making progress on their Adventures this past month. In this month’s Pack 52 newsletter, we’re featuring an update from our Arrow of Light Den by AOL Den Leader, Mr. Steve Lieberman. Check out Steve’s blog post below and on our Pack 52 website, Doylestown Cub Scout Pack 52 - Home (weebly.com) (under the Announcements tab). We’re planning a lot of activities for Pack 52 this coming Spring. Please mark your calendars for the following events: Pinewood Derby
Service Projects We’re evaluating a few options for Service Projects this Spring. Tentatively, please save the date for the Fonthill Woodlands Clean-up on Saturday, March 27th, at 8:50 am to noon. Event confirmation and details will be provided in early March. Spring Family Camping We will have two separate Spring Family Camping trips organized at the den-level in order to have smaller groups.
Blue & Gold Banquet / AOL Crossing-Over Ceremony Tentatively, please save the date for our Annual Pack 52 Blue & Gold Banquet on Sunday, June 6th, at 4:00 pm, at Peace Valley Park. The banquet will be held outdoors at one of the park pavilions to allow social distancing and fresh air. Event confirmation and details will be provided in the coming weeks. Please contact me if you have any questions or need support, at [email protected]. Thank you. Dave Cunning Cubmaster Pack 52 Steve writes… The Arrow of Light den has been meeting outdoors the entire year and we have not let Mother Nature slow us down. All required adventures and electives have been completed. We are waiting to hold our moving up ceremony so the Cub Scouts can join a Troop! We started the scouting year working on the Building A Better World adventure. The Cub Scouts learned a great deal about the history of the United States, their rights and duties as a citizen, as well taking responsibility for planning and leading the den in an activity. The highlight of this adventure was undoubtedly when Doylestown’s own Mayor Ron Strouse joined us for a den meeting in which he explained a tremendous amount about what is involved in being the mayor of the borough. Mayor Strouse was so incredibly generous with his time answering all the questions the Cub Scouts and their parents asked of him! We introduced the Duty to God In Action adventure shortly after the start of the scouting year to allow the Cub Scouts sufficient time to complete that independent activity at their leisure. From the conversations we had afterwards it was apparent they all embrace performing a duty to God in their own individual ways each and every day. Before Daylight Saving Time ended and took away some of our daylight, we began the Outdoor Adventure required adventure. The Cub Scouts had a great time explaining the actions they should take should they encounter extreme weather events during a hike or camping trip. We concluded this experience with practicing tying a bowline and learning when it should be used and why. Scouting Adventure was next up for the Cub Scouts as they began the preparation for joining a troop. We will be joining in on several of the local troops’ meetings so the Cub Scouts can make an informed decision about which troop they wish to join as they continue on with their scouting experience. With some of the parents’ assistance, we set up four stations for the scout to move between to learn how to tie a square knot, two half hitches, and a taut-line hitch. They also learned about how to whip and fuse the ends of different kinds of rope, natural and synthetic fibers. Finally, the Cub Scouts completed not just one but two electives, Game Design and, Looking Back, Looking Forward. The games the scouts developed will surely find their way on the store shelves soon! Once the ground thaws we will be filling and burying a time capsule to be dug up in the not-too-distant future, which will surely be a memorable event for us all.
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