Pack Leaders: Spring Recruiting and Summertime Pack Award

Why should we use Spring Recruiting? Because as we know, becoming a Scout helps shape boys futures and Characters and you may find boys now you would not come the busy new school year. If you register them before the Summer they will have all the fun of your Summer Pack Program as well as the opportunity to earn their own Summertime Pin!

How can we do Spring Recruiting? There are innumerable options- here are some ideas.

• Summer Day Camp! Make a poster or a webpage showing off your pictures from last years Summer Day Camp! (Or a friends) ;) 
• Science Fair: Have each Den do one or more Science projects and invite the community to it.
• Field Day: Put together some of the Cub Requirements to form a Field Day and have the boys invite their friends from school and their community
• Put flyers on mailboxes and community bulletin boards (They are free at Council- you simply add your Pack info to them!)
• Make Pass Along cards for your Scouts with the Den Meeting time and location as well as Den Leader contact info

Don't forget- your boys can earn a Recruiter Patch to wear on their uniforms if they bring a friend into Scouting!

And don't forget to plan for your National Summertime Pack Award! Here is the form http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33748.pdf

And more info. including individual pins and Den Awards: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Cub%20Scouts/UniformsAndAwards/DenPack.aspx

Run-ons: "Things that make you go Hmmm" for April

1.  Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?
2. Can you be a closet claustrophobic?
3. How do a fool and his money GET together? 

4. If a train station is where the train stops, what is a work station?
5. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
6. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
7. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
8. Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have?
9. Why do they put Braille on the drive through bank machines?
10. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
11. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?
12. How come there aren't B batteries?

13. How do "Do not walk on the grass" signs get there?
14. Why do black olives come in cans and green olives come in jars?
15. Is a metaphor like a simile?
16. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
17. How do I set my laser printer on stun?
18. If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

19. Crime doesn't pay...does that mean that my job is a crime?

Cheers: for April

Bow and Arrow Cheer: Slowly draw arrow from quiver on your back. Place arrow against string of bow, pull back, release and say "pffft."

Coo Coo Cheer: Everyone nod their heads up and down and say: "COO-COO" as many times as you tell them, as if you were striking the hour.

Fish Cheer: Suck in your cheeks, form an "O" with your mouth, move it as if you were a fish, without making a sound, hold hands vertical by cheeks and flap them like fins!!!

PS I love macscouter Cheers! http://macscouter.com/campfire/CPB_pdf/Cheers.pdf :)

Character Connections: Faith

Baden-Powell and Faith

Baden-Powell was totally unembarrassed about the role of faith in character-building. At the heart of the Scouting and Guiding promises was their ‘duty to God’. When dealing with conflicts in the Scouting movement, B.P. recommended that people "...ask themselves the simple question, ‘What would Christ have done under the circumstances?’ and be guided accordingly." Baden-Powell saw a danger in Scouting that the recreational might overwhelm the spiritual side. So he wrote them… "Don’t let the technical outweigh the moral. Field efficiency, backwoodsmanship, camping, hiking, good turns, Jamboree comradeships are all means, not the end. The end is CHARACTER --character with a purpose...the active service of Love and Duty to God and neighbour."

Alice, Golden Empire Council (from Baloo's Bugle) 

Skit: Two Suckers on a Stick

Two Suckers on a Stick Skit
Required: 1 stick
5 Scouts (or more)
2 volunteers (victims)
Script:
Choose two good-natures volunteers from the audience to help with the skit. Have each one hold up one end of the board to act as the counter in a candy shop.

One Scout is the store owner and the other 4 (or more) Scouts are customers that enter the store one at a time.

Customer 1: "Do you have any gumdrops?"
Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out."  

Customer 2: "Do you have any bubble gum?" 

Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out." 

Customer 3: "Do you have any chocolate covered ants?" 

Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out." 

Customer 4: "Do you have any licorice?" 

Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out." 

Customer 4: "Well then what DO you have??" 

Owner: "How about these two suckers on a stick?" 

Song: Cub Scout Prayer

Cub Scout Prayer Song

Tune: "O Tannenbaum"

Lord, in this evening hour I pray

For strength to do my best each day.

Draw near to me that I may see

The kind of Cub Scout I should be.

In serving others, let me see

That I am only serving Thee.

Bless me, oh Lord, in They great love,

That I may be a better Cub.

Tips for Pack Activity - Pack Star Gazing

Tips for pack Activity – Pack Star Gazing

A Pack could choose to go to a local planetarium or meet outside away from buildings and city lights! An open field or hill is ideal.

· Boys and their families can come early and lay out their blankets to watch the stars come out.
· Using books and star finders, families could look for constellations and tell some stores connected with constellations.
· There are often one or two parents in a pack who are knowledgeable about stars.
· You could have a guest speakers from a local astronomy society come.
· Some amateur astronomy societies have free programs for families and children and may make available their telescopes along with their service.

Make sure to follow certain steps to make this outing safe and successful.
· Restroom facilities?
· Adequate supervision.
· Have a backup plan in case of inclement weather.

Have a reflection time at the end of stargazing. This is a great time to bring Faith into Cub Scouts.

Indoor Activities:
· Constellation Punch Outs
· Astronomy Belt Loop

Cub Scout Leader How to Book

Outdoors

Fun with the Night Sky 4-25
· Stargazing
· Constellation Pictures
· Star Color
· Moon Watch
· Moon Flip Book
· Kitchen Solar System

Lost Dutchman Events: Hikes & Programs
http://azstateparks.com/Parks/LODU/index.html


ASU Astronomy Open House
http://astopenhouse.com/