Scout Law: Kind
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Theme: My Animal Friends
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Roundtable Blog: elkhorncubs.blogspot.com
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LDS Scouting Handbook: https://www.lds.org/
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Upcoming Events
Basic Training
Old Juniper District: Thursday, April 28, 6:30 - 10 pm. 600 E 120 S, Smithfield
Wood Badge
Register online at https://www.trappertrails.
Course #1: March 24-26 AND April 7-9 at Camp Kiesel
Course #2: June 2-4 AND 9-11 at Tifie Ranch
Course #3: July 4-9, Encompass Family Camp at Camp Bartlett
Course #4: September 8-10 AND 15-17 at Camp Kiesel
Course #5: October 13-15 AND 20-22 at Camp Kiesel
Scout-a-rama: Saturday, May 7, 8 am-3 pm, at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Cost is $5. Activities include a 1 mile run, advancement Adventures, BB and Archery, and a Bounce House. Go to https://www.trappertrails.
10 Commandments Hike: Saturday, May 14, 7 am, Ben Lomond High School Athletic Field, 880 Jackson, Ogden. Scouts from around the Council will hike or bike to 10 different faith communities to learn how the 10 Commandments are practiced in their lives and faiths, and see how they parallel the values found in the Scout Oath and Law. Cost is $5 per scout.
Annual Roundtable BBQ and Outdoor Skills Event
Make sure you mark your calendar for Roundtable on July 13, 2016! This will be our 4th Annual Roundtable BBQ and 2nd Outdoor Skills event. Roundtable will be held at the pavilion at the church at 360 E 450 N in Millville at 7:30 pm. Come ready to eat dinner and learn some important outdoor skills to help you in your dens!
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Scouting for Food Update
Over 12,000 Scouts, plus their leaders, canvased the communities of Trapper Trails Council and collected over 410,000 lbs. of food on Saturday, March 19. The 410,000 lbs of food went to help the following food banks: Tremonton Food Pantry, Box Elder Community Pantry, Catholic Community Services, Cache Community Food Pantry, Fish-N-Loaves, Family Connection Center, Youth Community Connections, Salvation Army, Ogden Rescue Mission, First Baptist Church in Roy Food Bank, Preston Community Food Pantry and SEICCA’s in Preston and Montpelier Idaho and various food banks in Wyoming. Thanks to all the packs that helped pass out bags to make this such a successful event!
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Training Highlight: Unit to Unit Connections
How many of us know the leaders from the units around us? Many of us share meeting locations with other units/wards, but never take the opportunity to interact with them. Here's a few reasons for getting to know other Cub Scout packs:
*Forming and building positive connections with various units in the district and council promote the opportunity for units to engage in fellowship activities and to share experiences.
*Engaging in multi-unit activities promotes awareness that in Scouting, we are involved in an organization that is larger than just the local unit, district, or council.
*Building positive connections with multiple units provides opportunities to borrow and share unique, specialized equipment that can increase the scope of the Scouting experience for members in all units.
*Building relationships with multiple units provides for greater opportunities for shared resources in developing programs and planning service projects.
*Positive unit connections allow for mutual unit support during work on large-scale projects such as Eagle Scout service projects.
*Building and maintaining unit-to-unit connections helps to facilitate the process of newer leaders learning from more experienced leaders through interaction and discussion.
*Positive connections between units can provide mutual support to units attending broad-scope training events such as Wood Badge and Powder Horn courses.
*Building positive connections between units of the district and council reinforces the fourth point of the Scout Law: A Scout is Friendly.
*Helping boys at all levels of the program to understand that they are part of an organization larger than their neighborhood is an important learning point of the Scouting program.
How can you meet other leaders or units?
*Roundtable: Attend monthly Roundtable and talk to the other leaders there. Share your experiences in breakout classes.
*District Activities: Activities such as the Cub Swim event allow you to interact with other leaders and units in our district.
*Council Activities: Attend Scout-o-Rama and the 10 Commandment Hike. Get to know the other leaders and scouts in your group at Day Camp.
*Training Events: Meet other leaders when you attend training events such as Basic Training and Wood Badge.
*Buddy Unit: Get together with other units near you for large group events, such as a Cub Carnival or Derby.
*Get to know scouts from around the world by visiting https://scout.org/.
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Patch of the Month: Outdoor Activity Award
All Cub Scouts have the opportunity to earn the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award. Boys may earn the award in each of the program years as long as the requirements are completed each year. The first time the award is earned, the boy will receive the pocket flap award, which is to be worn on the right pocket flap of the uniform shirt. Each successive time the award is earned, a wolf track pin may be added to the flap. Leaders should encourage boys to build on skills and experiences from previous years when working on the award for a successive year.
Requirements
All Ranks
Attend Cub Scout day camp or Cub Scout/Webelos Scout resident camp, and do the following:
Rank-Specific
Tiger: Complete the Backyard Jungle adventure from the Tiger Handbook, and complete four of the outdoor activities listed below.
Wolf: Complete the Paws on the Path adventure from the Wolf Handbook, and complete five of the outdoor activities listed below.
Bear: Complete the Bear Necessities adventure from the Bear Handbook, and complete six of the outdoor activities listed below.
Webelos: Complete the Webelos Walkabout adventure from theWebelos Handbook, and complete seven of the outdoor activities listed below.
Outdoor Activities
These activities must be in addition to any similar activities counted for rank advancement, and can be accomplished as a family, den, or pack.
- Participate in a nature hike in your local area. This can be on an organized, marked trail or just a hike to observe nature in your area.
- Participate in an outdoor activity such as a picnic or park fun day.
- Explain the buddy system and tell what to do if lost. Explain the importance of cooperation.
- Attend a pack overnighter. Be responsible by being prepared for the event.
- Complete an outdoor service project in your community.
- Complete a nature/conservation project in your area. This project should involve improving, beautifying, or supporting natural habitats. Discuss how this project helped you to respect nature.
- Earn the Summertime Pack Award.
- Participate in a nature observation activity. Describe or illustrate and display your observations at a den or pack meeting.
- Participate in an outdoor aquatics activity. This can be an organized swim meet or just a den, pack, or family swim.
- Participate in an outdoor campfire program. Perform in a skit, sing a song, or take part in a ceremony.
- Participate in an outdoor sporting event.
- Participate in an outdoor interfaith or other worship service.
- Explore a local city, county, state, or national park. Discuss with your den how a good citizen obeys the park rules.
- Invent an outside game and play it outside with friends for 30 minutes.
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Resource of the Month: The Guide to Safe Scouting
The purpose of the Guide to Safe Scouting is to prepare members of the Boy Scouts of America to conduct Scouting activities in a safe and prudent manner. The policies and guidelines have been established because of the real need to protect members from known hazards that have been identified through over 100 years of experience.
Some of the topics covered in the Guide are: Youth Protection, Aquatic Safety, Medical Information and First Aid, Sports and Activities, Insurance, and Transportation, as well as numerous checklists and guidelines. Please note that the Guide was updated in 2015, so make sure you have the most current version!
All participants in official Scouting activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting, applicable program literature or manuals, and be aware of state or local government regulations that supersede Boy Scouts of America practices, policies, and guidelines. The Guide to Safe Scouting is an overview of Scouting policies and procedures gleaned from a variety of sources. For some items, the policy statements are complete. Unit leaders are expected to review the additional reference material cited prior to conducting such activities.
In situations not specifically covered in this guide, activity planners should evaluate the risk or potential risk of harm, and respond with action plans based on common sense, community standards, the Boy Scout motto, and safety policies and practices commonly prescribed for the activity by experienced providers and practitioners.
Perhaps this quote by Sir Robert Baden-Powell from his 1914 book Quick Training for War is appropriate to include here: "... The books lay down definite principles and examples which serve to guide the leaders when applying their common sense to the situation before them. No two situations are ever precisely the same, and it is therefore impossible to lay down exact rules that should guide in every case, but a man who carries precedents and principles in his head has no difficulty in applying their teaching in supreme moments of sudden emergency ..."
You can download a copy of The Guide to Safe Scouting here: http://www.scouting.org/
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Theme-related Adventures
*Tiger Backyard Jungle
2: Point out 2 different kinds of birds that live in your area.
4: Build a birdhouse.
*Tiger Tigers in the Wild
4: While on a hike, find 3 different kinds of plants, animals or signs that animals have been on the trail.
7: Visit a nearby nature center, zoo, or another outside place with your family or den. Learn about 2 animals, and write down 2 interesting things about them in your handbook.
*Wolf Call of the Wild 3: While on a den or family outing, identify 4 different types of animals. Explain how you identified them.
*Wolf Paws on the Path
5: After hiking, discuss how you showed respect for wildlife.
7: Name 2 birds, 2 bugs, and 2 animals that live in your area. Explain how you identified them.
*Bear Fur, Feathers, and Ferns
1: While hiking or walking for one mile, ID 6 signs that any animals, birds, insects, reptiles, or plants are living nearby the place where you choose to hike.
2: Name 1 animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years and 1 animal that is currently endangered. Explain what caused their declines.
3: Visit one of the following: zoo, wildlife refuge, nature center, aviary, game preserve, local conservation area, wildlife rescue group, or fish hatchery. Describe what you learned during your visit.
4: Observe wildlife from a distance. Describe what you saw.
*Bear A Bear Goes Fishing 1: Discover and learn about 3 types of fishes in your area. Draw a color picture of each fish, record what each one likes to eat, and describe what sort of habitat each likes.
*Bear Critter Care: The 7 parts of this adventure deal with pets and how to care for them.
*Webelos First Responder 5g: Demonstrate that you know how to treat for venomous snakebite.
*Webelos Walkabout 3: Describe and ID from photos any poisonous plants or dangerous animals and insects you might encounter on your hike.
*Webelos/AoL Aware and Care 7f: With the help of an adult, contact a service dog organization, and learn the entire process from pup training to assignment to a client.
*Webelos/AoL Into the Wild: This adventure deals with animals and insects, the balance of nature, and visiting a nature center or videoing a wild animal.
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Scouting Outing: Nature
Cache Valley is blessed with an abundance of places to take your scouts to experience nature hands-on. Here are a few of the places you can take them:
*Stokes Nature Center: 2696 E Hwy 89 (up Logan Canyon). Open Wed - Sat, 10 am - 4 pm. Groups can schedule a free visit and tour of the interpretive center with one of the environmental education staff members.
*Denzil Stewart Nature Park: 800 E 100 S, Logan. Interpretive trails about Native Americans, pioneers and wildlife, along the Logan River.
*Devere and Velda Harris Park and Nature Preserve (Dry Canyon)
*Willow Park Zoo: Open Fri and Sat, 11 am - 5 pm. Cost is $3/adult and $2/child.
*Hardware Ranch: up Blacksmith Fork Canyon
*Hyrum Reservoir: Open 6 am - 10 pm. Fee.
*Fisheries Experiment Station: 1465 W 200 N, Logan.
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1,000,000 Challenged to Take the Kindness 100 Pledge
The American Humane Association is challenging 1 million people to take the Kindness 100 Pledge online at www.Kindness100.org to protect and better the lives of animals in four distinct areas:
*help the 10 billion farm animals by seeking out humanely raised foods;
*help the 6-8 million animals abandoned each year by adopting from a shelter;
*help the more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain, educate and charm us in film and television each year by looking for the “No Animals Were Harmed®” end-credit;
*help the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by visiting accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation centers.
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Investigate Bullying – BSA has some new Scout focused literature (they look like comic books) that could help get the subject out in the open. According to a poll of kids, about one in three kids has been bullied and almost half of those also said they had sometimes been the bully. And usually, there is a need for compassion for both the bully and the person he picks on. So it’s a topic that could be helpful for both adults and kids to look at. Check out: www.stopbullyingnow.com/ or www.kidshealth.org.
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World Cub Scout Centenary
2016 marks the 100th year of Cub Scouting. Since it was officially founded by Baden-Powell in 1916 (then known as Wolf Cubbing), generations of young people have embarked on an adventure filled with laughter, excitement and camaraderie; an adventure inspired for many years by Rudyard Kipling’s fascinating classic, The Jungle Book!
Throughout the years, a great number have emerged from their Cub Scouting experience and became amazing Scouts, Rovers, and successful members of society. Today, the pack is around 13 million-strong and growing, thanks to our leaders and volunteers! While Cub Scouting may vary slightly from country to country, they remain united by their love for nature, enthusiasm for doing good turns, singing, dancing, acting, playing games… In other words, doing fun things with their fellow Cubs.
You can join the pack and celebrate this exciting milestone! https://scout.org/node/
Cub Scouting was introduced in the United States in 1930, making it 86 years old this year.
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