Friday, November 10, 2017

November 2017 Newsletter

Scout Law: Kind
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Theme: Paying It Forward
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Upcoming Events
Basic Training
No in person Leader Specific Training is being provided at this time.  Please complete your training online at my.scouting.org.

Baden Powell University
Saturday, Nov. 11, Weber State University
BPU is advanced training for all Scout leaders.  Choose from a variety of classes, such as Dutch Oven Cooking, Blue & Gold Banquets, knot tying, neckerchief slides, den discipline, and more!  Register online at trappertrails.org

District Award of Merit
The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts. The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level. You can find an online nomination form at
https://www.trappertrails.org/districtawardofmerit. Nominations are due by the end of December.

Training Highlight:  Community Service
What is community service?
*Donated service or activity (in other words, with nothing in return), performed by someone or a group of people (it's not just giving money), and for the benefit of the public or its institutions (usually not for personal benefit)
*Can benefit someone directly, such as raking leaves
*Can benefit a BSA camp
*Unit fundraising events are not community service, because the scouts are getting paid.

Why do community service?
*The Scout Oath and Scout Law include commitments to community service.
*Advancement requires community service.
*Service is a Journey to Excellence (JTE) requirement.

What kinds of community service can we do?
*Journey to Excellence requires at least one annual service project to benefit each unit's chartered organization, but why stop at one per year?  Ask the chartered organization what your unity can do for it. 
The organization's needs might change from year to year.
*If your district has a districtwide service project, like Scouting for Food, each unit should participate to the best of its ability.
*Ideas for Pack Good Turns can be found in "Special Pack Activities," section 6 of the Cub Scout Leader How-to Book.
*Some suggestions can be found on the National Council Web page for the Conservation Good Turn Award.
*Other suggestions can be found on the Messengers of Peace website.

When should Scouts do community service?
*At all times (Scout Oath)
*At den and pack meetings.
*Any time he sees a need.

Why should we record service hours?
*Service hours count towards rank advancement.
*JTE requires units to record projects and hours on the JTE website in order to get credit for the projects for their JTE score.
*The BSA collects service project hours to demonstrate the value that Scouting provides to the nation.  These hours are reported to the states and to Congress.
*The BSA and local councils receive grans and foundation donations based on the amount of community service provided by Scouts.

What awards can be earned by doing community service?
*Service hours count toward rand advancement.
*The Conservation Good Turn Award is available to Scouts and adults.
*The World Conservation Award is available to Scouts.
*The Messengers of Peace Award is a World Scout Committee service award that's available to Scouts and adults for conducting a service project in the spirit of world peace and the worldwide Scouting brotherhood.

Tips
*Before beginning a service project two things are essential:
1.  Consider the boy's ages.
2.  Regardless of age, how mature are they?
*You must have sufficient leadership, 2 deep.
*Decide when you will be doing your service project, in the den meeting or on a weekend.  Requiring every Scout to get to the location on their own usually means a parent has to come and stay, giving you plenty of adults to help.
*When you are ready to pick out a project, don't do it alone.  Get the Scouts involved in decision making.  Give them a few ideas and let them choose democratically.
*Make contact with organizations and get permission.
*Set a date in advance and inform parents.  For safety, if a parent is not present at the service project, get a signed permission slip.  
Light a Fire!
Light a Fire! is a program produced by the Elkhorn District to promote trained leaders. The requirements are:
*Attend 6 Roundtables
*Complete Youth Protection training, or be current.
*Complete Leader Specific training for your current position.
*Complete Introduction to Outdoor Leadership training (optional for Cub Scout leaders)
*Complete Weather Hazards training (online at my.scouting.org)
*Complete This is Scouting training.
*Link your training profile on my.scouting.org.
When you have completed the above requirements, turn in your scorecard to Blake Clark, the District Executive for Elkhorn District, at the Logan Scout Office, or to Shanae at Roundtable.

Award Highlight: Messengers of Peace

Program Overview
Launched in September 2011, Messengers of Peace is a global initiative designed to inspire millions of young men and women in more than 220 countries and territories to work toward peace. Using state-of-the-art social media, the initiative lets Scouts from around the world share what they’ve done and inspire fellow Scouts to undertake similar efforts in their own communities. The initiative is inspired by the World Scout Committee, administered by the World Scout Bureau, and driven by youth volunteers worldwide.

Defining Peace

In terms of the MOP initiative, peace encompasses three dimensions:
  1. The personal dimension: harmony, justice, and equality
  2. The community dimension: peace as opposed to hostility or violent conflict
  3. Relationships between humankind and its environment: security, social and economic welfare, and relationship with the environment
Any Scout or Scouter who participates in a project that has had a significant impact on the community in any one of the three dimensions above can qualify as a Messenger of Peace.

Submitting Projects

Submitting MOP-related projects is easy for BSA units. All they need to do is check the Messengers of Peace box when entering a service project through the Journey to Excellence website (www.scouting.org/Awards/JourneyToExcellence). Doing so will add the project to the map on the Messengers of Peace website (http://scoutmessengers.com) and will generate a unit certificate.
Recognition Item
Any Scout or Scouter who participates in a qualifying project is eligible to wear a Messengers of Peace ring patch around the World Crest on his or her uniform. A unit representative can purchase these ring patches at a local Scout shop, council service center, or Scoutstuff.org.
Resource Highlight: Scouting for Youth With Disabilities Manual
“Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has included fully participating members with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. The basic premise of Scouting for youth with disabilities is full participation. Youthe with disabilities can be treated and respected like every other member of their unit. They waqnt to participate like other youth and Scouting provides that opportunity. Many of the programs for Scouts with disabilities are directed at (1) helping unit leaders develop an awareness of people with disabilities among youth without disabilities and (2) encouraging the inclusion of Scouts with disabilities and special needs in Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, Varsity Scout teams, Venturing crews, and Sea Scout ships.”
You can download a copy of the manual at http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/34059.pdf. Topics covered include learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD, hearing/speech/language disorders, emotional/behavioral/social impairments, physical disabilities, visual impairments, and cognitive/intellectual/developmental disabilities.

Download the Guide to Working with Scouts with Special Needs and DisABILITIES at http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/510-071.pdf. Check out the scout website at http://www.scouting.org/specialneeds.aspx for links to accessible scout materials, the scout achievement plan, and the above manuals.
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Pack Resource Sheet December 2017

Scout Law: Kind
A Scout understands there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated.

Theme: Paying It Forward
At this pack meeting, Cub Scouts will learn the importance of treating others as they want to be treated. Although it is nice when someone does something kind for you, it is even more rewarding to do something kind for someone else—without expecting anything in return.

Gathering Activity: Service Arrows
Materials: Paper arrows, markers, tape
Each person writes a service activity they have done that week on an arrow, then tapes it to the wall.

Opening Ceremony: Helping Other People
#1: Being helpful to others means picking up something someone has dropped without being asked.
#2: Being helpful to others means playing with a younger brother or sister while Mom is busy.
#3: Being helpful to others means telling a friend he did a great job when he did his best.
#4: Being helpful to others means shoveling snow or sweeping leaves off a walkway for someone who is not able.
#5: Being helpful to others means doing simple everyday things like smiling, or difficult things like fighting for our country.
#6: The people throughout history who have kept our country free were helpful to others like you and me. As we pledge our allegiance to the flag let us be glad that Americans are always helpful to others.

Song: When You're Helping And You Know It
Tune: If You're Happy And You Know It
When you're helping and you know it lend a hand
When you're giving and you show it things are grand.
If you're helping and you're giving
Then you help make life worth living.
Keep on helping, keep on giving, take a stand.

Song: Out in Scouting
Tune: Scotland the Brave or Old Spice
We put the out in Scouting.
We put the flight to Eagles.
We lift the light of Scouting, over the world.
We’ll never be hiked under.
Listen to our Scouting thunder!
We lift the light of Scouting, over the world.

All Scouts will work together
No matter what the weather.
We light the light of Scouting over the world.
We leave a sign that will say
To all who pass this way
We light the light of Scouting over the world.

We’ll blaze the trail from here to
Wherever duty calls us.
We light the light of Scouting over the world. Scouts, standing row by row,
We’re building for tomorrow.
We light the light of Scouting over the World.

Rank Advancement Ceremony: To Help Other People at all Times
Materials: 1 large candle, small candles for each scout earning a rank advancement.
CM: “To help other people at all times.” That's part of the Scout Oath. Helping other people is part of what it means to be a good neighbor. We have to help and look out for each other.
Asst. CM: To open our ceremony, I am going to light the large, single candle that represents the spirit of Scouting that is present in this room tonight.
CM: Tonight, we are recognizing several Scouts who, with the help of their mothers, fathers, den leaders, and others have met the requirements for advancement to the next rank.
Asst. CM: Will the following Cub Scouts please come forward with their parents? Will each parent please share in lighting the Cub Scout light with their son? This candle represents the Scout spirit in each of you, your willingness to always be helpful, and your desire to have that spirit light your way as you continue on your Scouting journey.
CM: The third point of the Scout Law is Helpful. Being helpful is one of the ways we do our duty to others. As a Cub Scout, you should always do your best to help others. I will now present each boy's badge of rank for parents to present to their sons. As you blow out your candles, remember that each of you is filled with the Scout spirit, and each of you can make a difference by being helpful at all times.

Cheers:
Do a Good Turn: Have the group stand up. Everyone claps once, then moves a quarter turn and claps again. Repeat until they have completed a full turn.
Grand Applause: While sitting, stomp feet 3 times, slap legs 3 times, then stand and shout “Hurrah!”
Big Hand: Hold up hand in the air, like you're giving a high five.
Big Hand with Feeling: Hold up hand in the air, like you're giving a high five, then tickle the palm with the other hand.
Heart & Sole: Clap your chest with one hand and the sole of your shoe with the other.
Arrow Applause: Notch your arrow, pull back the string and let the arrow fly.

Audience Participation: Helping Others
Lights: “Blink, blink, blink”
Cub Scout: "Do Your Best"
Helping Other People: "Warm Fuzzy"
Pack: Yell the Pack Number
Old Lady: "No, I Don't Want To Go"
Tree: "Ahhhhhhhhh"
Once upon a time, in a CUB SCOUT PACK a CUB SCOUT was learning about HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. The CUB SCOUT helped an OLD LADY across the street. But the OLD LADY did not want the CUB SCOUT to help her. The OLD LADY did not care that the CUB SCOUT had been learning about HELPING OTHER PEOPLE or that the CUB SCOUT and his PACK had set out to do good deeds. The OLD LADY just wanted to get a TREE. But the CUB SCOUT and his PACK were learning about HELPING OTHER PEOPLE and really wanted to HELP OTHER PEOPLE and so the CUB SCOUT helped the OLD LADY across the street. The OLD LADY thought what kind of a PACK is this? The OLD LADY just wanted her TREE and pretty LIGHTS. The CUB SCOUT said, "Nice OLD LADY, my CUB SCOUT PACK and I are learning about HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. I'll help you get your TREE and put your pretty LIGHTS on, if you will just let me learn about HELPING OTHER PEOPLE by getting you across this busy street". The OLD LADY sighed and smiled and said "Thank you".

Cubmaster's Minute: Do More
We can do more by our actions to show a Scout is Kind.
Do more than belong. Participate.
Do more than care. Help.
Do more than believe. Practice.
Do more than be fair. Be kind.
Do more than forgive. Forget.
Do more than dream. Work.
Do more than teach. Inspire.
Do more than live. Grow.
Do more than be friendly. Be a friend.
Do more than give. Serve.

Closing Ceremony: Being Helpful has no Limits
Five Cub Scouts hold posters with these images on the front: a clock, a calendar, a globe or map, an elephant, a picture showing Scouts of all ranks.
#1 (clock): Being Helpful is the right choice no matter what time of day or night it is.
#2 (calendar): And it doesn't matter what month it is. Our actions should always show that Scouts are Helpful!
#3 (globe or map): It also doesn't matter where you are. Scouts are Helpful around the world!
#4 (elephant): The Dr. Seuss story “Horton Hears a Who” shows that it doesn't matter what size you are. You can be Helpful to others.
#5 (Scouts): No matter what rank you are in Scouts, always remember that a Scout is Helpful and his actions show kindness and compassion!

Game: Tug-of-Peace
Materials: rope
This game emphasizes the importance of working together to solve a problem. Cub Scouts sit in a circle holding on to a rope placed inside the circle in front of their feet. The ends of the rope are tied together to make a huge loop. If everyone pulls at the same time, the entire group should be able to come to a standing position.

Activity: Give Goodwill
Materials: You will need a small box wrapped in 10 or more layers of wrapping paper (or tissue paper or newspaper). On each layer, write the word GOODWILL.
The players sit or stand on the floor in a circle with one player holding the box, ready to give GOODWILL. When the leader starts the music, the players keep giving GOODWILL by passing the box around the circle as quickly as possible. When the music stops, the player holding it unwraps one layer of paper. Continue in this way until the box has been completely unwrapped. If desired, place a small prize or treat for the fortunate player who removes the last layer to share.


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October 2017 Newsletter

Scout Law:  Reverent
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Theme:  Cub Scouts Give Thanks
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Roundtable Blog:  elkhorncubs.blogspot.com
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LDS Scouting Handbook:
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Upcoming Events
Basic Training
Old Ephraim:  Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 am - 12 pm, 940 Three Point Ave, Logan

Cub Pow Wow
Saturday, November 4, 10 am – 11:30 am, Providence South Stake Center (360 E 450 N, Millville).
Come learn about Native American culture; crafts, legends, and dancing. Bear dens will pass of requirements for the Beat of the Drum elective adventure. Cost is $2.50 per boy in advance, or $3 at the door. Please preregister online at trappertrails.org.

Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Learn more about the principles of Leave No Trace, and how to provide leadership and training for others.  Friday, Oct. 20 - Saturday, Oct. 21, Ogden Service Center

Baden Powell University
BPU is advanced training for all Scout leaders.  Choose from a variety of classes, such as Dutch Oven Cooking, Blue & Gold Banquets, knot tying, neckerchief slides, den discipline, and more! Saturday, Nov. 11, Weber State University
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Training Highlight: World Friendship Fund
Throught the World Friendship Fund, voluntary contributions of Scouts and leaders are transformed into cooperative projects that help Scouting associations in other countries to strengthen and extend their Scouting programs. The World Friendship Fund gives the youth members of the Boy Scouts of America an opportunity to help fellow Scouts who are in need of their support. It teaches Scouts that Scouting is global. Since the inception of the World Friendship Fund, American Scouts and leaders have voluntarily donated more than $11 million to these self-help activities.

The World Friendship Fund was developed during the closing days of World War II. At that time, there was a great need to rebuild Scouting in those nations that had been wracked by war and were just emerging from the shadows of totalitarianism.

Over the years, this fund has provided Scouts from around the world with Scouting literature, uniforms, summer camp equipment, computers, and other Scouting-related supplies.

Collections for the World Friendship Fund can be organized during camporees, Roundtable meetings, summer camping programs, blue and gold banquets, or any other scouting activity. Webelos can pass off Arrow of Light requirement Building a Better World 6B: Set up an exhibit at a pack meeting to share information about the World Friendship Fund.

World Friendship Fund brochures, posters, and labels are available through your local council. Units that participate will receive a certificate from the International Department.
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Do You Know? Declaration of Religious Principle. The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no person can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obligation to God and, therefore, acknowledges the religious element in the development of youth members. However, the BSA is absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward that religious development. Its policy is that the organization or institution with which youth members are connected shall give definite attention to their religious life. Only adults willing to subscribe to this declaration of principle and the Bylaws of the Boy Scouts of America shall be entitled to certificates of leadership. 
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Award Highlight: Religious Emblems
"A Scout is Reverent."  All Scouts show this by being faithful in their duty to God.  Some Scouts go further and give special service.  This faithfulness and service can help them to qualify for a religious emblem in the Duty to God program.
To encourage members to grow stronger in their faith, religious groups have developed the religious emblems programs.  The Boy Scout of America has approved of these programs and allows the emblems to be worn on the official uniform.  The various religious groups administer the programs.

Do Scouts have to earn the religious emblem for their faith?  No.  Not every youth is a member of a faith group, and not all faith groups offer religious emblems.  Earning one is not a requirement.   Earning the religious emblem of one's faith is an optional requirement in the Duty to God adventures.

The Emblems
A majority of religious groups support the religious emblems for the Cub Scouting program.  The youth religious emblems are conferred on a Scout by his religious leader after the Scout has completed the curriculum for the award.  More information can be found at  www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/ReligiousAwards.aspx or in the Duty to God brochure (found at the Scout Shop).

Most of the religious emblems for Cub Scouts consist of a bar pin and pendant, and are worn on the uniform above the left pocket on formal occasions.  The adult religious recognition award is presented by nomination only.  The recognition is presented to worthy adults for their outstanding service to youth both through their religious institution and one of the national youth agencies.  Recipients of these awards are unaware that they are being nominated.

Youth may not need to belong to a religious institution to earn that institution's award.  It depends on the religion.  Please check the eligibility requirements for a specific religious program.

Religious Emblem Recognition Square Knot
The religious emblem square knot may be worn on the uniform over the left pocket by youth who have completed the requirements for their religious emblem awards.  Only one knot is awarded.  However, one or more miniature devices are affixed to the knot to indicate which level(s) of the award the youth has completed (Cub Scout, Boys Scout, Venturer).  Scouts can earn all levels of their religious emblems program.
The cloth, silver knot on purple patch may be worn by youth or by an adult member who earned the knot as a youth, above the left pocket.
The cloth, purple knot on silver patch may be worn by adult members presented with the recognition, above the left pocket.
Adults may wear both knots if they satisfy qualifying criteria.

LDS Religious Emblem Program
Requirements for the LDS Religious Emblem may be found in the Faith in God for Boys handbook. There are 7 requirements, denoted by the square knot emblem.

Requirements for the LDS Adult can be found online at https://www.lds.org/callings/aaronic-priesthood/leader-resources/scouting/on-my-honor/adult-recognition?lang=eng&_r=1
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Resource Highlight: BSA Duty to God websites
Further information on the Duty to God program and the religious emblems is available at these websites:
*Guide to Awards and Insignia:  www.scouting.org/Media/InsigniaGuide.aspx
*P.R.A.Y. Publishing:  www.praypub.org
*LDS-BSA Relationships:  www.ldsbsa.org
*National Catholic Committee on Scouting:  www.nccs-bsa.org
*Presbyterian Church:
*National Lutheran Association on Scouting:
*National Association of United Methodist Scouters:
www.naums.org
*National Jewish Committee on Scouting:  www.jewishscouting.org

*National Islamic Committee on Scouting:  http://islamicsouncilonscouting.com
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Pack Resource Sheet November 2017

Scout Law: Reverent
A Scout is reverent. He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion.

Theme: Cub Scouts Give Thanks
During this time of year we give thanks for the bounty we have received. Giving thanks is an expression of our having inner strength and confidence based on our trust in a higher power.

Gathering Activity: Word Hunt
Decide if you will feature “reverent” or “thankful”. Make word strips with a synonym for one of the above on each strip. Hide the strips around the room. Give each person a numbered paper. Have them go around the room and find and write down as many synonyms as they can.
Reverent: appreciative, deferential, gracious, polite, reverential, solemn, admiring, devout, dutiful, humble, obedient, pious, regardful, upholding, worshiping, holy
Thankful: content, grateful, indebted, overwhelmed, pleased, relieved, satisfied, beholden, gratified, obliged

Opening Ceremony: Cub Scouts Are Thankful
Preparation: Before the meeting, each boy draws a picture, cuts out images from magazines, or uses clip art to make a small poster of things he is thankful for.
Narrator: Being reverent is showing deep or solemn respect. We have reverence for things we are grateful for. Let's see what our scouts are grateful for.
Boys hold up picture one at a time and say: “I'm thankful for...”
Narrator: So you can see that our Cub Scouts are grateful. There's one more thing we are grateful for- to live in a free land where we can worship as we please. Let's prepare to honor our flag, the symbol of our freedoms.
Lead into flag ceremony

Song: Cub Scouts True
Tune: Three Blind Mice
Cub Scouts true,
Cub Scouts true,
Show their faith!
Show their faith!
By giving thanks for the wonderful things,
Their families and their own blessings,
For the things they learned at their Scout meetings,
They're Cub Scouts true.
Cub Scouts true.

Advancement Ceremony: Thanksgiving Dinner
Setting: A table set with Thanksgiving items; a bag of corn kernels
Cubmaster: Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we are remembering the founders of our country and the native American Indians. The pilgrims came to this country for religious freedom, and when they got here, they found new friends. The sharing that occurred between these two different peoples was something to behold. We have all shared things in much the same way.
Would the following boys please come forward? (List those earning Wolf badges.) You boys have shared with each other the gift of working together in your dens and homes. For this, we give you your awards and a kernel of corn, as the Indians gave to the pilgrims.
Would the following boys please come forward? (List those earning Bear badges.) You have worked hard, and work was one of the things most respected by the pilgrims and Indians alike. The pilgrims even had a rule that if persons did not work, they would not eat. For your work, we give you your award along with a kernel of corn, just as the Indians gave the pilgrims.
Would the following Webelos please come forward? (List names.) You boys have been working for a long time and have learned many new skills working with metal, wood and leather. These are the same skills that the pilgrims had to learn to survive and help build this great country we live in today. We give you your awards and a kernel of corn to remember this special time of the year.

Cheers
Good Turn: Stand up and turn around.
Champion Cheer: To the count of four do the following: stomp, stomp, clap, pause. To the beat say, “We do, we do, thank you!”
Helping Hand Applause: Everyone pair up with another person. Applaud using one hand of each person.
Turkey Applause: Say “Gobble, gobble, gobble.” Then rub your stomach and say, “Yum, yum.”

Story: Pretzels
A few weeks before Christmas in 610 AD, Brother Bachman was kneading bread dough while he watched the village children play in the snow. “Too bad they aren't as inters ted in their prayers,” he thought to himself. “If only there was some way to get them back to saying their prayers and coming to church.” As he was finishing up the last loaves of bread, Brother Bachman was suddenly struck with a most original idea. He thoughtfully gathered up the leftover dough and began to form pencil-like strips, which he then twisted into a shape that looked like a child's arms folded in prayer. “Ah! A Pretiola!” he declared, which in Latin meant “little reward.” He opened the bakery window and called out to the children. “Come in, come in, say your prayers, and I will give you a Pretiola!” It didn't take much convincing. Soon each child had learned a prayer and proudly received a “little reward.” Rushing home, the children excitedly told their parents. Word of Brother Bachman's idea soon spread through the village, and children and parents alike visited the chapel to receive a Pretiola.
The Christmas Prayer Service that year was especially festive and bright. The church was filled with families once again. And as the cheerful voices rose in prayer and song together, Brother Bachman smiled joyfully and thanked the Lord for little rewards.
The Pretiola soon found its way into Germany and Austria. It became a symbol of excellence used to reward worthy accomplishments as the church and youth programs flourished.
Through the centuries, Pretiola became known as “Pretzel” as we know it today.

Cubmaster's Minute: Thanksgiving
At Thanksgiving we always think of everything we are thankful for – friends, family, freedom, churches, schools, food. Not everyone gets everything they want, but everyone should be thankful for what they have.
And don’t forget that “giving” is a part of “Thanksgiving”. You might not be able to give money, but you can give time. You can give by doing your Good Turn every day – just don’t expect to be rewarded or paid. Help shovel a neighbor’s sidewalk. Visit an elderly person. Just do something simple like holding a door open for somebody. Whatever your Good Turn, don’t accept anything in return, except perhaps a “Thank you”.
So this Thanksgiving, really commit yourself to taking the time every day to “Do a Good Turn Daily”.

Closing Ceremony: Give Thanks
1: Thank you, parents, for helping us earn our ranks.
2: Thank you, den leaders, for showing us new things.
3: Thank you, Cubmaster, for leading us each month.
4: Thank you, pack committee, for helping us to grow.
All Leaders: Thank you, Cub Scouts, for giving us goodwill.

Game: Thanksgiving Dinner
Arrange squares with pictures of Thanksgiving dinner items in a circle (pie, green beans, mashed potatoes, etc.). The “turkey” is a blindfolded boy placed in the middle of the circle. All the others choose a square to stand on. As the “turkey” names the food items, any boy standing on that item is out of the game. Continue until there is only one boy left. He becomes the “turkey” and the game starts over.

Activity: Thankful Turkeys
Materials: construction paper, markers

Give each person a sheet of construction paper. Have them trace their hand, with fingers apart, to create a “turkey.” Draw a beak and eye on the thumb. Draw a wing on the palm/body. Write one thing you are grateful for on each of the fingers/feathers.
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September 2017 Newsletter

Scout Law:  Thrifty
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Theme:  A-Camping We Will Go
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Roundtable Blog:  elkhorncubs.blogspot.com
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LDS Scouting Handbook: https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/english/young-men/35814_scout-handbook_eng.pdf?lang=eng
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Upcoming Events
Basic Training
Old Juniper:  Thursday, Sept. 28, 6:30-7:30 pm, 135 W Main, Richmond
Old Ephraim:  Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 am - 12 pm, 940 Three Point Ave, Logan

Wood Badge
Wood Badge is a leadership training course which delivers high quality skills and techniques for leaders in all areas of Scouting. It draws from a wide range of sources within and beyond the bounds of Scouting to model the best techniques for developing leadership and teamwork among both young people and adults.
#6:  Oct. 12-14 AND 19-21, Camp Kiesel

STEM Activity Day:  Saturday, Sept. 22, 9 am.  Participants will experience a day of dynamic adventures with hands-on experiments.  Adventure zones include: robots, solar van, levers & pulleys, gravity, rockets, bb guns, and geocaching.  Cost is $25 per scout, adults free.

Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Learn more about the principles of Leave No Trace, and how to provide leadership and training for others.  Friday, Oct. 20 - Saturday, Oct. 21, Ogden Service Center

Baden Powell University
BPU is advanced training for all Scout leaders.  Choose from a variety of classes, such as Dutch Oven Cooking, Blue & Gold Banquets, knot tying, neckerchief slides, den discipline, and more! Saturday, Nov. 11, Weber State University
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Training Highlight:  Outdoor Ethics and the Outdoor Code
Outdoor ethics is deeply ingrained in the BSA program.  No place is this more important than in the outdoors.  Scouting has a long, proud tradition of conservation service to the nation.  How do we preserve that tradition?  Be heeding the challenge in the Outdoor Code.
As an American, I will do my best to-
Be clean in my outdoor manners.
Be careful with fire.
Be considerate in the outdoors.
Be conservation minded.
Building upon this foundation, the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venturing, and Sea Scout programs all include outdoor stewardship, care for the environment, and Leave No Trace as part of their programs.  Through the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace, we can take responsibility for our own impacts by making good choices.  Together, we can preserve and conserve our righ environmental heritage.
To learn more about the Principles of Leave No Trace, go to http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/OutdoorProgram/OutdoorEthics/LeaveNoTrace.aspx.
To learn more about Tread Lightly, go to http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/OutdoorProgram/OutdoorEthics/TreadLightly.aspx.
Scouts who embrace the Outdoor Code and the principles of Leave No Trace often find that they wish to give back and help protect the environment that has given them so much.  Some may find that they are "wild with love for the green outdoors- the trees, the tree-top singers, the wood-herbs, and the nightly things that left their tracks in the mud," in the words of Ernest Thompson Seton, the first Chief Scout.  These Scouts have begun to feel what Aldo Leopold called the "Land Ethic."  The Land Ethic extends our concern beyond our fellow Scouts, our families and friends, and even humanity itself to the entire environmental community of which we are a part- the deserts, forests, fish, wildlife, plants, rocks, oceans, and web of life encompassing them- what Leopold called "the Land."  To learn more about the Land Ethic, go tohttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/OutdoorProgram/OutdoorEthics/LandEthic.aspx.
Outdoor ethics is not just for youth.  Adult volunteers are encouraged to seek training in basic outdoor skills and even take specialized courses to learn Leave No Trace skills.  Our council has Outdoor Ethics advocates who provide leadership to their local units in learning and practicing good outdoor ethics (contact Shanae Ames, Elkhorn District's Outdoor Ethics advocate, or Jen Whelan for more information).
By working together, we can make our time in the outdoors a rewarding and rich experience for everyone for generations to come!

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Resource Highlight:  Scout Skits and Cub Scout Songbook
Scout Skits
This pamphlet is a collection of more than 100 favorite campfire skits.  Listed at the beginning of each skit are the number of participants required and any props which may be needed.  The dialog between participants is in plain text, while instructions for actors are listed in italics.  An index is available at the end of the book which references skits by Scouts.  Scout Skits catalogs most of the skits that are popular today, as well as some new skits.  A second book, More... Scout Skits provides 75 more campfire skits, cheers, introductions, riddles, and Scouting legends.  A third book, Run-ons and Even More Scout Skits provides another 152 pages of skits and run-ons.  All three books are $5.99 each, and are available at the Scout Shop and online.

Cub Scout Songbook
If your den and pack meetings aren't noisy enough, turn up the volume with a good song!  This book includes music and lyrics for dozens of time-honored songs, many with Cub Scouting lyrics.  Cost is $7.99 at the Scout Shop and online.  There is also a CD available for $9.99 featuring 10 songs found in the songbook.
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Award Highlight:  Whittling Chip
Bear scouts and Webelos scouts may earn the privilege of carrying a pocketknife to Cub Scout functions. The objective of this award is to make scouts aware that:

'A Cub Scout knife is an important tool. You can do many things with its blades. The cutting blade is the one you will use most of the time. With it you can make shavings and chips and carve all kinds of things.

You must be very careful when you whittle or carve. Take good care of your knife. Always remember that a knife is a tool, not a toy. Use it with care so that you don't hurt yourself or ruin what you are carving.'

The Scout must show his Scout leader, or someone designated by his leader, that he understands his responsibility to do the following:
  1. Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
    • A knife is a tool, not a toy.
    • Know how to sharpen a knife. A sharp knife is safer because it is less likely to slip and cut you.
    • Keep the blade clean.
    • Never carry an open pocketknife.
    • When you are not using your knife, close it and put it away.
    • Keep your knife dry.
    • When you are using the cutting blade, do not try to make big shavings or chips. Easy does it.
    • Make a safety circle: Before you pick up your knife to use it, stretch your arm out and turn in a circle. If you can't touch anyone else, it is safe to use your knife.
  2. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.
    • Know how to sharpen a knife. A sharp knife is safer because it is less likely to slip and cut you.:
      1. Place the stone on a level surface.
      2. Wet the stone with a little water or oil.
      3. Place the blade of the knife flat on the stone, then raise the back edge about the width of the blade itself, keeping the cutting edge on the stone.
      4. Push the blade along the stone as though you were slicing a layer off the top. Sharpen the other side of the blade in the same manner. This is always better than moving it in a circular fashion.
    • Keep your knife dry.
    • Keep the blade clean:
      • Open all of the blades.
      • Twirl a small bit of cloth onto the end of a toothpick, moisten the cloth with light oil, and wipe the inside of the knife.
      • If you have used your pocketknife to cut food or to spread peanut butter and jelly, get rid of bacteria by washing the blade in hot, soapy water along with the rest of your dishes.
    • Keep it off the ground. Moisture and dirt will ruin it.
    • Keep it out of fire. The heat draws the temper of the steel. The edge of the blade becomes soft and useless.
    • Opening and closing your pocketknife:
      • To open a pocketknife, hold in left hand, put right thumbnail into nail slot.
      • Pull blade out while pushing against hinge with little finger of left hand.
      • Continue to hold on to handle and blade until blade snaps into open position.
      • To close pocketknife, hold handle with left hand with fingers safely on the sides. Push against back of blade with fingers of right hand, swinging handle up to meet blade. Let knife snap shut; "kick" at base of blade keeps edge from touching inside of handle.
    • Using your knife:
      • When using the cutting blade, do not try to make big shavings or chips.
      • Easy does it.
      • For course cutting, grasp handle with whole hand.
      • Cut at a slant. Do not "saw' with a knife.
      • Make a stop cut to control the shaving cut.
      • Always cut away from you.
  3. Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.
  4. Read, understand and promise to abide by the "Knives Are Not Toys" guidelines.
    • Close the blade with the palm of your hand.
    • Never use a knife on something that will dull or break it.
    • Be careful that you do not cut yourself or any person nearby.
    • Never use a knife to strip the bark from a tree.
    • Do NOT carve your initials into anything that does not belong to you.
  5. Read, understand and promise to abide by the "Pocketknife Pledge":
    • I understand the reason for safety rules.
    • I will treat my pocketknife with the respect due a useful tool.
    • I will always close my pocketknife and put it away when I'm not using it.
    • I will not use my pocketknife when it might injure someone near me.
    • I promise never to throw my pocketknife for any reason.
    • I will use my pocketknife in a safe manner at all times.


The scout should sign and carry the Whittling Chip card whenever he has his pocketknife.

The Official BSA Whittling Chip for Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts is a Wallet Card (No. 34223A) and/or Patch (08598). The patch is considered a 'temporary' patch and should only be displayed on the uniform sewn centered on the right pocket, or hung in a temporary patch holder from the pocket button. It does NOT get permanently sewn on a pocket flap even though it is shaped that way. You may want to check with your BSA council for local guidelines.
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Use this Whittling Chip Certification form to track a scout's progress.
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