Den 9

Welcome Den 9 Scouts and Parents!  

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Meetings

Den Meetings

• Two per month, usually the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.
  
• Various locations, depending on the activity, such as a home, park, library, fire station, or club house.
• Class A Uniforms

Pack Meetings

• One per month, usually 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Parish Center at St. Michaels.
• Class A Uniforms

Pack Activities

• One per month, usually on a weekend day, at various locations.
• Depending on activity, Class A or Class B

Calendar

• The calendar is a starting point, and we may make some changes together through the year.  
  
• Watch the calendar for changes or special events.
  

Volunteer

Please feel welcome to volunteer to lead or help with any Pack or Den activity. 

In particular, if you have any special passion, interest, or training in any cub scout activity, such as carpentry, flag care, public safety, music, or collecting please let me know!

Report Awards

Click here to report awards.

Record Keeping 

Please update your scout's book with these activities:

9/11/12: Den Meeting 1 (3a, 3b, 3e, 3j)
9/25/12: Den Meeting 2 (17b, 22b(partial:square,slip), 22e)
10/6/12: Den Activity (21a, 11a, 7b)
10/9/12: Den Meeting 3 (7a, 20b)
10/23/12: Den Meeting 4 (7b)
11/13/12: Den Meeting 5 (15b <1 of 2>), (15c <those who taught 7 up>), (19a, 19b, 19c, 19d), (20a)
11/27/12: Den Meeting 6 (21a or 21f), (21g), (8a, 8b, 8g), (15b <2 of 2>), (15c: those who taught Sausage)
12/11/12: Den Meeting 7: 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11g
1/8/13: Den Meeting 8: 15b, 15c
1/22/13: Den Meeting 9: 4c, 23a-d
2/12/13: Den Meeting 10: Leave Not Trace 1, 5, 6
2/26/13: Den Meeting 11: Elective 24a-c
3/12/13: Den Meeting 12: 9a for each project
3/26/13: Den Meeting 13: Marbles Beltloop
4/9/13: Den Meeting 14: Possibly Elective 12b, 12d, 14c, 15e, 25b, Credit toward Hiking Loop and Leave No Trace

As you finish Home Achievements, sign and date your scout's book, and e-mail me so I can update my records.

Advancing to Bear

Each scout can choose which 12 of the 24 achievements to earn to complete Bear.  Some achievements will be done at den meetings and some as homework.  To keep it simple, I'll recommend a set of 12 to complete, but feel free to substitute if that works better for you.  Extra achievements completed count as electives towards arrowheads.

Requirements:
God: Do 1 of (1 to 2)
Country: Do 3 of (3 to 7)
Family: Do 4 of (8 to 13)
Self: Do 4 of (14 to 24)

Belt Loops

We'll work on some belt loop award in den meetings, especially starting in the Spring.  Some can also be earned at home, school, or with other organizations.  The belt loops are part of the Cub Scout Sports and Academics Program.  If you have completed the requirements for an award, please let me know the Friday before a Pack Meeting, so I can order the award to present at the following den meeting.

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Pack Meeting Location

Pack Meetings are at St. Mike’s in one of two places. 
1) Parish Center Gym.  Use the door indicated to the left.  
2) Blue and Gold Room in the school. Use door as indicated to the left, and go downstairs.  

We don’t always know which room we’ll be in until the last minute.  Check the Parish Center first, and in general follow other cub scouts. 

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Den Ceremony: Presentation and Retirement of the Colors

Presentation

Attention.  Will the audience please rise?
         Pause, wait for quiet
Color guard Advance.
         The color guard starts to approach.
Hand salute.
         Everyone salutes, except for the color guard.
Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.  
I pledge allegiance...  (All join in.)
         Bearers and guards at attention, holding flag, do not say pledge.
Two.
         Den drops salute
Color guard, post the colors.
         Bearer posts flag
Color guard, dismissed.
         Color guard joins pack.

Retirement

Attention.  Will the audience please rise?
         Pause, wait for quiet
Color guard Advance.
         The color guard starts to approach.
Color guard, salute
         Only color guard salutes
Color guard, retire the colors.
         Color guard drops salute, picks up flag
Hand salute
         Everone, except color guard, salutes.  Color guard retreats.
Two.
         Den drops salute