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March 17-18, 2023 will be a joint pack & troop one-night camping, cooking, and hiking event to allow Cub Scouts, especially AOLs, to complete Adventures required for their rank.

LEAVE:

Friday, March 17th at 5 p.m. from Harrison Church and camp at Mc Dowell Nature Preserve at Drive-in Sites 2,4,6,8.

Cub Scout Parents please RSVP on Pack 502 WhatsApp group.

Email Mr. Fisher at sm@troop502.com if you need an invite to the group.

This is an opportunity for Cub Scouts who have missed a few meetings to complete the below Adventures that their Dens have done at the last campout and at Den Meetings since August. All Cub Scouts will do nature observation and a hike (Webelos/AOLs 3+ miles, Bears & Wolves 1+ mile). The Nature Preserve also offers good options to hunt for and hopefully find one or more of the dozens of geocaches or six letterboxes in the park. 

https://www.geocaching.com http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=53263

http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=19066

https://www.atlasquest.com/boxes/clue/?boxId=22265

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=7579

https://www.atlasquest.com/boxes/clue/?gBoxId=10340

http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=21383

RETURN:

Pack should be done with their walk and lunch by about 12 noon on March 18th and parents can leave directly from the park.

SPECIAL NOTE to Cub Scout Parents and Den Leaders:

We need your help in planning these and bringing the supplies that your scout and their Den needs to have success.

These Adventures are summarized here and detailed in your Cub Scouts’ handbook.

Lions:

Mountain Lion (do an outdoor activity, discuss S.A.W., observe animals).

I’ll Do it Myself (scout gear bag, personal care list, tie shoes)

Tigers:

Tigers in the Wild (hike with 6 Essentials & a buddy, discuss outdoor code, do a campfire skit)

Tiger Bites (discuss food choices, make a good snack for your hike).

Tiger Elective Sky is the Limit (sky observation w/binoculars).

Wolf:

The Call of the Wild (camp, discuss weather safety & leave no trace),

Paws on the Path (1-mile hike with 6 Essentials & buddy, discuss outdoor code),

Howling at the Moon (communication & do a campfire skit)

Bear

Bear Necessities (camp, make a gear list, set up a tent, tie knots, track weather),

Bear Claws (earn “Whittlin Chip” about knife safety)

Fur, Feathers, and Ferns (do 1-mile hike with buddy; find animals, birds & insects, observe plants with a magnifying glass)

Webelos

Webelos Walkabout (recite Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory; plan and lead a 3-mile hike; make a hiking first aid kit; plan prepare & eat a nutritious lunch on your hike)

Cast Iron Chef (build & light a fire using tinder, kindling, and fuel wood. Plan, buy and prepare a $5 per person balanced meal (dinner). Practice food safety and cook meal in box oven, camp stove, Dutch oven, campfire or grill).

Outdoor Adventurer(option A camping, know weather safety, bowline, Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory);

AOL’s

Outdoor Adventurer (option A camping, know weather safety, bowline, Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory);

Scouting Adventure (Prepare to join troop, campout with troop, tie knots)

Castaway (make a survival kit, do emergency preparedness; light fire without matches, cook 2 different recipes without pots & pans EXAMPLE box oven pizza, foil meal, skewer on a grill or food in a bag).

Cub Scouts who have already completed these adventures can do them again to improve their skills or do an elective Adventure.

Cub Scout Parents please RSVP on Pack 502 WhatsApp group.

Email Mr. Fisher at sm@troop502.com if you need an invite to the group.