Sunday, November 20, 2011

SCOUT STORIES: My Day at the Tiger Growl

 by Caleb Merrifield, Tiger Cub

For those who haven't heard of it before, the Tiger Growl is a yearly event that is exclusively for our new Tiger scouts and their parent partners. This event gives the Tigers a chance to learn some of the principals of Cub Scouts wrapped in a wild, fun, informative day. This year, two of our Tiger cubs, Daniel Martin and Caleb Merrifield attended the Tiger Growl. This is Caleb's account of the day:





First We had to get our color flag, and me and my mom were yellow.

There were lots of games. We played a squirting game where you get blindfolded and you have a bottle filled with water that squirts, and if you hear the bells you squirt people. We also played a game where you dump water into a water tank and try to make a golf ball go up to the top. Then we played Over/Under where you pass a cup full of water over and under and the first team to fill up a bucket wins, but if it knocks over you have to do it all over again.

Then we had a scavenger hunt where you had to find lots of stuff - like 10 things! Like, gotta find a person in the military... someone from Maryland... a Girlscout... That's all I can remember.

We also had lunch there, We ate hamburgers and hotdogs with some chips.

And that's all we did.

Oh we also slinged dog food at aliens with sling shots.

I had a really good time with my mom at Tiger Growl.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Pack 43 Newsletter: November 2011

What a great pack meeting tonight!! Every den demonstrated a new skill or project they worked on in the past month - the Tigers talked about the Tiger Growl, the Wolves showed off their new den flag, the Bears recited  their Bobcat badge requirements, the Webelos 1 showed their stretcher making skills, and the Webelos 2 talked about what they have learned about managing family finances and showed off their family tree charts.

We also talked about the origins and the importance of Veterans day. The boys worked together on a poster to tell our veterans "Thank You for Our Freedom". The boys gave a Cub Scout Salute with the poster, and we took pictures, which we have posted on our website, and on The WWII Museum's million thanks page. We will also be presenting our poster to the Safety Harbor American Legion on Veterans Day.

Our newsletter this month expands upon the themes of the month and gives you all the news and information about Pack 43! Read all about it in our November Newsletter!