Webelos Campout

Our Webelos Scouts will have their annual Webelos Campout in October!  This campout will provide them a chance to work on camping related adventure requirements and prepare them for the kind of activities they will get to do when they join Boy Scouts.

Dates: October 7-9, 2016

Location: Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Works Ranch Campsite
Google Maps Link: Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Cost: $30 per person (covers campsite and meals)

Sign up for this campout starts on 8/25, ending on 9/29.  Sign up with Mr. Grimes.

Each family will travel by themselves to the park, bringing their own tents, sleeping bags, and other gear.  Parents and siblings are welcome to attend along with their Scout, but we have a limit of 30 campers.  Meals will be planned by the scouts and assigned to your scout

Webelos Adventures: Cast Iron Chef, Camper, Castaway, Into the Woods, Into the Wild
Activities: hiking, stargazing, Scout skills, sports, games

You will need to get your Medical forms and Activity Consent Forms to Ms. Bogan, Mr. Grimes, and/or Mr. West.  Please watch your email also for updates from Mr. Grimes.

Note: the best way to get to the campsite will be to go up Hwy 46 from Golden to the park, then go past the Visitors Center to Hwy 119.  Turn right on Hwy 119 and go up to Gap Rd/Gilpin Road 2 and turn right.  Then turn left onto Damascus Rd from Gap Rd, and the Works Ranch site will be on Damascus Rd.
The weather forecast is for highs in the low 60s, lows in the mid-30s, and no precipitation.
Yours in Scouting,
Mr. Grimes

Rocket Launch at Bear Creek Lake Park

I hope to see you all at the rocket and airplane launch pad at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood at 10:45 am on Saturday 9/17. We are guests of CRASH and we are asked to be on time. Meet me in the parking lot and do not proceed to the launch pad. We will enter as a group and then be given an orientation together, after the earlier group is finished. There is a $7 admission per car and you may want to carpool. We will leave when done and will not stay past noon.   Engines, wadding and launch pads will be provided. Have fun building your rockets!

Sean

794 Cubmaster
Map Of:
Bear Creek Lake Park

Climbing Wall

We will be going to the climbing wall again on October 16 from 2pm - 4pm. This was a big success last year. This is a celebration for the boys who have sold $200 in popcorn and is free to them. Others are welcome to participate at $25 each. Siblings of 5 and up are welcome. Adults may participate too if there is space. We will be meeting at the facility in Lakewood in the same building as the scout shop and Council offices. See the link below.  Carpool if you wish.
Map of:
Colorado Adventure Point

Scout Night at the Zoo 2016

Logistics

http://www.denverzoo.org/events/scout-night

Pack adult leading activity: Jason White - Assistant Cubmaster - (720) 232-6460

Meeting Location & Time: Meet as a Pack @ Denver Zoo Main Gate 10/1 @ 6:15pm

Adventure Requirements Sign-Off Opportunities

This event, aside from being an awesome chance to see the Zoo at night, and ONLY for scouts, is a great time to get sign-off's on Scout Adventure Requirements, by rank. There are typically tables and stations setup to help all scouts (typically setup by rank) participate in activities that result in sign-off's on rank and elective adventures!

STEM Sign-Off Opportunities

News Flash! for those able to pursue STEM NOVA awards (all except Tigers & Lions), this is a wonderful opportunity to achieve sign-offs on NOVA modules:

WOLVES\BEARS\WEBELOS\AOL:

Module: Science Everywhere!

4 - "Visit a place where science is being done, used or explained, such as one of the following: zoo, aquarium, water treatment plant, observatory, science museum, weather station, fish hatchery, or any other location where science is being done, used or explained"

A - During your visit, talk to someone in charge about science.

B - Discuss with your counselor (Jason White) the science done, used or explained at the place you visited. NOTE: we can do this at the end, outside the gate and/or at the next Den meeting.

FROM THE WEBSITE

Additional Information

This year, in celebration of our temporary exhibit Washed Ashore, Art to Save the Sea, as a troop/pack, scouts will get a chance to create their own works of art at home and bring them to the event to display in our very own Scout Night art gallery. Scouts will vote on their favorite sculpture and the winner will win a Bunk with the Beasts overnight adventure for up to 10 people!! That’s a $550 value! Let your creativity run wild!