11/20/22 Cubmaster Update

Good evening Pack 333 families. I'd like to thank all the parent volunteers who have stepped forward to help with this year's activities and also encourage others to do so as well. We have a wide range of activities that need more than two adults to ensure the Cubs have a great time and awesome learning experience. We are still in need of Den Leaders or Assistant Den Leaders for the Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Dens. As a former and current acting Den Leader for these dens, most activities require less than 30 minutes preparation for execution and offer your child to see you in a different light or role. No expertise in any area is required, Adventure guides and materials are provided. Please see Mr. Pointe's email for more details and feel free to ask any of the Den Leaders, Assistant Den Leaders, or Cubmaster any questions you may have.

It's been a busy couple of weeks, the Pack calendar has been updated to reflect Den meetings for the Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Dens. The Lion and AOL Dens are using a dynamic scheduling model that allows month to month scheduling. All Dens were able to work on an Adventure and receive their first Adventure loops for the year. My apologies to the Tiger and Wolf Dens, I have the Advancements available and will distribute them at the next Den meetings. I also wanted to thank the Bear Den for braving today's 25 mph winds and 30F temperatures for an excellent hike and discussion. As always, weather and other unforeseen events play a factor with meetings. With winter months coming, most Den activities will allow for primarily indoor activities with some outdoor events as well.

December's focus for the Lions through Bears is community service; we will be talking with different persons and inquiring about why they chose their career, what skills and/or qualifications they needed, and how they serve the community. We will tie one of our service projects into this focus. For our next Pack meeting on 13 December, we'll be working on a service project, care packages for deployed service members as part of the USO Give Back. Special thanks to Mandy Sharp for organizing this event. We will have Cubs assemble the kits and write individual greeting cards for the service members. The Cubs will also have the opportunity to participate in a Cubs gift exchange. We are asking a $5 maximum limit with something appropriate for either a girl or boy Cub and preferably Scout related. The Gift exchange is voluntary and will be at the end of the meeting.

An email invite has also been sent out for any wishing to participate in the Wreaths Across America wreath laying at Baltimore National Cemetery in Catonsville on Saturday 17 December 2022. If you are interested in participating, please click on the RSVP link in Scoutbook on the calendar invite before 11 December 2022. Emails have also gone out for sign-up for the Pinewood Derby to allow us to purchase Pinewood kits for each Cub participating. Emails requesting volunteers for Derby workshops to help the Cubs shape their design and for the Derby day itself also were sent out. If you are interested, curious, or just want to have fun making a car with your Cub, please consider signing up. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask. A similar series of emails will go out in December for the Model Rocket Day in February.

We will look at the upcoming events for the start of 2023 at the December Pack meeting. As always, any questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Until then, have a wonderful and reflective Thanksgiving week.

Respectfully,

Tara Lydick

Pack 333 Cubmaster