• December 10th 2019

Slide 2: Making a Noise Maker

• Wrap the thick rubber band along the long edge of one of the craft sticks
• Place the two straw pieces on top of the thick rubber band perpendicular to the craft stick (see picture above)
• Put the other craft stick on top of the straw pieces and make a craft stick “sandwich”
• Wrap each end of the craft sticks with the thin rubber bands
• Blow into the middle of the Noise Maker!!!!
• SUPPLIES
• 2 craft sticks
• 1 thick rubber band
• 2 thin rubber bands
• 2 straw pieces

Slide 3: Pack Meeting – Dec. 10th

• Gathering – Make a Noise Maker
• Opening – Pledge/Oath/Law/Outdoor Code
• Knot Tying Program / Games in Gym
• Recognition - Awards
• Snacks
• Pinewood Derby Kits
• Announcements
• Cubmaster’s Minute

Slide 4: Tied up in Knots!! Square Knot

• Hold an end of the rope in each hand.
• Pass the right end over and under the rope in your left hand.
• Pass the rope end now in your left hand over and under the one now in your right.
• Tighten the knot by pulling both running ends at the same time.

Slide 5: Tied up in Knots!! Two Half Hitches Knot

• Pass the end of your rope around a post
• Bring the end over the standing part of the rope
• Pass the end through the eye of the loop you just formed
• Pull it tight to complete a half hitch
• Take the end of the rope over the standing part (again)
• Tie another half hitch
• Pull it tight

Slide 6: Tied up in Knots!! Taut Line Hitch Knot

• Pass the end of your rope around a post
• Bring the end over the standing part of the rope
• Pass the end through the eye of the loop you just formed twice
• Take the end of the rope over the standing part (again)
• Tie a half hitch
• Pull it tight

Slide 7: Tied up in Knots!! Bowline Knot

• Lay the rope across your left hand with the free end hanging down. …
• Bring the free end up to and pass through the eye from the under side (the rabbit comes out of the hole).
• Wrap the line around the standing line and back down through the loop (around the tree and back down the hole).

Slide 8: Games in the Gymnasium

Slide 9: Awards and Den Reports

Slide 10: Pinewood Derby Sat. March 7 at Town Hall (9am)

• Tigers – Arrow of Light
• Lions

Slide 11

• Scouting for Food Coordinator
• Blue & Gold Picnic Coordinator
• Pinewood Derby Team
• Pack 232 t-shirt Coordinator
• Membership Coordinator (social media expertise is a plus)

Slide 12: Caroling for RMH

• Location = 5 Brookhaven Lane
• When = Tuesday, December 17 at 6pm
• Hot Chocolate After Caroling

Slide 13: Other Pack Events

• Indoor Rock Climbing = January
• Bethlehem Cub Scout Winter Carnival = Jan/Feb
• Winter HEATED CABIN Camping = 2/07 – 2/09 (only 14 spots left!) – BSA Medical Forms and Activity Consent Forms Needed. Pay Mr. McWilliam by check.
• Tubing = February
• Pack Pinewood Derby = 3/07
• Howe Caverns = 3/28
• Visit a Blacksmith Forge = April
• Cub Scout Day at Rotary = 5/02
• USS Slater Sleepover = 5/08 – 5/09
• Spring Hike = 5/17
• Summer Resident Camp at Rotary = 8/02 – 8/06

Slide 14: STEM Day Camp Registration is Open!!!

• For Wolves (2nd Grade) - Arrow of Lights (5th Grade).
• Teaching problem solving, programming, team building, and much more!
• Build your own computer! and take it home!
• When = February 18 – 21
• Where = Shaker High School (445 Watervliet Shaker Road, Latham)
• Cost = $225

Slide 15: Next Pack Meeting Tuesday, January 21 (6:30PM-8PM)

• Wolves (2nd Grade) Den is the Host
• Gathering – Building Ice Fishing Tip Ups
• Program – Ice Fishing Demo and Safety
• Game – M&M Separation Anxiety
• Awards
• Snacks

Slide 16: Cubmaster’s Minute

• How often do you think of what your parents want from you? Do you know what is the best gift you can give them?
• Parents want most of all that you will do your best to make them proud of you. Now you do not have to become famous or even get top grades in school to make them proud of you.
• What they want is for you to become the best person you can be. There is no better way to do that than by living up to the Scout Oath and Law. That is a gift you can give them right now and all the time, and it is a gift they will always cherish above all others.