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Sorry, for the protection of our Scouts and their families you must be a member of our Group to receive meeting locations and times by email. To review what we have done, please see our Newsletters below, see the slide show, and go to our Facebook site.
Sorry, for the protection of our Scouts and their families you must be a member of our Group to receive meeting locations and times by email. To review what we have done, please see our Newsletters below, see the slide show, and go to our Facebook site.
Newsletter, Fall 2023
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Newsletter. Fall 2022
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Newsletter, Fall 2021
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Newsletter, Fall 2021
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Newsletter, Fall 2020
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Newsletter, Winter 2020
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Newsletter, Fall 2019
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Newsletter, Winter 2019
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Newsletter, Fall 2018
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Newsletter, Summer 2018
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Newsletter, Winter 2018
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Newsletter, Fall 2017
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Newsletter, Winter 2017
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Newsletter, Fall 2016
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Newsletter, Summer 2016
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Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2016
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Newsletter, Fall 2015
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Newsletter, Summer 2015
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Newsletter, Spring 2015
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Newsletter, Winter 2015
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Newsletter, Fall 2014
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Family Activities
BE SCOUTY!
We are doing our best to become good Scouts. Parents/Guardians please ask your children daily if they have done their best at something, listened to their teachers, been bright/cheerful, or helped someone.
SAFETY for the Pack and Raft
What do you do in case you get separated? Parents please review with your child how to write their name, recall their home address, recall your phone number, and recall your full name.
Our first, first aid activities will include discussing hygiene and how to take care of cuts. Please look for opportunities to discuss this at home as well.
Let your children tie their own shoes. It keeps them from tripping and gets their fingers and minds nimble for the other helpful skills they will learn.
We need to know what to do when we are in danger. Here are some good tips to start a discussion about danger and stranger safety with your children. They also need to know what 911 is for and how to call.
In addition to being safe at camp, we also need to be safe at home. Try this interactive home safety website with your children, and also use this list of safety items to inspect your home.
Make sure to practice road safety whenever crossing the street and recall that Otters and Timberwolves always need supervision.
OUTDOORS
Check out the city park, NORDC, state, Woodlands Conservancy, National Wildlife Refuge, and national park websites to see what activities they have. There are many nature books out there; Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell and Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv are popular. Websites such as the National Wildlife Foundation or Tinkergarten have fun outdoor activities too.
Plant a tree together. Get into the habit of keeping an indoor or outdoor plant.
Collect, organize if possible, and know something about twenty-five items such as photos of a subject (like bugs) the young Scout took, shells, international money, rocks, feathers, or anything else that takes time to gather. Finding flowers and leaves to press is a good observational activity and a way to reflect on all those outdoor outings you have had.
SERVICE & HELPING
To prepare to help, keep your mind keen by playing observation and memory games such as Kim's Game and Telephone Message. Go for a family walk to pick up trash in your neighborhood, or help a relative or friend. Even encouraging your child to pick up clothes, be helpful around the house, clear the table, or wash the dishes while explaining to them why a family (and community) helps each other is good. When tasks are shared, there is more family time at home and more play time at camp!
We are doing our best to become good Scouts. Parents/Guardians please ask your children daily if they have done their best at something, listened to their teachers, been bright/cheerful, or helped someone.
SAFETY for the Pack and Raft
What do you do in case you get separated? Parents please review with your child how to write their name, recall their home address, recall your phone number, and recall your full name.
Our first, first aid activities will include discussing hygiene and how to take care of cuts. Please look for opportunities to discuss this at home as well.
Let your children tie their own shoes. It keeps them from tripping and gets their fingers and minds nimble for the other helpful skills they will learn.
We need to know what to do when we are in danger. Here are some good tips to start a discussion about danger and stranger safety with your children. They also need to know what 911 is for and how to call.
In addition to being safe at camp, we also need to be safe at home. Try this interactive home safety website with your children, and also use this list of safety items to inspect your home.
Make sure to practice road safety whenever crossing the street and recall that Otters and Timberwolves always need supervision.
OUTDOORS
Check out the city park, NORDC, state, Woodlands Conservancy, National Wildlife Refuge, and national park websites to see what activities they have. There are many nature books out there; Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell and Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv are popular. Websites such as the National Wildlife Foundation or Tinkergarten have fun outdoor activities too.
Plant a tree together. Get into the habit of keeping an indoor or outdoor plant.
Collect, organize if possible, and know something about twenty-five items such as photos of a subject (like bugs) the young Scout took, shells, international money, rocks, feathers, or anything else that takes time to gather. Finding flowers and leaves to press is a good observational activity and a way to reflect on all those outdoor outings you have had.
SERVICE & HELPING
To prepare to help, keep your mind keen by playing observation and memory games such as Kim's Game and Telephone Message. Go for a family walk to pick up trash in your neighborhood, or help a relative or friend. Even encouraging your child to pick up clothes, be helpful around the house, clear the table, or wash the dishes while explaining to them why a family (and community) helps each other is good. When tasks are shared, there is more family time at home and more play time at camp!
Volunteer and Service Projects
Please talk to the Leaders about being a leader yourself, helping with planning, or assisting at one meeting such as being a Den/Snack Parent.
If you know of a good service project for the kids such as planting a tree or picking up trash at a park that would be appreciated.
Please talk to the Leaders about being a leader yourself, helping with planning, or assisting at one meeting such as being a Den/Snack Parent.
If you know of a good service project for the kids such as planting a tree or picking up trash at a park that would be appreciated.
Neckers
The young Scouts designed and voted on their neckers. There were many good ideas, and they needed two rounds of votes to agree on one. Yellow represents the sun with a purple border representing a swamp flower. They did a great job!
The young Scouts designed and voted on their neckers. There were many good ideas, and they needed two rounds of votes to agree on one. Yellow represents the sun with a purple border representing a swamp flower. They did a great job!
Uniform Update
The long sleeve t-shirts for the Otters and Timberwolves sold at the BPSA online Quartermaster store are pretty warm for most of the year. It is ok to buy short sleeves instead. We are told that the Wallmart on Gentilly has Fruit of the Loom shirts for $5. Craft stores such as JoAnn`s or Michaels also carry them. Scouts grow: Buy the shirt a couple sizes too big unless you enjoy re-sewing patches onto bigger shirts every year. One person has reported that the Otter hat sold on the BPSA website runs small. If your child is on the bigger side, buy your hat somewhere else.
The long sleeve t-shirts for the Otters and Timberwolves sold at the BPSA online Quartermaster store are pretty warm for most of the year. It is ok to buy short sleeves instead. We are told that the Wallmart on Gentilly has Fruit of the Loom shirts for $5. Craft stores such as JoAnn`s or Michaels also carry them. Scouts grow: Buy the shirt a couple sizes too big unless you enjoy re-sewing patches onto bigger shirts every year. One person has reported that the Otter hat sold on the BPSA website runs small. If your child is on the bigger side, buy your hat somewhere else.
Time to Get Registered!
Please read the sign-up information on our WEBSITE. Leaders and children need to sign up annually at the beginning of school, but we also have a rolling admission during the school year. Even if you have done so before, please complete the Parent/Volunteer Survey. Some of the survey questions have changed, and some need to be updated such as which Otters are now Timberwolves. Do not pay any National or local Group dues until you have been to a meeting to learn about us.
We look forward to being outside with you!
Please read the sign-up information on our WEBSITE. Leaders and children need to sign up annually at the beginning of school, but we also have a rolling admission during the school year. Even if you have done so before, please complete the Parent/Volunteer Survey. Some of the survey questions have changed, and some need to be updated such as which Otters are now Timberwolves. Do not pay any National or local Group dues until you have been to a meeting to learn about us.
We look forward to being outside with you!